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Hall at the British Hillclimb summit after incredibly close early rounds
After the opening three events, this year's British Hillclimb Championship is shaping up to be a three-way contest between defending champion Matthew Ryder, former champion Wallace Menzies and aspiring champion Will Hall. It is Hall that has a slender points lead following the first six of 26 run...
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Norman conquers England in Armed Forces opener at Silverstone 750MC event
The first Armed Forces Challenge race at Silverstone last weekend provided the best comeback that Jasmin Norman could have hoped for. The Audi TT driver had not raced for two years following a serious accident at Castle Combe, but she took her impressively quick car to the win at the 750 Motor Cl...
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The F1 drivers to take on the Nurburgring 24 Hours before Verstappen
Max Verstappen will make his debut in the Nurburgring 24 Hours this weekend. In doing so, he joins a long list of Formula 1 drivers who have taken part in the endurance classic. Verstappen’s entry is not only big news because of his status, but also because he becomes part of a select group. Sinc...
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Tin-top thrills among the Mondello Park Historic Festival highlights
Each year the team at Mondello Park raise the bar a little further for their highly popular Historic Festival event, this year being no exception. A sun-kissed Mondello set the scene for an excellent weekend with the visiting Pre-’66 Touring Cars topping the bill and Saturday’s opener provided th...
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Behind the debate over F1's future engines is a battle for control
There is much more at stake than just a matter of technology behind the debate over the engine that will power the Formula 1 cars of the future. Over the past five years, the championship’s financial growth has been staggering: revenue has risen from $2.1billion in 2021 to $3.9bn in 2025, drastic...
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The British GT star who is running ultramarathons to rounds for charity
British GT driver Jack Mitchell is attempting the extraordinary feat of running an ultramarathon to every home-based round on the 2026 calendar. The Toro Verde Ginetta GT4 racer is raising money for the BRDC Motor Sport Charity, aiming to raise funds and awareness for its mental health support wo...
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Edmundson stars in Minis as the BTCC supports entertain at Brands Hatch
Last year’s Mini Challenge runner-up Max Edmundson opened his account for 2026 with a Brands Hatch brace, while Donington Park hat-trick hero Tom Ovenden produced an impressive fightback to take the middle stanza. Having kicked off his title defence in sublime style last month, Ovenden faced an a...
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Red Bull aims to hit F1 weight limit by Austrian GP
After a difficult start to the season, Red Bull appears to have taken a significant step forward in Miami, with Max Verstappen describing it as “light at the end of the tunnel” for the team. His fifth place in the Miami Grand Prix did not fully reflect that progress, but in terms of pure pace Red...
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Ogier: Portugal WRC loss “hard to accept” after late puncture
Sébastien Ogier admitted it was “hard to accept” losing a likely World Rally Championship victory in Portugal after running “out of luck” with a penultimate stage puncture. The nine-time world champion produced a wet weather masterclass in treacherous conditions on Saturday to take a 21.9s lead i...
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IndyCar Indianapolis GP: Lundgaard stuns Malukas to snatch win
Christian Lundgaard pulled off a remarkable move on David Malukas to win the IndyCar Indianapolis GP. The 24-year-old made an outside pass with 18 laps to go at Turn 4 en route to securing the second win of his career, and first with Arrow McLaren, by 4.6713s. The win came on the same track Lundg...
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BTCC Brands Hatch: Ingram takes first win of 2026 in race three
Tom Ingram broke his 2026 jinx by winning the final race of the British Touring Car Championship’s visit to Brands Hatch from fifth on the grid. The reigning champion sailed around the outside of reversed-grid poleman James Dorlin at Paddock Hill Bend at the beginning of the second of 24 laps, an...
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BTCC Brands Hatch: Taylor-Smith takes shock win aboard Toyota in race two
Aron Taylor-Smith won the wildest British Touring Car Championship race in some years at Brands Hatch, a contest that was run on slicks in the wet and was finally red-flagged. The effervescent Dubliner, who had not won a BTCC round for 10 years, started his Speedworks Motorsport-run Laser Tools T...
