Motorsport

Mercedes driver George Russell suffered a dramatic exit from the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix, paving the way for another win by team-mate and title rival Kimi Antonelli.
Russell was leading on lap 30 when he straightlined Turn 9 in a smoking Mercedes, having to park his car on the spot. Russell jumped out of the car in a furious rage as he not only saw a chance to win his first race since ...Keep reading

Just 0.0233s separated the first and second-place finishers in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500. It now stands as the closest finish in the entire history of the Indy 500.
The race turned into a one-lap shootout, with David Malukas taking the lead from Marcus Armstrong immediately while Rosenqvist ran in third. Rosenqvist then battled side-by-side with teammate Armstrong for second ...Keep reading

Felix Rosenqvist surged from third to first in a one-lap shootout to win the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
The 34-year-old Swede went from side-by-side with Meyer Shank Racing teammate Marcus Armstrong before breaking free and making a dramatic late push by Team Penske’s David Malukas in a photo finish by a narrow 0.0233s. 
"What a car, what a car," said Rosenqvist. "We had two ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has earned high praise from former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle, who described the young Italian's development during his second season as "quite extraordinary".
Following a high-pressure rookie season in 2025, when he took the position left by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, the 19-year-old became the youngest driver to lead the ...Keep reading

After taking the DTM lead with a second-place finish on Saturday, Lucas Auer's Sunday at Zandvoort went south. During the safety car restart, the Landgraf Mercedes driver had just overtaken Nicki Thiim for seventh place when the Comtoyou Aston Martin driver sent him into a spin, dropping him to the back of the field.
"A really great move," the Austrian fumed in an interview with ran.de after ...Keep reading

Ryan Hunter-Reay and Katherine Legge are out of the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
Hunter-Reay, the 2014 Indy 500 winner, was rolling through the exit of Turn 2 on Lap 17 when the backend of his #31 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet snapped loose before hitting the outside wall. Legge attempted to avoid Hunter-Reay, but spun off the corner, with her #51 HMD Motorsports with AJ Foyt Racing ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says the Canadian Grand Prix weekend has been a “disaster” so far, as he struggled to get the most of his machinery.
Leclerc has unusually been outqualified by team-mate Lewis Hamilton twice this weekend, with the seven-time world champion hailing his simulator-free preparation.
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Layne Riggs won the time-constrained NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, after three postponements due to rain pushed the Friday night event to Sunday morning.
This is Riggs' seventh career win and his second of the 2026 season, driving the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Kaden Honeycutt finished second, Connor Zilisch third, Ben Rhodes fourth, and Gio Ruggiero ...Keep reading

Near the end of Stage 2 of the thrice-postponed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race, Corey Day was involved in a scary and unusual crash on the backstretch. 
Day was brought into this race to drive the No. 7 Spire Motorsports entry following the shocking death of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch, who was only 41.
Busch won last weekend's Truck race at Dover Motor Speedway, his 234th NASCAR ...Keep reading

Andrea Stella expects Ferrari and Red Bull to have an advantage over McLaren and Mercedes in Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix after conducting Pirelli wet-weather testing earlier this year.
Pirelli runs development tests throughout each season, with all teams invited to take part if they wish to – taking turns – and data shared among all competitors.
While teams aren’t allowed to run ...Keep reading

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar labelled his qualifying lap as “shitty” at the Canadian Grand Prix, despite a better performance than usual.
Hadjar got close to outqualifying Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen for the first time since the Japanese GP, with a 0.028s deficit, and seventh place marked his best result since the season opener in Melbourne.
But the French sophomore ...Keep reading

Kelvin van der Linde has claimed his first DTM victory for BMW. The South African, who started the race from pole position, temporarily lost the lead to Thierry Vermeulen (Emil Frey Ferrari) after a mistake. However, he fought his way back to the front after the second pit stop - and subsequently drove to an unchallenged victory with a lead of more than six seconds.
Yet, the Schubert BMW driver ...Keep reading

While the start time for the Miami Grand Prix was brought forward by three hours to avoid heavy rain and, in particular, thunderstorms due to local regulations in Florida, tyre supplier Pirelli was actually hoping for a wet race in the Sunshine State.
With both ambient and track temperatures high in Miami, drivers would have found it slightly easier to get the intermediates or full wets into an ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto is expecting to lose positions at lights out in Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix, unless he takes a “mega start” while everyone else falters.
Bortoleto and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg lost four spots each at the start of the sprint in Montreal, highlighting an arguably worrying trend for Audi and its very first F1 power unit. 
“It's not worrying,” the Brazilian ...Keep reading

Ollie Bearman believes that Haas' Canada updates are something of a double-edged sword, with more potential performance but at the cost of making the VF-26 "really challenging" to drive.
The Briton was only able to qualify 16th for the Canadian Grand Prix, one position ahead of team-mate Esteban Ocon - who dropped out in Q1. Earlier in the day, Bearman's car was pulled out of parc ferme ahead ...Keep reading

Nirei Fukuzumi scored a long-awaited first Super Formula victory for Rookie Racing as he beat Ayumu Iwasa in a thrilling finish to Sunday’s second race at Suzuka.
Fukuzumi took a maiden pole for the one-car team owned by Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda, edging out reigning champion Iwasa by 0.160 seconds, and controlled the race from the front until making his mandatory pitstop on lap 22 of ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has refrained from using Ferrari’s simulator ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, and this approach seems to be bearing fruit so far.
Hamilton outqualified team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.084s in the sprint and 0.108s in the main session; he was faster in all six qualifying segments this weekend.
It signifies a remarkable improvement given their overall head-to-head since the ...Keep reading

Kelvin van der Linde has struck back in Sunday's qualifying session at Zandvoort. The German-South African, who had been plagued by technical gremlins since his DTM comeback and was forced to retire on Saturday, put his Schubert BMW on pole position in sunny 19-degree conditions with a 1:32.831.
This marks his second pole of the year following his success on Sunday at Spielberg - and the ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly has predicted the Canadian Grand Prix could be an "elimination game" if it rains, with many drivers worried about the performance of Formula 1's current wet tyres.
Even in dry conditions, the drivers found that they required a second warm-up lap to get their tyres into the right window. The relative lack of heavy loading in the tyres, as most of Montreal's corners are of a ...Keep reading

Broc Feeney put an end to a nine-race winless streak when he took his Triple 8 Ford Mustang to a dominant victory at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
Polesitter Feeney eased into a near-2s lead by the time he made his first of three mandatory pitstops. He pitted after all of the other contenders, his first two stops one lap after second-placed Matt Payne of Grove Racing Ford, and even lost time ...Keep reading