Motorsports

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 6, 2026 -- Toyota has taken another significant step in its hydrogen motorsport programme, entering the #32 TGRR GR Corolla H2 concept in the NAPAC Fuji 24 Hours Race on June 5 and 6 at Fuji Speedway — and doing so with a genuine world first under the bonnet. The liquid hydrogen-powered GR Corolla is the first race car ever to compete equipped with a superconducting liquid hydrogen pump, a technology unveiled only at the final round of the 2025 Super Taikyu Series. For anyone who cares about where motorsport and clean energy are heading, this is one of the most technically significant races happening anywhere in the world right now.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 6, 2026 -- Toyota Racing is set to make motorsport history at the Circuit de la Sarthe next week, conducting the first-ever public demonstration drives of its liquid hydrogen-fuelled TR LH2 Racing Prototype during the 94th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours. Built on the same chassis as the TR010 HYBRID Hypercar competing in the race itself, the TR LH2 Racing Prototype represents years of hydrogen technology development pushed forward through real-world motorsport competition — and next week, fans at Le Mans will hear and experience a hydrogen combustion engine at full noise on one of the world's most iconic circuits for the very first time.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 2, 2026 -- Elfyn Evans has claimed victory at Rally Japan for the third time in four years, headlining a stunning 1-2-3-4 finish for the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team on their home roads in Toyota City. Sébastien Ogier and Sami Pajari joined Evans on the podium, with local fan favourite Takamoto Katsuta completing the remarkable four-car sweep. The result also marks Evans' 50th career WRC podium and extends his championship lead to 20 points at the halfway point of the 2026 season — a result that underlines just how dominant Toyota has been on Japanese tarmac.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- Nikolay Gryazin has delivered one of the most dramatic victories of the WRC2 season, winning Rally Japan aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale and moving to the top of the drivers' championship standings in the process. The 28-year-old Bulgarian-licensed driver and co-driver Konstantin Aleksandrov claimed ten stage wins across the event, surviving contact, a puncture, and a nail-biting final battle with Spain's Alejandro Cachón to seal victory by 15.5 seconds on the closing Power Stage. It is the third WRC2 win of the season for the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, and a result that shifts the momentum of the championship picture significantly heading into the second half of the year.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- Nikolay Gryazin is heading to Rally Japan as one of the most experienced hands on the grid, and this time he will be carrying the Lancia badge. The 28-year-old Bulgarian-licensed driver will compete in round seven of the FIA World Rally Championship aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale, tackling 20 special stages and 302 competitive kilometres across the Aichi and Gifu prefectures from 28 to 31 May. With a WRC2 victory at this very event in 2024 and two runner-up finishes in previous editions, Gryazin arrives in Japan not just as a contender but as the man who knows these roads better than almost anyone in the field.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 1, 2025 -- The Royal Rally of Scandinavia delivered a bruising but ultimately mixed weekend for Lancia Corse HF at the second round of the FIA European Rally Championship, with triumph and heartbreak arriving in equal measure on the fast Swedish gravel. Andrea Mabellini and Virginia Lenzi were forced to retire after just three stages following a suspension-damaging off-road excursion, while young Italian Davide Pesavento fought back to claim third place in Junior ERC aboard the Lancia Ypsilon Rally4 HF. For fans of rally sport and the resurgent Lancia brand, this was a weekend that showed just how unforgiving — and how exciting — top-level European rallying can be.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 13, 2026 – Ken Roczen clinched the 2026 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship title last weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah — giving Suzuki its first AMA Supercross crown in 16 years. The German-born rider, competing for Team Progressive Insurance Cycle Gear ECSTAR Suzuki, held off a one-point gap at the start of the final round to seal the 450cc class title on his Suzuki RM-Z450. It is the fifth AMA Supercross title in Suzuki's history, and arguably the most dramatic finish in recent seasons.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – April 12, 2026 – Spanish rally stages will see a Lancia factory-backed entry for the first time in roughly three decades, as Lancia Corse España deploys the Lancia Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale across the full 2026 S-CER (Spanish Rally Superchampionship) calendar. The campaign marks Lancia's formal return to organised national championship competition in Spain and runs parallel to the brand's wider re-entry into the World Rally Championship after a 30-year absence.

The team and its drivers

Lancia Corse España fields Asturian driver Diego Ruiloba alongside co-driver Ángel Vela as the programme's lead pairing. The duo finished as runners-up in the 2024 S-CER and subsequently competed as rookies in the 2025 WRC season under the Stellantis Motorsport development umbrella, giving them direct experience in top-level international rallying before returning to the domestic championship.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – March 13, 2026 – Citroën Racing has named Théo Pourchaire and Joshua Dürksen for the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Rookie Test at Circuito del Jarama in Madrid on March 22. The test gives both young drivers seat time with the team, with Pourchaire returning after a previous outing in Miami and Dürksen joining Citroën for the first time. For Formula E fans, this matters because rookie tests can shape future driver opportunities and offer an early look at who teams are evaluating in the current GEN3 Evo package. It also puts attention on a Madrid event that the team describes as important in a key market for Citroën.

What Citroën announced

Citroën Racing said Pourchaire and Dürksen will represent the team in the upcoming rookie test in Madrid. The session is part of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship program and is scheduled for March 22 at Circuito del Jarama.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 9, 2026 – Mexico City is about to get loud again, with Round 2 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship set for Saturday, January 10, on a shortened version of the famous Hermanos Rodríguez circuit. DS Automobiles and PENSKE AUTOSPORT arrive aiming to run near the front, with Maximilian Günther and Taylor Barnard driving the DS E-TENSE FE25 developed by DS Performance. For fans, this weekend matters because it’s one of those early-season races where momentum starts to feel real—especially when the grandstands are packed and every team wants to prove their pace isn’t just a one-off.