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WRC Portugal: Neuville gives Hyundai first win of 2026
Thierry Neuville emerged from the final day drama to win Rally Portugal and claim his and Hyundai’s first win of the 2026 World Rally Championship season. The 2024 world champion was firmly in the victory battle throughout the 23 gravel stages, but appeared set to finish second until Toyota’s Seb...
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MotoGP French GP: Martin takes first victory since title-winning season
Aprilia scored its first MotoGP podium lock-out after Jorge Martin led factory team-mate Marco Bezzecchi and Trackhouse rider Ai Ogura at the French Grand Prix on Sunday. Martin struck a psychological blow by hunting down and passing Bezzecchi, whom he had yet to defeat in a Sunday race this seas...
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BTCC Brands Hatch: Sutton takes 50th win in dramatic race one
Ashley Sutton claimed his 50th British Touring Car Championship race victory by taking the honours in the first race at Brands Hatch. But it was far from a straightforward contest, with unforecasted rain just before the start and during the early laps turning the Indy Circuit into an ice rink. In...
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WRC Portugal: Ogier puncture gives lead to Neuville
Thierry Neuville inherited the Rally Portugal lead with one stage remaining after World Rally Championship title holder Sebastien Ogier suffered a puncture on the penultimate stage. Ogier headed into stage 22 seemingly on course to score an eighth career Rally Portugal victory, equipped with a 17...
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Di Giannantonio set for KTM move in MotoGP 2027
Fabio Di Giannantonio has reached an agreement to race for the factory KTM team in the 2027 MotoGP season - opening the door for Nicolo Bulega at VR46. The 27-year-old, who until now had been contracted by Ducati while racing for VR46, had set Friday of the French Grand Prix weekend as the deadli...
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WRC Rally Portugal organisers fined after stage security breach
Rally Portugal organisers have been issued a suspended €15,000 fine and a reprimand following a security breach that resulted in two unauthorised vehicles entering a live stage of the World Rally Championship event. Friday’s second pass through the famous Arganil test (stage seven) was halted aft...
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WRC Portugal: Ogier retakes lead after Solberg puncture drama
Reigning world rally champion Sébastien Ogier delivered a wet weather masterclass as the Toyota driver reclaimed the Rally Portugal lead after Oliver Solberg lost ground to a puncture and spin. The nine-time world champion once again outlined his class in tricky conditions to end Saturday’s mammo...
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WEC Spa: BMW scores maiden Hypercar win in chaotic finish
BMW executed an alternative strategy to perfection to claim its maiden World Endurance Championship victory in a chaotic, incident-packed Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours race. A decision to short-fuel in the opening pitstop propelled the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh of Rene Rast, Sheldon van der Linde and ...
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Trackhouse MotoGP boss Brivio quits for factory Honda role in 2027
Davide Brivio will leave his position as Trackhouse Aprilia team principal to join Honda's management as part of the Japanese manufacturer’s ongoing restructuring process. The news of his new consultancy role, first reported on Saturday by Sky Italia and subsequently confirmed by Motorsport, will...
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BTCC Brands Hatch: Sutton masterclass gives him qualifying race win
Ash Sutton put in a masterclass of driving and opportunism to take an unexpected victory in the qualifying race for the British Touring Car Championship round at Brands Hatch. The four-time champion entered the weekend as points leader, meaning his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus Titanium sal...
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Marc Marquez to miss at least two MotoGP grands prix after Le Mans highside
MotoGP legend Marc Marquez has withdrawn from the French Grand Prix weekend after his violent highside crash late in Saturday's sprint race. Read Also: MotoGPMotoGP French GP: Martin wins sprint race after rocket start, Marquez crashes The Ducati factory star has been declared unfit after an X-ra...
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MotoGP French GP: Martin wins sprint race after rocket start, Marquez crashes
Factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin vaulted from eighth place on the grid to claim the lead at the first corner and win his second sprint race of 2026 at Le Mans on Saturday. While the Spaniard celebrated the fruits of an incredible getaway and first corner, leading home Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)...
