RNW Staff

The FIA World Endurance Championship is heading overseas for its first long-haul event of the season this weekend as competitors prepare to tackle Brazil’s iconic Autódromo José Carlos Pace, home to the Rolex 6 Hours of São Paulo – round four of the 2026 campaign. The nation’s premier motor sport venue featured on the inaugural […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari)2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes)3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jenson Button)    Q: Charles, you just won the British Grand Prix. How’s that feel? Charles LECLERC: Yeah, it feels incredible. I mean, unfortunately the end was maybe not the one I would have dreamt of, but to win after the last […]

The two standout stars of the second and final gearbox round of the 2026 Mondokart.com FIA Karting European Championship won not only the event but also the title at Sarno today (5 July) – as Emilien Denner and Kimi Tani sped to glory under the scorching southern Italian sun. From the moment he topped the […]

Having claimed his maiden pole position by topping the times in Qualifying Q2 this morning, Al Dhaheri produced a controlled drive from start to finish to kick off part two of the FIA FREC season with his first full points win after he’d claimed two reverse-grid triumphs earlier in the year. Behind R-ace GP’s Al […]

Leading by 20.2s heading into Sunday’s deciding four stages, Daprà moved further out of the reach of his rivals by winning the day’s opening test for an extended lead of 25.0s. With his first ERC triumph all but assured, Delta Rally-run Daprà adopted a more conservative approach for the deciding three stages, which he completed […]

Having overcome Saturday’s costly black flag to climb back into contention, the eight-time World Champion completed a remarkable turnaround to lead home a KMS one-two ahead of Ole Christian Veiby. Home favourite Casper Jansson completed an all-Scandinavian podium with the first FIA European Rallycross Championship podium of his career, delighting the ecstatic Höljes crowds. Kristoffersson’s […]

Fresh from his maiden FIA FREC podium at Monza last month, the R-ace GP driver from Japan headed the Group A order in a time of 1m37.760s with Briton Reza Seewooruthun (Rodin Motorsport, below) joining him on the front row by going quickest in Group B, just 0.025s down on Sano’s benchmark effort. Sano’s effort […]

DRIVERS 1 – Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)2 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari) 3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Ferrari) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Jolyon Palmer) Q: It’s Kimi Antonelli on pole position. Kimi, you said at the end, “Why were we going out first?” Well, hey, it didn’t matter. That was a great lap.Kimi ANTONELLI: Yeah, I mean, I was a bit stressed because I […]

Kimi Antonelli claimed pole position for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 British Grand Prix, the Mercedes driver delivering a 1:28.111 in the final moments of Qualifying to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.175s at Silverstone. Lewis Hamilton will start third for Ferrari, 0.347s off pole, with George Russell fourth in the second Mercedes after recovering […]

With four stages and 71.86 timed kilometres remaining, Daprà leads Teemu Suninen by 20.2s as Boštjan Avbelj made it a Pirelli-equipped Škoda Fabia RS Rally2 top three in third place. On mountainous stages northeast of Rome, Andrea Crugnola had led his home ERC counter at the midday halt by 5.8s but came under mounting pressure […]

Driving for R-ace GP, Sano led throughout as team-mate Rashid Al Dhaheri secured a one-two finish for the France-based squad, which also celebrated Emanuele Olivieri claiming top Rookie class honours in fourth overall. By finishing second, Emirati Al Dhaheri retakes the lead of the provisional Drivers’ standings. In contrast, erstwhile championship leader Sebastian Wheldon (MP […]

Following two action-packed rounds in Latvia and Hungary, the championship arrives at the legendary “Magic Weekend” with momentum building across all four categories. Höljes is renowned for producing some of the biggest crowds and most dramatic racing in elite rallycross, making it a fitting stage for the next chapter of the 2026 season. In Euro RX1, […]

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the only free practice session for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 British Grand Prix, with the Ferrari driver finishing 0.213s clear of Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli at Silverstone. With the weekend running to the Sprint format, the 60-minute session represented the teams’ only opportunity to gather data before competitive running […]

Featuring untried stages and a new base in Rome’s EUR district, the 10th Rally di Roma Capitale to count for the FIA ERC promises to be a highlight of the season. With a super special stage in front of Rome’s iconic Colosseum, a finishing ceremony a handful of paces from St Peter’s Square, mountainous stages […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Zak BROWN (McLaren), Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Steve NIELSEN (Alpine) Q: Zak, your team is at the centre of attention this week regarding driver rumours. What can you tell us about the chats you’ve been having with Max Verstappen and his team?Zak BROWN: They’re rumours? No conversations. I usually don’t talk about my dinners but last […]

Lewis Hamilton will start the Sprint at the 2026 FIA Formula 1 British Grand Prix from pole after beating Kimi Antonelli by 0.011s in a closely contested Sprint Qualifying session at Silverstone. The Ferrari driver delivered a final lap of 1:28.376 in SQ3 to deny Mercedes’ Antonelli, with Max Verstappen taking third for Red Bull, 0.321s off […]

PART ONE – Lance STROLL (Aston Martin), Lando NORRIS (McLaren), Gabriel BORTOLETO (Audi) Q: Lando, let’s start with you. Just describe how it feels to be racing at home as the reigning world champion.Lando NORRIS: Pretty damn cool. I mean, every year here is cool, honestly, so the championship isn’t the thing that makes it much better or much […]

One of 30 young drivers preparing for action at the Hungaroring this weekend (3-5 July), American racer Wheldon (MP Motorsport) holds a seven-point advantage over Prema Racing’s British driver Kean Nakamura-Berta with UAE’s Rashid Al Dhaheri eight points further back for R-ace GP. In the Rookie classification, Italian Emanuele Olivieri (R-ace GP) – who banked […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 02 July 1330hrs  1400hrs Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)Lando Norris (McLaren) Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) Friday, 03 July 1430hrs Steven Nielsen (Alpine)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Zak Brown (McLaren) Saturday, 04 July Post-Sprint Post-Qualifying First three finishing drivers Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 05 July Post-Race First three […]