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Audi's First Season: The R26 and the Long Game
Nine months into Audi's first campaign as a full works Formula 1 team, the R26 has gone from Barcelona shakedown to points finishes. The target, a championship by 2030, has not moved.
Motorsport
Dacia Does the Impossible: Al-Attiyah Wins the 2026 Dakar
On only its second attempt, Dacia has won the Dakar Rally. Nasser Al-Attiyah and Fabian Lurquin took the Sandrider to overall victory in January: the Qatari's sixth Dakar win and the Romanian brand's first.
Motorsport
Revival 2026: Lotterer and Halusa Win the TT as Goodwood Reinvents Sunday
The 2026 Goodwood Revival ended with a duel for the ages in the RAC TT Celebration, a first Sunday Closing Party, and a reminder that historic racing is a living sport.
Motorsport
41.97 Seconds: Dumas and the Electric Conquest of the Goodwood Hill
Romain Dumas won his third straight Festival of Speed Timed Shoot-Out in Ford's 1,400 hp electric Super Mustang Mach-E. The two fastest cars up the hill were both electric. The hill has delivered its verdict.
Motorsport
Stock Cars at La Sarthe: The NASCAR Classic Steals Le Mans
Fifty years after NASCAR's first appearance at Le Mans, 35 stock cars returned for the inaugural HSR NASCAR Classic. Andrew Jordan swept Sunday in an ex-Michael Waltrip Racing Toyota to take overall honours.
Motorsport
A Streak Ends on the Ramp in Brescia: The 2026 Mille Miglia
Juan and Margarita Tonconogy's fourth victory came the hard way, against the most dominant crew in the modern history of the race. Why the Red Arrow still matters, and why winning it is harder than it looks.
Motorsport
Toyota's Patience, Rewarded: The 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans
After three years of Ferrari and a qualifying collapse, the number 7 Toyota won the 94th running of the endurance classic by 11 seconds. What a close finish reveals about modern endurance racing.
Motorsport
Formula 1's 2026 Reset: The Engineering Behind the New Era
A near-even split between combustion and electric power, active aerodynamics, smaller cars and a new Manual Override: the biggest rules change in a generation has reshaped what a Formula 1 car is. Nine months in, the engineering story is clearer than the championship one.