By now, we’re all well aware that sports merchandise is expensive. You want a Yankees jersey? That’ll be a hundred bucks. You want a Lakers cap? Another $50, please. But Formula 1 is a sport that excels in extracting as much money as possible from its fans. And after outrage over the price of F1 […]
How To Watch F1’s Spanish GP and IndyCar’s Detroit GP
Welcome to Jalopnik’s weekly How to Watch racing television and streaming guide, where we catch you up on the recent events of the racing world and let you know how to watch all the major events of the upcoming weekend. Formula 1 is headed to a new-look Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grand Prix. […]
How To Watch The Monaco GP, The Indy 500 And The Coke 600
Welcome to How to Watch, Jalopnik’s weekly racing roundup, where we catch you up on the recent events of the racing world and let you know how to watch all the major events of the upcoming weekend. With the Monaco Grand Prix, the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, Memorial Day weekend is the biggest […]
Fernando Alonso Is Still Welcome At Aston Martin Honda in F1
Aston Martin has announced its intention to become a Honda works team in Formula 1 for the 2026 season, and we’ve already talked about the big stuff. We know how important it’ll be to compete as a works team in 2026. We know Aston Martin is prepared to develop its own racing machine. We even […]
NYC’s Buses Can Soon Ticket Bad Drivers for Various Violations
Photo: Cindy Ord / Staff (Getty Images) If you want more people to use public transportation, it needs to be fast, frequent and reliable. Unfortunately for any city trying to make that happen, buses have to deal with one challenge that trains usually don’t: inconsiderate drivers. Sure, every now and then, someone parks their car […]
I’m Cooking Through Formula 1. What Do You Want to Know?
Tharid is a Saudi Arabian lamb stew — and damn, was it delicious.Photo: Jalopnik / Elizabeth Blackstock Every year, I try to find some new and interesting way to engage with the upcoming Formula 1 season. Sometimes, that’s attempting to drink my way through the year. For 2023, however, I decided to try something different. […]
Formula 1 Introduces New Standalone Sprint Race Format
Photo: Joe Portlock – Formula 1 (Getty Images) The FIA Formula 1 World Championship introduced Saturday sprint races in 2021, originally called “Sprint Qualifying” to distinguish it from the main race on Sunday. The new format was divisive and confusing for fans. Traditional qualifying was still held to determine the starting order for the sprint […]
No, Fernando Alonso and Taylor Swift Are Almost Certainly Not Dating
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Fernando Alonso and Taylor Swift are not dating. Sure, there’s plenty of rumor and speculation around the happy not-couple, but none of it’s true. It’s not even that the rumor is wrong—the rumor is fake, nothing more than a fun bit of imagination from the […]
These Are Your Dream Automotive Pilgrimages
Would you go bonkers for Baja? Photo: Red Bull via AP Images (AP) The world is home to a vast expanse of places to see and things to do, which most certainly can make anyone’s list of cool, interesting and exciting adventures a bit overwhelming. If you were to ask me or my other fellow […]
Daniel Ricciardo Road-Trips an F1 Car Across Australia
F1 Car vs Outback | Daniel Ricciardo’s Great Aussie Road Trip There are a lot of Red Bull fans out there, and, well, a lot of former fans who have likely buried every piece of Red Bull attire in frustration after how the last two seasons of Formula 1 ended (looking at you Max Verstappen […]