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Rachel Robertson will make her full-time step up F1 ACADEMY for the upcoming season, with the Scottish racer set to represent the series’ Official Partner PUMA on the 2026 grid.

From his early McLaren days to a trailblazing era with Mercedes and now a new chapter with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton’s F1 career has mirrored a bold evolution in style. Explore how the seven-time World Champion became the sport’s most influential fashion icon.

You hear it before you see it – that’s the motto of the Ford Raptor T1+ at the 2026 Dakar Rally. At the heart of the prototype lies a 5.0-litre Coyote Darkhorse V8 engine, featuring 32 valves, a bore of 93 millimetres and a stroke of 92.7 millimetres.
By using a naturally aspirated engine, Ford is following a different powertrain philosophy than its immediate competitors. The Dacia ...Keep reading

Williams have announced that their Driver Academy graduate, Victor Martins, will step into a new role as Test and Development Driver for the 2026 season, dovetailing those Formula 1 duties with a drive in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine.

Romain Grosjean has revealed that he was recently reunited with the crash helmet that protected him during his terrifying accident at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, explaining that it partly came from his children who “really wanted to understand” what happened.

As two-time world rally champion Kalle Rovanpera tackles a new career in single-seaters, moving to Super Formula for 2026, he’s getting crucial experience in the Formula Regional Oceania Trophy.
Formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series, the FROT is typically used by young drivers to compete in the winter break, as it takes place in New Zealand’s summer. Previously won by Lance Stroll ...Keep reading

Romain Grosjean has been reunited with the Formula 1 race helmet that saved his life during his horrific 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix crash.
The French-Swiss driver suffered a violent crash on the opening lap of the race at the Sakhir circuit. After making contact with Daniil Kvyat, he crashed into the barriers at high speed, breaking the car in half and very quickly becoming engulfed in flames ...Keep reading

One of the biggest names in GT racing is venturing into North America this year to contest the endurance leg of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Manthey Racing will field a pair of Porsche 911 GT3 R entries in the five long-distance races that form the Michelin Endurance Cup.  
Manthey’s IMSA programme will be spearheaded by Porsche-contracted driver Klaus Bachler, 2023 GT World Challenge ...Keep reading

Formula 2 race winner Victor Martins will join Alpine’s Hypercar programme in the World Endurance Championship, while assuming the role of test and reserve driver at the Williams Formula 1 team.
Martins spent a large part of his junior career as part of Alpine’s driving academy, winning the Formula 3 title on his second attempt in 2022.
He spent the next two seasons racing in F2 under ...Keep reading

When Formula 1's newest generation of cars turns up in Barcelona at the end of January for the first collective shakedown, few of them are expected to meet the FIA's 2026 minimum weight.
As part of its 2026 rules overhaul, which features a departure from a reliance on the ground-effect as well a much bigger electric component to the hybrid engines, a reduced weight limit has long been mooted ...Keep reading

Jolyon Palmer, Valtteri Bottas and Juan Pablo Montoya explain how F1 drivers adapt to new regulations, as 2026 sees one of the most significant revamps of the rules in more than a decade.

For the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship, which began in 1949, the premier-class grid will feature a total of 15 full-time riders who are champions in one of the world categories - adding up to an astonishing 32 titles between them.
After reaching a peak of 14 champions on the grid in the 2022 season, the figure dropped to 13 over the past three years. However, the ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar has given his first interview as a Red Bull Formula 1 driver ahead of the 2026 season, when he will join four-time champion Max Verstappen at the Milton Keynes outfit.
During an appearance on Red Bull's Talking Bull podcast, the French-Algerian driver discussed how he found out he would join the team and what it feels to be sat alongside Verstappen.
"I just called my mum," he ...Keep reading

Saood Variawa edged out Toyota team-mate Henk Lategan in the final dash to the finish line to claim victory in the eighth stage of the 2026 Dakar Rally.
Despite being the longest stage of the 48th edition of Dakar, the 483km special around Wadi ad Dawasir offered the closest competition so far in the rally, with the top eight drivers separated by just under a minute at the halfway point of the ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly described the 2013 Formula Renault 2.0 season as the most pressure he has ever felt in his life.
Describing it as a 'make-or-break' season despite it being successful for him, Gasly faced competition from rival Oliver Rowland in the championship battle - the winner of which would walk away with half a million euros, and the runner-up with nothing.
"So this was 2013 ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer remains admitted to Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona, and is awaiting medical clearance and an initial assessment of his recovery timeline.
The Gresini rider underwent surgery on Friday for an injury to the diaphysis of his left femur, the long thigh bone located between the hip and the knee.
After being operated on “successfully” by Dr Ignacio Ginebreda, the ...Keep reading

If you’re looking to sell your motorsport memorabilia and hoping to maximize your profits, BUDDS’ upcoming auction might be exactly what you need.
From 13-27 February, BUDDS will run its Full Throttle Future – The 2026 Motorsport Auction. Several memorable items already are up for sale, including an Ayrton Senna artwork depicting him in his 1986 Lotus 98T, a Williams team shirt worn by ...Keep reading

Toto and Susie Wolff have been spotted cruising around the streets of Monte Carlo in the Mercedes Formula 1 team chief's Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster.
The 300 SL Roadster, produced from 1957 to 1963, succeeded the Gullwing coupé, which is also featured in Wolff's garage. The roadster is powered by a three-litre straight-six engine, capable of producing 215 horsepower, accelerating from ...Keep reading

When race stewards and officials need to send a message to Formula 1 drivers on track, they can call on teams to relay the information over the radio, or can throw up a flag around the track to instantly alert drivers. Marshals at F1 circuits can wave nine different flags, and some are used a lot more than others.
At the start of every race, the green flag is waved to indicate that the track is ...Keep reading

The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals ended for one expected contender before it could even begin.
Buddy Kofoid has made the Championship Saturday main event five times in six attempts with Keith Kunz Motorsports but an illness is going to keep him away from the Tulsa Expo Center this week.
After winning 18 times in a 410 Sprint Car across numerous tours in 2025, and becoming the richest (in terms ...Keep reading