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Romain Grosjean is eagerly anticipating his full-time return to IndyCar racing this year having been left without a single-seater drive last year. The 39-year-old former Formula 1 driver will rejoin Dale Coyne, the team he debuted with in the series five years ago. “It’s a championship that I love and that I’ve had a lot of fun in,” Grosjean told…

Jean-Eric Vergne (Image credit: Citroen Racing) Jean-Eric Vergne continues to compete in Formula E after moving to Citroen Racing. He has been part of the all-electric series since its inaugural season in 2014 and recently competed in his 150th Formula E race in Jeddah. He remains the only driver in the championship’s history to win two consecutive world titles. Vergne…

Pascal Wehrlein with daughter (Image credit: Instagram) Pascal Wehrlein has plenty to celebrate this month. After winning Round 4 in Jeddah, the Porsche driver marked a special personal milestone, his daughter’s third birthday. The little one has occasionally joined him on the podium wearing noise-canceling headphones and was last seen lifting his trophy alongside him in Miami. As she turned…

Charles Leclerc ensured Ferrari ended preseason testing in style with a scintillating set of late laps in Bahrain that will increase hype around the Italian team’s 2026 chances. Leclerc finished the final day nearly 0.9 seconds clear of the next quickest car — that of new world champion Lando Norris in the McLaren — which is a sizeable margin over…

Aston Martin are only able to conduct short runs in today’s test at the Bahrain International Circuit due to ongoing problems with their power unit. Fernando Alonso came to a stop during yesterday’s test after covering 68 laps in his Honda-powered AMR26. Honda confirmed in a statement the team is limiting its running on the final day of pre-season testing…

Pictures from the final two days of the concluding pre-season test for the 2026 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. Nico Hulkenberg, Audi, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Nico Hulkenberg, Audi, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test Oliver Bearman,…

Two very different races produced two different ABB Engineered to Outrun Award winners in the Jeddah E-Prix weekend. HIGHLIGHTS: The 2026 Jeddah E-Prix Round 4 Sebastien Buemi and Connor Summerville now sit joint first in the season leaderboard after the double-header in Saudi Arabia, helped in a big way but Buemi’s climb from 18th to seventh in the PIT BOOST…

Charles Leclerc headed the leaderboard as the teams paused for their lunch break on the final day of testing ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season. However no team improved on their fastest lap time of the test so far over the first four hours of running on Friday. 1’33.689 was almost three-tenths of a second off Ferrari’s best lap…

20/02/2026 New addition to the Porsche Motorsport factory team: In this interview, race car driver Nico Müller talks about his love for the 911 GT3 with Touring package. Race car driver Nico Müller is well acquainted with podiums around the world – and across all of the racing series. Born in Switzerland, the 33-year-old has an astonishing wealth of experience…

Formula E has announced a strategic partnership with technology company TDK, designating the firm as the title partner for the 2026 Tokyo E-Prix. The agreement will see the event evolve into a night race held in the Japanese capital, scheduled to take place on 25th and 26th July 2026. Additionally, TDK has been named as an official partner of the…

Stefano Domenicali has said he isn’t anxious about the new F1 rules. Getty Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali said he is certain Max Verstappen will not quit the sport over its controversial and already-maligned new rules, which he has urged fans to “stay calm” about. F1’s brand new cars — which feature engines which are close to a 50/50 split between…

(GMM) The FIA and Formula 1 have signaled there will be no knee-jerk reaction to mounting criticism of the new 2026 cars – even as Max Verstappen (pictured) insists he will not apologize for his outspoken remarks. After describing the new era as “Formula E on steroids,” the Red Bull driver clarified to Dutch media that he has heard nothing…

Hyderabad: More than a year after filing a criminal case against former MAUD minister and BRS working president KT Rama Rao, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) is set to file a chargesheet in the Formula E criminal case on or before Saturday.It is learnt that the decision was taken by top officials of ACB this week. The development comes a few…

Mercedes set the quickest time in testing for the third day in a row on Thursday in Bahrain. Andrea Kimi Antonelli lowered the best time seen so far in testing to 1’32.803, getting within three seconds of last year’s pole position time at the Bahrain International Circuit. Max Verstappen was the first driver to improve on the quickest time from…

From digital creator to Formula E driver for a day: Max Klymenko steps into the world of elite electric racing Simulator training, technical briefings and a timed track session on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit A first-hand look at the intensity, complexity and modern identity of Formula E In Jeddah, on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Max Klymenko…

Laurence EdmondsonFeb 19, 2026, 11:36 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Multiple Authors Kimi Antonelli kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets on the penultimate day of preseason testing in Bahrain after lowering the overall benchmark lap time to a 1:32.803. Antonelli was 0.058 seconds clear of the time set by McLaren’s…

Sebastien Buemi finished second in Jeddah. (Image credit: Instagram) Sebastien Buemi finally secured his first podium of Formula E Season 12 in Jeddah. The Envision Racing driver finished second in the Round 5 race, as Antonio Felix da Costa took the win and Oliver Rowland came home third. Buemi admitted he felt relieved after earlier setbacks this season, including in…

Lando Norris set the fastest lap time of testing so far, albeit by a tiny margin, as the penultimate day of running began in Bahrain. The McLaren driver lapped the Bahrain Internatnional Circuit in 1’33.453, just six-thousandths of a second faster than George Russell managed in his Mercedes the day before. But the most eye-catching development came from the team…

The Tokyo E-Prix comes as the penultimate event of the 2025-26 Formula E season. (Formula E Imagery) Formula E, the all-electric single-seater motor racing series, has brought in Japanese electronics firm TDK as a new commercial partner. Through a deal unveiled today, TDK becomes the title sponsor of the 2026 Tokyo E-Prix, which will take place across the weekend of July…