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It is a big year for Formula 1 given it is debuting a completely new set of regulations in 2026, but there are some drivers who need to master the rule change more than others. Whether it’s because they had a poor 2025, a poor last few years, or even simply as they’re joining a new team, there are five drivers who all have a point to prove as they chase a big season in 2026. Here are ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Q41UFou via IFTTT

Formula 1 has abandoned plans to repeat its one-off Monaco Grand Prix pitstop rule in the wake of last year's controversy. With overtaking pretty much impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA implemented the mandatory use of three tyre sets last year to force teams onto a two-stop strategy and hopefully unlock more strategic options and jeopardy. But the idea didn't have the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ltBEDNF via IFTTT

Pedro Acosta can finally call himself a MotoGP winner after taking victory in the sprint at Buriram on Saturday. The KTM rider went toe-to-toe with world champion Marc Marquez but emerged on top after a pulsating race that had everything. Pole position man and favourite Marco Bezzecchi had to witness it all from the Aprilia box after falling while in the lead on lap two of the race. With ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SPfNtK1 via IFTTT

Cadillac has branded its 2026 Formula 1 car the MAC-26, named after world champion and Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti. Andretti was one of the original driving forces behind the project to bring the team to F1, formerly helmed by his son Michael. The 85-year-old has since taken on more of a backseat role in the project, which is led by majority owner TWG Motorsports CEO Dan Towriss and team ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9Ng8VyM via IFTTT

McLaren has reached a final settlement with Chip Ganassi Racing after the London High Court ruled against Alex Palou and CGR during the long-running dispute. In January, the four-time IndyCar champion was ordered to give McLaren more than $12million in compensation, following a five-week trial that occurred last year. It came after McLaren sued Palou - initially for approximately $20m - for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/N3UhyVI via IFTTT

Honda is working to solve crippling vibration issues in time for Formula 1's 2026 season opener in Australia after a disastrous series of tests with Aston Martin. Aston Martin and Honda suffered a rough start to their partnership in pre-season testing, with minimal mileage at the Barcelona shakedown after the AMR26 was delivered late. A number of issues on both the car and power unit side then ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/fqcG3QS via IFTTT

Marco Bezzecchi made a big statement in the first competitive MotoGP session of the season as he topped practice in Thailand by almost half a second. The Aprilia rider registered a late track record tour of 1m28.526s to put daylight between himself and world champion Marc Marquez - to the tune of 0.421s. There was familiar misery on the other side of the factory Ducati garage, with Marc's ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QWZ5Ak4 via IFTTT

Two years ago at Rally Sweden, there was a beaming smile on Esapekka Lappi’s face after successfully ending a victory drought that stretched six-and-a-half years. However, after this year’s run to sixth you could argue Lappi’s smile was even broader. Granted, Lappi was incredibly satisfied to be immediately on the pace on his World Rally Championship return, a comeback he thought ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/J329dVA via IFTTT

When Andrea Stella addressed the media on Friday evening in Bahrain, he shared something in addition to his first impression of the new pecking order: McLaren had tested so-called super clipping up to the full 350 kilowatts that day. Super clipping is, put simply, the state in which the 2026 cars can harvest energy while the driver is at full throttle. It sounds attractive for the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zpt3nF1 via IFTTT

Luke Browning praised the HANS device for ‘saving his neck’ in a high-speed crash at Suzuka in this week’s Super Formula test. A GB3 champion, Macau Grand Prix winner, and F3 and F2 frontrunner, Browning has switched to Japan’s premier single-seater championship for the 2026 season, competing for Toyota-powered Kondo Racing. The Williams Formula 1 reserve driver got to grips with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DtwLeY9 via IFTTT

Toyota driver Nirei Fukuzumi set the fastest time across two days of Super Formula pre-season testing at Suzuka this week. Fukuzumi, who has switched to Rookie Racing for the 2026 campaign after two seasons at KCMG, set the benchmark time of 1m36.290s in the second afternoon on Thursday in dry conditions. Second-fastest was Nakajima Racing’s Igor Fraga, 0.055s behind, while Fraga’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/r2zSGoQ via IFTTT

