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If McLaren driver Oscar Piastri having a 98-million-year-old wasp species named after him sounds like an elaborate inside joke, then that's pretty much how it started.
Oxford research fellow Corentin Jouault and his colleagues Prof. Di-Ying Huang and Prof. Celso O. Azevedo recently conducted research on a 98-year-old wasp fossil from the Cretaceous Period, encountered in Myanmar amber.
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Elfyn Evans tamed Rally Japan’s tricky asphalt stages to claim his second win of the World Rally Championship season after fending off reigning world champion Sebastien Ogier.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin produced a faultless display throughout the 20 asphalt stages to become the most successful driver in Rally Japan history by taking a third event win by 12.8s from Ogier. 
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After an eventful debut at Rockingham, marred by multiple spins and slides, Cleetus McFarland arrived at Nashville Superspeedway looking for redemption at the secondary level of NASCAR. He was one-month removed from a fantastic ARCA showing at Talladega, where he finished second and nearly won in a dramatic finish.
The popular YouTuber's NASCAR journey now took him to Music City, where he ...Keep reading

Rookie Brent Crews will have to wait another day for his first win in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.
He tried his best to defend against former series champion Justin Allgaier, but there was no stopping the JR Motorsports veteran. He took the lead with 15 laps to go and never looked back, earning his 32nd career win and his fourth of the 2026 season.
After climbing out of the roof ...Keep reading

The statistics might suggest it was a casual flag-to-flag Saturday drive for Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims in the IMSA Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, but it was far from it. 
After starting from pole in the GTD Pro class on the around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile temporary street circuit, Sims set the tone early and built a gap on his rivals behind the wheel of the #3 Corvette Z06 ...Keep reading

After the dust settled, Mick Schumacher explained his crash during qualifying for the IndyCar race in Detroit. Frustrated by a missed opportunity, Schumacher was on his way to a strong lap. The crash occurred two minutes before the end of the first qualifying segment in turns 6 and 7 of the tight street circuit.
His initial reaction shortly after being checked out at the medical center, where ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has been spotted once again showing off another car from his jaw-dropping collection in Monaco. 
The two-time Formula 1 champion was seen around the streets of Monte Carlo behind the wheel of a rare Porsche 918 Spyder.
The 918 Spyder, launched in 2013, is a mid-engine plug-in hybrid powered by a 4.6-litre V8 engine that produces 599 horsepower, supplemented by twin electric ...Keep reading

Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber delivered the breakthrough victory for Whelen Cadillac in the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic.
After starting on pole, the combo were practically untouchable, at one point holding a 14s lead during the 100-minute sprint round for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Despite multiple late cautions, Aitken remained composed and went on to win by 6.023s ...Keep reading

At face value, Shane Van Gisbergen will absolutely take an 11th place finish in the Coca-Cola 600 last weekend but it speaks volumes about his development on ovals that he left Charlotte Motor Speedway a little disappointed. 
The race was his best overall on ovals since the three-time Supercars champion transitioned full-time to NASCAR in 2024. He averaged a seventh-place running position and ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya is confident that Red Bull is on the verge of a resurgence, warning its rivals that the Milton Keynes outfit is "for sure coming" back. 
Following a tense Canadian Grand Prix, which saw Max Verstappen battle seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton for second and eventually secure third place on the podium, Montoya argued that Red Bull is successfully ...Keep reading

Following a rain-marred weekend around the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR will again set the starting lineup by the metric as rain washed out Nashville Cup qualifying.
Denny Hamlin, who finished second in the Coke 600 and sits second in points, will lead the field to the green flag. He will share the front row with championship leader Tyler Reddick.
Daniel Suarez, who earned a shock win in NASCAR's ...Keep reading

One piece of transparency that came out of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit is how much Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan wanted to sign Corey Heim as a long-term building block of their race team.
Through the discovery process, it was revealed that Hamlin told Jordan that they needed to sign Heim to a full-time contract before anyone else did. In response ...Keep reading

David Malukas will be going to a backup car after a violent crash in qualifying for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. 
The Chicago native, fresh off a runner-up photo finish in last weekend’s Indianapolis 500, was part of the second group of the opening round. Pressing on a set of the softer alternate tires, he rolled around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile temporary street circuit trying to ...Keep reading

Alex Palou dished out a controlled qualifying performance to take pole for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
The fourth driver to go out in the single-car, single-lap Fast Six, the Spaniard propelled his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to a quick lap of 1m01.9017s around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. It is Palou’s 16th career pole.
“I felt really good with my lap,” Palou ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says the most positive thing about his Italian Grand Prix sprint race was being able to write his post-race notes by hand.
While the comment was a light-hearted one, the factory Ducati rider said the fact that he could hold a writing implement after returning to the pits was a sign that the nerve damage in his troubled right arm was healing.
Marquez is returning to MotoGP ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi feels his chances of a strong result in the Italian Grand Prix sprint were already over at the first turn, as he conceded more points to Jorge Martin in the MotoGP standings.
Bezzecchi impressed in Saturday morning’s qualifying session at Mugello, guiding his factory Aprilia to pole position ahead of Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez and team-mate Martin.
It represented a ...Keep reading

2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling has made history, becoming the first female driver to win a GB3 Championship race.
The British driver successfully converted a historic pole position into a commanding lights-to-flag victory at Spa-Francorchamps. Following persistent heavy rain that forced the race to be rescheduled, Pulling lined up in P1 approximately five hours later. 
Reflecting on ...Keep reading

Two-time MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has cast doubt on the safety amendments mentioned by MotoGP boss Carlos Ezpeleta on Friday at the Italian Grand Prix.
Clearly prompted by the controversial, accident-marred Catalan Grand Prix two weeks earlier, in which Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco sustained serious injuries, chief sporting officer Ezpeleta was 'interviewed' on MotoGP's ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft has praised Max Verstappen's "refreshing" and consistent stance on the new regulations, which were introduced in 2026.
The championship made a move away from the ground effect era in 2026 with the introduction of the new regulations. The main changes included an almost fifty-fifty split between internal combustion and electric power, Overtake ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin says his early status as a MotoGP title contender left him more “tense than necessary”, prompting him to change his mindset.
The factory Aprilia rider has emerged as one of the early favourites for the championship this year, having recovered from an injury-hit 2025 season to capitalise on a vastly-improved RS-GP.
Although his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi started the campaign ...Keep reading