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George Russell set the pace in Free Practice 2 for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, with the Mercedes driver finishing 0.120 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at Monza. Russell’s best lap of 1:22.559 put him narrowly ahead of Leclerc, with Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli completing the top three, just 0.141s behind […]

Lining up in Group B, Olivieri’s effort of 1m39.227s for R-ace GP proved the time to beat as Štolcermanis (Prema Racing) headed Group A – which was shortened in the closing seconds due to a red flag – in a time of 1m39.493s. By qualifying on pole, Italian Olivieri, the Rookie category pacesetter, banked two […]

PART ONE – Lewis HAMILTON (Ferrari), Oliver BEARMAN (Haas), Pierre GASLY (Alpine) Q: Lewis, please can we start with you. Home race for Ferrari. Just tell us how special it feels to be a Ferrari driver at Monza?Lewis HAMILTON: Good afternoon, everyone. Yeah. I mean, it’s the best feeling to be a Ferrari driver. It’s such an honour and […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 03 September 1330hrs  1400hrs Pierre Gasly (Alpine)Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Oliver Bearman (Haas) Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)Liam Lawson (Red Bull) Friday, 04 September 1430hrs Flavio Briatore (Alpine)Frédéric Vasseur (Ferrari)Andrea Stella (McLaren) Saturday, 05 September Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 06 September Post-Race First three finishing drivers

Part one of the end-of-term double-header, which concludes at Hockenheim from 11-13 September, Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari marks the resumption of on-track action following FIA FREC’s six-week summer break. With six rounds run, the championship chase is tightly poised ahead of the Imola weekend, which features three races. Briton Kean Nakamura-Berta (Prema Racing) tops […]

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has announced the Cayman Motoring Federation (CMF) as the recipient of the José Abed Award at the FIA American Congress 2026 in Buenos Aires. The CMF received the award for building a comprehensive education programme, […]

COTA first welcomed FIA WEC in 2013 and is the newest venue on the calendar. The track quickly established itself as a favourite among drivers and fans alike for its dramatic elevation changes, sweeping high-speed corners, slow technical sections, notorious bumps, a signature uphill climb into Turn 1 – known as ‘Big Red’ – and […]

Krzysztof Hołowczyc and Łukasz Kurzeja sealed a comfortable victory in the 2026 Akpol Baja Poland in their petrol-engined X-Raid Mini JCW Rally. In so doing, Hołowczyc secured his 11th victory on the Szczecin-based event since 2010 and his navigator earned his seventh win. The Polish pair are not registered for the 2026 FIA European Baja Cup, […]

Fastest in every qualifying shootout so far in 2026, Hungarian Kiss will be joined on the front row of the grid for the first of two races this afternoon by Antonio Albacete after the Spaniard hit back from his earlier weekend woes to go second quickest. Jochen Hahn completed the Q6 battle for pole with […]

Halm joined home hero Adam Lacko on the front row of the partially-reverse Race 4 grid and was able to gain an early advantage over the chasing pack as Kiss made his move from eighth place. After the seven-time winner of the Goodyear FIA ETRC snatched second from home hero Adam Lacko with five laps […]

The Frenchman converted a sensational Semi-Final victory over eight-time FIA World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson into an equally impressive Final performance, leading from the opening corner to defeat Andreas Bakkerud and Juha Rytkönen. Second place was enough for Bakkerud to move into the championship lead by a single point ahead of the final double-header in […]

Kiss eased away from his seventh pole position of the season to win Race 1 ahead of José Eduardo Rodrigues and Sascha Lenz as John Newell celebrated a first Chrome category triumph of the year in fourth overall followed by Lukas Hahn and Bradley Smith. Lukas Hahn then made full use of the pole position […]

With up to 70,000 spectators expected to descend on the iconic French venue over the course of the weekend, those who braved Saturday morning’s downpour were rewarded with action from the outset. Heavy rain began falling early in the morning and continued until midday, prompting officials to declare a wet race and creating a formidable […]

The Toyota driver began the day 11.9 seconds clear of Hayden Paddon and more than doubled that margin across nine stages, despite damaging the rear wing of his GR Yaris Rally1 and surviving an overshoot during the afternoon. Pajari steadily increased his advantage through the opening loop as crews adapted to conditions that proved significantly […]

A regular fixture on the Goodyear FIA ETRC calendar, Autodrom Most also hosts the traditional pre-season open test, which essentially means that no driver will hold a significant advantage over the other. The driver line-up includes home hero Adam Lacko, who made his eagerly anticipated return to the Goodyear FIA ETRC at the Nürburgring last […]

This year’s event carries extra significance as Lohéac celebrates the 50th anniversary of France’s most famous rallycross venue. Widely regarded as the birthplace of French rallycross, the circuit has welcomed generations of champions since staging the country’s first rallycross event in 1976 and remains one of the sport’s most historic and best-supported destinations. After four […]

In a session made even more enthralling by rain, Hungarian Kiss edged out Portugal’s José Eduardo Rodrigues for top spot as German driver Sascha Lenz kept up his title challenge in third. Briton John Newell was the quickest Chrome contender in a standout fourth overall ahead of category rival and countryman Bradley Smith. Home hero […]

Following Thursday evening’s ceremonial start in Encarnación, crews faced eight stages on Friday, with tyre problems and incidents affecting several of the leading Rally1 contenders and producing multiple changes at the head of the standings. Pajari began the afternoon loop in fourth position, 33.2 seconds from the lead, before moving through the order during the […]

Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) is a mechanism within the 2026 Formula 1 Technical Regulations (Article C4) allowing Power Unit manufacturers whose Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) performance falls at least 2% below the best-performing ICE across defined review periods to introduce additional homologated upgrades to their Power Unit during the current and following season, […]