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Over the course of three years and 71 races together, Corey Heim and Scott Zipadelli amassed 21 wins and 45 top-5s with three final four appearances and the 2025 Truck Series championship.
It’s objectively a hard act to follow but Kaden Honeycutt isn’t allowing the pressure to exceed the privilege and intends to just put in the work in pursuit of the same results.
“From my end, I think ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has revealed the influence that Ayrton Senna had on his career while opening up on his experience stepping into Senna's position at Williams after his death.
Coulthard served as Williams's test driver through 1993 and 1994 and was given a test at the Jerez Circuit following Senna's tragic death during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He made his debut in ...Keep reading

The legendary Lewis Hamilton turns 41 today, so we decided to take a look at some of the seven-time World Champion’s best helmets during his 19 seasons in F1.

In 2025 Lando Norris became the latest driver to win the World Championship with McLaren. To celebrate his victory, we’ve knocked up a quick-fire quiz all about the racers who claimed the crown with the Woking team.

George Russell entered Mercedes as a great admirer of Lewis Hamilton. Shedding light on what their relationship turned into as the two talented drivers raced alongside each other at the Brackley team, Russell revealed how an engineer once wallpapered the office with a photo of the two. 
Talking on the Mercedes Formula 1 team's YouTube channel in a video celebrating his 150th race in F1 ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has shared a defiant message on his 41st birthday, stating that "the time for change is now" as he reflected on his winter break following a "very draining year".
The Briton entered the winter break claiming that no one would be able to reach him as he planned to take a step away from his phone and social media, but his birthday has prompted him to break cover as he shared photos ...Keep reading

Era Motorsport confirmed the arrival of Jacob Abel for Endurance Cup rounds for the 2026 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Abel, 24, will co-drive the team’s No. 18 ORECA 07 LMP2 alongside Naveen Rao and Ferdinand Habsburg for all of the endurance rounds, with former Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant also part of the line-up for the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona.
A ...Keep reading

Almost 100 days after injuring his shoulder at the start of the Indonesian Grand Prix on 5 October, Marc Marquez will return to the asphalt of a circuit astride a sports bike later this week.
Marquez will ride a road-going Ducati Panigale, which has been suitably prepared to provide maximum feedback to the current MotoGP world champion.
This Thursday and Friday, Marquez is scheduled to take ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes is shutting down its plans in America's Cup sailing and technology consulting as the team prioritises the Formula 1 season this year. 
Speaking to Forbes about the news, the Mercedes CEO and team chief was open about why the Brackley outfit has chosen to abandon these programmes. 
“We don’t want to do this anymore ...Keep reading

Last year, Yazeed Al-Rajhi made history by becoming the first Saudi driver to win the Dakar Rally in the car category. Together with navigator Timo Gottschalk, the pair began the defence of their title on 3 January in Yanbu but, after just four stages, that mission has come to an early end.
During the first part of the marathon stage, which started in Al-Ula, Al-Rajhi failed to reach the ...Keep reading

Last month, NASCAR legend Greg Biffle was among seven killed in a tragic plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina. The veteran driver spent the majority of his career with RFK Racing, and in remembrance of him, they have put together new display at the team museum in honor of Biffle.
The new display includes the car Biffle won his 19th and final Cup race with at Michigan in 2013, which was ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has pointed to an issue with how McLaren handles team orders during grands prix.
The Woking outfit's papaya rules became a popular talking point during 2025 as both drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, fought for the drivers' championship. Norris and Piastri were free to battle it out on track with the one provision that they kept it clean, but there ...Keep reading

DXDT Racing finally revealed its driver roster for the upcoming Rolex 24 At Daytona.
The team, which is entering its second season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Series, confirmed the No. 36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R that competes in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class will be shared by IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin, along with Charlie Eastwood, Mason Filippi and Salih Yoluc.
McLaughlin, who ...Keep reading

F1 producer Jerry Bruckheimer has shared insight into the making of the soundtrack for the blockbuster, which has received three Grammy nominations.
The soundtrack features an eclectic mix of tracks, including Doja Cat and Don Toliver's Lose My Mind, Ed Sheeran's Drive, and Rosé's Messy.
F1 the Album has been nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, while Tate ...Keep reading

Winglets in MotoGP are now an integral part of modern bike design. Today, hardly any manufacturer has built bikes without these front-mounted wings - an innovation that started as a daring experiment.
Winglets first appeared in the mid-2010s, specifically in 2015, when Ducati introduced striking bodywork elements that jutted out from the front of the bike like tiny wings.
The goal of this ...Keep reading

There will be a few things to get used to for Scott McLaughlin when the 2026 season for the IndyCar Series gets underway, most notably a new spotter.
The 32-year-old New Zealander confirmed on social media he will have veteran spotter David Hunt as his trusty eyes in the sky for the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, replacing Adam Fournier. 
 
Hunt has built a reputation as one of the best ...Keep reading

Is Lando Norris a worthy Formula 1 world champion or not? That question has divided opinion since his title victory in Abu Dhabi. Quite a few believe that Max Verstappen was the better driver in 2025 and that Norris did not extract the maximum from his McLaren.
But in dividing opinion over his worth as a champion, the Briton is far from alone in Formula 1 history.
Let’s take a look at the ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc has been spotted driving a Ferrari Purosangue during his holiday in St Moritz, with a TikTok clip of the Monaco-based Formula 1 driver quickly gaining traction online after the New Year holiday period.
The short video, posted by a car spotter in the Swiss alpine resort of St Moritz, shows the silver performance SUV moving through traffic, with Leclerc and his partner Alexandra ...Keep reading

Alpine has fired up its Mercedes power unit as it prepares for its first season as a customer team of the Brackley outfit in the upcoming 2026 Formula 1 season.
The French team shared footage of its staff listening to the roar of the power unit with the caption "okay it's happening EVERYONE STAY CALM!!"
The clip revealing the sound of the 1.6-litre turbo V6 quickly gained traction on social ...Keep reading

Ahead of Formula 1’s shake-up in 2026, the series will host three rounds of testing to help teams get to grips with their revolutionary new machines. Two tests are scheduled for Bahrain next month, where fans will get their first glimpse at the new machinery on track, while the January test in Barcelona will be a closed-door event.
This means that teams will keep their 2026 cars from fans for ...Keep reading