Motorsport

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…

Double DTM champion Gary Paffet has joined an expanded Cupra Kiro Formula E team in a newly created role of racing director. The Race can reveal that former McLaren Formula E team manager Paffett started his new role last Monday, and will work closely with team principal Alex Hui and chief operating officer/deputy team principal Russell O’Hagan. Paffett had been…

As Robin Frijns looks to be out of Formula E following his departure from Envision, a huge grid shake-up is unfolding for the championship ahead of the 2025-26 season. McLaren’s exit from Formula E was unsurprisingly a big catalyst in this, guaranteeing at least two full-time drivers from last season would be out of a drive as only 10 teams remained. In…

Robin Frijns will not continue with Envision Racing and is unlikely to stay on the Formula E grid for the 2025-26 season. The Race understands that Frijns was told by Envision earlier this month that he will not be retained for a third campaign in what was his second spell with the squad. The two-time race winner is not expected…

What does it take to race at 280 km/h — in near silence, powered by cutting-edge electric technology, and cheered on by tens of thousands in the world’s most iconic cities? That’s the world of Formula E — the all-electric motorsport championship that’s redefining speed, sustainability, and storytelling. Now new and old fans can step into the high-pressure, high-stakes lives…

The cloud-based environment aims to streamline delivery of secure live video feeds from race circuits to partners across the globe Aiming to meet Formula E’s requirements for a scalable, secure and flexible cloud infrastructure, live broadcast software and solutions provider Techex has collaborated with Google Cloud to deliver low-latency live video feeds to the championship’s production partners around the world….

Formula 1‘s summer break always coincides with the question that can dominate the middle portion of the year: who is going where? Traditionally the August break is when the “silly season,” which might otherwise be known as a transfer window or free agency in other sports, shifts into high gear. Unlike those other sports, however, there is no defined time…

Hugh Barter dropped out of the junior single-seater spotlight after vacating his Campos Formula 3 seat during the 2023 season. Following a surprise appearance in Indian F4 last year, he now competes in the Ultimate Cup European Series’ Hoosier Formula Cup and serves as the Lola Yamaha Abt Formula E Team’s simulator driver. Feeder Series caught up with the Australian-Japanese…

Oliver Rowland has revealed the unique reason why he may waive the right to carry the coveted #1 on his car as defending Formula E champion next season. The Nissan driver stormed to his first title in the all-electric championship, securing the title at the penultimate weekend in Berlin. Rowland’s excellent and consistent performances saw him clinch the crown with…

One of Formula E’s standout stars, Taylor Barnard, isn’t formally guaranteed a place on next year’s grid. But over the course of the next few weeks his future will become much clearer and he is expected to line-up at DS Penske with Maximilian Guenther. The Race revealed as McLaren’s situation worsened that Barnard – who was a stunning fourth in…

Aug 11, 2025, 01:23 PM ET WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A veteran stock car driver at a North Carolina short track died over the weekend after suffering a medical emergency while competing in a race, officials said. Robbie Brewer’s car struck head-on a wall on the quarter-mile (0.40-kilometer) track at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem and came to a stop near…

Aug 10, 2025, 05:48 PM ET Alex Palou wrapped up his fourth IndyCar championship in the last five seasons on Sunday at Portland International Raceway when title contender Pato O’Ward lost power early in the race. O’Ward started from the pole and was the only driver mathematically eligible to beat Palou for the championship. Palou went into Sunday with a…

Toto Wolff said he needed to talk to Max Verstappen about a possible move to Mercedes but was now happy to secure George Russell‘s future with the team. Verstappen confirmed for the first time that he would stay with Red Bull ahead of last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, putting to an end speculation that he could make a sensational move…

WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — NASCAR Xfinity Series points leader Connor Zilisch broke his collarbone after a hard fall in Victory Lane at Watkins Glen International. After his series-leading sixth victory, Zilisch was climbing onto the roof of his No. 88 Chevrolet to celebrate. He slipped after apparently getting his left foot caught in the driver’s side window netting and tumbled…

For all 127 of its Formula E races, Jaguar TCS Racing has had two constants: Mitch Evans and James Barclay (pictured left to right, above). Now, however, it enters uncharted territory for the first time, with the man at the helm of the team moving on to take charge of the forthcoming McLaren Hypercar project in the World Endurance Championship….

Not that he would bring it up publicly but Jake Hughes’ outrageous misfortune at key moments of his 2024-25 Formula E season, likely his one and only with the troubled Maserati MSG team, was next level unlucky.  Usually in the sob-story world of Formula E, such a tale would involve a combination of self, team and random errors. But in…