Automotors

Claire Dubbelman’s love for the pinnacle of motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father, Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was four or five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. “From the time I was little, my father would wake me up – at my own …Keep reading

Welcome to the 2025 edition of Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy where 239 young drivers are set to compete in the opening round of the series at Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf.  This year’s five categories are Senior MAX (101 drivers) featuring the “triple-digit” entries of the year, Junior MAX (61), DD2 and DD2 Masters running together as a combined class with 34 drivers, and Mini MAX (43) …Keep reading

Ahead of a grand prix weekend, most of us like to share predictions or try and guess who will come out on top on a Sunday. Data scientist Mariana Antaya took those chats one stage further and built a machine learning model to try and predict F1 race results. So far, her model has correctly called the winners of three grands prix this season.“I’m a really big Formula 1 fan,” says Antaya …Keep reading

It’s been an eventful week off the track for the No. 7 Spire Motorsports, and things aren’t calming down after they arrived at Talladega Superspeedway for the tenth round of the 2025 season.During pre-race technical inspection on Friday, the No. 7 Chevrolet failed twice before finally passing on the third attempt through. Per the NASCAR rule book, the team will lose their pit stall selection …Keep reading

RFK Racing and Ryan Preece have turned heads already with several strong showings this year. Sitting inside the playoffs on points at the moment, this team didn’t even exist last year and hadn’t named a crew chief to head its efforts until January of this year. And yet, Preece and the No. 60 RFK Ford are sitting 14th in the regular season standings, right behind teammate Chris Buescher.In an …Keep reading

The USA is on course to join the World Rally Championship calendar in 2026 following confirmation that a multi-year contract has been signed to bring rallying’s top flight back to North America.   The WRC has long held an ambition to return to the US for the first time since the 1988 Olympus Rally, with the project a key part of its plan to grow the category.Last year, the championship …Keep reading

Alex Marquez appears to be the man least impressed by his remarkable comeback after two crashes on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix.The younger Marquez was the class of the field in all day at Jerez, despite a low-speed accident in the morning and then a heavy tumble at the beginning of the hour-long afternoon practice.Following the second fall, which came as the Gresini Ducati rider …Keep reading

I still remember where I was when Marco Simoncelli died.It is a memory that will probably never not be diamond-etched in my brain. What else could SuperSic have accomplished had things been different that day in Malaysia? It’s unfair, and it’s cruel, especially to his family and friends who loved him.It’s enough to make me catch and hold my breath every time I’ve seen a MotoGP crash since …Keep reading

When it comes to NASCAR racing, no name is bigger than ‘Earnhardt,’ and for good reason. Dale Earnhardt Sr. is a motorsports legend in every sense of the word. His incredible career, engaging personality, and sadly, also the tragic nature of his passing has made him a household name.Now, the streaming giant intends to bring that story to Prime Video on May 22nd, premiering a new documentary …Keep reading

During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that accrue on their superlicence.The penalty points system was brought in as a way of monitoring …Keep reading