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Haas NASCAR team reuniting with Chevrolet in ’26
Haas Factory Team will compete under the Chevrolet banner in 2026, the team announced Friday.
It will be a move for both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series teams in the organization. Haas fields a single Cup Series entry and two entries in the Xfinity Series, which will be known as the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series next year. With the move, Haas Factory Team will enter into a technical alliance with Hendrick Motorsports and use Hendrick-built engines.
The organization currently competes for Ford Racing.
“First and foremost, we want to thank Ford for its partnership,” Haas Factory Team president Joe Custer said. “Their support allowed us to establish Haas Factory Team, and we remain dedicated to delivering results for them in Cup and Xfinity all the way through the season finale in Phoenix.”
Haas Factory Team is the rebranded NASCAR venture for Gene Haas. He and three-time Cup Series champion Tony Stewart initially decided to close Stewart-Haas Racing after the 2024 season, but Haas reconsidered and retained one of the four charters. Ford has supported the Haas teams since 2017.
However, when Haas founded his team, initially Haas
Daniel Ricciardo confirms retirement from racing as next venture revealed
Former F1 star Daniel Ricciardo has announced his full retirement from motor racing and revealed his next venture.
In an open letter, Ricciardo, who has not been involved in motorsport since losing his AlphaTauri F1 seat after last year's Singapore Grand Prix, confirmed he has fully stepped away from his racing career.
The 36-year-old Australian has joined Ford as global Ford Racing Ambassador, focusing on the company's Raptor brand.
Ricciardo's partnership with Ford comes as the American firm enters F1 as part of a collaboration with Red Bull ahead of the sport's revolutionary rules reset in 2026.
Ricciardo raced for Red Bull between 2014 and 2018 alongside Max Verstappen, claiming seven victories.
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He won for an eighth and final time in F1 with McLaren at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
Ricciardo had his McLaren contract terminated a year early before returning to Red Bull as a reserve driver for 2023.
He returned to a full-time race seat in 2024 with Red Bull's sister team but was replaced by Liam Lawson at the Dutch Grand Prix a
Toyota announces new battery electric vehicle to be produced in Europe
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA (TME) oversees the wholesale sales and marketing of Toyota, GR (Gazoo Racing) and Lexus vehicles and parts and accessories, as well as Toyota’s European manufacturing and engineering operations. Toyota directly employs over 26,000 people and has invested over EUR 12 billion in Europe since 1990. Its eight European manufacturing plants are located in Portugal, the UK, France, Poland, Czech Republic and Turkey. Today, there are approximately 14.7 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles on European roads, whose drivers are supported by a network of 28 National Marketing and Sales Companies and around 2,800 retail sales outlets in 53 countries (EU, UK, EFTA countries , Israel, Turkey and other Eastern European countries). In 2024, TME sold 1,217,132 vehicles in Europe for a 7.1% market share. For more information, visit www.toyota-europe.com.
Toyota believes that when people are free to move, anything is possible. In the pursuit of "Mobility for All", Toyota aims to create safer, more connected, inclusive and sustainable mobility to achieve its mission of producing “Happiness for All”. In
While there have been loud claims made by local – and even national – politicians about the return of Portugal and Turkey to the Formula 1 calendar, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has now confirmed interest from those countries – and Germany, in the form of Hockenheim.
Interest in F1 is at an all-time high, largely as a consequence of the so-called ‘Netflix effect’. Next year there will be a new race in Spain, at a yet-to-be-completed facility near Madrid. And, while the Concorde Agreement – the commercial contract which binds the teams, F1 and the FIA – enshrines a maximum number of races beyond the current 24, there is a consensus that this is a natural limit in terms of logistics, budget, and personnel welfare.
Last month the Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, said at a political rally, “We have everything ready to formalise the return of Formula 1 to the Algarve in 2027.”
Such pronouncements are usually foremost treated with due scepticism, as are the regular claims from Turkey that it is likely to make a comeback. Istanbul and the Autodromo do Algarve near Portimao hosted grands prix in the Covid era, but these were not traditional events laid on and pai
ICE raids Hyundai EV site in Georgia, 450 workers detained
On the Dash:
- ICE raided Hyundai’s Georgia EV site, halting battery plant construction and detaining about 450 workers.
- The raid targeted alleged unlawful employment practices, with Hyundai and LG pausing construction and cooperating.
- Hyundai’s EV production continued without interruption.
U.S. immigration authorities raided Hyundai Motor Group’selectric vehicle manufacturing site in southeast Georgia on Thursday, halting construction of an adjacent EV battery plant in one of the largest workplace enforcement actions in the agency’s history. The operation at the 3,000-acre site west of Savannah resulted in the apprehension of approximately 450 workers.
The Associated Press reported that the raid focused on the construction area for the joint Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant, which is scheduled to open next year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Lindsay Williams told the AP that federal agents executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into alleged unlawful employment practices and other federal crimes.
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