By August Bamford Reza Seewooruthun will continue with Rodin Motorsport in 2027, stepping up to F3 with the team after a season in the Formula Regional European Championship. The British driver joins Brazilian Pedro Clerot, who has already been announced to retain his seat with Rodin. The Australian team now has confirmed two of its three drivers for its 2027 lineup. Seewooruthun made the move from GB3 to FREC for 2026 and endured a more challenging campaign than the season b

Tuukka Taponen will race in Formula 2 in 2027, stepping up from Formula 3 after two seasons. The Ferrari junior has signed with ART Grand Prix, and will be the first Finnish driver to race in F2 since Niko Kari in 2018. Taponen debuted in F3 in 2025, with the team he’s now joined in F2 - ART - scoring three podiums in his maiden campaign, helping him finish inside the championship top 10 as a rookie. For 2026, he switched to MP Motorsport, scoring one win, three total podiums

Esteban Ocon’s comments today mean he is ‘unofficially officially’ a free agent for 2027, with Haas set to replace the one time Grand Prix winner. But what next for him? Ocon, 30, has become one of F1’s veterans, having raced in the series since 2016 (bar one season) with Manor, Force India, Racing Point, Renault, Alpine and Haas as well as serving as reserve for Lotus and Mercedes, but now is expected to find himself without an F1 drive for 2027. As a well known driver with

BY DAVID TAYLOR Race three of the NASCAR Cup Series Chase took place under the lights for the 500 laps around Bristol. The half mile, high-banked, concrete track truly lived up to the philosophy of “short track short tempers” as the night race never fails to deliver. Lining up second on the grid, Joey Logano scored a huge 73 points on his way to a third win of the season, beating polesitter Kyle Larson who stole second on the final corner from Carson Hocevar. Known for its

James Wharton will race for Trident Motorsport in the 2027 FIA Formula 2 season, graduating from Formula 3 after two seasons. Wharton, 20, took two wins over his two full campaigns, but plus and additional two podiums as he fought over two ever competitive F3 seasons. The Australian has already made his Formula 2 bow, stepping to race in the penultimate round of the 2025 season in Qatar - retiring from the Sprint Race and ending the Feature Race 19th, with his new Trident tea

Red Bull Racing have announced that they have renewed the contract of French driver Isack Hadjar ahead of the 2027 season. 📸: F1 Hadjar currently drives for Red Bull and sits eighth in the standings having scored one podium, a third place in Monaco. He missed the Dutch, Italian and Spanish Grands Prix due to a wrist injury but will be returning for this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The French driver has been with Red Bull since 2022, when he became a member of their Juni

British driver Kean Nakamura Berta will race in FIA Formula 3 in 2027 after he was announced by Italian side, Trident Motorsport. The Williams Junior is continuing his steady rise, having won the Italian F4 and Euro4 titles in 2025, graduating to Formula Regional for the 2026 season where he ended the season third overall; 19 points behind champion Emanuele Olivieri and eight behind vice-champion Sebastian Wheldon - son of the late Dan Wheldon - who he is rumoured to be joine

Nico Varrone has ended his FIA Formula 2 season campaign early, departing Van Amersfoort Racing. He’s been replaced by F3 podium sitter, Hiyu Yamakoshi. The 25 year old Argentine completed 18 races, with a best result of fourth, taken in the Miami Sprint Race, before a sixth place in the Montreal Feature became the only points he’d scored in seven rounds, stretching to Monza where he finished 10th. Varrone had returned to single seater racing after a six year absence and had

After some uncertainty, the 2027 Formula 1 calendar has been announced, with Bahrain returning to the season opener slot instead of Australia - as a Sprint Race format. Early and late summer slots for returning circuits at Portimao and Istanbul Park are confirmed, alongside nine other Sprint rounds. The 2027 calendar. After opening with a Sprint in Sakhir, further Sprint rounds will follow at Albert Park, Suzuka, Montreal, Monaco, Silverstone, Monza, Interlagos, Qatar and at

18 year old British driver Freddie Slater will race in Formula 2 with Invicta Racing in 2027. The Audi F1 junior driver steps up from a strong rookie championship in Formula 3 that saw him end up runner up to Ugo Ugochukwu, and now follows the familiar path from Trident in F3 to Invicta taken by Gabriel Bortoleto, Leonardo Fornaroli and Rafael Camara in recent seasons. James Robinson, Invicta Team Principal: “We’re delighted to welcome Freddie to Invicta Racing for 2027. To f

