Motorsport

Formula 1 fans are better-placed than ever to scrutinise stewards’ decisions during races following the publication of the current racing guidelines earlier this year. Over the last four races stewards have ruled on a collision between team mates in one race, penalised an errant backmarker in another and dished out penalty points to one driver in three consecutive rounds. Most…

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc swap notes while plugged into Ferrari’s radio system at the Belgian Grand Prix. Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a future edition of the RaceFans Round-up. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go…

Today, Formula 1’s top feeder series is tightly integrated into the world championship structure. Formula 2 (formerly known as GP2) only races at grand prix weekends and all teams must use the same components. However its immediate predecessor began life as a much freer competition. Teams not only had the choice of different chassis manufacturers but also suppliers of engines,…

Aug 22, 2025, 05:41 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A North Carolina judge on Friday granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction blocking Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team during a battle over one of his charters. Legacy and Rick Ware Racing agreed earlier this year that Ware would sell one of his two Cup Series charters, which…

Ghaziabad: An FIR has been registered against YouTuber Puneet Superstar after he referred to BSP chief Mayawati as “mummy” in a video. Puneet, who runs the channel ‘Puneetsuper_starrrr’ with 24.9 million subscribers, uploaded a 20-second clip where he used the term six times. The video sparked anger among BSP supporters, prompting Ghaziabad BSP president Narendra Mohit to file a complaint.Puneet…

Álex Palou clinched his fourth IndyCar championship last weekend on the series’ visit to Portland. Penske Entertainment: Chris Owens There’s an agreement that takes place when lions are preparing to fight. The feral connection between predators comes into play. It’s the sizing up of an opponent’s arsenal; length of the fangs, sharpness of the claws, the hulking muscles to drive those…

A Formula E superteam that could change the fortunes of its previously embattled platform almost overnight. It’s a classic Formula E turnaround story. Maserati MSG has been through hell and back season or two recently, yet remarkably its future looks as bright as any. On track at least. Even off it the positivity is back to a degree. Maserati MSG…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to carolynn clarke, socalf1fan, adamtys, ScuderiaVincero and Mightyspyder! On this day in motorsport McLaren were on course for a one-two in the first Turkish Grand Prix until Tiago Monteiro intervened Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

As with most sports, Formula 1 is increasingly a sport about hot takes and bold predictions. ESPN made its own ahead of the 2025 season, a year that started amid a huge wave of excitement around the unpredictable nature of the upcoming championship. The August break is always a good chance to reassess and take stock of where F1 is,…

The merry-go-round of Jake Dennis’ partners at the Andretti Formula E team looks as though it will continue for a sixth consecutive season. But who will hop on this time – and will it prove to be a more permanent ride? Current team-mate Nico Mueller was generally a disappointment in 2025. The errors were many and the results were few,…

Jake Dennis and Andretti have reiterated their commitment to each other after a period of time in which the 2023 Formula E champion was courted by other teams on the grid.  Dennis has a contract with Andretti which stretches to at least the summer of 2026 which will be a crossover point of the Gen3 and Gen4 rules sets of…

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to Harry Palmer, Sue and Isaac! On this day in motorsport More celebrations for – Nico Hulkenberg he’s 38 today Born today in 1987: Nico Hulkenberg 50 years ago today Mark Donohue died following a crash in his Penske while practising at the Osterreichring. It led to a…

Aug 18, 2025, 11:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Meyer Shank Racing on Monday announced a contract extension for driver Marcus Armstrong that will see the New Zealander back in the No. 66 next season. Armstrong moved from Chip Ganassi Racing to MSR this season when the two teams formed a technical alliance. In his first year in the No. 66,…

Although they continue to provoke feelings of apathy for a large portion of Formula 1’s hardcore fanbase, sprint races have now become deeply ensconced as a sporting element of the modern world championship. Sprint races were brought in after Liberty Media assumed ownership of F1’s commercial rights holder FOM – and Liberty are evidently keen on the format. Formula 1…

Aug 16, 2025, 11:22 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. — Austin Dillon left no doubt this time that he will make the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with his second consecutive victory at Richmond Raceway. A year after his championship eligibility was revoked for wrecking two drivers on the final lap, Dillon grabbed a playoff berth Saturday night with a clean run…

McLaren will offer three of its racing cars across multiple series to the highest bidder during a unique auction ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. McLaren currently compete in both F1 and IndyCar and will enter into the World Endurance Championship’s hypercar class from the 2027 season with an as-yet-unnamed LMDh car. The team are celebrating their return…

Former Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemelo recently made headlines when he joined McLaren as a corporate director – a move that would have seemed unfathomable years ago. But what was going on here when he shared a warm greeting with former Ferrari colleague and current McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella? Can you come up with the best caption for…

Joel Eriksson is being considered for a shock return to Formula E after recent talks with the Envision team made him an unlikely favourite to replace Robin Frijns.  Eriksson, who drove for the Dragon Racing team in 2021 and then made two appearances for Envision at Berlin in May 2024, has been the official Jaguar reserve and development driver for…

Techex is collaborating with Google Cloud to deliver secure, low-latency transport of live video feeds from race circuits to global production partners. Techex has deployed a new cloud-based media production environment for Formula E, supporting the championship’s global live event coverage and media operations. The new production environment was designed to meet Formula E’s need for a scalable, flexible and secure…