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With the start of the summer break, Formula 2 and Formula 3 CEO Bruno Michel debriefed the last rounds of the 2026 F2 Championship expecting an intense battle. Speaking with the media Michel shared his thoughts on the top five contenders, stressing that the upper three have the most potential to win the 2026 F2…
The Asian Le Mans Series will stage its entire 2026/27 campaign in Europe under the Winter Le Mans Series banner following an extensive review of the championship’s available options. External constraints, limited winter availability at suitable Asian circuits and significant logistical costs influenced the decision. Organisers also needed to avoid clashes with the Daytona 24…
GTWC Europe powered by AWS will conclude its 2026 Endurance Cup season on the evening of Saturday 17 October after SRO Motorsports Group revised the Portimão event timetable, to avoid a clash with the World Endurance Championship (WEC) 6 Hours of Barcelona. Organisers originally planned to hold the three-hour race on Sunday 18 October. However,…
Johor Motorsports Racing (JMR) will reunite Scott McLaughlin, Nicky Catsburg and Alexander Sims for its Pro-class challenge at the 2026 Suzuka 1000km. The trio took JMR’s Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R to third place at Suzuka last year during the team’s first appearance with an all-Pro line-up. JMR now returns with greater experience and aims to…
Team Principal Fred Vasseur has shared his thoughts on how Ferrari fared in the first half of the 2026 F1 season, how their development philosophy differs from that of McLaren, and where he sees the clearest room for the SF-26’s improvement following the summer break. As it stands, the Italian outfit sits second in the…
Mattia Colnaghi admitted he was left frustrated after narrowly missing out on the podium in the FIA Formula 3 (F3) Budapest Round Feature Race, believing a top-three finish was within reach. The MP Motorsport driver started from third on the grid and ran second in the opening stages before losing out to championship rivals Ugo…
Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller claimed victory in Race 2 at the GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Sprint Cup weekend at Magny-Cours after an exceptionally quick pit stop propelled the #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche from fourth place into the lead. Buus crossed the line 2.120 seconds ahead of Matisse Lismont, who secured the Silver Cup…
McLaren F1 arrived in Hungary with a raft of new-specification parts. By Sunday evening, the team was explaining a result that even its own engineers hadn’t fully predicted. Reigning World Champion Lando Norris converted pole position into a commanding win. The pace advantage visible on Sunday told its own story about the direction the team…
Toto Wolff addressed the shifting development picture in F1 following the 2026 Hungarian GP, acknowledging McLaren’s progress while outlining Mercedes’ own plans for the second half of the season. Kimi Antonelli finished third and George Russell seventh after a difficult afternoon that saw Russell drop to P21 off the line following an anti-stall at the…
Nicki Thiim secured pole position for the second GT World Challenge (GTWC) Europe Sprint Cup race at Magny-Cours after the stewards cancelled Kelvin van der Linde’s times he set during Qualifying 2. The Southafrican had comfortably led the session in the #32 Team WRT BMW, but a technical infringement promoted the #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston…
