Motorsport

Unfortunately, NASCAR has been rattled by another tragedy involving aircraft. On Thursday morning, Greg Biffle and his family were among those killed in an accident at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina.
A champion in both the Craftsman Truck and O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, achieving double-digit victories at all three national levels of the sport, Biffle was a true legend of ...Keep reading

Lia Block has shared a recovery update after undergoing minor surgery on her wrist following the F1 Academy season.
The American driver shared the news with her followers after the close of the F1 Academy season, saying that she was due to have surgery to correct nerve damage from a previous incident in 2020.
"No one freak out," Block wrote on social media. "Just a minor surgery. I broke my ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon has shared his interest in taking part in a drift championship outing.
The Frenchman, who joined Haas ahead of the 2025 season after a five-year stint with Renault/Alpine, has already taken part in the World Rally Championship and is keen to give drifting a try.
"It’s still related to cars, but swapping seats with some drift championship guys would be ...Keep reading

Retired NASCAR star Greg Biffle alongside wife Cristina Grossu Biffle, daughter Emma, son Ryder and three others were killed in an aviation crash on Thursday morning at Statesville Regional Airport north of Charlotte, North Carolina.
First Sergeant Chris Knox of the North Carolina Highway Patrol first confirmed the death of the Biffle family and added it was 'one of the worst crashes' he had ...Keep reading

FOX Sports and IndyCar have announced the race broadcast start times for the upcoming 2026 season.
For the second consecutive year, IndyCar will have a record 19 network windows, with all 17 races featured on broadcast television. It is also the second time in as many years that IndyCar will be the only premier motorsports series in North America with all races broadcast on network ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon says he has "so much confidence" his team can take another step forward after its rise to fifth in 2025.
Williams secured a comfortable fifth place in last season's championship as the experienced and rapid combination of Albon and new team-mate Carlos Sainz combined for 137 points,- the Grove-based squad's best result in a decade.
Even if the squad has ...Keep reading

From the very start of the 2025 MotoGP season, when Alex Marquez strung together three consecutive second-place finishes in Thailand, Argentina and the United States, one question followed him everywhere: ‘Would he receive upgrades on his GP24?’
The younger Marquez’s answer was always the same, as the contract between Ducati and his team Gresini Racing did not stipulate any upgrades ...Keep reading

The FIA has offered up a first look at the World Rally Championship cars of the future, built under the new technical regulations that will come into force from 2027.
The new technical regulations, which will span a 10-year period, are designed to be more affordable and flexible in a bid to attract new manufacturers and teams to the series. Cars will be built to a €345,000 cost cap, deliver ...Keep reading

Sky Sports strategy analyst Bernie Collins believes that the job for the Cadillac Formula 1 team cannot be underestimated.
The American outfit is set to join the grid in 2026 as the 11th team with experienced drivers Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas. And while the regulation changes next year will reset the order of the grid, Collins argued that the General Motors-backed team will likely ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has explained why missing out on a fifth consecutive Formula 1 world title by two points doesn't really feel like a loss.
Verstappen came just two points short of overhauling McLaren's Lando Norris, who sealed his maiden world championship with third place in the Abu Dhabi season finale.
After a tough first half of the campaign, Verstappen trailed the second McLaren ...Keep reading

2026 Racing Bulls Formula 1 driver Arvid Lindblad has shared some insight into the now-viral clip of him approaching Lando Norris five years ago.
Lindblad told the McLaren driver to remember him and that he would see him in F1 in five years, taking inspiration from Lewis Hamilton's Ron Dennis story. Following the news that the British driver had signed for Racing Bulls for 2026, footage of the ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Karun Chandhok has discussed Dr Helmut Marko's exit from Red Bull Racing, reflecting on his time as a Red Bull junior driver and Marko's ability to be "bold when a lot of people in the paddock were conservative".
Marko confirmed at the beginning of December that he had decided to leave the Milton Keynes outfit at the end of 2025 after 20 ...Keep reading

Dorna has taken stock of what it described as a historic 2025 season for MotoGP, defined by Marc Marquez’s comeback story, as it recorded a 12% growth in the series’ global fanbase.
The narrative of the campaign largely revolved around the Marquez brothers - above all Marc, but also Alex Marquez, who played an unexpected role as supporting character. As the longest campaign in history ...Keep reading

A piece of history is about to become part of the past, with the iconic Dunlop Bridge at Circuit de la Sarthe set for a name change.
A visual symbol of the world's greatest endurance race, the Dunlop Bridge has long been a meeting point whose name resonates with everyone at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Located at the top of the chicane of the same name (whose identity may also evolve), it has ...Keep reading

London, UK — 18 December, 2025 — Michelin-starred chef and lifelong motorsport fan Tom Kerridge will curate the culinary program for the 2026 Autosport Awards, taking place January 21 at London’s Roundhouse. The collaboration adds a new dimension to racing’s most celebrated night, bringing together sporting excellence with elevated lifestyle, entertainment, and creative ...Keep reading

M-Sport Ford is involved in ongoing discussions to add Martins Sesks to its World Rally Championship driver line-up for 2026.
The British squad announced its full-time driver line-up for next year this week, which sees Josh McErlean joined by European Rally Championship title runner-up Jon Armstrong – who will make the leap to Rally1 machinery for the first time. The decision comes as part ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Andrea Kimi Antonelli may need three to five years to reach his peak performance level in Formula 1.
Antonelli made his F1 debut this season with very little experience, with the two-time Formula 4 and Formula Regional champion skipping F3 on his way to a sole F2 season.
The Italian rookie was unsurprisingly inconsistent during his maiden Formula 1 ...Keep reading

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony is set to take place later today.
2025 Formula 1 champion Lando Norris has been shortlisted for the main award, alongside footballers Hannah Hampton and Chloe Kelly, rugby union player Ellie Kildunne, darts player Luke Littler and golfer Rory McIlroy.
Here is everything you need to know to watch the awards and vote.
When is the 2025 ...Keep reading

Jacques Villeneuve has shared some insight into how Oscar Piastri could be feeling after missing out on the championship title despite leading the drivers' standings earlier in the season.
The Australian driver was leading the standings with a nine-point advantage over his team-mate Lando Norris heading into the summer break. While he won the Dutch Grand Prix and secured a third-place finish at ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has picked #3 as his race number for the 2026 Formula 1 season, following his title defeat this year.
Verstappen had wanted this one all along as it was a lucky number to him, but it was taken by Daniel Ricciardo when the Dutchman started his career. Therefore, he chose #33 to “add double the luck” and raced with it from 2015 to 2021, when he won his maiden world ...Keep reading