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The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway will feature several interesting names, including Cleetus McFarland (real name Garrett Mitchell), and Travis Pastrana.
As previously announced, they will be teammates at Niece Motorsports with Mitchell driving the No. 4 Chevrolet Silverado and Pastana behind the wheel of the No. 42. While Mitchell is making his ...Keep reading

MotoGP staged its second-ever season launch event in Kuala Lumpur this weekend, less than a month before the opening round of the year in Thailand.
After breaking new ground with a similar joint event in Bangkok last year, MotoGP brought all teams and riders together to the heart of Malaysia’s capital for a special event marking the unofficial start of the 2026 campaign.
Although Dorna had ...Keep reading

As Pierre Gasly turns 30, we take a closer look at his rise as one of the grid’s most fashion-forward drivers, from his paddock style to front-row fashion moments.

Cadillac will become F1’s 11th team in 2026 – but how will the American squad fare in their debut season?

After getting behind the wheel of the 2026 F1 cars during the Barcelona Shakedown, the drivers have been giving their verdicts on what it is like to drive the new challengers.

After just missing out on the title in 2025 to Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri is ready to go again amid all-new regulations in F1.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is confident that Formula 1’s more inexperienced drivers will benefit from the 2026 regulation overhaul due to the need to adapt. 
F1 promises to look totally different this year with changes to both the chassis, lighter by 32kg plus less downforce, and engine, more reliant on electric power, after four years of ground effect cars.
There has been vast talk about how ...Keep reading

The 2026 season will see Ford introduce the Mustang GT3 Evo, an early mid-cycle update to its GT3 contender. A key player in the update has been HRT, which runs the car in the DTM, among other categories.
HRT was forced to postpone the test debut of the new Evo package for the Mustang for a second time. In mid-December at Portimao, a consequential technical issue following a customer crash was ...Keep reading

Yamaha has conceded that its new V4 MotoGP engine is struggling for power after the opening pre-season test of the year at Sepang.
The Iwata-based brand was in the headlines for all the wrong seasons in Malaysia, where it finished last among MotoGP’s five manufacturers and more than a second off the outright pace.
On the opening day, Yamaha’s star rider Fabio Quartararo broke his finger ...Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has admitted he expected better from Esteban Ocon in the 2025 Formula 1 season.
Ocon joined Haas last year after leaving his longtime Alpine outfit, teaming up with Oliver Bearman, but against all expectations he was outscored by his rookie team-mate over the 2025 campaign, with 38 points to 41.
Bearman also outqualified his elder 17-11 (excluding technical ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing team principal Andrea Stella revealed that many of the fears the teams had going into the Barcelona shakedown vanished fairly quickly.
All teams, apart from Williams, took part in private testing from 26-30 January ahead of the 2026 season, which welcomes a new set of regulations. While some teams went into the shakedown week with reservations about reliability, any concerns were ...Keep reading

After eight episodes of the Ram: Race for The Seat reality show competition, Kaulig Racing has finalized the driver of its fifth truck for the 2026 Craftsman Truck Series season. Mini Tyrrell, aged 21, bested 14 other drivers to win the competition and secure a full-time deal in the Truck Series.
The competition featured various races at road courses and ovals, featuring late model stock cars ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup Series Rule Book received a slew of preseason updates in advance of the final weekend before regular season racing begins next week at Daytona International Speedway.
One marginally altered the qualifying procedures for the Daytona 500 and the other banned the practice of drivers placing their hands against their window nets during qualifying in the pursuit of less drag.
The ...Keep reading

The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are upon us with Italy taking the reins this year. Both Kimi Antonelli and Stefano Domenicali have been involved in the ceremony, carrying the Olympic torch across Palmanova and the Dolomites, but Formula 1 was also heavily involved in the 2006 games.
The Turin Winter Olympic Games saw a ceremony selling the idea of design, industry and speed to not only 35,000 ...Keep reading

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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says that the Barcelona shakedown has proven that the MCL40's largest improvements will come from learning how to exploit the power unit as well as the active aero introduced this year.
The Woking outfit approached its testing at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya with the understanding that it would be its first sense of reality of a new set of ...Keep reading

According to a release from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, along with a record 180,000+ attendees over the four-day event, NBC saw an average of 1.1 million viewers, a 49 percent year-over-year increase (via Nielsen and NBC Sports).
It was second only to the 2021 running of the event, which saw viewership peak at 1.2 million. The broadcast also saw a 52 percent year-over-year ...Keep reading

Many were left shocked by the fact that Corey Heim was without a full-time ride entering the 2026 season. The defending NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion broke various records in his 2025 title run, and is considered the sport's top prospect alongside Connor Zilisch.
However, that doesn't mean Heim won't be racing this year. In a Friday announcement, we learned that Heim will be piloting ...Keep reading

Rise Racing will field the No. 89 Chevrolet for the ARCA Menard's Series season at Daytona International Speedway, and the car will have an Earnhardt behind the wheel.
Bobby Dale Earnhardt is a fourth-generation racer, and is the grandson of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, nephew of two-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Earnhardt Jr., son of former racer Kerry Earnhardt, and older ...Keep reading

Excitement builds as the Winter Olympics kicks off in Milano Cortina, but did you know there are a handful of Formula 1 drivers who have competed in previous editions of the Winter Games?