By Teagan Crump This week marks the start of British GT in 2026, and it starts with the annual Silverstone 500! But what do you need to know ahead of the season? This guide will tell you all the important information. 📸: British GT, SRO/ JEP Ahead of the season, I attended media day where I was able to discuss 2026 with some interesting people, including former BTCC driver, Colin Turkington who will be entering his first British GT season this year. The grid 📸: British GT T

By Teagan Crump Audi Formula One have announced that former F1 driver Allan McNish will be stepping up to the role of racing director following former team principal Jonathan Wheatley’s departure in March. 📸: Audi McNish has held a role at Audi for many years, with the Scot having been the advisor for the company’s board. More recently, he has also been involved in the Audi F1 project. As race director, McNish will be responsible for the oversight of sporting matters, engin

GB3 & Formula Regional European Championship, better known as ‘FREC’, return to competitive action this weekend. With names like Isack Hadjar, Kimi Antonelli & Gabriel Bortoleto now prominent in F1 as FREC graduates, and GB3 alumni blazing trails all over the racing world, it’s time to look at who the next stars may be. Alexandre Munoz: FREC, ART Grand Prix A champion in any series is worth watching, but when they manage the feat at just 16 years old you’d better sit up and t

Turkey is once again on the F1 calendar from 2027, with Istanbul Park rejoining F1 for the first time since 2020 and 2021 saw the series visit in a temporary venue during the COVID 19 pandemic and lifting of restrictions surrounding it. Turkey has long expressed its desire to be a full time F1 fixture again for the first time since 2011 after it hosted for seven seasons prior, and is now back on a five year deal through 2031. In it’s short history, the circuit has thrown up p

With just 39 starts to his name, ex-Sauber and Manor Racing driver Felipe Nasr certainly deserved a longer stint in F1, but there’s a story as to how this Brazilian inadvertently ended his own career. After multiple Formula 1 test and FP1 sessions for Williams who he joined from 2014, a struggling Sauber took a chance on Nasr for 2015 and he’d impress right away as he lined up next to Marcus Ericsson. 📸Nasr testing with Williams. On debut in Australia he qualified 11th, ahea

Everyone at TheLaidBackRaceBlog is saddened to hear of the passing of Swedish driver Juha Meittinen after an accident at the Nordschleife. Meittinen, 66, was vastly experienced at the Nurburgring and a multiple race winner at the famed circuit. Six other drivers were involved in the accident and their injuries are described as ‘not life threatening’. Our thoughts are with everyone affected at the Nordschleife, and Juha Meittinen friends, family and close ones. May he rest in

By Teagan Crump After six months of no racing, BTCC is back with the season opener at Donington Park. A significant amount changed over the break, including the reigning champion departing the series, a new team forming and a new race weekend format being created. 📸: BTCC The important storylines: Jason Plato's return: After retiring from BTCC in 2022, Jason Plato annoinced his return to the championship- but not as a driver, instead with his own team Plato Racing. The team

As a driver with 183 race starts in F1, the name Nick Heidfeld will be familiar to most, but ‘Quick Nick’ never got all the accolades he deserved, despite the time spent in the series. Heidfeld began his F1 affiliation in 1998, serving as a test driver for the then West McLaren team, before a joint role with McLaren again 1999 alongside the same duty for the Prost team for whom he’d make his Formula 1 bow in 2000. 📸Heidfeld for Prost. The German driver impressed for the Fren

We’re still very early into a new set of regulations in a new season - but rumours of change to regulations, discontented drivers and scrutiny from team bosses toward their drivers mean the rumour mill ramps up. With that, we think it’s time to see who we think will or won’t be on the move for 2027. McLaren Alex: Oscar Piastri & Lando Norris Not any explanation needed here. These two are absolutely set in stone as teammates, and came together stronger after a months long titl

Max Verstappen has been a busy man lately, racing in sportscars, alongside his attempts to get something from this new era - albeit to little avail this far. Drivers sampling other series’ is not unusual, although it’s much less common than it used to be. With that in mind, here’s some examples of drivers who’ve found themselves busy mid season. Lance Stroll - 2017, 2018 (pre-season) & 2026 Lance Stroll will make a foray into to GT3 racing alongside Mari Boya and Roberto Merh

