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Hamilton Leads Leclerc by 36 Points. Ferrari Still Isn’t Picking a Number One. Close-up of a Ferrari Formula 1 car's front nose and halo

Close-up of a Ferrari Formula 1 car's front nose and halo

Hamilton Leads Leclerc by 36 Points. Ferrari Still Isn’t Picking a Number One.

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Two Ferraris ran out of road at Monza’s second chicane last weekend, and only one of them...

Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Formula 1 shows up in Madrid this weekend with a paddock full of unknowns. The Madring is...

A Five-Second Penalty and a Dead AC Unit Decided Aston Martin’s Home Win at COTA Mattia Drudi celebrates from the cockpit of the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo after winning the LMGT3 class at the 2026 Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas.

Mattia Drudi celebrates from the cockpit of the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo after winning the LMGT3 class at the 2026 Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas.

A Five-Second Penalty and a Dead AC Unit Decided Aston Martin’s Home Win at COTA

Shawn Henry September 22, 2026

Heart of Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage didn’t win the Lone Star Le Mans by being the fastest...

Gasly’s Rough Simulator Week Is the Most Honest Preview of the Madring We’ve Had Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Italian Grand Prix qualifying at Monza

Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Italian Grand Prix qualifying at Monza

Gasly’s Rough Simulator Week Is the Most Honest Preview of the Madring We’ve Had

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Clips of Pierre Gasly finding barriers he had apparently never seen before have been circulating out of...

A2RL’s Imola Debut Was Decided by a Software Failure, Not an Overtake A2RL team members celebrate on the grid at Imola alongside their autonomous race car

A2RL team members celebrate on the grid at Imola alongside their autonomous race car

A2RL’s Imola Debut Was Decided by a Software Failure, Not an Overtake

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

The story out of Imola this month wasn’t that five driverless race cars circulated one of the...

Ferrari Beat Itself at Monza Before Anyone Else Got the Chance Ferrari mechanics work on Charles Leclerc's SF1000 during 2020 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Ferrari mechanics work on Charles Leclerc's SF1000 during 2020 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Ferrari Beat Itself at Monza Before Anyone Else Got the Chance

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Ferrari showed up to its home race with a new power unit, fresh chassis parts built specifically...

Max vs 100: The Driver List Is In, and a Locked Lap Could Decide Everything Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull Formula 1 car on track

Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull Formula 1 car on track

Max vs 100: The Driver List Is In, and a Locked Lap Could Decide Everything

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Red Bull spent most of August selling Max vs 100 as pure spectacle: one four-time Formula 1...

Toyota’s New Kart Solves the Problem That Actually Keeps Kids Off the Track Toyota's GR KART entry-level racing kart shown with bodywork removed, revealing its red tube-frame chassis and belt-drive rear axle.

Toyota's GR KART entry-level racing kart shown with bodywork removed, revealing its red tube-frame chassis and belt-drive rear axle.

Toyota’s New Kart Solves the Problem That Actually Keeps Kids Off the Track

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Ask anyone who has actually tried to keep a kid racing karts for a full season, and...

F1’s Madrid Debut: A Brand-New Track Meets a Brand-New Rulebook Carlos Sainz on track in the Williams during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz on track in the Williams during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

F1’s Madrid Debut: A Brand-New Track Meets a Brand-New Rulebook

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Formula 1 has debuted new circuits before, and it has debuted new technical regulations before. It has...

Hayden Paddon Made His Case for 2027. Hyundai Still Hasn’t Made a Decision. Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard driving on a rally stage

Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard driving on a rally stage

Hayden Paddon Made His Case for 2027. Hyundai Still Hasn’t Made a Decision.

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Hayden Paddon spent eight years without a factory World Rally Championship drive. It took him four rallies...