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11 hours ago | motorsportweek.com | Phil Oakley

Wayne Taylor, owner of Wayne Taylor Racing, has raised the possibility of his team racing in both the IMSA Sportscar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship simultaneously next year. On an IMSA-hosted media Zoom call ahead of the next round of the IMSA championship, which Taylor was on, he told media about the possibility of a dual European-American campaign. He appeared on the call with his sons, Ricky Taylor and Jordan Taylor, who both race for the team.

21 hours ago | motorsportweek.com | Max Taylor

Ex-Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has offered a technical explanation for Lewis Hamilton’s ongoing struggles in his debut season at Ferrari. Hamilton’s switch to Maranello was the headline move of 2025, but the results so far have failed to match the hype. The seven-time World Champion has been routinely outpaced by teammate Charles Leclerc and has appeared visibly frustrated across several race weekends.

1 day ago | motorsportweek.com | Max Taylor

Alpine tried to “bully” Oscar Piastri into driving for the team in 2023 prior to losing out on his services to McLaren in Formula 1, according to CEO Zak Brown. Brown described how Alpine’s infamous press release naming Piastri as Fernando Alonso’s replacement was issued without even speaking to the driver, branding the move a pressure tactic. “They did not even ask him,” Brown told Mail Sport. “They put the statement out as if it was a done deal.

1 day ago | motorsportweek.com | Max Taylor

General Motors President Mark Reuss has insisted that Cadillac’s entry into Formula 1 won’t be derailed by the United States’ latest wave of trade tariffs. Reuss confirmed that while GM’s broader operations are braced for a heavy financial impact due to President Donald Trump’s 10 per cent blanket tariff on imports, the Cadillac F1 venture remains insulated. “These are long-term footprints that we have that are very old in some cases, that have been there a long time,” he said.

2 days ago | motorsportweek.com | Phil Oakley

Toyota has unveiled a retro GT-One-inspred livery for Le Mans, celebrating 40 years of the manufacturer competing in the French endurance classic. The livery, which will be used on the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, is inspired by the livery used on the Toyota GT-One, raced at Le Mans in 1998 in the GT1 class. It almost won the race, too, if the #29 car’s gearbox had not failed late on. The #7 car will be driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway, and Nyck de Vries at this year’s event.