Casey Mears begins chase to 500 Cup starts with surprise return at Martinsville
Casey Mears, a veteran of 489 NASCAR Cup Series races and winner of the 2007 Coca-Cola 600, is making an unexpected return to the top level of the sport.Mears, 47, will pilot the Garage 66 entry (formerly MBM Motorsports) at Martinsville Speedway on March 30. The No. 66 Ford MustangContinue Reading
Injured Martin won’t recover in time for Americas GP comeback
Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has confirmed he will not make his hoped-for return to action at the Americas Grand Prix later this month.Martin broke his left hand in a training accident in February, forcing him to miss the opening race in Thailand and this weekend’s Argentina GP.There had beenContinue Reading
What to expect at the MotoGP Argentina GP
The Argentina GP is back on the MotoGP calendar this season after a year’s absence, with Termas de Rio Honda staging the second round of the championship this weekend.While the opening race in Thailand may not have delivered any great surprise in terms of the winner, with Marc Marquez sweepingContinue Reading
McLaren’s subtle dig at Red Bull sets stage for intriguing 2025 F1 fight
This time last year all the talk in the paddock at testing and the Formula 1 season opener in Bahrain centred around the disarray at Red Bull and Christian Horner’s WhatsApp controversy.The behind-the-scenes power struggle eventually resulted in a truce, and Horner staying in power, but not without rival teamsContinue Reading
Autosport Podcast: Rounding-up media day for the Australian Grand Prix
Excitement is building in Melbourne for the 2025 Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix this weekend.So, Autosport’s Filip Cleeren and Emily Selleck are live from Albert Park’s Melbourne Walk to round-up the first media day of the forthcoming campaign.Plenty of topics arise, with particular focus on the hometown heroes ofContinue Reading
How F1 drivers are handling the pressure at the Australian Grand Prix
How are the rookies dealing with the pressure of their first race build-up? And how are the Australian drivers, Jack Doohan and Oscar Piastri dealing with very different pressures at a home race, and with the Australian media? Motorsport.com’s FIlip Cleeren and Emily Selleck round up all the news fromContinue Reading
Two British GT stars absent from 2025 grid as 2 Seas reveals new line-up
Two British GT stars are set to skip the 2025 championship in favour of racing abroad together as 2 Seas Motorsport has announced a changed driver line-up for this season.Phil Keen, who is tied with Jonny Adam for the most overall race wins on 19, and 2022 champion Ian LoggieContinue Reading
Introducing F1’s rookies: Mercedes undertakes a Verstappen-like project with Antonelli
For Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, it’s personal promoting Andrea Kimi Antonelli to a Formula 1 race seat with the Silver Arrows squad at just 18.Wolff is viewing Antonelli’s sensational rise through the junior formulas as the chance to put right what went wrong in Mercedes missing out on Max Verstappen’sContinue Reading
What Domenicali’s extended reign means for F1’s future
“Adapt or die” is a popular maxim in the business world – but, to paraphrase the famous words of Mandy Rice-Davies: they would say that, wouldn’t they? Change is inherently self-justifying, especially when one business is buying another and swaggering egos are in play.Many are those in management, particularly theContinue Reading
Gary Watkins: Are the tentacles of the WEC BoP dumbing down the racing?
No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world.You can’t criticise its place at the highest levels of endurance motorsport for that reason, but perhaps inContinue Reading