Motorsport

Ford hits back after Cadillac questions role in Red Bull F1 project

Sun, 2026-02-15 16:39
In line with Formula 1’s recent growth, commercial interest in the series has increased substantially. This is particularly true in the United States, partly due to the success of Netflix series Drive to Survive and the addition of races in Miami and Las Vegas.
It is reflected not only in fan interest but also on the grid itself. General Motors’ Cadillac brand has joined as the 11th team ...Keep reading

50 years later: David Pearson’s incredible 20mph Daytona 500 victory

Sun, 2026-02-15 16:35
Long before Larson vs. Hamlin or Earnhardt vs. Gordon, there was another clash of titans that divided the NASCAR world. And this battle was between the Silver Fox -- David Pearson, and The King -- Richard Petty.
These two drivers combine for ten championships and an astonishing 305 NASCAR Cup Series wins. On this day, February 15, 1975, they came together for one of their most memorable ...Keep reading

Unprecedented: How every Daytona 500 three-peat was derailed

Sun, 2026-02-15 15:28
Hendrick Motorsports is the winningest team in Daytona 500 history with ten victories. William Byron, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet, won the event in both 2024 and 2025, and both races ended in dramatic crashes amongst the race leaders. Now, he will attempt to win the 500 for a third consecutive year, and it's a feat that has never been done before.
In 2024, Byron positioned himself out front ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg “didn’t deserve more than P4” from Sweden WRC round

Sun, 2026-02-15 15:23
Oliver Solberg says he didn’t deserve more than fourth from the WRC’s Rally Sweden, after admitting he was surprised by how difficult it was to open the road.
Solberg headed to Sweden on a high after scoring a sensational win in Monte Carlo last month, which had raised expectations ahead of a home event he previously won three times at the WRC2 level.
Having stunned the WRC service park ...Keep reading

How Jorge Lorenzo is pushing Maverick Vinales beyond his limits in MotoGP

Sun, 2026-02-15 14:45
Maverick Vinales has offered insights into his new partnership with Jorge Lorenzo, revealing how the three-time MotoGP champion is pushing him to reach levels he wouldn’t otherwise access.
Following the end of last season, Vinales signed Lorenzo as his performance coach for 2026, hoping to unlock more speed and ultimately achieve his dream of winning a title in the premier class.
While the ...Keep reading

All Mercedes teams praise Red Bull’s new engine – but how political is it?

Sun, 2026-02-15 14:07
Formula 1’s 2026 season-opening Australian Grand Prix currently looks like a race nobody wants to win.
Of course, that’s not the case, but it jokingly underlines that, at this stage of the pre-season, everyone is keen to avoid the role of clear favourite.
Although that has always been the game during F1 testing, this year it is going to extreme lengths. On the very first day in Bahrain ...Keep reading

The storylines to follow throughout the 2026 Daytona 500

Sun, 2026-02-15 14:05
Here's all the major storylines you need to keep an eye on during the 68th running of the Daytona 500:
Brad Keselowski manages a leg injury

Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing Ford
Photo by: Patrick McDermott via Getty Images

The 42-year-old broke his femur during the off-season, and arrived to Daytona with a walking cane. While there is still pain, he has every intention of ...Keep reading

Ranked: Rate the 2026 F1 liveries

Sun, 2026-02-15 13:13
1. Red Bull

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Photo de: Joe Portlock / LAT Images via Getty Images

Jake Boxall-Legge: It's funny how our perceptions change. The matte Red Bulls had become so stale that I've been drawn towards the return of metallic blue, a livery I didn't really take a second look at during its pomp. But, under the floodlights, it looks great. 
2. Haas
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WRC Sweden: Elfyn Evans storms to victory as Toyota scores 1-2-3-4

Sun, 2026-02-15 12:43
Elfyn Evans produced a faultless drive to claim a third career Rally Sweden victory as Toyota dominated the second round of the 2026 World Rally Championship.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin claimed a first win of the season by 14.3s from Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta and Aaron Johnston. Toyota comprehensively defeated a struggling Hyundai across the 18 snow-covered stages, locking out the ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon responds to Ayao Komatsu's F1 2025 season review

Sun, 2026-02-15 11:50
Esteban Ocon has responded to the frank assessment of his 2025 Formula 1 campaign by Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu - saying he wasn’t surprised to hear it.
Komatsu said last week that “we expected more” from the grand prix winner in his debut season with the American outfit, claiming “nobody’s satisfied with Esteban’s sporting result” in 2025. 
That came after Ocon finished 15th ...Keep reading

Dan Ticktum, Pepe Marti settle “over the line” clash; Marti apologises for radio slur