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Honda’s internal restructuring continues in MotoGP, with Research and Development president Hikaru Tsukamoto transferring to another role. Autosport has learned that the engineer will be transferred to China in April – when such changes traditionally take effect on the Japanese corporate calendar. The news circulated in the MotoGP paddock in Buriram – where the 2026 season opener is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/k2YlcMf via IFTTT

Against a background of much rancour over Formula 1 power units, and which manufacturer has identified what particular loophole in the phrasing of the rules, one thing all the teams agree on is that the cars on the grid in Abu Dhabi will look very different from those which are due to line up in Melbourne next week. What’s rather less certain is the pace of that change process, since shipping ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Or0PAln via IFTTT

Acropolis Rally Greece will feature a new base and a unique floating parc ferme for this year’s World Rally Championship edition of the brutal gravel event.  Organisers have today unveiled the itinerary for round eight of the 2026 campaign (25-28 June) which will see the rally service park shift 240 kilometres south from the town of Lamia to Loutraki, 80km east of capital city Athens. As ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mTvUdWI via IFTTT

The E1 World Championship brought electric powerboat racing to the Red Sea waterfront, before Formula E returned to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit under floodlights. From racing on water to racing on asphalt, the city is demonstrating its capacity to host multiple top-tier events in quick succession. Saudi Arabia may have been a relatively late entrant to racing, but the Kingdom's ambition to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qfhPvsR via IFTTT

Super Formula has adjusted its format for the 2026 season, going back to uniform distances across double-header race weekends with fixed pit windows. The Japanese single-seater series took the unorthodox step of varying the lap count between Saturday and Sunday races last year, while also abolishing the pit window for Sunday contests except for the single-race events at Sugo and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/nRKLbSo via IFTTT

MotoGP is in the final stages of implementing a protocol that will introduce a minimum salary of €500,000 a year for riders competing in the premier class, Autosport understands. This measure has been widely discussed in recent years, amid disparity in rider earnings. While leading stars such as Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo have secured base salaries exceeding €10million, other ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yCUBzPi via IFTTT

The moment Max Verstappen voiced his concerns about the new Formula 1 regulations, he immediately added: “On this circuit in Bahrain it's not too bad, but when we go to Melbourne, that's when you will really see how much we run out of energy on the straights.” The Red Bull driver has received backing from others in the paddock since then. Among them, Oliver Bearman and Oscar Piastri have ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/c76A3tQ via IFTTT

Aprilia’s latest MotoGP trick on the RS-GP26 came to light following the final day of MotoGP testing in Buriram. A previously hidden duct drawing air from beneath the fairing has now been exposed. There is one opening on each side, channelling airflow through a new pathway. Until last year, the bike featured a Formula 1-inspired S-duct that collected air from the lower section of the fairing ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/beIrJWM via IFTTT

Formula E is aiming to expand the calendar further for the arrival of Gen4 cars in the 2026-27 season, which is set to feature 18 to 19 races. The ongoing 2025-26 campaign already features a record 17 races across 11 venues with the addition of Madrid and Sanya, although Jakarta has been dropped. While the final 2025-26 calendar wasn’t announced until October last year, Formula E is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qeR8DMb via IFTTT

If there was one team that really surprised the Formula 1 paddock with its imaginative designs during pre-season testing, it was Ferrari. In Bahrain, the Scuderia not only brought a new feature to the area behind the exhaust, designed to make the most of the volume allowed by the new-for-2026 regulations, but also a rear wing with an innovative opening mechanism as it flips 180 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/AQpcBSn via IFTTT

McLaren boss Andrea Stella previously outlined three major concerns with the 2026 Formula 1 power unit rules and he has since revealed a fourth issue entered the mix.  This year F1 is introducing a completely new set of regulations with one of the changes concerning the power unit, which is now more reliant on electrical energy. That should significantly change the style of racing in 2026, as ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hOxVa2I via IFTTT

Aprilia’s star rider Marco Bezzecchi beat the all-time track record at Buriram to top the final day of 2026 MotoGP pre-season testing. With just 20 minutes remaining in the afternoon session, Bezzecchi set a blistering time of 1m28.668s on the factory RS-GP, dethroning world champion Marc Marquez from the top spot on the timesheets. The Italian’s last-gasp effort was a fraction of a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/AfQiC1e via IFTTT

