RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/ Motorsports news from around the world Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:36:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-web-optmizedbig-Rm1-32x32.jpg RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/ 32 32 152545424 Miami and Montreal to host FIA Formula 2 Championship Rounds in 2026 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/miami-and-montreal-to-host-fia-formula-2-championship-rounds-in-2026/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:36:21 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/miami-and-montreal-to-host-fia-formula-2-championship-rounds-in-2026/ The FIA Formula 2 championship will go to Miami, USA, on May 1-3 for what will be the second Round of the 2026 season, followed by Montreal, Canada on May 22-24, as Round 3, before returning to Europe, starting with Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on June 04-07. Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President, said: “Following the necessary changes […]

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]]> 205864 2026 FIA World Rally Championship – Croatia Rally– FIA Event Preview https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/2026-fia-world-rally-championship-croatia-rally-fia-event-preview/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:36:18 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/2026-fia-world-rally-championship-croatia-rally-fia-event-preview/ Please click here to view the PDF version.  

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]]> 205862 F1 – 2026 Japanese Grand Prix Post-Race Press Conference Transcript https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-post-race-press-conference-transcript/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:39:04 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-post-race-press-conference-transcript/ DRIVERS 1 – Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)2 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren)3 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari)  TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Damon Hill)  Q: Kimi Antonelli, congratulations. You are officially the youngest ever person to lead a Formula 1 World Championship. Do you have anything to say?Kimi ANTONELLI: It feels pretty good. Of course, it’s too early to think about the championship, but we’re on the good […]

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]]> 205859 F1 – Antonelli wins in Japan to become youngest championship leader in F1 history https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-wins-in-japan-to-become-youngest-championship-leader-in-f1-history/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:38:55 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-wins-in-japan-to-become-youngest-championship-leader-in-f1-history/ Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli recovered from a poor start and profited from a fortunate Safety Car to jump his rivals and take a convincing Japanese Grand Prix win that makes the Italian teenager the youngest Drivers’ Championship leader in the history of the sport.  When the lights went out at the start, polesitter Antonelli and front-row […]

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]]> 205857 F1- Antonelli quickest in final practice for Japanese Grand Prix  https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-quickest-in-final-practice-for-japanese-grand-prix/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:37:02 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-quickest-in-final-practice-for-japanese-grand-prix/ Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli posted the fastest lap of the final practice session for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, beating team-mate George Russell by a little over a quarter of a second. Charles Leclerc was third, though the Ferrari driver was more than eight tenths of a second off the pace set […]

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]]> 205855 F1 – 2026 Japanese Grand Prix Post-Qualifying Press Conference Transcript https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-post-qualifying-press-conference-transcript/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:36:55 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-post-qualifying-press-conference-transcript/   DRIVERS 1 – Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes)3 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Jean Alesi) Q: Kimi, what a pole position. Tell us from the inside.Kimi ANTONELLI: Yeah, I’m super happy with the session. It was a good one. It was a clean one and I felt very good in the car. Every run I […]

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]]> 205853 F1 – Antonelli takes second pole of 2026 ahead of Russell and Piastri in Japan https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-takes-second-pole-of-2026-ahead-of-russell-and-piastri-in-japan/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:36:47 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-antonelli-takes-second-pole-of-2026-ahead-of-russell-and-piastri-in-japan/ Kimi Antonelli powered to his second successive pole of the new season, beating team-mate George Russell by almost three tenths of a second in qualifying for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri got closest to the pacesetting Mercedes pair, taking third place just three tenths off pole.  Ferrari’s […]

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]]> 205851 F1 – Mercedes drivers top opening practice in Japan ahead of McLaren and Ferrari  https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-mercedes-drivers-top-opening-practice-in-japan-ahead-of-mclaren-and-ferrari/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:37:01 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-mercedes-drivers-top-opening-practice-in-japan-ahead-of-mclaren-and-ferrari/ George Russell went two hundredths of a second quicker than Mercedes’ team-mate Kimi Antonelli to hand the Silver Arrows a 1-2 in opening practice for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. It was two-by-two in Suzuka with the Mercedes pair followed on the timesheet by McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and the […]

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]]> 205849 F1 – 2026 Japanese Grand Prix – Friday Press Conference Transcript https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-friday-press-conference-transcript/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:36:54 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-2026-japanese-grand-prix-friday-press-conference-transcript/ TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Koji WATANABE (Honda), Ayao KOMATSU (Haas), Andrea STELLA (McLaren) Q: Andrea, if we could start with you. Bad memories first of all. Can we throw it back to China, which was a source of great frustration for the team? Do you fully understand the cause of the problems prior to the start?Andrea STELLA: Yeah, so China […]

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]]> 205847 F1 – Piastri topples Mercedes in second practice for Japanese Grand Prix https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-piastri-topples-mercedes-in-second-practice-for-japanese-grand-prix/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:36:45 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/news/f1-piastri-topples-mercedes-in-second-practice-for-japanese-grand-prix/ McLaren’s Oscar Piastri set the fastest lap of the second practice session for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix, beating Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli by just under a tenth of a second as George Russell finished third in the other Mercedes car.  Piastri was on the pace from the start of the session as […]

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