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Ferrari Hired a Mercedes Engine Man. It Put Him on the Chassis Side Lewis Hamilton driving his red Ferrari during qualifying for the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton driving his red Ferrari during qualifying for the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

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Ferrari Hired a Mercedes Engine Man. It Put Him on the Chassis Side

Kyle Matthews October 23, 2026

Ferrari’s latest recruit from Mercedes didn’t come with a press release, a team photo or a quote...

MotoGP Academy Puts a Badge on Racing Schools Worldwide. The Fine Print Is Where It Gets Interesting MotoGP bikes racing at Sepang in 2024

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MotoGP Academy Puts a Badge on Racing Schools Worldwide. The Fine Print Is Where It Gets Interesting

Johnny Puckett October 23, 2026

MotoGP has found a cheap way to scout riders in places where it has no pipeline: put...

Chase Elliott Left the Most Popular Driver Ballot, and an Eight-Year Lock Is Gone NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars lined up in two rows for a restart at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the 2025 South Point 400

NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars lined up in two rows for a restart at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the 2025 South Point 400

Chase Elliott Left the Most Popular Driver Ballot, and an Eight-Year Lock Is Gone

EL Puckett October 23, 2026

Chase Elliott removed his name from the 2026 NMPA Most Popular Driver ballot in honor of Kyle...

SEMA Opens in 11 Days, the NASCAR Title Is Decided in 16, and the Baja 1000 Starts in 21 Kyle Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

Kyle Larson's No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet on the grid at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March 2026

SEMA Opens in 11 Days, the NASCAR Title Is Decided in 16, and the Baja 1000 Starts in 21

Kyle Matthews October 23, 2026

The SEMA Show, NASCAR's Cup Series finale at Homestead and the Baja 1000 all start within 10...

Today in Motorsport History, October 23: MotoGP Lost Marco Simoncelli at Sepang in 2011 A pack of motorcycle racers in yellow and black leathers leaning through a corner on a racing circuit

A pack of motorcycle racers in yellow and black leathers leaning through a corner on a racing circuit

Today in Motorsport History, October 23: MotoGP Lost Marco Simoncelli at Sepang in 2011

EL Puckett October 23, 2026

On October 23, 2011, Marco Simoncelli died at Sepang. How MotoGP responded, and what the retired No....

Horner Says He Sent Lauda After Hamilton. Red Bull Spent Eight Years Paying for the Tip Lewis Hamilton driving the silver Mercedes F1 W04 during the 2013 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

Lewis Hamilton driving the silver Mercedes F1 W04 during the 2013 British Grand Prix at Silverstone

Horner Says He Sent Lauda After Hamilton. Red Bull Spent Eight Years Paying for the Tip

EL Puckett October 22, 2026

Christian Horner says he pointed Niki Lauda toward Lewis Hamilton in 2012. The record that followed explains...

Today in Motorsport History, October 22: Senna Won on the Road at Suzuka in 1989, but Prost Won the Title Red Formula 1 car racing at speed on a track

Today in Motorsport History, October 22: Senna Won on the Road at Suzuka in 1989, but Prost Won the Title

EL Puckett October 22, 2026

Ayrton Senna crossed the line first at the 1989 Japanese Grand Prix, and it did him no...

Lead the Most Laps, Win the Race? Not Like It Used To NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen cars lined up in two rows for a restart at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the 2025 South Point 400

Lead the Most Laps, Win the Race? Not Like It Used To

Johnny Puckett October 21, 2026

The NASCAR Cup driver who led the most laps won 51.9% of races in 2018–2020. Since 2021,...

Racing’s Hidden Costs: The Helmet That Expires Differently in Every Rulebook Green, black and orange Spec Miata race car numbered 152 at speed on a road course, the driver wearing a helmet visible through the side window

Green, black and orange Spec Miata race car numbered 152 at speed on a road course, the driver wearing a helmet visible through the side window

Racing’s Hidden Costs: The Helmet That Expires Differently in Every Rulebook

Lauren Miller October 21, 2026

Racing helmet expiration rules differ by sanctioning body. Here's what a Snell SA2015 helmet's last-legal date really...

Yamaha Quit MX2 and Gave Itself 137 Days to Build an MXGP Team Jeremy Seewer exits a rutted dirt corner on a blue Yamaha motocross bike beneath the Monster Energy finish gantry at the 2022 Spanish round of the Motocross World Championship

Jeremy Seewer exits a rutted dirt corner on a blue Yamaha motocross bike beneath the Monster Energy finish gantry at the 2022 Spanish round of the Motocross World Championship

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Yamaha Quit MX2 and Gave Itself 137 Days to Build an MXGP Team

Kyle Matthews October 21, 2026

Yamaha MXGP 2027: factory MX2 is gone and the team goes in-house. What is confirmed, what is...

Backfire Racing

Ferrari Hired a Mercedes Engine Man. It Put Him on the Chassis Side

MotoGP Academy Puts a Badge on Racing Schools Worldwide. The Fine Print Is Where It Gets Interesting

Chase Elliott Left the Most Popular Driver Ballot, and an Eight-Year Lock Is Gone

SEMA Opens in 11 Days, the NASCAR Title Is Decided in 16, and the Baja 1000 Starts in 21

Today in Motorsport History, October 23: MotoGP Lost Marco Simoncelli at Sepang in 2011

Horner Says He Sent Lauda After Hamilton. Red Bull Spent Eight Years Paying for the Tip

Today in Motorsport History, October 22: Senna Won on the Road at Suzuka in 1989, but Prost Won the Title

Lead the Most Laps, Win the Race? Not Like It Used To

Racing’s Hidden Costs: The Helmet That Expires Differently in Every Rulebook

Yamaha Quit MX2 and Gave Itself 137 Days to Build an MXGP Team

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