Nissan pledges commitment to Formula E until 2030The Japanese manufacturer made the commitment ahead of its home race with the inaugural Tokyo E-Prix taking place this weekend.Nissan has been involved in the all-electric championship since 2018, having taken over the Renault e.Dams entry after working in collaboration Read More
F1 owner Liberty Media set to finalise €4bn MotoGP purchaseThe deal could be announced in the coming days, ahead of the third round of the 2024 MotoGP season at the Americas Grand Prix on 12-14 April.Motorsport.com understands that executives from Liberty and Dorna Sports, the promoter of the MotoGP, Read More
Truex looks to solve short track "challenge" at Richmond Truex and his No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team have been remarkably consistent to start 2024 with one top five and four top-10s in the first six races and no finish worse than 15th.He was in the hunt for the Read More
Shock F1 call-ups: 10 times that reserve drivers started a grand prixOliver Bearman received a shock call-up to the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz withdrew because of appendicitis.The 18-year-old therefore became the third-youngest driver to ever compete in an F1 grand prix after getting the opportunity due Read More
Sinkhole at North Wilkesboro reveals NASCAR track's historyDuring grandstand cleaning and inspection last week in preparation for the upcoming NASCAR All-Star weekend in May, track operations staff discovered cracks in the original concrete in section N of the grandstands toward Turn 1.Crews began removing seats to determine Read More
The amazing story of F1’s most incredible win from the backIt was a sunny Californian day not impacted by bad weather, there was no multiple accident to thin out the field, no clever pit stop strategy, and safety car interventions were still a decade away.So how did he do it? Read More
Introducing the IndyCar junior race winner still too young to join GB3One of the hottest new talents in this year’s GB3 Championship won’t even be contesting the first two race weekends, but he’s a race winner already this season on the IndyCar support bill.That’s because St Petersburg starlet Nikita Johnson is Read More
Ricciardo: I won’t be distracted by “negative stuff” in F1 paddockRed Bull chose to retain Ricciardo at the Faenza outfit for 2024 rather than opt for Liam Lawson, who showed well when he deputised for the injured Australian at five grands prix last season.However, in the early races of this year, Ricciardo has been Read More
Rovanpera: WRC technical overhaul for 2025 “makes no sense” Last month, the world motorsport governing body released a raft of proposals designed to improve top-level rallying that included widespread changes to technical and sporting regulations.The proposals, which the FIA wishes to ratify in June, include changes to the Rally1 Read More
Sammy Smith to run several NASCAR Truck races with Spire Smith, 19, will compete in four races this season in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. His first race is April 5 at Martinsville, followed by May 18 at North Wilkesboro, July 19 at Indianapolis Raceway Park and Aug. 26 at Read More
Red Bull had no F1 tyre advantage at high-graining Melbourne - StellaAn overheating right-rear brake for Max Verstappen, an issue that hobbled him from the start, forced his early retirement as Carlos Sainz led team-mate Charles Leclerc for a Ferrari 1-2.McLaren split the strategies of its drivers. Lando Norris was faster Read More
Toyota to deploy suspension update at WRC Safari Rally KenyaThe Japanese brand has proven to be the team to beat in Kenya winning the previous three editions of the Safari Rally, known to be the most gruelling event on the WRC calendar.Toyota outlined the speed and bulletproof reliability of Read More
The challenges that await on Formula E’s long-overdue visit to TokyoSince Formula E was founded 10 years ago, organisers of the all-electric championship have tried for over a decade to race in Japan’s capital, now the most populous city on earth with a population of more than 37 million.That dream Read More
Dall’Igna calls Bagnaia/Marquez Portugal MotoGP clash “very regrettable”Gresini Ducati’s Marquez and factory counterpart Bagnaia were battling for fifth in last Sunday’s grand prix at the Algarve International Circuit when they came to blows two laps from the end.Marquez threw his GP23 up the inside of Bagnaia but Read More
Honda opens new UK F1 engine base ahead of Aston Martin partnershipAfter officially withdrawing from F1 at the end of 2021, having propelled Max Verstappen to his first drivers’ title, Honda has continued to supply engines until the end of 2025 to Red Bull and RB (previously known as AlphaTauri) under its Read More
Krack: Alonso "would never put anyone in harm's way" amid Australia F1 penaltyAlonso was handed a post-race drive-through, which was converted into a 20-second penalty, for erratic and potentially dangerous driving in the closing stages of the race at Melbourne's Albert Park.While duelling with Mercedes man George Russell, Alonso lifted much earlier Read More
Former Haas F1 chief Steiner to be Miami GP ambassadorSteiner served as Haas team chief from its inception in 2016 until last winter, when his contract wasn't renewed after the struggling outfit finished last in the 2023 constructors' championship.But the 58-year-old Italian went straight back into the paddock in Read More
Rins "needs to do something different" to Quartararo on Yamaha MotoGP bikeRins finished 13th in Sunday’s Portuguese Grand Prix, six places behind team-mate Quartararo, in what was his second competitive weekend for Yamaha following his off-season switch from LCR Honda.Although this was a massive improvement from his point-less 16th-place result in Read More
Wolff: Correlation issues, not dogmatism behind Mercedes F1 strugglesThe 2022 challenger was plagued by porpoising and bouncing while its W14 successor drew complaints from drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell over rear-end handling instability.That prompted Mercedes to change concept for 2024, fully abandoning a size-zero sidepod architecture in Read More
Vettel logs 581km in “definitely fun” Aragon Porsche 963 testVettel, the 53-time Formula 1 race winner, had previously driven PPM’s simulator in Flacht in Germany before a brief run at Porsche’s fabled Weissach test track on 21 March.In fair weather conditions at Aragon in Spain today, the 36-year-old completed Read More
What happens when your big F1 break spirals into a farceOn paper, it sounded reasonable enough: Lola T97/30 chassis, Ford Zetec-R V8 engines and, most importantly, major corporate backing from Mastercard. But F1 teams don’t race on paper, and the reality was a total disaster.The driver of the project was Read More
Drivers offer thoughts on Thermal exhibition, ideas on format changesLast weekend’s non-points exhibition at the 3.067-mile, 17-turn circuit featured nine hours of testing ahead of qualifying to set the field for two heat races, with the top six advancing into a 20-lap, two-segment main event.The on-track product saw zero Read More
Komatsu: Magnussen a team player despite reason to be “pissed off”Komatsu admitted that the team had called Magnussen into the pits at the wrong time, losing the Dane two places in the process.Like in Saudi Arabia, Haas split the strategies of the two drivers, with Nico Hulkenberg running a long opening Read More
JHR becomes first IndyCar team to launch Spanish social channelsThe first-of-its-kind for a team in the IndyCar Series, @JHR_ESP_ will host exclusive content on both X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram to grow and welcome global fans to North America’s premier open-wheel championship.“It is important to provide a Read More