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Breaking Down the New FIA Rules for 2026: What’s Changing in Formula 1?
McLaren Formula One Team Formula 1 is preparing for one of its most transformative regulation resets in decades. Set to debut in 2026, the FIA’s new technical rules aim to make the sport more sustainable, improve racing quality, and ensure long-term relevance for manufacturers—all while maintaining Formula 1’s position at the cutting edge of automotive technology. But as details emerge, the regulations have sparked debate across the paddock. From lighter cars and active aerod
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Dec 29, 20253 min read


New Super Licence Points for IndyCar: Too Little, Too Late
Colton Herta, IndyCar A major topic in Formula 1, Formula 2, and IndyCar has been Colton Herta's Super Licence points. Announced for next year, he will compete in Formula 2 to earn the five/six points he needs to reach the required 40, so he can finally get that F1 seat. But should this be the case? After all, should Colton Herta’s history at the top of American single seaters guarantee him a Formula One seat? This is what I will discuss in this article. On the 10 th of De
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Dec 29, 20253 min read


Full Throttle Forward: A 2025 Recap of F1 Academy’s Breakthrough Year
F1 Academy Jeddah Podium Celebrations If 2024 was about proving potential, 2025 was about momentum. This season, F1 Academy did not just race it evolved. From packed grids to viral podium moments, 2025 felt like the year the series truly cemented its place in the motorsport world, not as an experiment, but as a necessity. On track, the competition reached a new level. The racing was tighter, the driver's sharper, and the stakes higher. Young talents pushed each other to the
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Dec 29, 20252 min read


'Formula E: Driver' Season 2: Formula E’s Drive to Survive is Back!
Formula E: Driver, Docuseries It seems like the Formula E: Driver production team read my last post and announced that Season 2 of Driver was coming out just before the first race in Brazil a couple of weekends ago, during the break. So, in the two weeks before the first race of the season, I watched the latest four episodes. Formula E: Driver Season 2 follows five drivers, Oliver Rowland, Pascal Wehrlein, Dan Ticktum, Antonio Felix de Costa, and Taylor Barnard, over the
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Dec 29, 20253 min read


From Indianapolis to St. Pete: How Was IndyCar Born?
IndyCar Championship IndyCar is known as one of the most traditional and classical American categories in motorsport, its history going more than 100 years back in time. In all those years, the category has faced many changes, including regulations, cars, tracks, even the series’ organization. Because of this, we can split IndyCar into different categories over time. 1909 - 1955 The first era of the series was between 1909 and 1955, when it was owned by the American Automob
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Dec 29, 20255 min read


F1 Academy: Construction of a future
Doriane Pin, F1 Academy Champion As the 2025 F1 Academy season closed last weekend in Las Vegas, our third champion was crowned, contact was made, and points were scored. Unfortunately, we all know this means several talented drivers will have to depart the grid and move into the next step of their career. Whether that being continued in single seater racing or moving into a different chapter of their life. All individual drivers presented their skills and potential throughou
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Dec 13, 20254 min read


Porsche's Final Chapter: Reviewing the 2025 WEC Hypercar Season
Porsche, WEC The 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season was a momentous and challenging year for Porsche, ultimately marking the final campaign of its factory-backed Hypercar program, run by Porsche Penske Motorsport with the Porsche 963 LMDh prototype. The season ended with the shock official confirmation of the program's withdrawal. The Hypercar field was fiercely competitive, making the quest for the World Championship a constant struggle for the Porsche 963 ag
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Dec 13, 20251 min read


Historic Double Crown: Ferrari Triumphs in the 2025 FIA WEC Season
Ferrari Hypercar, WEC The 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season will forever be remembered in Maranello. Ferrari achieved a stunning historic double, securing both the World Endurance Constructors' Championship (WCC) and the World Endurance Drivers' Championship (WDC) in the Hypercar category. This monumental success was built not just on raw speed, but on the consistency, strategic mastery, and sheer collective excellence of its three 499P crews across the eight
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Dec 13, 20252 min read


Is Lando Norris a Worthy World Champion?
Lando Norris, Formula One World Champion It’s a wrap. 2025 is over. Lando Norris wins the 2025 World Drivers Championship, two points clear of Max Verstappen, and thirteen points ahead of his teammate, Oscar Piastri, who led the championship for sixteen rounds! The immediate discussion following his crowning has been - Is he a worthy champion? We are going to dive deeper into why people think he is, why people think he isn’t, and my personal opinion. Why Lando Norris IS ‘A Wo
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Dec 13, 20253 min read


Red Bull Racing: Tsunoda Dropped in Favour of F2 Prodigy
Arvid Linblad, F1 Driver from 2026 18-year-old Arvid Linblad will be joining the 2026 Formula One grid with Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, with Frenchman Isack Hadjar being promoted to Oracle Red Bull Racing alongside Max Verstappen. Linblad, the young record-breaker is currently hold title of the youngest Formula 2 and Formula 3 race winner. He is also the second-youngest driver to make his F1 debut, with his announcement confirmed at 18 years and 117 days. The young trailbla
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Dec 3, 20252 min read