Mercedes star George Russell is adamant that Red Bull holds the best energy deployment on the Formula 1 grid, with pre-season testing for the 2026 campaign now finished. This year will introduce widespread regulation changes, and one of the alterations concerns the power unit, which holds more electrical energy, meaning battery harvesting will play a key role in grands prix. It may include ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/OZKN3Et via IFTTT

Broc Feeney claimed his and Triple Eight’s second win of the 2026 Supercars season after a dramatic race at Sydney Motorsport Park. After a three-round bumping match with Grove Racing’s Kai Allen at the start, Feeney took the lead and quickly established an advantage of two seconds – which he stretched to five at the first pit cycle. But debris had to be removed from his radiator intake ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/t9VsaSG via IFTTT

Anton De Pasquale has taken his first win of the 2026 Supercars after a peerless drive under lights at Sydney Motorsport Park. The Team 18 Chevrolet driver remained unfazed by a chaotic restart, some threatening weather and a horde of Fords to score a strong win for GM. Behind the Camaro were three Fords before the next Chevrolet, the sister entry of David Reynolds. De Pasquale started from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/W3q7Xi2 via IFTTT

The FIA and Formula E will allow manufacturers to introduce hardware upgrades to their Gen4 cars through a new token-based system, replacing the current mid-cycle Evo update format. The process is similar in principle to the system used in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, where manufacturers are allocated five joker upgrades over a five-year homologation cycle ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4evqsEk via IFTTT

Formula 2 graduate Roman Stanek has become a last-minute addition to the 2026 Super Formula grid, and will drive an additional car run by Kondo Racing for the new season. Stanek’s drive was confirmed by the team on Saturday, and follows protracted negotiations with the Masahiko Kondo-owned outfit about a drive in a third Dallara-Toyota entry. The Czech will join the previously-confirmed ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TfnKerj via IFTTT

Broc Feeney has won the opening race of the 2026 Supercars Championship at Sydney Motorsport Park and given Triple Eight the perfect start to its new relationship with Ford. A Feeney victory may not have been unexpected, but the manner by which he won certainly was. From the second row of the grid, he settled into third early on and chose to make his compulsory pitstop exactly midway through ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4WSIzUF via IFTTT

Formula 1 is actively looking into doubling the number of sprint races from six to 12 per year from 2027, and is investigating other format changes to regular weekends. F1's commercial rightsholder Liberty Media has been keen to expand the number of sprint races for a while as it has found they lead to more interest from fans, broadcasters and race promoters, even if they place a bigger burden ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZTla2XL via IFTTT

F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali has urged fans to "stay calm" over the series' new 2026 regulations, which have already come under fire before the season has started. F1's wholesale regulation changes for 2026 revolve around a much more powerful electric motor and sustainable fuels, measures which have attracted involvement from Audi, GM and Ford and enticed Honda to make a U-turn on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jkwqX3I via IFTTT

Ferrari has debuted a novel approach to its rear wing active aerodynamics package in the second week of Bahrain's pre-season Formula 1 testing, sporting an upper wing flap that rotates over 180 degrees to run upside down. With Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel for Thursday's running, Ferrari put its new rear wing development into practice. With a turning axis positioned at the leading edge of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cSJaFTj via IFTTT

Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola is pushing hard to convince two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia to join the Noale factory alongside Marco Bezzecchi next season. Ducati is expected to announce Marc Marquez’s contract renewal for the 2027 and 2028 MotoGP seasons in the coming days, a move that would pave the way for the confirmation of Pedro Acosta’s arrival for the same period. Such a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rcAvzB4 via IFTTT

Lando Norris has set a new fastest lap at Formula 1 Bahrain pre-season testing to head Max Verstappen, while Ferrari debuted a trick rear wing before being hit with a mechanical problem. F1 world champion Norris posted a 1m33.453s on the C3 compound tyres to go 0.006s quicker than George Russell’s previous best set yesterday afternoon, taking top spot in the morning session by 0.131s from Red ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7IaHJEu via IFTTT

