Motorsport

While Isack Hadjar began his first season at Red Bull in impressive fashion with third place on the grid in Australia and out-qualifying Max Verstappen in Japan, the Miami race weekend served as a first reality check for the French driver.
Throughout the weekend, Hadjar was around eight tenths of a second per lap slower than Verstappen and crashed out early in Sunday’s race. It led to ...Keep reading

Aston Martin hasn’t officially upgraded its Formula 1 car in the last two months, and likely won’t do so until July at the earliest.
The Adrian Newey-designed AMR26, which is Aston’s first Honda-powered car, has been lacking performance and fighting newcomer Cadillac at the back of the field. With reliability trouble compounding the issues – though the situation has been improving – ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says energy management has grown too preponderant with Formula 1’s new technical regulations – especially on cool-down laps, when “there should be no skill required”.
A power split close to 50-50 between combustion and electric energy means batteries must be nursed at all times in order to maximise performance.
The Miami and Montreal tracks, with significant time on full ...Keep reading

Momentum has been hard to come by for Alex Albon in 2026. After scoring his first point in Miami with an improved and lighter Williams, Albon suffered a crash in Canada free practice through no fault of his own, striking an unfortunate groundhog out of Turn 7 as it crossed the road.
The contact sent Albon into the outside wall and while initial damage to his car didn't look too problematic to ...Keep reading

A perfect result in Zandvoort for the Emil Frey Ferrari squad in a challenging, red-flagged qualifying session: Following a disappointing season opener at Spielberg, rookie Matteo Cairoli secured his first pole position in only his third DTM qualifying. Clocking a 1:32.974 in sunny conditions, the Italian led the field.
"It is definitely a great joy for me," Cairoli told ran.de, after rivals ...Keep reading

Sacha Fenestraz won a topsy-turvy opening Super Formula race of the weekend at Suzuka after a gamble to stay out on slicks amid a late rain shower paid off handsomely.
TOM’S driver Fenestraz was one of a handful of runners not to come into the pits amid a chaotic finish to the race, as multiple incidents brought out the safety car and split the pack between those that made a late switch to ...Keep reading

The Canadian Grand Prix is the final race that counts for the FIA’s first ADUO assessment period. The governing body initially planned to use four blocks of six race weekends, but revised the schedule after the cancellation of the Middle Eastern Grands Prix in April.
Any manufacturer that is between 2-4% behind the best internal combustion engine in the field will be granted one additional ...Keep reading

Toyota has enjoyed a historic Supercars day at Symmons Plains with two wins, with Walkinshaw TWG's Chaz Mostert and Brad Jones Racing's Andre Heimgartner each taking their first victories in a GR Supra in the opening two races in Tasmania.
The defending champion and the New Zealander both started from pole position and took convincing victories.
The opening 50-lap race saw Mostert dominate ...Keep reading

In all of the tributes and reactions pouring in from across the motorsports world and beyond, this one stands out. On Friday, Austin Dillon, the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and grandson of the team's namesake, posted the following letter to his social media.
RCR runs two full-time Cup cars, and for the past four seasons, those cars were driven by Dillon and his ...Keep reading

The phrasing of official communications from the FIA’s stewards tends to be deliberately dry and factual, but a note of schoolmasterish anger was manifest in the document announcing and explaining a €30,000 fine for Racing Bulls after Liam Lawson’s breakdown forced Formula 1 practice to be red-flagged in Canada.
Lawson’s car halted with a hydraulic problem within 10 minutes of the sole ...Keep reading

Following the significant progress made in Miami, the opening day of the race weekend in Canada proved more challenging for Red Bull. Max Verstappen had to settle for seventh place in sprint qualifying, just ahead of team-mate Isack Hadjar.
During the second segment of sprint qualifying, Verstappen had already complained over the team radio and returned to the pitlane early, despite sitting in ...Keep reading

The NASCAR community arrived to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend facing the unthinkable, trying to deal with the tragic and sudden death of 41-year-old NASCAR Cup star Kyle Busch. 
The Truck Series was first up on Friday, but practice and qualifying were canceled due to rain. Because of Busch's win last weekend, the No. 7 Spire Motorsports truck he was supposed to drive -- now covered in ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and F1 TV reporter Jolyon Palmer has explained why the Canadian Grand Prix provides an energy management challenge for the drivers.
Speaking on the F1 TV Weekend Warm-up, Palmer branded Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as a "circuit of two halves" and argued that it must be treated that way when it comes to harvesting and deploying electrical power in the new-regulation ...Keep reading

To fully understand the impact of the loss of Kyle Busch, NASCAR Chief Executive Officer Steve O’Donnell says those outside of the sport must understand the family dynamic of everyone within it.
That was the theme of an opening statement and 20-minute press conference on Friday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway. 
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Lewis Hamilton made a bold entrance to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve paddock on Friday morning, arriving on a spectacular Ducati Panigale V4 superbike ahead of FP1 and sprint qualifying.
The seven-time Formula 1 champion is no stranger to making statements off track, but his chosen transport for the Montreal sprint weekend immediately caught the attention of fans. 
Seasoned fans quickly ...Keep reading

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George Russell has taken a first small step towards regaining momentum in the 2026 Formula 1  championship battle by claiming pole for the Canadian grand Prix sprint.
In a heavily upgraded Mercedes W17, Russell turned the tables on championship leading team-mate Kimi Antonelli to take pole in the top-10 shoot-out, which was marked by contenders going for two flying laps on the same set of ...Keep reading

As the Formula 1 paddock settles into Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix, the intra-team dynamic at Mercedes has become a focal point of the season's early stages. 
19-year-old Kimi Antonelli has secured three consecutive grand prix wins in China, Japan and Miami, leaving his experienced Mercedes team-mate George Russell trailing 20 points behind in the drivers' standings, and now the Briton ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Mercedes sent McLaren a strategy warning following Kimi Antonelli's impressive victory at the Miami Grand Prix. 
The Colombian warned the Woking outfit that its conservative approach to race management will ultimately cost it important victories. 
Speaking ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix on F1 TV, Montoya reflected on Antonelli's win ...Keep reading

It’s a cliche, but no less true for being oft-repeated, that a picture is worth a thousand words. So, it was entirely natural that images of Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff and Max Verstappen’s father engaged in a cosy chat in the Canadian Grand Prix paddock would go viral on social media and stoke much speculation about what the agenda might be.
Red Bull has had to fight to keep its ...Keep reading