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Legacy Motor Club hires JGR executive as new team president

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 17:23
Legacy Motor Club has confirmed Michael Guttilla  as the team's new president, effective immediately. 
Guttilla has two decades of experience working with the global engineering firm, Multimatic. He filled the role of  Vice President of Engineering and R&D and Vice President of Global Sales & Marketing. His career also took him to General Motors and Mechanical Dynamics Inc.
Most recently ...Keep reading

NASCAR Preseason Thunder returning with goal of better superspeedway racing

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 17:16
NASCAR now has a five-year sample size of data that concluded there is no doubt a better way to do superspeedway racing using the NextGen car but it needs to determine a pathway of getting there.
In the short term, the Sanctioning Body is adjusting stage lengths to combat fuel saving strategies used by teams since the debut of this car, but it will also target regulation changes during a winter ...Keep reading

Tech analysis: Ferrari's full hypercar aero package for WEC 2026

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 17:09
AF Corse unveiled its privateer Ferrari hypercar to the world on Tuesday, offering a first look at the Italian marque's updated aero package for the 2026 World Endurance Championship.
At an event organised at the headquarters of its new partner ESA NanoTech, the Italian team showcased the #83 Ferrari 499P to be driven once again by 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours winners Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and ...Keep reading

F1 ACADEMY Champion Doriane Pin on pushing for her dream

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 16:53
F1 ACADEMY Champion Doriane Pin is Tom Clarkson’s guest on this week’s Beyond The Grid podcast.

Crypto.com Overtake of the Month Award

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 16:53
Judged by both fans and an expert panel, the Crypto.com Overtake of the Month Award celebrates the drivers that dare to perform the most challenging and courageous overtake manoeuvres during a race.

5 Winners and 5 Losers from 2026 so far

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 16:53
F1.com's Lawrence Barretto selects his winners and losers following the first three rounds of the 2026 Formula 1 season.

IMSA reveals entry list for Long Beach, with some notable changes

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 16:47
The entry list for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s annual trek out to the West Coast with this year’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach has been revealed. 
The first sprint race on the calendar is also one of the shortest, with a field of 28 cars between Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) and Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) classes taking to the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street ...Keep reading

Why Opel’s Formula E entry is not a DS rebrand

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:57
Opel is set to make its return to world championship-level motorsport after announcing its entry into Formula E for the Gen4 era. The four-year programme was formally confirmed at last month's Madrid E-Prix, shortly after DS announced that it would be leaving the championship at the end of the current season.
Rumours about Opel joining Formula E had been rife for some time, and the head of its ...Keep reading

Why tweaks - not major changes - expected to F1's rules

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:08
Andrew Benson analyses what changes Formula 1 could make at a series of meetings about its new rules.

Why tweaks - not major changes - expected to F1's rules

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:08
Andrew Benson analyses what changes Formula 1 could make at a series of meetings about its new rules.

Why tweaks - not major changes - expected to F1's rules

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:08
Andrew Benson analyses what changes Formula 1 could make at a series of meetings about its new rules.

Why tweaks - not major changes - expected to F1's rules

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:08
Andrew Benson analyses what changes Formula 1 could make at a series of meetings about its new rules.

Why MotoGP’s ‘Concorde Agreement’ remains unsigned

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 15:01
At the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), major decisions are most often made on the ground floor of the building that houses the pitboxes, at the end closest to the pitlane entrance. Most of the offices there have windows overlooking the paddock.
On Sunday, hours before Marco Bezzecchi completed his perfect run of victories since the start of the 2026 MotoGP season, all of them were open except ...Keep reading

Question of the week: What, if anything, does F1 need to change in the current rules?

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 14:30
Change, as always, stirs debate – and while Formula 1 has been through many regulatory shifts before, the scale of reaction in 2026 has been notably different.
The new rules have pushed several aspects of the sport into unfamiliar territory, prompting strong responses from drivers, fans and stakeholders alike. Opinions remain divided, as ever, but it is clear that some adjustments may be ...Keep reading

What to expect from F1 power unit rules talks on Thursday

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 14:21
As Formula 1 enters a month-long break from racing, its key stakeholders are set for a series of talks to tweak the divisive 2026 energy management regulations.
March's three race weekends in Australia, China and Japan have offered F1 a decent sample size of a wide range of circuits that put the full scope of the new regulations on display.
The series and a significant part of its fanbase ...Keep reading

Antonelli evaluates how much he's stepped up in second F1 season

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 13:51
Kimi Antonelli has opened up on where he's stepped up from his maiden season, and where he still needs to improve for 2026.

Pedro Acosta says teaming up with Marc Marquez would be a “dream come true”

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 11:18
Pedro Acosta has admitted that joining nine-time world champion Marc Marquez in a MotoGP team would be a “dream come true” for him.
The KTM rider is all set to make a high-profile move to Ducati for the start of the 850cc regulations in 2027, replacing the underperforming Francesco Bagnaia at the factory squad. 
Although the deal was agreed before the start of the season, as reported ...Keep reading

When Formula 1 meets golf

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 10:50
To build up to the 90th edition of the Masters at Augusta, let’s unpack all the crossovers between golf and Formula 1.

10 quiz questions about F1 on film

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-04-08 10:50
F1 has been featured on the big and small screen over the years, in both feature films and documentaries.

How Takamoto Katsuta’s maiden WRC win is impacting his mindset

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-04-08 10:19
Takamoto Katsuta revealed he feels 'lighter' and “more relaxed” now that the burden of trying to clinch a maiden World Rally Championship victory has been lifted.
The Toyota driver will head into this week’s Croatian round of the 2026 campaign after he and co-driver Aaron Johnson secured a breakthrough victory at Safari Rally Kenya last month.
It came on Katsuta’s 94th WRC start and ...Keep reading

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