Amid safety concerns over Formula's laborious start procedure with the 2026 cars, the FIA trialled a longer start procedure at the end of Wednesday's running in Bahrain pre-season testing. Drivers received an additional five seconds between the last car lining up on the grid and the start light sequence, which helped those at the back of the grid spool up their turbos by revving the engine ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rGipojv via IFTTT

Max Verstappen has doubled down on his criticism of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations, stating the championship must “stay away” from becoming Formula E. The four-time world champion caused a huge stir during last week’s Bahrain pre-season test, when he labelled the new F1 rule set as “anti-racing” and “Formula E on steroids”.  This comes as the F1 power unit is now more reliant ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wH1lV0t via IFTTT

On Tuesday, the government of Victoria publicly rejected a proposal from MotoGP Sports Entertainment – the promoter of the MotoGP World Championship, formerly known as Dorna – suggesting that the Australian Grand Prix, held for several decades at Phillip Island, be moved to the Albert Park circuit. The venue, located in central Melbourne, already hosts Formula 1’s Australian round, with the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/uG9vXaP via IFTTT

Ginetta’s UK one-make championships will now be operated by SRO with immediate effect while the manufacturer instead focuses upon increasing production of its cars as it expands into new markets. The Ginetta Junior, Ginetta GT and GT Academy championships have all run in support of the SRO-organised British GT category since 2023 and Ginetta CEO Mike Simpson says the announcement is the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TD4X0dU via IFTTT

During Formula 1 winter testing in Bahrain, the focus - apart from the ongoing compression ratio discussion - has mainly been on energy management during the races. Achieving consistent deployment over longer runs remains a key challenge for teams. Sergio Perez revealed that in his case, there were still fluctuations of up to eight tenths from one lap to another. Understanding those ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IeozlYO via IFTTT

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will organise its first-ever wet weather test in Bahrain at the end of February, with McLaren and Mercedes providing two mule cars. The Italian manufacturer has often been urged to improve its intermediates and full wet tyres, but consistent opportunities to test its rubber in the wet are not that easy to come by. That’s because the usual venues are ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5a8lduC via IFTTT

Formula 1’s 2026 revolution has undeniably divided the paddock, especially engine-wise, and the new power units have significantly changed the required driving style. While the overall response to the chassis has been positive, with lighter, nimbler cars, the main issue has been the management of electrical energy. The opening Bahrain pre-season test has revealed the different approaches ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yuTD5H3 via IFTTT

Carlos Ezpeleta's position as sporting director of MotoGP probably doesn’t fully reflect the influence of the 35-year-old from Madrid. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering and is expected to take over the management of MotoGP from his father, Carmelo Ezpeleta, who has been the CEO of Dorna Sports since the company was founded in 1988. Dorna, now rebranded as MotoGP Sports Entertainment ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/twskgTx via IFTTT

Fernando Alonso has reiterated his utmost confidence in Aston Martin team boss Adrian Newey, claiming it’s not like he’s ‘forgotten’ how to design a Formula 1 car despite a difficult pre-season. F1 is introducing widespread regulation changes this year, meaning the pecking order is largely unknown, but current signs point towards Aston Martin being comfortably behind. That’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ihc2DjK via IFTTT

Aston Martin is firmly aware that it’s “not at the level” of other Formula 1 teams after a very disappointing start to pre-season testing, says Mike Krack.  This year has introduced widespread regulation changes meaning much of the 2026 pecking order is unknown, but one thing which is clear is Aston Martin being comfortably behind.  The Silverstone outfit is just enduring one problem ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wyNudeO via IFTTT

McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella admitted Mercedes and Ferrari "were quicker than us" in race simulations at the first pre-season test in Bahrain, and also believes Red Bull will be in the mix. As teams dug into long runs on Thursday and Friday, the fog of war surrounding pre-season testing was lifted little by little. While there are still a lot of question marks over the exact pecking ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NubB3ac via IFTTT

Maxime Martin, Maro Engel and Mikael Grenier have won a dramatic – and dramatically shortened – Bathurst 12 Hour race. Their Team GMR entry started from 29th on the grid after a series of problems during practice and qualifying, but the trio showed excellent pace throughout the race and when Martin was presented with the lead late in the race, he grabbed the opportunity and did not put a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SzoujaP via IFTTT

