Motorsport

Acropolis Rally Greece served a timely reminder as to why World Rally Championships crews and teams are regarded among the elite after completing one of the toughest days in motorsport.
The WRC was braced for perhaps its most physically demanding test of the season thanks to a punishing blend the WRC’s roughest stages, coupled with the relentless energy sapping temperatures, spread across a ...Keep reading

In pre-qualifying inspection at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta), most of the 40-car field made it through the process without issue. However, the same cannot be said for Hendrick Motorsports and the No. 5 Chevrolet of Kyle Larson.
Larson's car failed inspection twice, finally passing on the third attempt. They narrowly avoided having to a serve a pass-through penalty, but the two inspection ...Keep reading

Chase Briscoe will face off against Noah Gragson in Round 1 of the five-week tournament, which adds an extra wrinkle to these upcoming summer races.
Of course, there's no direct impact on the championship, but the newly introduced challenge offers $1 million to the winning driver ... as well as bragging rights. Any fan who can put together a perfect bracket could also walk away with one million ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari chief Luca Di Montezemolo has been appointed as a director of the McLaren Group Holdings Limited, which controls the McLaren Automotive business and has a minority stake in the F1 team.
On Friday, McLaren Group Holdings Ltd made a Companies House filing in the UK to appoint Di Montezemelo to its board of directors, which will see the Italian become the ninth director of the ...Keep reading

McLaren may have looked dominant in second practice for the Austrian Grand Prix but both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri appeared wary at the prospect of world champion Max Verstappen hunting them down.
Norris sat out FP1 at the Red Bull Ring as Alex Dunne stepped in but he returned to set the pace in FP2, just ahead of team-mate and championship leader Piastri – who he crashed into during the ...Keep reading

Despite two terrifying crashes, Marc Marquez didn't suffer any significant injuries and, above all, he didn't lose his sense of humour after requiring stitches in his chin.
At the start of the first practice session, Marquez had a hard fall at almost 200kph, hitting the Assen circuit with such force that his hand lost circulation.
And in the afternoon, he lost control and was dragged across ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak leads Acropolis Rally Greece after an attritional Friday held in soaring temperatures that tested World Rally Championship crews to the limit.
Tanak’s consistent speed and ability to avoid serious delays helped the Estonian complete the day’s six rough gravel stages with a 3.0s lead over Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux, with Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier in third 16.9s ...Keep reading

Santino Ferrucci is on a roll in the 2025 IndyCar season. The driver of the No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet secured his second podium in three races and his fourth consecutive top-five finish last Sunday at Road America.
It’s the kind of run worth celebrating with a beer — as Ferrucci memorably did, catching a Miller Lite tossed by a fan from the grandstands at Turn 1. But, of course, he ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo has told Yamaha in no uncertain terms that he “needs a winning project now” to remain with the MotoGP squad.
The 2021 world champion has grown frustrated with the Japanese marque after it was plagued by poor performance and reliability issues over recent years.
Quartararo, who led Friday afternoon practice for this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, has only been on the ...Keep reading

Lando Norris was fastest in the second free practice session for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix as he returned to the cockpit for the first time since crashing into his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in Canada.
Having accepted blame for running to Piastri in Montreal, Norris then sat out FP1 at the Red Bull Ring as Alex Dunne took over and impressed with the fourth-fastest time.
Norris ...Keep reading

Mercedes and Red Bull may be keen to avoid public chat about their 2026 Formula 1 driver line-ups, but the drivers themselves have done little to quieten things down.
George Russell, who is yet to sign a new Mercedes deal for 2026 and beyond, gave the firmest clue yet in Austria that his team has been reconnecting with Max Verstappen's camp again, having failed to sign the four-time world ...Keep reading

Daniel Suarez is the top non-American talent in NASCAR with wins across all three national divisions and a championship in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The Mexican-born driver also earned a big victory in front of his home in NASCAR's recent visit to Mexico City, going from last to first in the Xfinity race.
However, things have been up and down in the Cup Series. He nearly won at Las Vegas ...Keep reading

Of the top Formula 1 teams, Ferrari made the largest statement with its Austrian Grand Prix updates as it hopes to undo a mixed start to the 2025 season.
The team reported updates to the four 'defined' floor sections, although it would be easier to term this as effectively an entirely new floor for the Red Bull Ring weekend; in FP1, Lewis Hamilton's car was adorned with a series of aero rakes ...Keep reading

George Russell followed up on his Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix victory by setting the pace in the first free practice session for the Austrian GP at the Red Bull Ring.
Looking to build on his success in Montreal, Russell recorded a lap of 1m05.542s to put his Mercedes top of the times ahead of rival Max Verstappen, who was 0.065s adrift.
Russell reported raindrops towards the end of the ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier has moved into the lead of Acropolis Rally Greece despite being among several World Rally Championship crews to pick up punctures on a brutal Friday morning.
Eight-time world champion Ogier completed the morning loop with a 6.1s lead over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, with Adrien Fourmaux in third 14.4s adrift.
Ogier took a shared overnight lead with Tanak into Friday’s rough ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen and Gianpiero Lambiase have long formed a well-oiled machine in Formula 1, but this weekend the Dutchman - for the first time since joining Red Bull - will have to manage without his regular race engineer.
Lambiase will miss the Austrian Grand Prix for personal reasons. As a result, Red Bull will not only be without Verstappen’s usual race engineer but also without its Head of ...Keep reading

Ferrari and Red Bull have detailed changes to their floors at this weekend's Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, while McLaren is introducing a tweaked front suspension.
Ferrari appears to have made the most substantial changes for the Austria round, making revisions to the floor edge, fences and body, while also tweaking the diffuser to work in unison with the upgraded floor, which is the biggest ...Keep reading

Brad Pitt flipped off BBC radio host Greg James after losing a sim race at F1 Arcade. The A-lister, who is in the midst of a global press tour for the F1 movie, made an appearance on James’ radio show with co-star Damson Idris. The trio spent time sim racing around Silverstone, Monza and Spa-Francorchamps, with Pitt finishing behind the British media personality in two of the races.
The ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed his final high school exams just days after scoring his first Formula 1 podium at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Mercedes rookie, who skipped the New York premiere of the F1 movie in order to fly home to Italy, said he would have “felt guilty” if he quit studying because of his racing career.
“I’m super happy to have finished my exams,” Antonelli told ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has indicated Red Bull's upcoming upgrades will define the team's fortunes over the remainder of the 2025 F1 season.
Following an upgraded floor in Miami, rear corner changes in Imola and a Barcelona front wing, Red Bull is bringing its latest new bits to its Red Bull RB21 at its Austrian home race.
Those incremental changes have been credited with helping Red Bull achieve a ...Keep reading