Everything Pirelli wants to change about F1's wet tyre that nobody uses

Mercedes reintroduced the rear suspension package that it debuted at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix last time out in Canada. The update was designed to cure the rear tyre surface overheating issues that the team has experienced with its W16 Formula 1 car this year.Following a difficult debut in Imola, Mercedes put the revised geometry to one side for the Monaco and Spain race weekends. Its ...Keep reading

Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi hopes Toyota’s partnership with the Haas Formula 1 team could result in an opportunity to fulfil a long-held dream of testing grand prix machinery.Tsuboi has been tipped as a likely candidate to get mileage as part of Haas’s TPC programme with previous-generation F1 cars off the back of his maiden Super Formula title last year.That success ...Keep reading

Crash.net ponders the biggest talking points heading into this weekend’s F1 Austrian Grand Prix.

British Touring Car Championship organiser TOCA is to close off a rules loophole during the summer break in time for the next round at Croft.Hyundai team Excelr8 Motorsport was held back in the scrutineering bay at Oulton Park last Saturday, after Tom Ingram had set a dominant pole position at the wheel of his i30 N Fastback.The mounting of the flat floor beneath the sump had been called ...Keep reading

According to the official NASCAR entry list, Spire Motorsports will be partnering with Jordan Taylor for this weekend's NASCAR Truck Series race at Lime Rock Park. It will be the first time any national division of the sport has raced at the Connecticut road course.The race will feature Australian Supercars star Cam Waters, which was previously announced, but he won't be the only 'ringer' in ...Keep reading

When NASCAR heads to Atlanta this weekend to race at the newly renamed at EchoPark Speedway, 40 Cup cars will be present for what is sure to be yet another thrilling race at the Georgia track. The Cup Series field has only reached 40 cars twice this year, and they were both crown jewel events. 41 cars started the Daytona 500 with the field expanding beyond max capacity due to Helio ...Keep reading

Alex Palou led just six laps, including the final three of the 55-lap race, but that was all he needed to reach Victory Lane at Sunday’s XPEL Grand Prix at Road America. It marked the shortest time the driver of the No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing car has spent out front in any of his six wins during the 2025 IndyCar season so far.In a race that featured two cautions in the first six laps and ...Keep reading

While Chase Briscoe earned his first win since joining Joe Gibbs Racing, teams like 23XI Racing just want to put this race in the rearview. Pocono delivered some fuel-mileage drama, big hits, and a new winner, but no further escalation in the Carson Hocevar/Ricky Stenhouse Jr. feud.There are now nine races left in the regular season, including two drafting tracks and three road/street courses ...Keep reading

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs… Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam’s imperious performance to win British GT’s Spa round last weekend, ahead of chaos behind them, fell into that category.It wasn’t quite rewarded with the Earth and everything that’s in it, but it did vault the Blackthorn Aston Martin pair into the thick of a now-tantalising title fight ...Keep reading

At racing speeds, one of Pirelli’s blue-sidewalled ‘wet’ tyres can displace a remarkable 85 litres of water per second. The problem is that you’re more likely to see a blue moon than witness an F1 wet tyre operating at racing speeds. That amount of water being displaced at all four corners of an F1 car adds up to a lot of spray, so the kind of circumstances that play to the wet ...Keep reading

If Ash Sutton claims a record-breaking fifth British Touring Car Championship title this October, he may well look back on a weekend in June when he outscored main rival Tom Ingram because his pace was so inferior as key to that success.That may sound paradoxical, but it’s absolutely true. Scarcely in the NGTC era has any driver-car combination been so dominant as Ingram and his Excelr8 ...Keep reading

“At this point, does Mercedes really need Max? Winning in Canada is a big thing for him.”

The European Commission has given the green light for Liberty Media to acquire MotoGP promoter Dorna more than a year after the deal was first announced.In an official statement released this afternoon, the European Commission announced its approval of Liberty Media’s acquisition of Dorna “without conditions.”“The Commission has unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition of ...Keep reading

The European Commission has given the green light for Liberty Media to acquire MotoGP promoter Dorna more than a year after the deal was first announced.In an official statement released this afternoon, the EC announced its approval of Liberty Media’s acquisition of Dorna “without conditions.”“The Commission has unconditionally approved the proposed acquisition of Dorna Sports by ...Keep reading

While the Italian Grand Prix failed to deliver the expected challenge from Francesco Bagnaia that was anticipated, the weekend at Mugello still threw up plenty of talking points across the grid. Here are the key factors that determined how the riders stacked up once the chequered flag flew in Mugello. Riding a Ducati If you weren't riding a Ducati, you weren't in the race. It was as ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon talks openly about Alpine's F1 troubles in 2025

NASCAR's in-season challenge has arrived, but what exactly is it all about? But before we get into specifics, let's be clear that this has no bearing on the actual championship in any way, shape or form.The purpose of this bracket-style tournament is simply to provide some added excitement and engagement for fans, while also awarding a $1 million dollar prize to the driver who actually wins ...Keep reading

Carmelo Ezpeleta says MotoGP’s future is “even brighter” as Liberty Media takes control following EU approval.