With the Gen4 era of Formula E approaching, the cars will be bigger, faster, and more efficient. Theoretically, this should bring more exciting racing, but it also means the championship is outgrowing its street circuit-only philosophy. This is already evident in the most recent calendar, with permanent circuits such as Shanghai and Jarama hosting the championship. This got the LBRB team thinking about other permanent circuits that could produce exciting racing, with some foc

FIA Formula 2 will make it’s race debut in Miami and in Canada at Montreal this season ager the previous cancellations of Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix were announced. The series will run alongside Formula 1 as originally planned, with F1 Academy also on the bill in Montreal and will fill rounds three and four on the Formula 2 14 race calendar. For one driver on the F2 grid, Colton Herta, the inclusion of a race in Canada is notable as it falls on the same weekend as t

Max Verstappen’s right hand man and race engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, will leave Red Bull Racing it has been announced. ‘GP’ will join McLaren, with his role yet to be determined from 2028 onwards, but it’s suggested a Team Principal role may be on the cards. The 45 year old has worked with Red Bull since 2015 where he began as a race engineer to Daniil Kvyat before his most notable performances came with Mad Verstappen - guiding the Dutchman from a hotheaded youngster to a

Álex Palou added to his list of IndyCar victories with a fairly routine victory in the Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park. Battles and pitstop drama further back left the Spaniard to win and tie up the standings as joint leader. Polesitter Palou led the field to green, quickly gapping David Malukas, who held off the challenge of Graham Rahal who made a strong start behind. Further back, McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard made moves up the field  after a le

By Teagan Crump So far in 2026, Kimi Antonelli appears to have been on top form, and this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix proved to be no different. The young Italian secured pole position for the race ahead of his Mercedes teammate, George Russell. 📸: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 The start of the Grand Prix was initially delayed by ten minutes for barrier repairs following an incident in the earlier Porsche race. On lap 1, both Mercedes got a slow start meanwhile the McLaren of O

By Teagan Crump So far in 2026, Mercedes have been the dominnant force. Both George Russell and Kimi Antonelli have a race win and a second-place finish this season and will surely be looking to continue their success in Japan. 📸: Sky Sports Ferrari are also a team that fans cannot rule out, the Scuderia have had a positive start to 2026 and surely it’s only a matter of time until either Lewis Hamilton or Charles Leclerc win a race. In China, neither McLaren started the race

These Formule E Rookie Test days always conjure a little bit of excitement. Who’s there, who will be fast, who can match the times of drivers on the grid? All pertinent questions, but the reminder “it’s just testing” remains. Nonetheless, who’s taking part is answered below! *=has no previous Formula E test experience Andretti Callum Voisin Former F3 driver Voisin is one many hoped to see more of in single seaters, and with any luck, impressing in Formula E tests maybe his be

For the latest 10 Questions, we’re joined by 2026 GB3 Championship rookie, Jason Pribyl! The American has graduated from GB4 this year, after the 2025 season saw him narrowly miss out on a race win as he raced for ADM. 1. What’s your first memory of racing? My first memory isn’t when I was racing but a moment that got me into racing. It’s when my dad took me to the Historic Races at Road America. I think I was only 4 or 5 (years old) at the time, but it was a race he had bee

Finnish driver Kalle Rovanperä has announced on his social media channels that he will withdraw from the upcoming Super Formula season on medical grounds. The two time rally World Champion was due to race his first full season single seater campaign with KCMG but now exits the series without a race start to his name and will sit out the 2026 season. The 25 year old made the decision to step away from rally after the 2025 season and made his single seater debut racing in the N

Audi have announced that Johnathan Wheatley will depart his role as Team Principal with the team after one year in charge of the team. Former Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has stepped into the role to replace the former Red Bull man. Wheatley was installed by the then Swiss outfit before the Audi name took centre stage, and the 58 year old guided the team through their final Sauber affiliated stage, helping the team to their first podium finish since 2012, as Nico Hülkenberg (o