Why Lancia is returning to WRC in Rally2 for the “magic circle”
Lancia has shed more light behind the reason it is making its anticipated World Rally Championship comeback in the second tier Rally2 class. The iconic Italian manufacturer that won a record 10 WRC manufacturers’ title will return to the WRC stages next year courtesy of a WRC2 programme with its all-newContinue Reading
EA Sports will not release a new F1 game in 2026
EA Sports has announced it will not release a new Formula 1 game for the 2026 season.Instead, the company will provide a “paid expansion to F1 25”, featuring 2026 cars, teams and regulations. Autosport has approached EA Sports as to whether the content will include the Madrid street track thatContinue Reading
F1 predictions for the 2025 triple-header finale
Three rounds remain in the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, which will decide who becomes the drivers’ world champion, plus a few other key honours.This weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix kicks off a triple-header finale, followed by the Qatar GP (plus a sprint race) and then the season closer inContinue Reading
Quartararo reveals what’s still missing on Yamaha’s V4 after Valencia MotoGP test
Fabio Quartararo has identified the areas where Yamaha’s new V4-powered M1 is still lacking following this week’s official MotoGP test at Valencia.The 2021 world champion got his first opportunity to test Yamaha’s 2026 challenger since the Misano test, where he had felt the new bike was “worse” than the outgoingContinue Reading
23XI, Front Row and NASCAR work on jury forms ahead of trial
This is procedural, but with just under two weeks remaining until the start of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit trial, both parties continue to work on the minutiae of prep work.In the case of Tuesday, it is volleying back-and-forth instructions for the jury andContinue Reading
Dale Jr. is nervous ahead of second Daytona 500 as team owner
JR Motorsports is running it back in the Daytona 500 in 2026 with Justin Allgaier after a successful Cup Series debut in which they scored a top 10 in the No. 40 car with Traveller Whiskey.It was a meaningful race for co-owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt-Miller, whom aren’tContinue Reading
NASCAR industry considers taking some spec out of the NextGen
Even before the NASCAR Cup Series began utilizing the single source supplied NextGen car, Chase Elliott was waving a red flag urging the community to consider the perils of spec racing.He said that passing in the previous generation car became an increasingly more challenging proposition because the tighter rule bookContinue Reading
Good but not great, says Chase Elliott of 2025 NASCAR campaign
Chase Elliott basically says his 2025 season was good but not great.Two wins 11 top-5s19 top-5sWhile Elliott finished eighth in the current championship format, he did score the fourth most points overall from Daytona in February to Phoenix in November, a testament to the season-long consistency the No. 9 HendrickContinue Reading
Bagnaia “happy” again after testing new Ducati MotoGP bike in Valencia
Francesco Bagnaia ended the Valencia MotoGP test “happy” with all the parts he tested on his factory Ducati MotoGP bike, despite his outing being curtailed by a late crash.After enduring what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his premier class career, Bagnaia kicked off his 2026 campaign withContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia “happy” again after testing new Ducati MotoGP bike in Valencia
Francesco Bagnaia ended the Valencia MotoGP test “happy” with all the parts he tested on his factory Ducati MotoGP bike, despite his outing being curtailed by a late crash.After enduring what he described as “maybe the worst” year of his premier class career, Bagnaia kicked off his 2026 campaign withContinue Reading