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Christian Horner responds to Red Bull and Mercedes power unit loophole rumours

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 23:33
Christian Horner faced questions about the rumours that Red Bull and Mercedes have found an engine trick ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season.
While Horner was replaced in the role of Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal in July 2025, he was quizzed on the rumours during an interview with TODAY. Heading into a new set of regulations, reports emerged that both the Milton Keynes outfit and ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher found the limit “pretty early” in maiden oval test

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 23:10
It might take a long time for Mick Schumacher to stop smiling after today.
The 26-year-old German received his first taste of running on an oval in a private test at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Wednesday, running an all-black No. 47 Honda for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. He managed to log 97 laps on the day, with teammate Graham Rahal - who shook down the car - and driver coach Ryan Briscoe ...Keep reading

Josh Berry and Austin Cindric advance into Clash after full-contact LCQ

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 22:20
In a field of 18 desperate drivers, only the top two finishers + the points provisional (Alex Bowman) were going to transfer from the last-chance-qualifier (LCQ) into the main event for the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.
Bowman was happy to take the points provisional on offer to him (as the highest driver from the 2025 championship not yet locked in) instead of racing for it and risking ...Keep reading

The F1, football and NFL figures with Epstein links after conviction

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-02-04 21:54
Senior figures in sport maintained personal contact with Jeffrey Epstein, while others were discussed regarding potential deals.

The F1, football and NFL figures with Epstein links after conviction

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-02-04 21:54
Senior figures in sport maintained personal contact with Jeffrey Epstein, while others were discussed regarding potential deals.

The F1, football and NFL figures with Epstein links after conviction

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-02-04 21:54
Senior figures in sport maintained personal contact with Jeffrey Epstein, while others were discussed regarding potential deals.

"It's fun," says Mick Schumacher after his first oval laps in IndyCar

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 21:25
Mick Schumacher has now completed his first laps on an oval in preparation for his rookie IndyCar season, and his early impressions are very positive.
On Wednesday, Schumacher spent a day testing at Homestead-Miami Speedway, about 30 miles south of downtown Miami in the state of Florida. It was a purely private test by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) - the team for which Schumacher will be ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson earns Clash pole as 20 cars lock into Bowman Gray feature

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 20:45
After shaking down their cars in practice and cleaning up some ‘weepers’ of water caused by melting snow, qualifying got underway for the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.
In this format, the 20 fastest drivers advance directly into the main event, while positions 21-38 will transfer to the last-chance qualifier. Only the top two finishers from the LCQ will get to take part in the pre-season ...Keep reading

RFK pulled Corey Lajoie back into racing when he least expected

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 19:07
For the next week and a half, Corey Lajoie is what he has been for much of this decade, a NASCAR Cup Series driver.
With Brad Keselowski suffering from a broken right femur suffered in a fall on ice during a family skiing trip on December 18, Lajoie got the call to race in the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium in the famed RFK Racing No. 6. This is in addition to his previously scheduled ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin reinjured repaired shoulder amidst difficult winter

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 18:32
Denny Hamlin is not 100 percent right now after an emotional rollercoaster of a winter and he may not get there until after the end of the 2026 season concludes.
That is because, in addition to the death of his father in a house fire that also hospitalized his mother, Hamlin also re-tore the right shoulder he got surgically repaired after the 2023 season. This happened during a fall while going ...Keep reading

Williams finally hits the track with 2026 F1 car in Silverstone shakedown

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 18:28
The 2026 Williams Formula 1 car finally hit the track for the first time with a shakedown at Silverstone just a week after the British squad skipped the Barcelona shakedown.
F1 hosted its first collective test of the 2026 season last week with five days of private running at the Catalan circuit, ahead of the campaign which introduces a regulation overhaul.
There are changes to both the ...Keep reading

American Express confirms Dobson for 2026

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-02-04 17:31
American Express have announced that Ava Dobson will be representing the F1 ACADEMY Official Partner on the 2026 grid.

10 quiz questions on the latest Formula 1 news

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-02-04 17:31
Test your knowledge of the Formula 1 news from the past seven days...

Why Hadjar’s mum knew about Red Bull seat before he did

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-02-04 17:31
Isack Hadjar has revealed that his mum found out about his promotion to the Red Bull team before he did, having received a phone call about the news prior to her son.

Footage of Daniel Ricciardo's reaction to Max Verstappen taking No. 3 surfaces

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 17:13
Footage has surfaced of Daniel Ricciardo's reaction to seeing Max Verstappen with his no. 3 on his cap for the first time.
The racing no. 3 became part of Ricciardo's branding during his time in Formula 1 from 2011 to 2024. But as Verstappen lost the no. 1 to Lando Norris, who won the 2025 championship, he decided to change to no. 3 in 2026 rather than revert to no. 33, which he held before ...Keep reading

WEC 2025 BoP Analysis: BMW

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 17:00
The Balance of Performance graph essentially tells the entire story: the BMW M Hybrid V8 stagnated during the 2025 World Endurance Championship. A very strong start to the season was followed by a bitter Le Mans and a disappointing second half of the year. 
In its second season in the Hypercar class, WRT’s goal was to score at least one win. That target was not achieved, leaving BMW (and ...Keep reading

America driver Ava Dobson secures American Express F1 Academy seat for 2026

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 16:19
American driver Ava Dobson will represent American Express in the 2026 F1 Academy season.
The 17-year-old driver will enter her rookie season of the all-female racing series with Hitech and American Express after taking part as the Miami Wild Card driver in 2025. 
“I am really excited to be going with F1 ACADEMY this year with American Express,” Dobson said.
”I’m truly super ...Keep reading

Adrian Newey on 2026 Aston Martin - "I never look at my designs as aggressive"

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 15:57
Aston Martin's Adrian Newey doesn't feel his eye-catching AMR26 is "aggressive", as his first design for his new Formula 1 team caught the eye of its rivals in Barcelona.
After a delayed rollout, the AMR26 left the garage on the penultimate day of the Barcelona shakedown sporting a unique engine cover and sidepod design as well as a radical suspension geometry.
Mercedes' George Russell ...Keep reading

How NASCAR is helping USA Luge fight for gold in the Winter Olympics

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 15:32
NASCAR isn’t typically known as a winter sport but they’ve decided to use their tools in order to help Team USA go faster at the Winter Olympics. The NASCAR research and development team is building virtual models of Olympic athletes and creating life size 3D printed versions of them in order to do wind tunnel and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) testing in order to find tweaks to help the ...Keep reading

Gio Ruggiero set to make NASCAR O'Reilly debut with Joe Gibbs Racing

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-02-04 15:23
Giovanni Ruggiero, 19, is already a proven winner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series with Tricon Garage. Last year, he was victorious at Talladega and ended the year eleventh in the standings.
He will again compete full-time in Trucks, but on Wednesday, Joe Gibbs Racing announced that he will also run the first two races of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts (NOAPS) season. Ruggiero will ...Keep reading

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