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2026 World Rally Championship
2026 FIA World Rally Championship: 13-round season (originally 14, Saudi Arabia dropped), final year of Rally1 rules. Toyota won its 10th manufacturers' title; Thierry Neuville took his first drivers' crown.
2026 World Rally-Raid Championship
2026 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), fifth FIA-FIM rally-raid season: five rounds on four continents, Dakar opener won by Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sébastien Loeb leading the FIA standings, Daniel Sanders FIM champion, Abu Dhabi finale, Dacia departing.
2026 WRC2 Championship
2026 WRC2 Championship: FIA second-tier rally championship for Rally2 cars within the 2026 WRC. Robert Virves (Škoda) won the drivers' title; Lancia Corse HF took the teams' crown in its return season.
2026 WRC3 Championship
2026 FIA WRC3 Championship: world rally title for Rally3 cars within the 2026 WRC. Matteo Fontana led on 109 points; Membrado and Abramowski tied on 91; season ended at Rally Italia Sardegna after Saudi Arabia was dropped.
2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series
The 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series, run as the Winter Le Mans Series, is an all-European edition of the ACO's winter endurance championship, held from November 2026 to February 2027.
2026–27 Formula E World Championship
The 2026–27 Formula E World Championship, the 13th season of the FIA's all-electric racing series, runs 21 races from Jeddah in December 2026 to Tokyo in July 2027.
2027 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
2027 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters: ADAC-run GT3 series season, 16 races over eight weekends in Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, 23 April to 10 October 2027, opening at the Red Bull Ring and finishing at Hockenheimring.
2027 European Le Mans Series
2027 European Le Mans Series: ACO-run European endurance championship, six 4-hour races at Barcelona, Le Castellet, Imola, Spa, Silverstone, Portimão; LMP2, LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3, LMGT3 classes; opens 14 March 2027; winners earn 2027 Le Mans invitations.
2027 FIA World Endurance Championship
2027 FIA World Endurance Championship: nine-round WEC season (Qatar 1812km to 8 Hours of Bahrain) with Silverstone returning after eight years; Ford and McLaren join Hypercar; unified Hypercar platform from 2030.
2027 IndyCar Series
2027 NTT IndyCar Series: 17-race American open-wheel season opening March 7 at St. Petersburg, final DW12 season before the IR-28, with Dixon and Rosenqvist to Arrow McLaren and DRR returning full-time.
2027 MotoGP World Championship
2027 MotoGP World Championship: first season of 850cc engines, Pirelli as sole tyre supplier replacing Michelin, no ride-height devices, 22-round calendar from Thailand (March 7) to Valencia (November 28) with new Buenos Aires and Adelaide venues, under a 2027-2031 commercial agreement.
2027 Super Formula Championship
2027 Super Formula Championship, the planned season of Japan's top formula series (全日本スーパーフォーミュラ選手権). Provisional JAF calendar returns Suzuka as opener; Dallara SF23 cars with Honda/Toyota engines, Dome-led JNFP-1 next-car bid.
23XI Racing
23XI Racing ("twenty-three eleven"), NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin, and Curtis Polk, founded 2020, Toyota-backed, debuted 2021 with Bubba Wallace; won 2026 Daytona 500 and settled 2025 antitrust case for permanent charters.
24 Hours of Daytona
The 24 Hours of Daytona, now the Rolex 24 At Daytona, is a 24-hour IMSA sports car endurance race at Daytona International Speedway, Florida; first run 1962 as the three-hour Daytona Continental, 24 hours since 1966, part of endurance racing's Triple Crown.
24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans): annual 24-hour endurance sports car race near Le Mans, France, first run 26-27 May 1923 by the ACO; won by distance covered, run in Hypercar, LMP2, and LMGT3 classes, and a proving ground for automotive technology.
50 cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing
50 cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing: FIM ultra-lightweight world championship class, 1962 to 1983, replaced by 80 cc. Tiny two-strokes and four-strokes like Honda's 14 hp, 22,500 rpm RC116 exceeded 109 mph; Suzuki, Kreidler, Derbi and Honda won titles.
7-Eleven (cycling team)
7-Eleven, also known as the Motorola Cycling Team, was an American cycling team founded in 1981, the first U.S. team to ride the Tour de France.
70th Anniversary Grand Prix
70th Anniversary Grand Prix: Formula 1 race held 9 August 2020 at Silverstone, won by Max Verstappen, Red Bull, from Hamilton and Bottas, marking 70 years since the 1950 first championship race.
A. J. Allmendinger
A. J. (AJ) Allmendinger, born 1981, Los Gatos, California, is an American NASCAR Cup Series driver of Kaulig Racing's No. 16 Chevrolet; former Champ Car racer, three-time Cup winner, 18-time Xfinity winner, and 2012 Rolex 24 winner.
A. J. Foyt
A.J. Foyt (Anthony Joseph Foyt Jr., "Super Tex," born 1935) is an American racing driver and owner; only winner of Indy 500, Daytona 500, and Le Mans; record 67 Indy car wins and 7 titles.
Aavo Pikkuus
Aavo Pikkuus (Ааво Николаевич Пиккуус, born 1954) is an Estonian cyclist, 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in the 100 km team time trial for the USSR, 1977 world champion, Peace Race winner, and later an Estonian rally driver.
Abbie Eaton
Abbie Eaton (Abigail Eaton, born 1992) is a British racing driver from Hull, The Grand Tour test driver, W Series competitor, and first female Porsche Carrera Cup GB pole and race winner.
Abu Dhabi (venue)
Abu Dhabi is the Formula 1 venue on Yas Island in the United Arab Emirates, a circuit opened in 2009 that hosts the annual Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, annual Formula One race at Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. First held 2009 as F1's first twilight event and season finale; 2021 redesign; decided titles in 2010, 2021, and 2025.
Achille Souchard
Achille Souchard (Alphonse Achille Souchard, 1900-1976), French road cyclist; 1920 Antwerp Olympic team road race gold medalist, 10th individually; French professional road champion 1925 and 1926; rode the 1924 Tour de France without finishing.
Acropolis Rally (Ράλι Ακρόπολις)
Acropolis Rally (Ράλι Ακρόπολις), the 'Rally of the Gods' or 'European Safari', is Greece's gravel WRC round, first held in 1951 and on the World Rally Championship calendar since 1973, famed for rocky, heat-punished mountain stages; the 2026 edition ran from Loutraki, won by Sébastien Ogier.
ADAC Opel Rallye Cup
ADAC Opel Rallye Cup, German one-make rally championship run by ADAC and Opel 2013-2019 for the 140 PS Opel ADAM Cup car; champions advanced to the ADAC Opel Rally Junior Team; succeeded by the electric ADAC Opel e-Rally Cup from 2021.
Adam Petty
Adam Petty (1980–2000), fourth-generation NASCAR driver, son of Kyle, grandson of Richard Petty, killed in a practice crash at New Hampshire; legacy includes Victory Junction camp and NASCAR safety reform.
Adolf Schmal
Adolf Schmal was an Austrian fencer and racing cyclist who won three medals, including gold in the 12-hour race, at the 1896 Athens Olympics, then worked as a sports journalist.
Adrian Newey
Adrian Newey is a British Formula 1 car designer, widely regarded as the sport's most successful, whose designs won 12 constructors' titles before he joined Aston Martin in 2025.