The World Endurance Championship has a habit of surviving awkward paddock politics, and this latest episode appears no different. After reports of a contract dispute between the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, the governing body has now confirmed that an...
Endurance racing does love a proper showdown, and the Bol d’Or is giving us one: a 56-bike grid at Circuit Paul Ricard, with the 2026 FIM Endurance World Championship set to be decided over 24 hours of the sort of punishment that makes lesser machinery cry into its...
The World Endurance Championship has managed to avoid a round of public contract handbags, at least for now. After reports in Germany suggested the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest were at loggerheads over the series’ future, the governing body has clarified...
The first thing to understand about the 2026 Formula 1 cars is that they are not simply “the next version” of what we have now. They are a proper reset: new power units, new aerodynamics, active front and rear wings, a very different energy deployment philosophy, and...
The season always seems to arrive at the Bol d’Or with a slightly unhinged sort of dignity. One minute you’ve got a championship politely pretending to be under control, and the next you’re at Circuit Paul Ricard for a 24-hour scrap that can decide the entire FIM...
Mercedes has spent years trying to build a Formula 1 lineup that can keep up with the front of the grid. It now appears to have one of those rare and irritatingly pleasant problems: a youngster who is so quick that the team’s chief concern is not pace, but keeping him...