Painting the Colours: McLaren's First World Champion Throwback
Emerson Fittipaldi, F1 World Champion The 2025 season marks the first time McLaren can take the driver’s championship since 2008 with Lewis Hamilton, but let us take a brief look back at the first McLaren world champion, Emerson Fittipaldi. On the 12th December 1946, in São Paulo, Brazil, Emerson Fittipaldi was born to the Brazilian motorsport journalist, Wilson Fittipaldi and his wife Józefa Wojciechowska. Alongside his brother, Wilson Fittipaldi Jr, the brothers had a pass
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Dec 3, 20253 min read


Mick Schumacher signs with RLL for the 2026 season
Mick Schumacher, IndyCar It has been announced in the past week that Mick Schumacher, son of the legendary F1 champion Michael Schumacher, will be racing in IndyCar for RLL’s number 47 in the 2026 season. This marks the German’s return to single seaters, in which he made a last appearance in Formula 1’s 2022 Austrian Grand Prix. The German has an extensive and successful career in motorsports. He joined the sport in 2008, in karting, moving up to German Formula 4 in 2015, whe
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Dec 3, 20252 min read


Mari Boya Parts with Campos and Moves Up to Formula 2 with Prema
Mari Boya, FIA Formula 3 Mari Boya parts with Campos as he’s promoted to FIA Formula 2 with Prema Racing in 2026. Boya joins the 2026 FIA Formula 2 grid after an impressive Formula 3 campaign, taking P3 in the Championship, with a single win in the downpour at Silverstone, just weeks after joining the Aston Martin Driver Academy. He took home a further 4 podiums putting him on 116 points. The Spaniard recently competed in the Formula Regional World Cup in Macau, claiming P2 b
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Dec 3, 20251 min read


Formula 2: Rookies in the Desert
Martinius Stenshorne James Wharton, Martinius Stenshorne Laurens Van Hoepen and Nikola Tsolov join the FIA Formula 2 grid for the final rounds in the Middle East. WHARTON AND VAN HOEPEN TO TRIDENT: James Wharton joins Trident for Round 13 in Lusail, alongside Laurens Van Hoepen who was promoted to the Championship back in Round 12 for Baku. The Australian joins the series off the back of a strong rookie Formula 3 season with ART Grand Prix, where he claimed a single Sprint ra
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Dec 3, 20252 min read


F1 2025: Who Will Take the Championship Title
Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 chequered flag on the 2025 Formula 1 season is set to be waved in two races time and the championship is closer than ever. Follow a double disqualification for Constructor's Champions McLaren, Max Verstappen is now tied with Oscar Piastri and just 24 points behind leader Lando Norris. This has fully brought the four time world champion back into the race. The papaya team faced disqualification after the Vegas Grand Prix costing them second and fourth
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Dec 3, 20252 min read


When Motorsport Meets LEGO: The Playful Podium Moment Shaking Up F1 Academy
F1 Academy x LEGO Speed Champions At first glance, it looks like a bouquet you’d give someone on Valentine’s Day: bright pinks, soft purples, glossy greens. But look closer—way closer—and you’ll notice something very un-floral about it. Those petals? Plastic. Those leaves? Snapped together. That rose? Absolutely made of bricks. And yes, it’s real: F1 Academy is officially giving LEGO Flower Bouquets to its podium finishers. If there was ever a moment that captured the soul of
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Dec 3, 20252 min read


Cost Caps and Their Effects on Formula 1
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari F1 How financial limits reshaped the grid, changed team strategies, and redefined modern F1. Formula 1 entered a new financial era in 2021 , when a cost cap was introduced to level the playing field and make the sport more competitive. Originally set at $175 million , the cap was lowered to $145 million due to COVID-19’s financial impact. As of the 2025 season , the cap has been reduced further to $135 million . But what exactly is a cost cap, how do
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Dec 3, 20255 min read


New Sprint Races Arrive on the 2026 Formula 1 Calendar
Lando Norris, McLaren Formula One Team Formula 1 is no stranger to Sprint races. In recent seasons, the championship has run six per year, most recently in China, Miami, Belgium, Austin, Brazil, and Qatar. For 2026, the Sprint calendar is shaking up once again — bringing new venues into the fold and returning to a few circuits that haven’t hosted a Sprint in years. Next year, three circuits will hold a Sprint for the very first time, while others will see the format return af
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Dec 3, 20254 min read


Theo Palmer Joins Hitech for Second British F4 Year
Theo Palmer, British F4 Theo Palmer will join Hitech GP for his second season in the Wera Tools British Formula 4 Championship in 2026. Palmer made his series debut with Xcel Motorsport in 2025 after an impressive karting career that began in the UAE at the Dubai Autodrome Karting Academy. He went on to collect multiple race victories across a range of UAE championships before moving to Europe, where he competed in X30 Senior and Rotax Max Challenge events, establishing hims
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Nov 21, 20251 min read


Sky Sports New TikTok account, Halo, Fails its Mission and is Taken Down
Formula One Sky Sports has removed their new TikTok channel, Halo, that was created as a female-focused base for sports fans. It was eliminated after intense backlash online, seeing the videos posted deemed as sexist. With the bio “little sister” to Sky Sports, the channel was meant for the engagement and entertainment of female sports fans, but after three days of the profiles launch it was shut down after missing the mark on its intended goal. While it was made to promote f
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Nov 21, 20252 min read
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