Alex Palou: ‘McLaren contract was based on lies – I’ll be paying for years’
Alex Palou has dominated IndyCar racing in recent seasons but claims that he’s not even among the series’ highest-earners as a result of McLaren’s $20.7m case against him
Explore more than a century of racing in the Motor Sport Database: thousands of drivers, teams, circuits and races in our interactive encyclopedia
20,328 Results
26,130 Drivers
14,847 Teams
935 Circuits
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Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia 04/10/2026 2026 F1 World Championship |
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South Point 400 04/10/2026 2026 NASCAR Cup Series |
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Inje TCR World Tour – Race 3 04/10/2026 2026 Kumho TCR World Tour Cup |
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Motul Grand Prix of Japan 04/10/2026 2026 World Motorcycle Championship |
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Inje TCR World Tour – Race 1 03/10/2026 2026 Kumho TCR World Tour Cup |
2026 Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore
11 October 2026
2026 United States Grand Prix
Travis County, Texas
25 October 2026
2026 Mexico City Grand Prix
Mexico City
1 November 2026
2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Sao Paulo
8 November 2026
2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Las Vegas, Nevada
21 November 2026
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Kalle Rovanperä is quitting rallying to move to single-seaters with the aim of reaching Formula 1, and Mark Hughes reckons the Finn’s goal is within reach
In 2021, the Netherlands became the latest new nation to have an F1 world champion, but which country has produced the most?
IndyCar champion Alex Palou insists Formula 1 continues to be his “dream” and admits he was ready to give up on his drive in the American series
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Sweeping changes to the MotoGP schedule have been requested by the teams. But will they reduce costs and improve the racing or make MotoGP even more dangerous?
A power-unit penalty leaves Russell with a mountain to climb in Singapore, and Alonso could prove an unexpected obstacle, Mark Hughes predicts
Isack Hadjar wants them banned, George Russell champions their benefits and Max Verstappen questions their purpose – F1’s cooling vests have become an unlikely source of division
Nigel Mansell’s infamous final-lap failure in the 1991 Canadian GP exposed an unforeseen weakness in Williams’ sophisticated gearbox – and offers a striking parallel with F1’s software-driven problems today