Motorsport

Dec 11, 2025, 04:26 PM ET Years ago, I was in the garage at Darlington Raceway chatting with David Pearson, Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough. All three are among the greatest racers in NASCAR history. All three had long since retired as drivers, but all three had only recently given up trying to be Cup Series team owners, the experience…

Welcome to Friday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Norris: From Go-Kart Dreams to World Champion (BBC) ‘It was a a mixture of things. It was a mixture of me just not getting the most out of the car because it changed quite a bit from the previous year. Having that the half of me going, I’m…

Marking ten years at the forefront of sustainable motorsport, the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship continues to push the limits of what’s possible both on and off the track. Formula E isn’t just racing toward the future. It’s building it. READ MORE: Formula E’s drive for sustainability Season 12 promises the biggest, boldest calendar in Formula E history, a…

Dec 11, 2025, 10:45 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thursday of a bruising antitrust case in which the Basketball Hall of Famer was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing the top racing series…

Michaella joins Formula E after more than an eight-year tenure at Formula 1, six of which as Head of Media Rights, where she led the broadcast and distribution strategy, negotiating multimillion-dollar rights agreements, developing strategic partnerships, and expanding distribution footprints across international markets. Prior to that, Snoeck held roles at World Rugby, and with ESPN, working on the 2012 Olympics…

Formula E has officially successfully retained its ISO 9001 certification with BSI, considered as the global gold standard for Quality Management Systems. The sustainable form of motorsport par excellence came into being in 2014 and continues to meet high standards of operational excellence. The certificate confirms Formula E adheres to precision, consistency, and efficiency when it comes to delivering world-class…

Dec 11, 2025, 09:44 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has said Christian Horner had a “sense of entitlement” which ultimately cost him his job at Red Bull. Wolff and Horner, who was sacked by Red Bull after 20 years in June, had many high-profile spats off the track during their teams’ battles on it — most notably in 2021,…

Nico Rosberg has revealed how much he and Lewis Hamilton paid Mercedes for crashing into each other on the first lap of the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. The 2016 world champion split the bill for the damage with his team mate following their collision at turn four of the Circuit de Catalunya. “I had a contract that I had to…

Pascal Wehrlein at Sao Paulo E-Prix (Image credit: Instagram) Formula E Season 12 started on a bittersweet note for Porsche driver Pascal Wehrlein. In a proud moment, he secured pole position for the third season in a row but couldn’t benefit from it after being handed a three-place penalty. As a result, he finished fourth at the Sao Paulo E-Prix….

Christian Horner’s ousting from Red Bull after 20 years as team principal was the result of his “sense of entitlement”, says his former rival Toto Wolff. The Mercedes CEO locked horns with Horner on many occasions, notably in 2021 when their drivers Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fought for the world championship. Wolff said the team “haven’t got over” the…

Jake Dennis wins Sao Paulo E-Prix (Image credit: Formula E) Jake Dennis won the pole and then the 2025 Google Cloud Sao Paulo E-Prix at the Anhembi Sambadrome Circuit on Saturday. The Andretti driver successfully held Season 11 champion Oliver Rowland to clinch his first victory of the season in Round 1. The win was special as he also broke…

Formula E, the world’s first all-electric motorsport, today announces a new partnership with international education charity Street Child to co-found the Climate Response Accelerator Fund — a rapid-response initiative to rebuild schools in Sierra Leone damaged by extreme storms linked to climate change. This partnership builds on existing support from Liberty Global, majority shareholder of Formula E and a long-standing…

Most drivers tried to get through the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a single pit stop but those who got onto fresh tyres near the end were able to make some progress. This meant that, in the midfield at least, the Yas Marina race was not quite the procession it usually is. However all eyes were on the championship fight…

Formula E backs new fund with Street Child (Image credit: Formula E) Formula E has been playing an active role in multiple initiatives to promote sustainability. It has now partnered with an international education charity named Street Child to establish the Climate Response Accelerator Fund, a rapid-response program to repair and rebuild schools in Sierra Leone that are often damaged…

The FIA will award more superlicence points to IndyCar drivers next year following claims it under-valued America’s top single-seater series. Last year’s IndyCar championship runner-up Colton Herta has moved to Formula 2 for next season in order to increase his chance of scoring the superlicence points he needs to qualify for a superlicence. Drivers must earn at least 40 superlicence…

Formula E Driver Season 2 Formula E is back with the new installment of the raw and wild docuseries Driver, which gives viewers the real picture behind race tracks and podiums. Formula E: Driver Season 2 offers a glimpse into the rivalry between the seemingly friendly Formula E drivers and the garage tensions that raise temperatures behind the camera. One…

Laurence EdmondsonDec 10, 2025, 07:18 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Newly-crowned Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris has backed Lewis Hamilton to return to form in 2026 after the seven-time world champion experienced a difficult first year as a Ferrari driver. Hamilton moved from Mercedes to Ferrari ahead of the 2025 season…

There was some pleasant irony in Jake Dennis winning the opening race of the 2025-26 Formula E season last Saturday and it won’t have been lost on either Andretti or its manufacturer supplier Porsche. The partnership between the two was born in 2022 and made a brilliant on-track start in January 2023 as Dennis took the first ever Gen3 win…

TERRIFYING scenes were seen in the Formula E season opener in Sao Paulo as a huge crash left debris strewn all over the track. British driver Jake Dennis won the race from pole but not before a scary incident which saw rookie Pepe Marti flip over in the middle of the air. Sign up for the Sport newsletter Thank you!…