By Teagan Crump Today, McLaren have announced that they will be running two cars in F1 Academy 2026, with Ella Stevens joining the team’s Driver Development Program. 📸: F1 Academy Ella Lloyd, who is currently third in the F1 Academy standings, will be continuing with Rodin Motorsport and McLaren in the female-exclusive motorsport series, and will be joined by Ella Stevens, who recently took the accolade of Vice-Champion at the 2025 British KZ2 Karting Championship.  Stevens

This past weekend, the Guia Circuit played host to Formula Regional and Formula 4 cars, with multiple series champions, Formula 3 race winners and more on show. Formula Regional French racer Théophile Naël took top honours in the Formula Regional World Cup, sealing the Feature Race win with a stunning double overtake on Marí Boya (second) and compatriot Enzo Deligny (third) into the Lisboa corner (turn 3) after Freddie Slater, who had led from pole position, crashed out with

By Teagan Crump On October 25th, I attended the Racing Pride Autumn Reception at Silverstone Museum. The theme of the evening’s discussion was ‘Pride, Allyship, and how you can help shape the future of motorsport’.  Image: L.A. Wilshaw/ Racing Pride The evening started with a panel hosted by Chris Stevens and Matthew-Harriet Randall (Racing Pride CEO) with guest speakers Laila Fadli Dokkali ( trackside engineer, former Mission 44 scholar, F1 Simulation Engineer and Drive Syst

By Teagan Crump Arrow McLaren have announced that 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner and 2012 IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay will join the team for the 110th of ‘The Greatest Spectacle.’ 📸: IndyCar Ryan Hunter-Reay had amassed 395 IndyCar race starts, 18 wins and 47 podiums over 21 seasons, and will be joining Arrow McLaren as their fourth driver alongside Pato O’Ward, Christian Lundgaard and Nolan Siegel. In a statement, Hunter-Reay said: “This is an incredible opportunity in

By Teagan Crump F1 Academy and Formula One have announced that the ten current Formula One teams will continue on with their support and sponsorship of the all-female feeder series. Cadillac F1 have also announced that they will sponsor an F1 Academy car from 2027, one year after they join the Formula One grid.  📸: Atlassian Williams Racing The re-affirmation of the Formula One teams shows that they have a genuine commitment to females in motorsport and increasing participat

McLaren have announced major changes to their junior programme, dropping three drivers and adding another as they plan for 2026 and beyond. The Woking based team have dropped long serving driver Ugo Ugochukwu, Brando Badoer and Martinius Stenshorne, having already allowed Alex Dunne leave. They have however added Formula Regional European Vice Champion Matteo De Palo to their team. Ugochukwu, who has been announced by Campos for a second Formula 3 campaign in 2026 is the most

Audi, who will debut in Formula 1 in 2026 have launched their ‘concept car’ ahead of the new season. The team will form from the ashes of Stake/Sauber who leave the championship having played a part since they debuted in 1993. Audi will debut, having first been announced for F1 in 2022 as an engine manufacturer, before announcing their works’ team plan October the same year. The concept car features traditional Audi motorsport colours; silver, red and and black with the recog

After the success of last year’s inaugural ‘Setting Purple Sectors’ event, Chris McCarthy and his team are going again, all in aid of Young Epilepsy. They’ve built a blockbuster lineup, and pulled in some big names all with the aim of raising awareness, and of course; having fun! When and where? 11th of November, at Simply Race - Milton Keynes. Will also be streamed live on YouTube! Who’s in the line up? A range of people will be racing, including actual racing drivers, a TV

by Alex Johnston, Topher Smith & Teagan Crump. The end of the F1 season is quickly closing in and one critical thing is yet to be settled - who will be champion? Four drivers (at present) remain in contention going into the next round at Brazil; Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen and George Russell. We’ve had something of a game of ‘Guess Who?’ to predict the winner. Alex - Oscar Piastri  The Aussie has suffered some poor form of late but I said at the start of the s

Franco Colapinto has today announced a new contract to stay with Alpine into the 2026 Formula 1 season, having returned to the grid earlier in 2025. Colapinto, 22, burst onto the scene with Williams in 2024 as a mid season replacement, promoted from his Formula 2 campaign to replace Logan Sargeant. The Argentine made nine outings for Williams, coping admirably despite several crashes, and immediately caught the eye of teams in the paddock with his performances, with rumours l