Sun, 2026-02-15 09:59
Cupra Kiro Formula E team-mates Dan Ticktum and Pepe Marti have drawn a line under their late-race clash at the Jeddah E-Prix after clearing the air in the hours following Saturday’s round.
Marti was trying to pass Ticktum for fifth place on the penultimate lap at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit when the two came to blows entering the bus stop chicane.
Formula E rookie Marti subsequently ...Keep reading

McLaren: Mercedes and Ferrari "quicker than us" in F1 race sims

Sun, 2026-02-15 09:49
McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella admitted Mercedes and Ferrari "were quicker than us" in race simulations at the first pre-season test in Bahrain, and also believes Red Bull will be in the mix.
As teams dug into long runs on Thursday and Friday, the fog of war surrounding pre-season testing was lifted little by little. While there are still a lot of question marks over the exact pecking ...Keep reading

Christopher Mies reacts to 250km/h kangaroo crash: "I'm glad I'm standing here right now"

Sun, 2026-02-15 08:59
Christopher Mies has explained his unfortunate collision with a kangaroo during the opening stages of the 2026 Bathurst 12 Hour, which the Ford driver survived unscathed.
Mies, who was sharing the #64 HRT Ford Mustang GT3 with reigning Supercars champion Broc Feeney and 2019 Intercontinental GT champion Dennis Olsen, hit a kangaroo at 250km/h on the Conrod Straight at Mount Panorama Circuit ...Keep reading

Mercedes takes dramatic Bathurst 12 Hour win

Sun, 2026-02-15 08:59
Maxime Martin, Maro Engel and Mikael Grenier have won a dramatic – and dramatically shortened – Bathurst 12 Hour race.
Their Team GMR entry started from 29th on the grid after a series of problems during practice and qualifying, but the trio showed excellent pace throughout the race and when Martin was presented with the lead late in the race, he grabbed the opportunity and did not put a ...Keep reading

Austin Hill's guide to beating Austin Hill at Daytona

Sun, 2026-02-15 04:52
At this point, Austin Hill believes he has a mystique of winning NASCAR O’Reilly Series races at Daytona that is more effective than the resume that generated the aura in the first place.
Of his 15 wins at the second-highest level of the discipline, 11 of them have come across Daytona, Talladega and Atlanta. And every time NOAPS comes to Daytona, the narrative is that everyone needs to gang ...Keep reading

Austin Hill unstoppable in dominant Daytona NASCAR O'Reilly win

Sun, 2026-02-15 01:41
Austin Hill now has 15 wins in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, which includes an astonishing eleven on drafting tracks, with four of those coming at Daytona. He dominated the 2026 season-opener, delivering Richard Childress Racing the checkered flag once again.
"I love these guys, man," said Hill in Victory Lane. "Everybody that's been at Chevrolet, everybody at RCR, ECR, everyone that ...Keep reading

ARCA Daytona decided by controversial crash, one-lap shootout

Sat, 2026-02-14 21:38
Jake Finch believes he should have three wins in the ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway.
He has been beat straight-up. He was once misled by his teammate on a ‘teammate restart’ in overtime and now he and that same teammate (Gus Dean) were involved in a crash while sharing the front row after a push from Gio Ruggiero.
At the end of the day, it was Ruggiero and Joe Gibbs Racing ...Keep reading

25 years after the death of Dale Earnhardt, we remember NASCAR's darkest day

Sat, 2026-02-14 21:11
It is impossible to understate the impact Dale Earnhardt had on NASCAR, and the void left when he died on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. 
At the time, he was holding back several cars while the two he owned -- the No. 15 of Michael Waltrip and the No. 8 of his son, Dale Earnhardt Jr., drove off to a Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI) 1-2 finish. But mere seconds from finishing third right ...Keep reading

Ryan Preece leads final Daytona 500 practice, despite handling concerns

Sat, 2026-02-14 21:03
The third and final practice for the 68th running of the Daytona 500 was very calm, and there were no issues.
Of the 41 starters, only 18 actually chose to go out on track. There was some drafting, and the biggest pack formed early with RFK Racing and Team Penske Fords, but also a handful of Chevrolets that joined them.
Jimmie Johnson was the only Toyota driver to even go out on track, and ...Keep reading

WRC Sweden: What happened to the Hyundais?

Sat, 2026-02-14 20:43
For the second World Rally Championship event in a row, Hyundai has struggled for outright pace in its battle against Toyota.
Driver Thierry Neuville admitted he was running out of set up options to try as Hyundai explored radical changes to find answers to its lack of grip and speed at Rally Sweden.
The Korean marque had hoped to take the fight to Toyota in Sweden after a difficult season ...Keep reading

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