Kimi Antonelli added to his race wins tally with a relatively straightforward victory at the new Madring in Madrid. The championship leader held off an early fight from Max Verstappen before falling back from polesitter Lando Norris, who was the victim of a poorly timed Virtual Safety Car in the early laps. Antonelli challenged with Verstappen on lap one, giving up second spot twice after off track excursions had pushed him ahead of the Dutchman, allowing Norris to escape. Ve

Ugo Ugochukwu has been crowned as the 2026 FIA Formula 3 champion for Campos Racing, seeing off Trident’s Freddie Slater at an up-down final round at the new MAD-Ring in Spain. MP Motorsport’s Tuukka Taponen became the first Finnish race winner in the series as he led Ugochukwu home ahead of Rodin’s Pedro Clerot. Ugochukwu took two race victories this season, with six total podiums to his name as he made consistent finishes a factor of his campaign. Race one of the weekend sa

Reigning F1 World Champion Lando Norris has announced the formation on a brand new single seater racing team - LN4 Fusion - which will compete in multiple series’ from 2027. Ex-PREMA Racing boss Rene Rosin will serve as Team Principal and is joined by his former right hand man, Guillaume Capietto as Racing Director. LN4 Fusion have confirmed they will take over the FIA Formula 3 assets of AIX Racing, and will also enter cars at Formula Regional level, racing in Europe and in

Formula E legend Mitch Evans will race for new entry Opel GSE in the 2026/27 season, departing Jaguar TCS after 10 seasons for a new venture. The New Zealander has won 16 races in the series with 36 total podiums to his name, falling short of the drivers title twice and ending up as vice champion. The 32 year old has provided some of the series’ biggest ever moments, including a stunning win in Monaco in 2024, locking out the podium in São Paulo with then teammate Sam Bird in

George Russell took a straightforward sprint race victory at Zandvoort as he led from lights to flag in an otherwise uneventful sprint race. As the lights went out, The Brit held off his compatriot Lando Norris, who attempted to take the lead from Russell but his efforts were too new avail as he himself was holding off Charles Leclerc. Leclerc in his Ferrari, was the only driver in the top 10 to start on soft tyres and eventually made his tyre advantage count, passing Norris’

Max Verstappen will be a Red Bull driver through to the end of the 2030 season the team has announced. The Dutch driver had been linked with moves across the grid to McLaren and Mercedes or even a retirement from F1 altogether but has now committed his long term future to the Milton Keynes team. His stint with Red Bull so far has mustered 71 wins, 131 podiums, 48 pole positions and four World Drivers Championship titles. It’s expected he’ll be partnered once again by Isack Ha

In my mind Lucas di Grassi will always be “Mr Formula E”. A true innovator and founding father of the sport, not only as the first driver to commit to all electric racing, but he also won the inaugural race back in Beijing in 2014 and di Grassi has gone on to be one of only five drivers to win in all three generation of Formula E car. 📸: Lintao Zhang/LAT Images The Brazilian announced his retirement from professional racing earlier this year, and after an emotional send off

Carlos Sainz and Williams have put to bed any suggestion the Spaniard will be leaving the team with the announcement the 31 year old has signed a multi year agreement with the British team. Sainz joined the team from the start of the 2025 season after a stint with Ferrari and has mustered up two podium finishes for the team during what was their most successful season in a decade. The commitment to Williams’ next couple seasons is a bold statement from Sainz and shows that he

Isack Hadjar will miss the Dutch Grand Prix after sustaining a suspected wrist injury during training. Liam Lawson will replace the Frenchman at Red Bull while Yuki Tsunoda makes his return to the grid with the Racing Bulls team. Red Bull have not given a time scale on the Frenchman’s injury. Tsunoda was dropped from a full time race seat for this season with the accelerated progress of Arvid Lindblad, the progression of Hadjar, and Liam Lawson’s continued good form but will

Williams have announced that Alex Albon has re-signed with them for the 2027 F1 season. 📸: Williams F1 Albon joined Williams in 2022 after a year away from F1 and leaving the Red Bull family. Currently, the Thai driver has the most starts with the team, having started 96 races with them following the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Following the announcement, Albon said: “Since joining Atlassian Williams F1 Team in 2022, the transformation this team has made is difficult to