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MotoGP suggests banning ride-height devices for Silverstone race start
Race direction has proposed to MotoGP teams banning the use of ride-height devices at the start at Le Mans, Silverstone and Phillip Island following concerns raised by riders, Autosport has learned, though it won't happen at the French Grand Prix. The initiative emerged after discussions between ...
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WRC Portugal: Solberg stuns in the rain to jump from fourth to first
Oliver Solberg snatched the lead at Rally Portugal after delivering a stunning time in wet conditions on the final stage of the morning loop, to climb from fourth to first. Solberg faced an 18.6s margin to rally leader Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 14, which was hit by rain. The Toyota drive...
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BTCC Brands Hatch: De Leon and Ingram looking strong in free practice
Daryl De Leon put himself into the limelight with the fastest time in free practice for the British Touring Car Championship round at the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit. The cheerful Anglo-Filipino scored his only BTCC race win to date at this event last season with the West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M S...
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The real reason Verstappen is drawn to GT3 racing
Max Verstappen is drawn to GT3 racing because it offers him a chance to make a difference in a level-playing field, according to the category’s architect Stephane Ratel. While Formula 1 drivers have largely stopped competing regularly outside grand prix weekends in recent decades, aside from an o...
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MotoGP French GP: Bagnaia takes surprise pole in Ducati 1-2
Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia beat his team-mate Marc Marquez by just 0.012s to take an unlikely pole position in Saturday’s French Grand Prix qualifying. The two-time MotoGP champion set a best time of 1m29.634s with just over a minute remaining in Q2, scoring his first MotoGP po...
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WRC Portugal: Organisers investigate major stage security breach
Rally Portugal organisers have opened an investigation to understand why two unauthorised vehicles entered a live stage forcing organisers to red flag the test. The second pass through the famous Arganil stage was halted after two separate incidents where unauthorised vehicles had entered the sta...
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Ford in talks with Verstappen about WEC Hypercar opportunities
Ford will make its Hypercar debut in the World Endurance Championship next year, and the company's racing chief Mark Rushbrook would love to see Max Verstappen race the car one day. Ford has returned to Formula 1 this year thanks to its partnership with Red Bull Racing. The two parties have joine...
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The factors behind Honda's pace-setting speed in French MotoGP practice
Honda caused a stir on the opening day of the MotoGP French Grand Prix by topping the times across the two practice sessions. While Honda was always expected to be competitive at Le Mans following Johann Zarco’s brilliant wet-weather victory there last year, its pace on Friday was particularly st...
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WRC Portugal: Fourmaux off hands Ogier rally lead
Reigning world rally champion Sebastien Ogier ended Friday leading Rally Portugal after a wild off inflicted a double puncture for Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux. Ogier had started Friday’s leg struggling to extract the desired pace from his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1, but changes made during the midday r...
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WEC Spa: Peugeot beats Cadillac for maiden pole as Toyota and Ferrari struggle
Malthe Jakobsen claimed Peugeot’s first-ever World Endurance Championship pole position after topping Friday’s qualifying session for the Spa 6 Hours. Despite spinning at Raidillon on his out-lap at the start of Q1 and flat-spotting his tyres, Jakobsen rebounded strongly in the #94 Peugeot 9X8 to...
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FIA announces 2027 F1 rule changes for combustion and electrical output
Formula 1 will shift away from the current split between combustion and electric power, which is close to 50:50 this year, for the 2027 season, the FIA has announced. F1’s new-for-2026 rules quickly became a controversial topic this season, with the longed-for smaller, nimbler cars overshadowed b...
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F1 working on contingency plans for Middle East races, as Q1 revenue surges
Liberty Media CEO Derek Chang says F1 chiefs are "working overtime" to come up with contingency plans for the series' Middle Eastern races, with various options on the table pending on the war in Iran. F1 was forced to call off its April double-header in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia as a result of th...
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Honda gets extra F1 power unit help after FIA tweaks rules
Formula 1's governing body the FIA has made additional tweaks to the relevant 2026 regulations to help power unit manufacturers catch up in a move which is expected to give struggling Honda extra assistance. F1 had devised a so-called ADUO system - Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities...
