Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle believes Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher would have enjoyed racing the new regulation F1 cars.The upcoming 2026 season welcomes a new set of regulations into the championship. Some of the changes include an almost 50:50 split between internal combustion and electric power. As a result, there will be a greater emphasis on energy ...Keep reading

The Cadillac Formula 1 team unveiled its highly anticipated 2026 livery in a TV advert during the Super Bowl on Sunday 8 February.The American outfit, led by team principal Graeme Lowdon, is preparing for its debut season in the championship with former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez and former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas.Here is everything you need to know about the Cadillac 2026 F1 ...Keep reading

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

The first week of Bahrain pre-season testing starts this week. Teams will take to the Bahrain International Circuit from Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 February for testing following the private shakedown in Barcelona on 26-30 January.By the first day of testing, all teams will have unveiled their 2026 liveries. McLaren and Aston Martin are the last to reveal the designs of their machinery, with ...Keep reading

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 test sessions, as they did beforehand.That is not so much down to the obvious limitations of a brand-new Yamaha M1, but ...Keep reading

Haas driver Oliver Bearman described the energy management needed by 2026 Formula 1 cars as “annoying” and “sad”, with Esteban Ocon explaining the new machinery requires lifting early on straights.F1 is introducing new power units featuring a near-50:50 split between combustion and electric energy, with extra power provided by Overtake Mode (functioning like DRS) and Boost Mode (which ...Keep reading

NASCAR is back, and the season got its unofficial start with the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium. The event was delayed several days due to historic snowfall, and ended up racing through rain and sleet as Mother Nature continued to throw curveballs at NASCAR.But in the end, we saw something that's only ever happened twice before -- a driver won the Clash before actually winning a ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar isn't going anywhere, signing a long-term contract extension with Spire Motorsports that extends all the way into the 2030s. The 23-year-old went full-time in the Cup Series in 2024 with Spire, and has helped elevate the team as one that can compete for race wins. While he is has yet to reach Victory Lane at the Cup level, Hocevar has three top fives and 15 top tens in 81 ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin returned from a tumultuous off-season by scoring an eventful top-5 in the Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium on Wednesday night.Like much of the field, it wasn’t pretty, and Hamlin survived the chaos better than his peers more than anything else, but it was a top-5. He did it in his first race this season in which he will have to start nursing a re-injured surgically repaired ...Keep reading

NASCAR’s senior competition leadership says there were ‘multiple layers’ to the decision to let teams refuel without penalty on Wednesday in the middle of a sleet-affected and caution-riddled Cookout Clash at Bowman Gray Stadium.The decision drew the ire of several crew chiefs, those who filled their tank before the start of the race or those who took fuel at the expense of their track ...Keep reading

The months of waiting came to an end as Arrow McLaren opened the doors to its new home, the McLaren Racing Center, on Wednesday evening in Indianapolis.Formerly the home of Andretti Global, the team acquired the building in June 2025. Through a fast-paced renovation, the building was expanded and received an immersive lobby, extended the second-floor mezzanine and introduced a state-of-the-art ...Keep reading

After the Shakedown, which was reserved for test riders, rookies and Group D manufacturer Yamaha, the Sepang International Circuit will host the first collective winter test for the 2026 MotoGP grid this week.However, there will be two notable absences due to injury at the official Sepang test, which will take place from Tuesday 3 February to Thursday 5 February. Here’s a breakdown of the ...Keep reading

Formula One Management is set to move into a new London headquarters early next year, leasing a 93,500 sq ft redeveloped office building in Westminster to house around 300 staff.F1 last moved offices in 2017, when the series' new owner Liberty Media traded Bernie Ecclestone's old Prince's Gate office for 2 St James’s Market, where it has been renting 21,000 sq ft of space.Keeping up with ...Keep reading

Work continues to prepare Bowman Gray Stadium for racing on Wednesday (weather-permitting). The pre-season exhibition race known as the 'Cook Out Clash' has already been postponed several days due to historic snowfall throughout North Carolina. The track itself has already been cleared of snow, but work continues in the grandstands and surrounding areas as temperatures finally punch above ...Keep reading

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has confirmed its full development driver line-up as Formula 2 driver Joshua Dürksen joins Anthony Davidson and Doriane Pin in the role.The German-Paraguayan driver will be racing in F2 with Invicta Racing alongside his duties at Mercedes, after two seasons with PHM AIX Racing. During his time in the championship, he has secured two race wins prior to collecting ...Keep reading

2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling has described the difference between racing in Formula E cars and the GB3 Championship.The 22-year-old driver is preparing for her second season in GB3 with Rodin Motorsport while also serving as the rookie and simulator driver for Nissan in Formula E. After taking part in the rookie session during the 2026 Miami E-Prix, Pulling explained that while ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls has hired former Red Bull and Aston Martin engineer Dan Fallows as Formula 1 technical director.Fallows will report to chief technical officer Tim Goss and “take responsibility for the overall technical direction of the team, working across design, aerodynamics and performance”, the Faenza-based squad stated in a press release.Read Also:Formula 1Arvid Lindblad ...Keep reading

Ferrari has become the latest Formula 1 team to unveil its 2026 car, the SF-26, in a short video ahead of a shakedown at its Fiorano test track.As detailed last month, the Italian team has stuck to its traditional launch plan of revealing its new car on the same day as its shakedown at Fiorano, with both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on hand to complete the first laps of Ferrari’s 2026 ...Keep reading

Ferrari unveiled its 2026 F1 livery on Friday 23 January.«We will finish the assembly of the car the day before the launch, the launch will be January 23, which means we will finish the car on the 22nd, and this is to be aggressive,» Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said."But everybody will do the same, now we have a convergence in the approach of the season, and everybody will do the ...Keep reading

Here we are and here we go: the status quo will remain as the 2026 F1 season gets under way. Mercedes and Red Bull Powertrains will be able to race with power units which are understood to employ clever metallurgy to increase the compression ratio of the internal combustion engine beyond the permitted 16:1.The issue has been the matter of great intrigue since before news leaked out to the ...Keep reading