Liberty Media can’t follow its F1 play to boost MotoGP’s popularity

Toyota has dismissed the notion that Sho Tsuboi’s maiden Formula 1 test opportunity with Haas at Fuji Speedway is a “reward” for his title success in Super Formula.The Japanese marque’s director of global motorsport Masaya Kaji characterised the TPC test, which will take place on 6-7 August with the two-year-old Haas VF-23, as an “audition” that will be used to gauge Tsuboi's ...Keep reading

While midfield rivals Aston Martin and Sauber scored big points in Hungary, Williams endured a bruising weekend that exposed the limitations of its FW47.

Super Formula’s 2026 calendar has been revealed, featuring several changes owing to the impact of the date change for Formula 1’s visit to Japan.With the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka moving forward to March 29, the famous figure-of-eight venue will no longer host the first round of the Super Formula schedule next year, as it has done both in 2024 and this year.That role has fallen to ...Keep reading

A scathing assessment from Jacques Villeneuve on Yuki Tsunoda following the Hungarian Grand Prix

The NASCAR Cup race at Iowa featured 12 cautions, and most of them came during the final stage. Shockingly, all 37 starters still finished the race, but many were involved in some kind of contact at the short track. The timing of all these yellows resulted in countless pit strategies unfolding during a critical point of the event. In fact, the top five finishers all made their final pit stop ...Keep reading

In a surprising move, Niece Motorsports has released Kaden Honeycutt from the team, effective immediately. Honeycutt is sitting sixth in the NASCAR Truck Series championship standings, 73 points above the cut-line in the battle to make the playoffs.Despite this, the team has chosen to part ways with him in the middle of the season, but why? According to Niece, it's because "Honeycutt has ...Keep reading

In a surprising move, Niece Motorsports has released Kaden Honeycutt from the team, effective immediately. Honeycutt is sitting sixth in the NASCAR Truck Series championship standings, 73 points above the cut-line in the battle to make the playoffs.Despite this, the team has chosen to part ways with him in the middle of the season, but why? Niece cited this as the reason: "Honeycutt has ...Keep reading

Veteran NASCAR driver Chris Buescher is trying something new this weekend. The 32-year-old will make his debut in the NASCAR Truck Series at Watkins Glen International, driving the No. 66 ThorSport Racing Ford F-150. Buescher is a NASCAR Xfinity Series champion (2015) and a winner of six Cup races, but he's never actually raced in the Truck Series before. However, 352 Cup starts and 74 ...Keep reading

The weight of expectation from a rally-mad nation had been increasing on Kalle Rovanpera’s shoulders. The mercurial Finn has obliterated records, becoming the youngest-ever winner, world champion, back-to-back champion, and produced jaw-dropping drives. The 24-year-old and co-driver Jonne Halttunen, have seemingly rewritten what is possible in the WRC, but until last weekend Rally Finland had ...Keep reading

Reports of Tech3 sale to Steiner gather pace

Graham Crowhurst and his stripey M3 E46 - inspired by Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car M3 GT2 raced by Andy Priaulx at Le Mans in 2010 - enjoyed a memorable Classic Sports Car Club Modern & Retro race weekend at Castle Combe, conquering technical issues to maintain his Ramair championship lead on Saturday and winning Sunday’s 3 Series 50th Anniversary celebration.Sonorous E46s dominated the points ...Keep reading

As you drive into the pretty North Yorkshire village of Croft-on-Tees, you pass a sign proclaiming it as ‘the childhood home of Lewis Carroll’.Certainly, things got surreal at the local racetrack’s round of the British Touring Car Championship over the weekend. Tom Ingram was grinning like the Cheshire Cat regarding the quality of the Hyundai machinery with which he had been provided by ...Keep reading

MotoGP’s chief commercial officer Dan Rossomondo believes Liberty Media’s arrival will boost the championship’s global reach without compromising its essence.Just under a month ago, Liberty Media completed the acquisition of 84% of Dorna, the rights holder of MotoGP, after the European Commission finally gave the green light to a deal that dragged on much longer than both parties had ...Keep reading

McLaren's Zak Brown welcomes Red Bull's appointment of Laurent Mekies.

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has rebuffed claims made by his world champion driver Max Verstappen that the team will fail to win again in the 2025 Formula 1 season.  Verstappen said on Saturday that “the way things are going right now”, Red Bull will not add to the two grand prix victories it has this year after qualifying a disappointing eighth in Hungary.He eventually finished the ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has rebuffed claims made by his world champion driver Max Verstappen that the team will fail to win again in the 2025 Formula 1 season.  Verstappen said on Saturday that “the way things are going right now”, Red Bull will not add to the two grand prix victories it has this year after qualifying a disappointing eighth in Hungary.  He eventually finished ...Keep reading

A deep dive into Charles Leclerc's shocking pole conversion rate in F1

The Ferrari Formula 1 team says it will need a full investigation into Charles Leclerc's unspecified car problem that saw him lose a Hungarian Grand Prix podium.Leclerc took a surprise pole over McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, before leading the opening stages of Sunday’s 70-lap contest. He looked set to at least finish on the podium until his SF-25 dramatically lost performance ...Keep reading