In the sweltering heat of this February Saturday on the shores of the Red Sea, the action began with the third free practice session of the weekend, lasting 40 minutes. In relatively challenging conditions, the two DS E-TENSE FE25s remained in the top 10, confirming the promising form shown the day before. The data collected in the 300 kW configuration, the mode used in the qualifying groups ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Iq7MVyF via IFTTT

Just under a year ago the first rumours emerged that Max Verstappen was actively trying to extract himself from Red Bull, and perhaps Formula 1 entirely. The team's general pattern of underperformance in the first half of the 2024 season left the way open for Verstappen to trigger a performance clause in his contract – and, more worryingly for Red Bull, he appeared to be losing interest in F1 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/V6mCzfI via IFTTT

Johann Zarco heads into the 2026 MotoGP season looking to re-establish himself alongside factory Honda riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini, even if he knows the solution will not be as simple as copying their set-up. Zarco effectively carried Honda through its most difficult period in 2024 and early 2025, delivering a famous victory at the rain-hit French Grand Prix last year before notching up ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7wYyXTf via IFTTT

World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans reclaimed the lead at Rally Sweden after delivering an impressive display through Saturday morning’s stages. The Toyota driver trailed his team-mate Takamoto Katsuta by 2.8s heading into the morning loop of snow stages, but exited the tricky tests with a 16.1s lead over his rival.  Hyundai continued to struggle for traction that again ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BP4lrSK via IFTTT

Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell says his squad is now on the back foot as Red Bull is the "team to beat" at the start of 2026. Mercedes was put on the pedestal before the start of pre-season testing amid rumours over its powerful new engine, and its reliable running in Barcelona's shakedown did little to dispel that the Brackley-based squad was poised to kick off the new rules era on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ClaDSuy via IFTTT

Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds has invited Max Verstappen to this weekend’s Jeddah E-Prix after the Red Bull driver slammed the 2026 Formula 1 cars as “Formula E on steroids”. Verstappen caused a stir on the second day of the F1 testing in Bahrain when he voiced concerns about the new generation of grand prix machinery, particularly criticising the greater reliance on energy management. “A ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kcxG5Vs via IFTTT

George Russell topped the final morning session of Formula 1’s first Bahrain pre-season test, leading Lewis Hamilton. Russell set the fastest time of the week so far less than half an hour into Friday’s running, with a 1m34.075s on soft tyres. Thirty minutes later, the Mercedes driver improved his own benchmark to a 1m33.918s, precisely as Ferrari’s Hamilton set a 1m34.209s. Nobody ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/entwPuN via IFTTT

There's nothing more perilous than taking early Formula 1 testing numbers at face value, so while McLaren keeps leading the mileage charts in Bahrain and circulates near the top of the timesheets, the team doesn't appear to be particularly ecstatic about where it is right now. The paddock in Manama appears to be split into camps who believe Mercedes still has an ace up its Adidas-branded ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3gkBXbE via IFTTT

Fermin Aldeguer will sit out MotoGP’s season-opening Thailand Grand Prix on 1 March as he continues to recover from a femur fracture. Although Aldeguer had already been declared unfit for the first pre-season test at Sepang earlier this month, he hadn’t ruled out the possibility of returning to action in Buriram following his crash in January. But on Thursday, Gresini Racing announced ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VwI1qCd via IFTTT

Charles Leclerc topped the second morning of Formula 1’s opening Bahrain pre-season test, as Mercedes and Red Bull were hit by reliability trouble alongside Cadillac. About an hour and 15 minutes into the session, Leclerc drove Ferrari’s SF-26 to a 1m34.273s, which is four tenths faster than McLaren’s Lando Norris achieved on Wednesday. Norris’ own 1m34.669s benchmark was set on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/te5l9mg via IFTTT

Williams driver Carlos Sainz says Red Bull Ford's power units have looked "a step ahead", backing similar comments by Mercedes, as he offered fresh insight into how to get the best of out the 2026 generation of cars. On Wednesday, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff said Red Bull Ford's power units are currently the benchmark in Bahrain winter testing, singling out the new manufacturer's outstanding ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ai0KgUq via IFTTT

