Motorsport

Sigma Performance Services Racing (SPS Racing) has acquired AM Racing, which will allow them to take part in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts in addition to the ARCA Menards Series and an expanded late model program.
SPS Racing will be partnered with Ford for 2026 as one of the only teams across NOAPS still aligned with the blue oval brand. Recently, Haas Factory Team and RSS Racing left Ford ...Keep reading

Williams Racing Academy has parted ways with Lia Block after two years in F1 Academy.
The American driver finished her second season in the all-female racing series in ninth with 37 points. Drivers can only compete in the F1 Academy for two seasons before moving on, and Block is now set to return to her roots in rally.
Prior to joining the F1 Academy, Block raced in the American Rally ...Keep reading

Pirelli has finalised its five tyre compounds for the 2026 F1 season, deciding against brining its sixth extra soft compound that was introduced this year.
The Italian manufacturer has been working on a range of tyres for the 2026 regulations, which prescribe front tyres that are 25mm narrower than the current specification, while the rears will be made 30mm narrower, in an effort to help save ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has explained he “didn’t really feel” the forward movement that constituted his jump start at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After qualifying down in 17th on a poor Friday, Antonelli got a penalty for that jump start. Five seconds were added to his race time as his only pitstop occurred on lap two, before the stewards were able to adjudicate.
Asked what ...Keep reading

Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto visited the Aston Martin hospitality unit following the Las Vegas Grand Prix to apologise to Lance Stroll.
Both drivers were forced to retire from the race around the streets of Sin City after a first-lap collision. The Brazilian driver took accountability for the crash and apologised to Stroll following the race.
 
Bortoleto received praise for the "classy" ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher will contest the full 2026 IndyCar season, including the Indianapolis 500, after agreeing a deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Schumacher will drive the Honda-powered #47 Dallara DW12 in all 17 rounds next season, marking a return to single-seaters after two years racing the Alpine A424 LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship.
The ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have delivered their verdict on recent reports linking former Red Bull chief Christian Horner to Aston Martin. 
Amid the drama of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, reports emerged claiming that Horner is in line to replace Aston Martin team principal and CEO Andy Cowell.
The Briton was replaced as Red Bull team principal and CEO on 9 July 2025 after 20 years at the helm of the Milton ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco has doubled down on his criticism of MotoGP’s prototype radio system, saying the static noise renders it practically “pointless”.
Inspired by Formula 1’s successful ‘team radio’, MotoGP has been developing its own two-way communication system to enable riders and the pitwall to interact with each other in real time.
Several riders have tested the device in the last ...Keep reading

Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur has responded to Lewis Hamilton’s extreme pessimism following the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying everybody must “calm down”. 
The seven-time world champion crossed the line in 10th on Saturday night after starting on the back row following a disastrous qualifying, in which he failed to set a lap at the end of a wet Q1. 
Although Hamilton ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans couldn't resist poking fun at McLaren after a social media post during the Las Vegas Grand Prix didn't age well.
After Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crossed the line to finish second and fourth, the Woking outfit's cars were found to be in breach of Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Regulations due to excessive plank wear, leading to a double disqualification for the ...Keep reading

Newly crowned Super Formula champion Ayumu Iwasa has the potential to perform in Formula 1 at a higher level than Yuki Tsunoda, believes his race engineer.
Tomohiko Koike made the claim in the wake of last weekend's Suzuka finale, where two pole positions and victory in the final race were enough to propel Team Mugen’s Iwasa ahead of defending champion Sho Tsuboi in the drivers’ ...Keep reading

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko had a laugh when McLaren told Lando Norris to attack the dominant Max Verstappen during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The four-time world champion won from second on the grid after overtaking poleman Norris at Turn 1, as the McLaren driver went wide having defended the inside too aggressively. 
George Russell also overtook Norris at race start ...Keep reading

First of all, I would like to apologize. I really didn’t want to make McLaren the protagonist of this column, because that has happened often enough in recent weeks.
But after the events of yesterday’s race in Las Vegas – both McLarens were disqualified due to skid blocks that were too worn out – Zak Brown is practically the only possible choice as the face and head of the team.
In ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko couldn’t help but break into a smile and throw in a few ironic remarks while surrounded by several Dutch Formula 1 journalists, including our own Ronald Vording, as they quizzed him about yet another stunning Max Verstappen victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Austrian clearly enjoyed that Lando Norris’ engineer Will Joseph’s message to his driver was met with a brutal ...Keep reading

The 2025 season marks a decade in which the NASCAR Cup Series has functionally operated under the ‘charter agreement,’ but it’s also the first year of the second document and first extension to an agreement first crafted in advance of the 2016 season.
It’s also the first season that began with a lawsuit with two teams alleging federal antitrust violations against the sanctioning body ...Keep reading

The betting odds surrounding the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship have taken a hit following the dramatic disqualification of the McLaren team after the Las Vegas Grand Prix. While Lando Norris remains at the top of the standings going into the Qatar race week, Max Verstappen's current form sees him closer in both points and odds.
Leading sportsbooks have adjusted their lines after the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have been left stunned by McLaren's double disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished the race around the streets of Sin City in second and fourth place, their cars failed to meet the minimum thickness requirement of the rear skid block, leading to a double disqualification. 
While it was a disastrous weekend for the Woking ...Keep reading

The 38th annual Autosport Awards will be hosted for the first time by award-winning broadcaster and lifelong motorsport fan Greg James.
Best known as the host of BBC Radio 1’s Breakfast Show and co-host of The Fast and the Curious Formula 1 podcast, James brings a fan’s perspective alongside his trademark humour and energy to racing’s most influential night.
A Motorsport Network ...Keep reading

Winner: Max Verstappen
Even before McLaren's double disqualification, this was a pretty good day out for Max Verstappen. The Dutchman man not be a big admirer of Sin City and its mirage of faux opulence, but he can't stop celebrating one highlight after another. One year on from claiming his fourth world title, Verstappen got the better of Lando Norris at the start and then dominated the race ...Keep reading

McLaren has apologised to its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri for its costly double disqualification at Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix, as it explained what went wrong.
Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth respectively on the streets of Las Vegas, before both drivers were thrown out of the results for excessive plank wear.
McLaren exhaustively attempted to argue to the ...Keep reading