Liberty Media hopes it can hit the jackpot twice in the United States, this time with motorcycle racing. Formula 1’s commercial rights holder announced Monday that it will acquire MotoGP for $4.53 billion. While the deal won’t be completed until the end of the year, expansion is already in everyone’s minds. The seismic transaction will … Read more
Max Verstappen’s Australian Grand Prix and his nearly historic winning streak were unexpectedly cut short when the right-rear brake on his Red Bull caught fire. Alex Palou took home a half-million-dollar check in IndyCar’s erroneously named $1 Million Challenge. It’s Monday, March 25, 2024 and this is Racing Recap, your summary of last weekend’s motorsports … Read more
If you watched IndyCar’s $1 million exhibition race at Thermal Club on March 24, 2024, you could be forgiven for thinking you’d tuned into a glorified advertisement for the California club track. As commentators flaunted the trackside mansions — with their private chefs and Lamborghini-equipped garages — fans had to wonder: Is this live event … Read more
Chilling audio from the aftermath of Formula One star George Russell’s final-lap crash at the Australian Grand Prix has questions being levelled at race control after what became a dangerous scene at Albert Park on Sunday. Russell was in a fight with Fernando Alonso for sixth place when he slammed on the brakes and lost … Read more
Popular tennis commentator Jelena Dokic needed medical attention at the Australian Grand Prix after being hit by a rock during a Formula One practice session. The former world No.4 was watching Friday’s action from the Mercedes hospitality suite outside turn 10 when Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso ran wide and into the gravel. The Spaniard … Read more
Things aren’t looking good for American Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant. The Williams racer hasn’t scored points in a race since picking up his first point at last year’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin and topped the list of Formula 1 crashes in his first year. Now, Sargeant is being forced to step aside and … Read more
Imagine a racing series that pitted your favorite retired drivers against one another on a tiny circuit behind the wheel of expensive, identically-prepared $1.3 million Jaguar XJ220 supercars. Imagine that you could tune in for a few weeks in the summer to watch those icons of sport beat, bang and destroy millions of dollars in … Read more
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has gone fastest in the last practice session before qualifying at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix. Winner of the 2022 race at Albert Park, Leclerc saved it late to top the times in P3 on Saturday. Despite expressing frustration during the session with his vehicle, three-time defending world champion Max Verstappen … Read more
The ever-struggling Williams Racing organized the builds of its Formula 1 cars using an Excel spreadsheet until an intensive transition in the lead-up to the 2024 season. Team principal James Vowles revealed this archaic organizational system in an interview with The Race. The anecdote is emblematic of how far Williams has fallen behind Grand Prix … Read more
There are no two ways about it, Formula 1 is a big ol’ waste of natural resources in the name of entertainment, burning through fuel at each race, releasing tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere through the transportation of equipment around the world and chucking out hundreds of tires every weekend. Now, in an … Read more