While McLaren and Red Bull dominated the last four years with a front pull-rod set-up, the tide has officially turned. In this video, we break down why the pull-rod was the "undisputed king of aero" during the 2022–25 seasons and why almost every team, including giants like Ferrari, McLaren, and Red Bull, has suddenly reverted to push-rod suspension for 2026.  For 2026 the cars are ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/F8Rz1eg via IFTTT

Jorge Martin, who returned to riding on Tuesday, sought advice from Marc Marquez before undergoing surgery again this winter to address persistent issues with his collarbone and scaphoid. The winter has not unfolded exactly as Martin had planned. Despite making his comeback in Valencia at the final round of last season - after missing the previous four races due to the crash he suffered in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Yr2yauM via IFTTT

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time of Wednesday’s morning session in Formula 1’s Bahrain pre-season test. Shortly before 12pm local time – with the test’s opening session taking place from 10am to 2pm – Verstappen set a 1m35.433s on soft tyres for Red Bull. As F1 switches to new technical regulations, this time is five-and-a-half seconds slower than Oscar Piastri’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UcrS8mP via IFTTT

Audi's R26 has been augmented with a very different sidepod design for the start of Bahrain's Formula 1 testing ahead of the 2026 season, following the team's conventional approach to the Barcelona running. First seen with an inlet with a minor overbite in the Barcelona shakedown, the sidepods used there took more of an inwashing approach - the rear edge of the sidepods had been tucked in, with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kYPCZBG via IFTTT

Joan Mir believes MotoGP’s increasingly early silly season could risk pushing riders into decisions they may come to regret, as teams move at a record pace to finalise 2027 line-ups. Even before testing for the upcoming season began in Malaysia last week, speculation was already rife about how the grid could look heading into MotoGP’s next era in 2027. While early contract talks have ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/GcJHEQM via IFTTT

Cadillac has hired Marc Hynes as its Formula 1 team’s chief racing officer. A former racing driver, Hynes narrowly beat Luciano Burti to the 1999 British F3 title, with future F1 world champion Jenson Button coming third. This success came with the Manor outfit that he went on to work for in both F1 and WEC, alongside longtime Manor (also known as Virgin and Marussia) chief Graeme Lowdon ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/OguEU3q via IFTTT

May 1994 brought an existential crisis in Formula 1. Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna were killed in separate accidents during the San Marino weekend, inviting the harshest possible scrutiny – and then, shortly after their emotional funerals, Karl Wendlinger suffered major head injuries when his Sauber hit a barrier sideways during practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. Naturally there was ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1boQVaN via IFTTT

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been involved in a car accident but was unharmed in the crash and will take part in this week’s Bahrain Formula 1 pre-season test as planned. Just before his departure to Bahrain, Antonelli was involved in a road accident in Serravalle. A traffic police report noted an impact with the guardrail, with no other vehicles involved. The incident was confirmed by ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ytUzfqO via IFTTT

Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi believes Francesco Bagnaia is firmly back on track in MotoGP, saying he is once again displaying the mentality that defined his 2024 season. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia made an impressive start to pre-season testing in Malaysia last week, after immediately feeling at ease on the new GP26. Although he ended up only fifth on the timesheets, he turned heads ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/z9yK6AP via IFTTT

Over the past few days in Sepang, one of the main attractions of the opening 2026 tests was beginning to gauge what realistic objectives Toprak Razgatlioglu should aim for in his rookie MotoGP season. And those expectations do not look the same now, after the shakedown and the test, as they did beforehand. That is not so much down to the obvious limitations of a brand-new Yamaha M1, but rather ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ofHXbvZ via IFTTT

Formula 1 has often been a series of dynasties. Once a certain outfit cracks the code of a new regulation cycle, it tends to stay there for a number of years until others catch up or the ruleset is tweaked again. Think of Michael Schumacher's Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull or Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes. That tendency takes nothing away from how impressive any of those runs were, just like ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TVNCaPm via IFTTT

It might seem strange that Formula 1 teams are unveiling their new liveries after the first collective test of the season, but that is what 2026 has brought with its all-new regulations. This year there are changes to both the car chassis and power unit, in what is arguably the biggest rules overhaul in F1 history - so more pre-season dates were added to help squads prepare. It started with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lbSc73N via IFTTT

