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As Audi prepares for its first ever season as a Formula 1 manufacturer, it has had to transition from Sauber's status as a long-time Ferrari customer team to a full-works entity.
Part of that transition has involved the union of the Sauber Engineering facilities in Hinwil and Audi's powertrain facilities in Neuberg. In the prelude to 2026, chief operating officer and chief technical officer ...Keep reading

The Mercedes Formula 1 team is expected to announce a huge new partnership with Microsoft, according to a report from Sky News.
The report indicates that the Brackley outfit will confirm the partnership during its 2026 F1 launch on 22 January, and points to a value in the region of $60million per year, although this figure is not confirmed.
The partnership with the technology giant would be ...Keep reading

Yamaha has unveiled an all-new V4-powered MotoGP for the 2026 season, as it makes a final push to return to competitiveness under the current regulations cycle.
Factory riders Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins travelled to Jakarta on Wednesday to launch the new M1, which retains Yamaha’s signature blue and black livery.
Having been the only manufacturer to run an inline four-cylinder engine ...Keep reading

When Audi took to Barcelona for the shakedown of its new R26 Formula 1 car on 9 January, it had created a colossal statement of intent in being the first team to put its 2026 racer on track.
It was no last-minute decision to put the car through its first run; this had been in the works for - per technical director James Key - around 18 months. As such, the team had ensured all of its design and ...Keep reading

After spending a large majority of the first decade of his life racing in cars his size, 10-year-old Brexton Busch will turn his first laps behind the wheel of a full-sized Stock Car over the course of the 2026 season.
The son of two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch will compete in the JR Late Model division at Madera Speedway in California, one of the most notable development ...Keep reading

Chloe Chambers, who completed her second and final F1 Academy season with a third-place finish in 2025, has secured a seat in the Formula E rookie free practice session at the Miami E-Prix.
The American driver scored the seat in her first Formula E session after completing the championship's women's test in October 2025, where she put in the best time of the day at 1m22.767s. 
Chambers will ...Keep reading

RFK Racing will bring four cars to the 68th running of the Daytona 500 in February. Alongside the charted entries of Chris Buescher (No. 17), Ryan Preece (No. 60), and team co-owner Brad Keselowski (No. 6), the team will add an additional open entry.
Corey LaJoie will drive the No. 99 Ford Mustang and will attempt to qualify for NASCAR’s biggest race. While that car number was utilized by ...Keep reading

Audi has revealed an official goal of winning the Formula 1 world championship by 2030.
The German brand is tackling its first ever F1 campaign amid a technical overhaul, and has set an admittedly vague five-year plan for the upcoming seasons.
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Audi became the first Formula 1 team to test its 2026 challenger on track, and in the process shared a first glimpse of the impending noise that will soundtrack grands prix this season. Now, team boss Jonathan Wheatley hailed the new engine note of the cars as “really good”.
For 2026, F1 will roll out new power units that use a near-50:50 split in power developed by the internal combustion ...Keep reading

Burt Myers will be back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Cup car in the pre-season Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. He will again drive the No. 50 Chevrolet for Team Amerivet. In 2025, he failed to advance into the main event after a crash involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was humorously part of the team's 2026 announcement video.
 
Myers made his official Cup debut in a points-paying race when ...Keep reading

There are several unfortunate echoes from grand prix history in the controversy surrounding compression ratios in the new generation of hybrid engines. Formula 1 teams are naturally exhibiting a level of paranoia about the prospect of having competitive advantage – however slight – effectively locked in for the whole season.
For 2026, the compression ratio has been reduced from 18:1 to ...Keep reading

Audi will compete with a silver, black and red livery for its much-anticipated debut campaign in Formula 1, the team confirmed on Tuesday.
The reveal came during the German marque’s 2026 season launch event in Berlin, which follows its takeover of the historic Sauber team. It was first revealed that the squad would rebrand as Audi back in 2022, following heavy investment in the team.
The ...Keep reading

It has been a long wait for Risi Competizione to get back to the Rolex 24 At Daytona.
The Houston, Texas-based team was not a participant in last year’s running of the endurance classic despite taking a Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) Pro class victory in the 2024 edition of the event. They spent the past year working as part of a technical alliance with DragonSpeed’s full season Ferrari GTD ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says the winter break has allowed him to perform a “complete reset”, as he targets a renewed title challenge against Marc Marquez in MotoGP this year.
Bagnaia’s difficult 2025 campaign was one of the major talking points of the season, with the three-time world champion even struggling to finish inside the points or qualify within the top 12 on several occasions.
His ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon has backed the Ferrari engine that the American outfit will use for its upcoming debut in the championship.
The 2026 F1 season brings in a new set of regulations, which include a power unit with a 50:50 split between internal combustion and electric power.
While there has been some scrutiny surrounding the Mercedes and Red Bull power units amid ...Keep reading

Formula 1 newcomer Arvid Lindblad went off when shaking down Racing Bulls’ 2026 car in Imola on Tuesday.
Racing Bulls opted to give its VCARB 03 a maiden run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, less than 15km away from the team’s Faenza factory.
Responding to F1’s new chassis and engine regulations, the Red Bull Ford-powered machinery was sporting the livery unveiled in Detroit on 15 ...Keep reading

Autosport Awards 2026 will honour the best of motorsport and bring together the biggest stars from across the globe for a night of celebrations. 
From fan-voted awards to special guest appearances on a glitzy red carpet, Autosport Awards is the iconic gathering to celebrate the memorable and historic feats by drivers, teams and engineers, and this year promises to be even bigger.
Here’s ...Keep reading

Ross Chastain is going to be very busy in the upcoming season. In addition to his duties as the full-time driver of the No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series, he already announced plans to run the maximum allowed number of Truck races (eight) for Niece Motorsports.
And while we don't know the specific races, it was previously confirmed that he will return to JR Motorsports ...Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has warned that the 2026 Formula 1 season will test the limits of the American outfit. 
Speaking on the High Performance Podcast, Komatsu is looking at the upcoming season as simply a continuation of his rebuilding of the team after he took over the role from former team chief Guenther Steiner. Since he took charge, he's applied a focus to improving internal ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier says a repeat of his 2025 WRC success will be difficult, but admits the motivation “to go for it” remains amid talk of a record-breaking 10th title campaign.
Barely hours after matching WRC legend Sebastien Loeb as a fellow nine-time world champion in November last year, Ogier was already facing questions about the possibility of fighting for a 10th title in 2026.
On the ...Keep reading