By Teagan Crump The Brazilian driver will be moving up the IndyCar ladder, following the announcement earlier today. Caio Collet is graduating from Indy NXT | 📸: IndyCar Collet, who raced in Indy NXT in 2025 has been announced as the driver of the Number 4 Chevrolet, with sponsorship from Combitrans Amazonia. The Brazilian racer won four races in Indy NXT and will be participating in all seventeen of the 2026 IndyCar races.  In a statement, Collet said:  “I’m very happy to j

FIA Formula E has unveiled it’s next generation car; GEN4, which will debut in season 13 - the 2026/27 season. The new car features a sleek new look and futuristic design with an aero package not dissimilar to a combination of F1 and LMP1 cars. GEN3 was introduced for the 2022/23 season but the cars will now progress quickly, as the series itself has done in recent seasons with popularity ever growing. There’s a notable increase in power, with around 600kW available to driver

By Teagan Crump As we prepare for the twenty-first round of the 2025 F1 season, let’s take a look at what you need to know and what happened at last year’s race. This week, we return to Interlagos | 📸 F1 This week’s São Paulo Grand Prix is at Interlagos, where it has been held consecutively since 1990 (with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic), will offer 71 laps of dramatic racing as the title battle edges closer and closer to completion. 2024 São Paulo Grand Pr

Written by Teagan Crump Today (3rd November) Andretti have announced that Kyle Kirkwood, five-time IndyCar race winner, has signed a multi-year contract to continue with them. 📸 Honda Racing Kirkwood, who won the 2021 Indy NXT title with the team before making the step up to IndyCar with AJ Foyt Racing, said:  “These are very exciting times for myself, Andretti Global and TWG Motorsports. I’d first like to thank the entire team, and especially Dan Towriss and Jill Gregory, f

A common trend in recent seasons is for European based racers to make the switch from ‘the F1 ladder’ to the ‘Road to Indy’, with the aim of getting to IndyCar. Drivers like Louis Foster and Dennis Hauger have found recent successes in their efforts, but who is considering the plan this year? Victor Martins Probably the highest profile driver on this list, the former Alpine junior and FIA Formula 3 champion was driving F1 cars on a race weekend as recently as the Barcelona ro

Marco Andretti has today announced his retirement from racing, after a career spanning over 20 seasons. The American raced in IndyCar 252 times between 2006 and 2025, winning the two races in the series and entering 20 Indy 500’s, including this year’s edition. Speaking on his career, the 2020 Indy 500 pole sitter said; “I am proud of my overall stats at the Indy 500,” Andretti said. “I had six very legitimate shots at victory with Andretti Autosport and ended up with 20% to

The reigning FIA Formula 3 champion, Rafael Camara has been announced as an Invicta Racing driver for the 2026 season, joining Joshua Dürksen for an all South American lineup. Camara, a Ferrari Driver Academy member, took the F3 title in his rookie season having stepped up from Formula Regional European. He took the title thanks to dominant early season form, and gapped competitors easily - eventually sealing the title one round early, something that had never been achieved

If it starts with cars going four wide into turn 1, it’s probably a good sign for the rest of the race. Mexico usually serves up something a little different to other races on the calendar, and 2025 has been no different. Lando Norris, starting from pole, has had a habit of not maintaining that position on first laps of races but this time, held the lead despite chaos all around him. Max Verstappen, starting fifth found himself one of four challenging for the lead at turn one

Mexico in recent seasons has become a popular destination for teams to hand outings to young, or rookie drivers in Free Practice sessions. As such, that theme continues this year with seven drivers announced for the outing at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Ferrari The Scuderia are handing an outing to their World Endurance Championship driver Antonio Fuoco who has been part of the Prancing Horse family for 10 years, but has not taken part in any official session, and this

Written by Teagan Crump The Argentine driver, who currently competes in the World Endurance Championship with Proton Competition announced that he will be joining the Dutch team in FIA Formula Two for 2026. Image credit: Formula Two | Varrone will be driving with VAR in 2026 Nicolás Varrone started his car racing career in 2016, competing in Fórmula Renault 2.0 Argentina. He finished 27th after four races, but stayed in the series for 2017, improving to 20th in the championsh