Cadillac revealed its first Formula 1 car livery ever in an advertisement which aired during the NFL's Super Bowl LX. The American brand's challenger, whose name is yet to be revealed as of now, will sport a two-sided livery; its left side will be white – though it might actually be a very light shade of grey – while its right flank will be black. Cadillac F1 livery Photo ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zvNiyU2 via IFTTT

There is no lack of ambition at Cadillac and its US owners, TWG Motorsports and the brand's parent company General Motors. That's reflected in its push to reveal the squad's first-ever race livery during a Super Bowl half-time ad, but that is just one example of the lengths the organisation has gone to. Having rapidly recruited hundreds of staff for its European base in Silverstone, the team has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5FPrzKc via IFTTT

Aprilia believes it is heading into the 2026 MotoGP season in Ducati’s “slipstream”, conceding that the Borgo Panigale marque remains the benchmark in the championship. After enjoying its best season to date in MotoGP history, Aprilia was expected to make a step forward this year and potentially put itself in a position to mount a sustainable title challenge. But while the Noale ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7skHjcf via IFTTT

Mattia Binotto has "never seen such a long list” of jobs ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season as he prepares Audi for its maiden campaign in the championship. The German marque will finally make its much anticipated F1 debut this year after completing a full takeover of the historic Sauber squad ahead of the introduction of new regulations in the series. It is arguably the biggest rules ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/C6qYU93 via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Rqsbuay via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/AyaC4T1 via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vBVnhzm via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/04V1xFz via IFTTT

Esapekka Lappi is surprised and excited to make his World Rally Championship return at Rally Sweden after admitting he thought his top-level rallying career was over. The two-time WRC event winner will rejoin Hyundai next week, which will mark the first round of a part-time programme. He previously contested a full-season programme with the Korean manufacturer in 2023, before leaving the WRC ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9yndWOc via IFTTT

“We can forget everything that we've learned since go-karts” is how Esteban Ocon summed up the regulation overhaul for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign. He isn’t alone in thinking that either, because one of the major talking points ahead of this forthcoming season is how drivers are having to significantly adapt their styles to these completely new cars; Oscar Piastri revealed there’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/FhvsU42 via IFTTT

Joan Mir and Luca Marini feel Honda has improved its MotoGP bike across the board over the winter, but they conceded that the Japanese manufacturer still faces the same gap to Ducati as last year. Following a strong end to its 2025 campaign, Honda has managed to unlock more pace in the off-season, with Aleix Espargaro describing the current version of the RC213V as the best bike he has ever ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/uRs5a7O via IFTTT

One of the biggest learning curves of the new Formula 1 regulations has been the increase and required management of electrical energy, an area where drivers could be exposed in the early rounds if they fail to optimise deployment. Almost all the drivers have detailed the challenge of where and when to deploy F1’s new boost mode over both single laps and race runs, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/pVxobMq via IFTTT

Alex Marquez ended MotoGP’s Sepang pre-season test at the top on Thursday, as Yamaha returned to action after resolving its recent engine concerns. Gresini rider Marquez set a best time of 1m56.402s on his factory-spec Ducati GP26, comfortably eclipsing Joan Mir’sWednesday benchmark of 1m56.874s. His effort was also just a fraction shy of the all-time Sepang record of 1m56.337s, set by ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Op9PNEL via IFTTT

McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri has backed the team's finetuned approach to letting the Australian and team-mate Lando Norris compete on an equal footing, hoping the squad can avoid "causing some headaches for ourselves that we didn't need". Speaking at the 2026 Autosport Awards, Stella reaffirmed the team's commitment to its equal driver policy, although he suggested that after further ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/R7K8dst via IFTTT

Lando Norris’s battle to become Formula 1 world champion was one of the most fraught with challenges in recent years. The 26-year-old did the job in 2025 after a season-long battle with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, while Max Verstappen entered the frame across the final rounds - but it was too little, too late for the Red Bull juggernaut. The problem is, Norris was far from the best ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6CNqkJ9 via IFTTT

