October 7, 2024

March of 2026, the IndyCar Series is set to return to Texas with a race contested on the streets of Arlington wrapping around AT&T Stadium — home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, and Globe Life Field, home to Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers.The 2.73-mile  track will take drivers through the city’s center of its sports and entertainment district, which sells more than 1.6 million tickets to …Keep reading

As the field battled for stage points, the Chevrolets of Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain moved to the outside of Ryan Blaney just seconds from the finish line. Bowman filled the hole in the middle as Blaney fell back, but when the bumpers connected in the always treacherous tri-oval, Blaney’s car got sideways. The No. 12 Team Penske Ford bounced off the door of Shane van Gisbergen before shooting …Keep reading

Formula 1 is going to look a little different in 2025: Lewis Hamilton will be wearing red, a new rookie class is joining the grid, and French conglomerate LVMH will be everywhere in the paddock. From bottles of Moët & Chandon on the podium to monogrammed Louis Vuitton trophy cases, the luxury empire’s 75 brands — or maisons as they’re referred to in-house — will be all-pervasive at races …Keep reading

Felipe Drugovich was left astonished after a maiden IndyCar testing debut at Barber Motorsports Park with Chip Ganassi Racing last Monday.“The driving style is very different,” Drugovich told Motorsport.com. “I was surprised by the speed, but at the same time it was very different from what I thought it would be. I imagined it would be very similar to an F2 car and even the driving style is …Keep reading

Rally Croatia organisers have announced that they have succeeded in securing the government guarantees necessary to prepare for a return to the World Rally Championship.The asphalt event made its WRC debut in 2021 quickly becoming a regular hosting four editions of the event before losing its place on the 2025 calendar.The 14-round 2025 WRC calendar was announced in July with three new rallies …Keep reading

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Enea Bastianini is set to swap two wheels for four at the Rallylegend festival this weekend.  The seven-time motorcycle premier-class race winner is set to pilot a Group B Audi Quattro S1 at the 22nd edition of the four-day celebration of rallying past and present held in San Marino.Bastianini, who finished fourth in last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, will share …Keep reading

United States Grand Prix organisers have made a series of revisions to the Austin circuit to try to help reduce track limits problems, Motorsport.com has learned.With the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) venue being resurfaced for this year, the opportunity was there to address issues that cropped up at last year’s race with drivers abusing the white lines at the edge of the circuit.In fact, the …Keep reading

Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has conceded the shared use of Mercedes’ wind tunnel could be “a factor” in his team being off the pace this season, but insisted it was no excuse for the downfall.Whereas the 2023 campaign saw Aston Martin claim seven podium finishes in the first 18 grands prix, the return this term is zero. The team is lying fifth in the constructors’ standings with …Keep reading

Renault’s decision to end its Formula 1 works engine project has been one of the biggest stories of the 2024 season.The move, only made official last week, has triggered huge controversy within the factory walls at Viry-Chatillon, where the French manufacturer’s F1 power units have been made since the 1970s.But while abandoning its own engine in favour of a customer Mercedes deal for the Alpine F1 …Keep reading

The appointment of Romano Albesiano as Honda’s technical director for 2025 has a powerful symbolic charge for a company so faithful to Japanese philosophy. However, the key to the success of the Italian’s signing is no longer so much what he can contribute, but what he is allowed to do.Last year, a number of major changes were seen at the top of HRC. However, looking at the effect they have had on …Keep reading