NASCAR TV ratings from New Hampshire

It's that time of year again. The F1 circus is off sunning itself on its mid-summer break, drivers and teams alike are taking a much-needed and well-deserved breather from the frenetic nature of one grand prix after another - and everybody seems to be talking about who will be driving where in 2010. Here at Crash.net there is no exception, so we have put together a list of likely options and moves between this season and next, who is in favour and who is likely heading out of the door. The drivers have been listed in order of present championship position.

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

Michelin has reshuffled its tyre allocation for Motegi.

Michelin has reshuffled its tyre allocation for Motegi.

Michelin has reshuffled its tyre allocation for Motegi.

Francesco Bagnaia says Ducati will “replicate” Misano test solutions at Motegi as he targets a first MotoGP podium in ten rounds.

Marc Marquez says his ability to quickly adapt his riding style is “one of my strong points” as he closes on the 2025 MotoGP title.

This past summer has been a sort of personal revelation for Rodney Childers.When the veteran crew chief parted ways with Spire Motorsports and driver Justin Haley after just nine races in April, Childers felt like getting back to the Cup Series and winning races and contending for the championship was the most important thing.It was a matter of pride, a need to validate his place in the ...Keep reading

Rodney Childers will be back atop the pit box in 2026, working as a crew chief for JR Motorsports and the No. 1 Chevrolet.Childers brings with him the experience of over 600 Cup races, including 40 race wins and the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series championship with Kevin Harvick. He joined Spire Motorsports after a decade with Stewart-Haas Racing, but Spire and Childers parted ways early in the 2025 ...Keep reading

Ron Ruzewski will return to the IndyCar paddock next season after being announced as the new team principal for Andretti Global.Ruzewski was dismissed from Team Penske in May following the Indy 500 qualifying scandal, which erupted when IndyCar’s tech inspection team discovered that the No. 2 car of Josef Newgarden and the No. 12 car of Will Power had illegally modified attenuators ahead of ...Keep reading

Jack Harvey will pilot the No. 24 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet in next May's Indianapolis 500, attempting to make his ninth start in the prestigious race. INVST will again back Harvey's 2026 effort. Harvey made the 2025 Indy 500 with Dreyer & Reinbold, driving from 26th on the grid to finish 19th. However, his best result came with Meyer Shank Racing in 2020 when he finished ...Keep reading

This week James Allen welcomes Manish Pandey, the film maker and master storyteller who shot to prominence with the award-winning 2010 documentary Senna, which he made with Asif Kapadia and James Gay Rees of Drive to Survive fame. Since then Manish has followed up, gaining exclusive access to F1’s ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone, to tell his behind the scenes story in the streaming series ...Keep reading

Formula 3 will introduce a €1million prize fund to financially support drivers moving up the junior single-seater ladder.Starting with the ongoing 2025 season, the top five finishers in the championship will share the pot to help them progress to Formula 2.Under the arrangement, the title winner will receive €300,000, with the remaining prize money distributed on a sliding scale down ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton is on the road to success, according to one F1 pundit

Formula 3 will introduce a €1 million prize fund to financially support drivers moving up the junior single-seater ladder.Starting with the ongoing 2025 season, the top five finishers in the championship will share the pot to help them progress to Formula 2.Under the arrangement, the title winner will receive €300,000, with the remaining prize money distributed on a sliding scale down ...Keep reading

It has now been officially confirmed that Max Verstappen will make his GT3 race debut at the Nordschleife this weekend in the Nurburgring Endurance Series (NLS).The four-time Formula 1 world champion will share an Emil Frey Ferrari 296 with Chris Lulham for the four-hour race on Saturday.This comes just two weeks after Verstappen raced a restricted Porsche Cayman GT4 in the NLS to obtain a ...Keep reading