1. Williams F1 Team - Communications Executive - London The Williams F1 Team is recruiting a Communications Executive. This entry level role does not include race travel and will see you have a responsibility for daily media monitoring, evaluation of communications activity and maintaining and managing media databases and image banks. You will have a minimum of two years’ experience in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tsVavEn via IFTTT

George Russell is eager to contest a Formula 1 title battle against Max Verstappen in 2026 with the Mercedes driver heading into the campaign as the world championship favourite.  F1 will introduce a new set of regulations this year meaning the car is completely new and with such wholesale changes, the pecking order is currently unknown. But considering how Mercedes dominated the last ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XBwHqvE via IFTTT

Yamaha has decided to suspend all on-track activity during the second day of the Sepang MotoGP test while it works to determine the cause of the issue that forced Fabio Quartararo to stop on Tuesday. The Frenchman crashed at Turn 5 of the Malaysian circuit on the opening day of the official test and fractured the middle finger on his right hand. Despite the swelling and heavy bleeding, he ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/L9cbuPM via IFTTT

Fabio Quartararo will sit out the remainder of MotoGP’s Sepang pre-season test after breaking a finger in a crash on Tuesday. Just an hour into the start of collective testing in Malaysia, Quartararo went down at Turn 5 on his V4-powered Yamaha M1 and had to be taken to the medical centre for checks. Although he was initially released with only arm soreness and even returned to the track ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0Rfk3Zg via IFTTT

Haas has signed Jack Doohan as a reserve driver for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign. Doohan will join Ryo Hirakawa in the role, with Toyota’s Hypercar driver having held the position since last April as the Japanese brand expanded its involvement in the American outfit. A product of the Red Bull and Alpine academies, Doohan started seven grands prix with the Enstone-based squad but was ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LA52MpY via IFTTT

It’s a demonstration of the merciless nature of Formula 1 that Williams, statistically one of the most successful teams of all time in terms of championships won, has been bumping along the bottom for more than two decades and narrowly avoided financial extinction at the turn of the decade. Williams last claimed the drivers’ and constructors’ championships in 1997 and ceased to be in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/W12C0yJ via IFTTT

Former Red Bull Formula 1 chief Christian Horner has given his clearest indication yet that he is keen to return to the series, declaring he has "unfinished business" with F1. Under Horner's reign, Red Bull achieved two periods of dominance and won eight drivers' titles, four apiece for Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel, as well as six constructors' championships. But last July, the 52-year-old ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5R9LKIe via IFTTT

Honda took the covers off its 2026 MotoGP bike during an online launch on Monday ahead of the start of pre-season testing at Sepang. Factory riders Joan Mir and Luca Marini revealed the latest evolution of the RC213V, which continues to run in the corporate red, white and blue colours of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC). The bike also features significant branding from British oil company ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Uo9WN4Y via IFTTT

It has been five years since Mercedes last won the Formula 1 world championship – the 2021 constructors’ title, with its last triumph in the drivers’ standings dating back to 2020 with Lewis Hamilton. As Mercedes holds its 2026 season launch on Monday, let’s look at its prospects for the upcoming campaign. What's new at Mercedes? Mercedes is going into the 2026 season with a great ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZouwyC0 via IFTTT

Mitch Evans has kickstarted his Formula E campaign with a stunning charge through the field to take victory in the wet in the Miami E-Prix. The Jaguar driver, who had failed to score a point in the opening two rounds, surged from ninth on the grid with a smart energy conservation strategy before using his Attack Modes to pick off his rivals to move into the lead. Evans’ overtake for the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VZNP1pa via IFTTT

Team LCR has revealed the satellite Honda RC213Vs it will campaign in the 2026 MotoGP season. The French squad will once again run different liveries across its two bikes, instead of a unified design, as it heads into the final year of the current regulation cycle. Team leader Johann Zarco will continue to represent British oil company Castrol, carrying the brand’s familiar red, white and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SNCfQFH via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton’s wealth of Formula 1 experience puts him in the best place to assess the new generation of cars – and he’s enjoying what he is driving so far. The seven-time F1 world champion is entering the fifth major regulations overhaul of his career and has often been vocal about which era of car he has preferred to race with, especially after a gruelling experience in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VBvt8bP via IFTTT