Inside Obey the Insect God’s six-year quest to modernise Mortal Kombat-style sprites.

It has not been the simplest start to the year for Mercedes. News at the back end of last-year seemed to prop up the fact that the German team was the front-runner for 2026, with the shift in ...

A loophole in Formula 1’s new technical regulations offers a way around the 16:1 compression ratio cap, introducing controversy before the season even starts. Technical manoeuvring to push regulatory ...

Cracker Barrel made quite a bunch of headlines last year, with a new logo that eventually got ditched, along with a proposed remodeling that... well, also got ditched. Now? The restaurant chain is ...

Mercedes’ rivals are targeting a change to the engine compression ratio rules ahead of the opening race of the F1 2026 season in Australia, it has emerged. Reports over recent months have claimed that ...

Formula 1 teams are testing in Bahrain this week, but a storm is brewing in the background that might turn the season on its head. A rule change could be introduced to rein in the Mercedes power units ...

Technical manoeuvring to push regulatory boundaries for the slightest performance edge without actually breaking any rules is a familiar pattern in all forms of motorsport. Engineers treat the rule ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Takashi Ayoma / Getty, Antonio Calanni / AP Formula 1’s car design revolution for 2026 is the biggest in a generation. Not only are the chassis designs ...

The “rules-based international order” was never a set of neutral rules. It was a story the U.S. told — about itself, its power and its right to bend norms when convenient. In January, that story ...