Motorsport

After starting from the outside of the front row and winning Stage 1, Ross Chastain was in position to have a great day the Circuit of the Americas (COTA).
Unfortunately, while in contention for a top ten following the final green-flag pit stop of the day, Chastain's car spun wildly on entry to what is Turn 19 on the full course layout, tearing through the gravel as the right-rear wheel ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is entering a new era in 2026 because of its regulation overhaul, which is arguably the biggest in the championship’s history with changes to both the chassis and power unit.
An F1 chassis is now approximately 32kg lighter with significantly less downforce, while the engine is more reliant on electrical energy with a near-50:50 split against the internal combustion engine.
There ...Keep reading

By every definition, Derek Kneeland is a racer.
He is a racer when he climbs the ladder each week to serve as spotter for Kyle Busch and Austin Hill at Richard Childress Racing. He is a racer when he gets behind the wheel of a Pro Late Model several times a year as his schedule permits.
And to wit, the 39-year-old will be a racer on Saturday, March 28 when he makes his ARCA East debut at ...Keep reading

Even the long offseason couldn’t halt Alex Palou’s momentum. The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion opened up the 2026 season with a runaway victory on the Streets of St. Petersburg.  
Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin finished a distant second, ahead of Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard. There were periods of tight battles in what was otherwise a straightforward 100-lap ...Keep reading

The World Endurance Championship's 2026 season opener in Qatar has been postponed until later in the year due to rising tensions in the Middle East.
Massive security concerns regarding Iranian drones and missiles have made the event at the Losail International Circuit impossible to host as planned this month.
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Francesco Bagnaia says he is “not that worried” about his lack of results in MotoGP despite making a lacklustre start to the 2026 season in Thailand.
The factory Ducati arrived at Buriram keen to bounce back from a wretched 2025 campaign in which he scored two grands prix wins but largely struggled to match his championship-winning team-mate Marc Marquez.
Pre-season testing all but ...Keep reading

It seemed like Formula 1 was only away for five minutes, because its 2026 campaign starts this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix to kickstart a new era for the championship.
This year will debut a regulation overhaul, arguably the biggest in F1 history, with changes to both the chassis and power unit meaning the pecking order is currently an estimation game.
The only thing to go off at ...Keep reading

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur believes 2026 Formula 1 cars have “positively surprised” the paddock following early concerns about the impact of the new regulations.
F1 is undergoing one of its most significant overhauls in history, with the new breed of 2026 cars featuring active aerodynamics and a 50:50 power split between electrical energy and the internal combustion ...Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris jumped behind the wheel of a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 car in the lead-up to this week's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver took part in a special event organised by sponsor Monster Energy, where he sampled a host of rally car and drifting machinery on a frozen lake in Sweden. The event included two fellow Monster-backed drivers, 2003 ...Keep reading

Yamaha is facing a long road to recovery after the Thailand Grand Prix exposed its true deficit to the front in MotoGP.
While pre-season testing had already indicated that the Japanese manufacturer faced a tough start to 2026, the results from the Buriram weekend painted a grim picture.
In qualifying, none of the four bikes progressed to Q2, with Fabio Quartararo ending up 16th on the grid ...Keep reading

Boosted by McLaren frontrunner Oscar Piastri, Formula 1's Australian GP is set to enjoy another attendance boost as event organisers embrace the uncertainty over the new 2026 regulations.
As was the case last year, Melbourne is hosting the F1 season opener instead of Bahrain. It's naturally one of the most coveted spots on the calendar, and that rings true more than ever in 2026 given the ...Keep reading

Former Williams F1 Academy driver Lia Block united with Ken Block's former co-driver Alex Gelsomino to take on the Sno*Drift Rally in northern Michigan, which is the first round of the 2026 American Rally Association season.
"Good morning. We are here at testing for Sno*Drift Rally 2026. It was very, very cold early this morning, about five degrees. And that is a Rally 3 behind us, but not my ...Keep reading

There were a handful of cool suit system failures in the NASCAR Cup race at the Circuit of the Americas and while many might want to place the blame on faulty hardware the root cause is actually a bit more complex and often due to team choices for performance.
A cool suit system typically consists of a small box that is a miniaturized air conditioning unit which has an input and output for a ...Keep reading

23XI Racing and Tyler Reddick have managed to do what has never been done before, winning the first three races of a new NASCAR Cup season. Shane van Gisbergen finished second, and Christopher Bell was third.
The race was fairly clean, with only one natural caution and only one car failing to reach the checkered flag. However, there was still plenty of drama, and even a mid-race driver change! ...Keep reading

The judge overseeing the Joe Gibbs Racing vs Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit issued a mixed restraining order during a very brief session on Monday at the Western District of North Carolina courthouse.
Gabehart will be allowed to continue working as the Chief Motorsports Officer at Spire Motorsports but will not be allowed to do anything that overlaps with his previous competition ...Keep reading

 It’s only one race, but it was one hell of a statement by Alex Palou and Co. in Sunday’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
Palou successfully defended last year’s victory on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit, leading 59 of 100 laps and coasting to a race record 12.4948s margin of victory. It was the type of drive that reminded fans and rivals alike why he is the reigning and ...Keep reading

Tech3 had hoped for a much better result in MotoGP's Thailand Grand Prix, its first race under under new CEO Guenther Steiner.
But as the former Haas Formula 1 star took over the reins from Herve Poncharal, the French team missed the mark at Buriram.
KTM's satellite squad managed to salvage just four points from the weekend, thanks to Enea Bastianini's 12th-place finish in Sunday's long ...Keep reading

Since Peugeot joined the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship in 2022, Paul Di Resta has been part of the French manufacturer’s programme.
The former Formula 1 driver has stood on the podium twice, with third place at Monza in 2023 and second at Fuji in 2025. Peugeot is still waiting for its first win, but in recent years Di Resta has seen the team grow; if it can maintain and ...Keep reading

2024 MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has admitted that his factory Aprilia team-mate was "on another level" in Thailand.
Bezzecchi stormed to pole position and a clear victory in the grand prix at Buriram. Martin came home fourth as Aprilias took four of the top five spots.
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It was a methodical climb through the field for Josef Newgarden’s run to seventh in the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
The result was a strong rebound in what had otherwise been a tough weekend for the Tennessee native. In opening practice, he found the tire barrier in Turn 13 on the complex 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit. Then, in the opening round of qualifying, a mishap during ...Keep reading