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While the NASCAR Cup field remains capped at 40 (barring any Open Exemption Provisionals), series officials have decided that the field of 38 is not large enough for the Xfinity race in Mexico City.
Next month, NASCAR will run its first-ever Cup race in Mexico at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. Meanwhile, the Xfinity Series, which did race there between 2005 and 2008, is making a surprise ...Keep reading

From this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix onwards, the testing regime governing the front wings of Formula 1 cars will be toughened to reduce the amount of permitted flex under load. Under Article 3.15.4 of F1’s technical regulations, the flap areas of the front wings may deflect under load by no more than 15mm. This is now being reduced to 10mm. Aero-elasticity has been an occasional focus of ...Keep reading

It’s been 10 months since Mattia Binotto joined Sauber as its Chief Operating and Technical Officer, and it’s now a matter of months until the Swiss Formula 1 team morphs into Audi.
The German brand is taking up the F1 challenge for the very first time, and knows vaulting itself to the front of the grid won’t be easy with a team that hasn’t scored a podium since 2012 – more than 250 ...Keep reading

He arrived quietly, without fanfare, letting other rookies soak up the spotlight. Isack Hadjar became a full-time Formula 1 driver without ever having won a junior championship – a fact he addresses in his own way: few words, carefully chosen, straight to the point.
“For a young driver, the most important thing is to impress. You can win a title, but if you don’t impress people, you’ll ...Keep reading

In his memoirs, Monaco Grand Prix founder Antony Noghes detailed the days and weeks he spent wandering the streets of the Principality, trying to work out a route for his proposed motor race.
“Today,” he concluded with a flourish, “the roads comprising this circuit look as though they were made for the purpose.”
Those racing in Formula 1 today might agree to disagree. In recent years ...Keep reading

After ninth place in Sunday’s DTM race at the Lausitzring, Lucas Auer’s lead in the overall standings has shrunk to six points. And from the Landgraf Mercedes driver's point of view, two-time champion Marco Wittmann is clearly to blame.
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“That was a write-off; a shitty race,” the Austrian ...Keep reading

In Imola, Sauber celebrated its 600th grand prix, from its humble Formula 1 beginnings in 1993 through a rollercoaster of manufacturer and independent stints before morphing into the Audi works team next year. One man was there for every single race, and as Sauber celebrated its anniversary, so did long-time sporting manager Beat Zehnder.
Zehnder has seen it all: Mercedes, BMW and Red Bull all ...Keep reading

Will Brown, 26, is the defending champion of the Australian Supercars Series. He has eleven career wins and finished third in last year's Bathurst 1000. In addition to his impressive Supercars career, Brown is also a two-time class winner of the Bathurst 12 Hours.
He already made his Cup debut last year, driving for Richard Childress Racing at Sonoma. He started 24th and finished 31st. Brown ...Keep reading

The next 12 months will be pivotal for the Sauber team, with the outfit bracing itself for the arrival of Formula 1’s sweeping new regulations and preparing to become Audi’s factory team. Audi will develop the engine, which F1 lead Mattia Binotto warns won’t be “the best” on the grid.
For 2026, Formula 1 will roll out new regulations to make its cars more nimble to liven up races. New ...Keep reading

Williams junior Victor Martins will drive in an official Formula 1 practice session for the first time on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Martins will take the wheel of Alexander Albon’s FW47 car, benefitting from the rule stating that each entry must be driven by a rookie at least twice over the season – totalling four FP1 outings per team.
Another Williams protege, Luke Browning, was ...Keep reading

The brewing conflict between Jorge Martin and Aprilia was a hot topic on the British Grand Prix weekend at Silverstone. But while that saga continues to dominate headlines and stir speculation across the MotoGP paddock, another storyline may soon capture its share of attention.
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Rene Rast has recounted his fascinating finish to the second DTM race of the Lausitzring round, in which he lost a thrilling duel for victory against Jack Aitken.
Rast undercut the Emil Frey Ferrari driver in the first round of pitstops, but eventually succumbed to Aitken’s pressure on the penultimate lap.
“We always [kept] a little gap, but unfortunately we were not fast enough at the ...Keep reading

Not 24 hours had passed since Alex Palou crossed Indianapolis Motor Speedway's yard of bricks with the checkered flag waving to win the 109th running of the Indy 500, when Motorsport.com was finally able to sit down with him for an exclusive interview. Asking the newly-crowned Indy 500 champion to describe his win in one word, he paused to think for a moment, which speaks volumes for a man who ...Keep reading

One of the great mysteries prior to this year's Monaco Grand Prix had lain in how Formula 1's teams would execute a second stop for tyres – especially without the impact of a safety car.
As such, the race was defined by extreme hold-up play among the midfielders, much to the chagrin of those who hoped for a scintillating spectacle at Monaco. Racing Bulls had pounced on the idea first, with ...Keep reading

MotoGP KTM Tech3 rider Enea Bastianini described the British GP as the “worst race” of his career as he lamented what had been a “very complicated day”.
Bastianini started from 17th on the grid, and classified 17th amid the gusty Silverstone conditions.
“It has been a very complicated day for me today, because I would try to do something on the bike, but nothing. It is ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly has blamed the collision that took him out of the Monaco Grand Prix on his former Formula 1 team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, claiming the latter moved under braking.
Tsunoda and Gasly were running 17th and 18th – after making their first mandatory pitstop as early as lap 1 – when the Alpine driver attacked his Red Bull peer at the chicane.
Gasly violently crashed into Tsunoda, with ...Keep reading

The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix was yet another race that left Ferrari in fire-fighting mode afterwards, owing to apparent tensions in radio traffic between Lewis Hamilton and his engineer.
Hamilton was fifth and team-mate Charles Leclerc came second, yielding Ferrari’s best combined points score from a non-sprint weekend this season. And yet, neither driver was in a particularly celebratory ...Keep reading

Ross Chastain is officially a winner of the Coca-Cola 600, fighting back from incredible odds in a total team effort to win NASCAR's longest race. And while it was elation for him, it was a bitter disappointment for Hendrick Motorsports, and not just because William Byron lost after dominating most of the race. Kyle Larson's 'Double' attempt ended in two DNFs, Denny Hamlin ran out of fuel, and the ...Keep reading

After a rollercoaster performance at the Indy 500, the chaos that was the 109th running of the event has yet to slow down after two of Andretti Global's cars and one from Prema Racing failed their post-race technical inspections.
IndyCar announced Monday that the No. 27 car of Kyle Kirkwood, and No. 28 car of Marcus Ericsson, along with Callum Ilott's No. 90 Prema car all failed their post-race ...Keep reading

Perhaps more impressive than Ross Chastain driving from last to first to win the Coca-Cola 600 was the work his team had to put in just get the race-winning car prepared on Sunday.
Chastain crashed due to a tire failure in practice, forcing the Trackhouse Racing Team to scramble as they prepared the backup car. The car was meant to be a backup for next weekend's race at Nashville and many ...Keep reading