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WRC Portugal: Hyundai on top as overnight leader Solberg loses out
Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux reclaimed the Rally Portugal lead after overnight leader Oliver Solberg struggled for pace across Friday morning’s loop of stages. Fourmaux started the day 3.4 seconds behind Solberg, but was able to leapfrog the Toyota driver in the opening stage of Friday’s mammoth sev...
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Liberty: Miami "logical" destination for second US MotoGP race
Liberty Media says MotoGP is continuing to evaluate options for a second race in the United States, with Miami emerging as a potential destination. The US has long been viewed as a key growth market for MotoGP, with discussions about a second American round beginning long before Liberty completed...
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Vanthoor joins McLaren's 2027 WEC programme on Porsche loan deal
Laurens Vanthoor will race for McLaren’s new Hypercar team in the 2027 World Endurance Championship while remaining under contract with Porsche through the end of that season. The Belgian was named as the second driver for the McLaren MCL-HY project on Friday, just days after its first signing Mi...
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WRC Rally Portugal: Solberg leads as Hyundai closes on Toyota
Toyota’s Oliver Solberg moved into an early lead at Rally Portugal at the end of the opening leg of the first pure gravel event of the World Rally Championship season. Solberg navigated through two traditional rough gravel stages and an asphalt super special with a 3.4s margin over Hyundai’s Adri...
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Why Red Bull and McLaren sat down after surprising comments about Lambiase's role
As soon as news of Gianpiero Lambiase’s move from Red Bull to McLaren in 2028 leaked, his future Formula 1 role immediately became a topic of discussion. Reports quickly linked Red Bull’s head of racing, who also acts as Max Verstappen’s race engineer, to the position of team principal, while McL...
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Why WRC drivers expect Portugal to deliver a rally that has “everything”
Rough gravel stages, long periods without service, changeable weather and increased competition will make Rally Portugal a challenge that will have “everything”, according to World Rally Championship drivers. The first pure gravel rally of the season looks set to offer up one of the biggest tests...
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Hyundai delivers WRC engine upgrade at Rally Portugal
Hyundai has brought an upgraded engine to Rally Portugal in a bid to close the gap and take the fight to World Rally Championship rivals Toyota. The Korean marque has struggled to extract pace consistently from its i20 N Rally1 car, while Toyota has seemingly taken a step forward, having won all ...
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Autosport magazine: Verstappen’s future and the challenge of F1
Max Verstappen has been one of the most vocal critics of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations. How much of that is due to the relative lack of competitiveness of his Red Bull and how much is down to a genuine concern about the future of the sport is open to debate, but it’s got people’s attention. In t...
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Red Bull targets Piastri as Verstappen replacement option
Red Bull has singled out Oscar Piastri as its preferred replacement for Max Verstappen, should the four-time Formula 1 world champion leave the team, Autosport understands. Several sources confirmed this information in the Miami paddock, despite Verstappen being contracted for next year and the t...
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Top five roles on Motorsport Jobs this week
1. Cadillac F1 Team - Guest Experience Coordinator - Silverstone The Cadillac F1 Team has a vacancy for a Guest Experience Coordinator. You will be the welcoming face of the team’s new Silverstone facility. This will involve managing the reception area and greeting visitors as well as answering, ...
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From the archive: When Niki Lauda led an F1 driver strike in 1982
Autosport Editor-in-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with renowned motorsport writer Maurice Hamilton to revisit one of Formula 1’s most extraordinary flashpoints - the drivers’ strike at the 1982 South African Grand Prix. As tensions simmered between the drivers and the FIA, the introduction of cont...
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Sky Sports extends F1 live broadcast contract
Formula 1 has agreed a new long-term partnership for Sky Sports to be its exclusive live broadcast rights holder in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Italy. Sky Sports will continue to show the championship until at least 2034 in the UK and Ireland, while the deal for its Italian channel now runs t...
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MotoGP confident it will "reach an agreement" with manufacturers over commercial cycle
Carmelo Ezpeleta says MotoGP is confident it will reach an agreement with manufacturers over the next commercial cycle from 2027 to 2031, despite negotiations dragging on for nearly a year. Talks between the series promoter, now operating as MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group, and manufacturers ar...
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