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Audi Rehired the Job It Scrapped. The Man in It Isn’t There to Find Horsepower Portrait of Thomas Fuhr, the incoming CEO of Audi Formula Racing GmbH, the company that builds Audi's Formula 1 power unit

Portrait of Thomas Fuhr, the incoming CEO of Audi Formula Racing GmbH, the company that builds Audi's Formula 1 power unit

Audi Rehired the Job It Scrapped. The Man in It Isn’t There to Find Horsepower

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Audi revived the engine CEO role it cut in 2025 and gave it to Thomas Fuhr. The...

Mercedes Can Win Both F1 Titles in Mexico City. Russell Is the Variable Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Mercedes Can Win Both F1 Titles in Mexico City. Russell Is the Variable

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Antonelli can clinch the drivers’ title in Mexico City, but the constructors’ crown depends on George Russell...

Russell’s Title Is All but Gone. Mercedes’ Narrow Window Now Threatens Second George Russell driving the Mercedes W16 through a corner during qualifying at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza

George Russell driving the Mercedes W16 through a corner during qualifying at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix at Monza

Russell’s Title Is All but Gone. Mercedes’ Narrow Window Now Threatens Second

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

George Russell has heard the title arithmetic enough times. Kimi Antonelli leads him 365 points to 242...

F1’s Gulf Finale Doesn’t Hinge on a UK Travel Notice. It Hinges on Freight. Lando Norris in the McLaren MCL40 approaching Spoon Curve at Suzuka during the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix

Lando Norris in the McLaren MCL40 approaching Spoon Curve at Suzuka during the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix

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F1’s Gulf Finale Doesn’t Hinge on a UK Travel Notice. It Hinges on Freight.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

The tidy version of this story says a UK travel notice has put the last two Formula...

Only a Wrecked Sunday and a Russell Win Can Delay Antonelli’s Title in Mexico Photo: Liauzh / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Only a Wrecked Sunday and a Russell Win Can Delay Antonelli’s Title in Mexico

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Antonelli needs ninth in Mexico City. Only a bad day for him plus a Russell win delays...

Norris’s LN4 Fusion Has an F2 Place for 2027. The Real Test Is the Ladder Underneath It Lando Norris in the McLaren MCL40 approaching Spoon Curve at Suzuka during the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix

Norris’s LN4 Fusion Has an F2 Place for 2027. The Real Test Is the Ladder Underneath It

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

LN4 Fusion has a place on the 2027–2029 F2 grid. Here is what Lando Norris’s young team...

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers. A gray Pro Stock car blasts down the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as a blue car trails in the next lane, with packed grandstands behind them

A gray Pro Stock car blasts down the track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as a blue car trails in the next lane, with packed grandstands behind them

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Four bracket world titles are up for grabs in Vegas, and the 64-racer field says plenty about...

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message. A stock car runs the Talladega Superspeedway frontstretch below a packed grandstand and a This Is Talladega banner

A stock car runs the Talladega Superspeedway frontstretch below a packed grandstand and a This Is Talladega banner

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

NASCAR says 75% of the Talladega field was, at one point, below minimum speed. Its fix was...

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him. Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull in practice at the 2025 Italian Grand Prix

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Ford’s two-car, six-driver Hypercar line-up is full for 2027, so Verstappen interest is really about brand leverage,...

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test. Sting Ray Robb smiling in a team shirt at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix

Sting Ray Robb smiling in a team shirt at the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test.

Lauren Miller October 29, 2026

Sting Ray Robb joins United Autosports for the Asian Le Mans Series, where multi-class traffic is his...

Analysis

Audi Rehired the Job It Scrapped. The Man in It Isn’t There to Find Horsepower

Mercedes Can Win Both F1 Titles in Mexico City. Russell Is the Variable

Russell’s Title Is All but Gone. Mercedes’ Narrow Window Now Threatens Second

F1’s Gulf Finale Doesn’t Hinge on a UK Travel Notice. It Hinges on Freight.

Only a Wrecked Sunday and a Russell Win Can Delay Antonelli’s Title in Mexico

Norris’s LN4 Fusion Has an F2 Place for 2027. The Real Test Is the Ladder Underneath It

Vegas Will Crown Four Bracket Racing World Champions. They’re NHRA’s Real Customers.

At One Point, 75% of the Talladega Field Was Below Minimum Speed. NASCAR’s Fix Was an Instant Message.

Ford Wants Verstappen. Its 2027 Le Mans Car Has No Seat for Him.

Sting Ray Robb Is Trading Open-Wheel Solitude for 47-Car Traffic. That’s the Real Test.

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