Motorsport

Red Bull has bid farewell to Honda after its eight-year partnership came to an end.
The Japanese manufacturer will partner with Aston Martin as its exclusive power unit supplier from 2026, while Red Bull will develop its own power unit through Red Bull Powertrains, in collaboration with Ford.
Honda's relationship with Red Bull began with Toro Rosso (now Racing Bulls) in 2018 before expanding ...Keep reading

The Williams Formula 1 team has unveiled the livery it will bring to the 2026 pre-season testing in Barcelona after a fan vote determined the design.
The Grove outfit launched a fan poll at the start of December, with six designs for the FW48 at pre-season testing. The designs brought in 54,718 votes in total, from 162 countries. The winning livery, called Flow State, attracted almost a third ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman has pinpointed changes to his race weekend approach as the reason for his vast improvements during the 2025 Formula 1 season.
The Haas driver finished 13th in his rookie campaign, two spots above grand prix winning team-mate Esteban Ocon, thanks to better results after the summer break. 
Six of his nine points finishes came from August's Dutch Grand Prix onwards, a run which ...Keep reading

IndyCar legend Dario Franchitti is set to return to competitive racing at next month’s Dubai 24 Hours, it has been announced.
The 52-year-old will drive a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Team Parker on 17–18 January, marking his first competitive outing in a GT3 car.
Franchitti will share the cockpit of the #31 Mercedes-AMG with former World Touring Car Champion Rob Huff, Shaun Lynn and Max Lynn ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin believes it’s possible he could have taken the fight to Marc Marquez if he had been racing a Ducati in the 2025 MotoGP season.
Martin went from feeling on top of the world when he was crowned MotoGP champion in November 2024 to facing a true nightmare defending the crown this year, with four injuries and the same number of surgeries leaving him on the sidelines for major chunks ...Keep reading

Peugeot is now inclined to update its existing 9X8 challenger instead of pursuing an all-new Le Mans Hypercar for the World Endurance Championship.
The apparent shift in Peugeot’s stance follows the introduction of a new clause in the 2026 technical regulations, allowing struggling manufacturers to request additional evo joker upgrades beyond their original allocation. The rule states that ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton is much more upbeat with his Ferrari team despite several very negative media appearances during the 2025 Formula 1 campaign, claims his boss Fred Vasseur. 
The seven-time world champion had arguably his worst season yet, failing to score a podium for the first time in his F1 career en route to sixth in the championship and 86 points behind team-mate Charles Leclerc. 
It was ...Keep reading

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez is set to ride a bike for the first time since the injury he sustained at Mandalika in October.
The Spaniard has been sidelined since he broke his right arm following a collision triggered by Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi at the start of the Indonesian Grand Prix. While Marquez initially attempted to avoid another operation, he ultimately required surgery to address a ...Keep reading

A Saturday press conference offered just a brief update from the National Transportation Safety Board concerning the aviation incident on Thursday morning that claimed the lives of NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his family, and three others.
By Friday, the NTSB had formally begun its investigation into the incident that took place at the Statesville Regional Airport but had scant details as ...Keep reading

“The scary thing is he's getting better.” This is how Sebastian Vettel views fellow four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen, who recently completed a remarkable 2025 campaign.
Despite his Red Bull RB21 being inferior to the McLaren MCL39 for most of this season, Verstappen took more wins and more pole positions than any other driver (eight of each). Most importantly, he recovered ...Keep reading

Formula 1’s new 2026 power units will debut at the Circuit de Catalunya in just over five weeks’ time, but questions over a grey area of the new regulations have already come to light.
German outlet Motorsport Magazin revealed that some engine manufacturers have sent a request for clarification to the FIA regarding the compression ratio, one of the parameters changed in the 2026 ...Keep reading

The 2025 MotoGP season was unlike anything we’ve seen this decade, with Marc Marquez dismantling the field on the factory Ducati and turning the championship into a one-man show. Only two riders were able to challenge him on a handful of occasions, and even then, toppling the Spaniard proved a near-impossible task.
Marquez’s late, injury-enforced absence did briefly level the playing field ...Keep reading

While Charles Leclerc empathised with Lewis Hamilton's tribulations in his first Formula 1 season with Ferrari, the Monegasque felt he had little leeway over 2025 to help the seven-time champion adapt to the team.
Hamilton's struggles were well-publicised over the year, especially in the wake of the attention that his move had commanded. After 11 years with Mercedes, Hamilton needed to adapt to ...Keep reading

While noting the news is 'untimely' as RFK Racing and the NASCAR community are still coming to terms with the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of Greg Biffle and six others, the team has confirmed that Brad Keselowski suffered a broken leg on Thursday.
Keselowski, who drives the No. 6 RFK Racing Ford and is a co-owner at the race team, was skiing with his family when the accident took ...Keep reading

The National Transportation Safety Board has started its investigation into the aviation incident that killed Greg Biffle, his family and three others on Thursday morning at Statesville Regional Airport.
While a preliminary report will be released within 30 days, a full investigation will take 12 to 18 months before the publishing of a final report.
NTSB Member Michael Graham conducted a ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly has opened up about his rivalry with fellow French Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon.
The two drivers grew up together and were previously very close, but the Alpine driver explained that there was a turning point in their relationship that they have not been able to recover from.
"We could make a full documentary about this," he told F1.com. "We used to spend Wednesdays and ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris has become the 21st driver to add his signature to a helmet signed by every living Formula 1 world champion.
Organised by Sir Jackie Stewart for his charity, Race Against Dementia, the helmet was part of a prize draw to raise funds for pioneering research into the prevention and cure of dementia. The winners of the prize draw will receive the helmet, having already had ...Keep reading

Lando Norris's 2025 championship title brought back memories for Jacques Villeneuve of when he won the 1997 Formula 1 championship.
During an appearance on the High Performance podcast, Villeneuve discussed the types of championship wins that take him back to his own experience of claiming a title in 1997.
“Depends which kind of world championship it is and how it's won. Because we've seen ...Keep reading

FOX Sports and IndyCar have confirmed the race broadcast start times of the 2026 season for Indy NXT.
For the second consecutive year, the developmental category for the IndyCar Series will have all 17 rounds shown on live television, with 15 scheduled for FS1 and two on FS2. All practice and qualifying sessions will be shown on a combination of FS1, FS2, the FOX Sports App and FOX ...Keep reading

Theo Pourchaire says his move to the World Endurance Championship marks the second phase of his motorsport career, but believes he “deserved better” following his 2023 Formula 2 title.
Pourchaire will join Peugeot’s factory Hypercar team in the WEC next year, racing the 9X8 LMH for the full season after making an early debut in Bahrain last month.
The WEC seat ends a long period of ...Keep reading