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Toyota claimed a commanding 1-2 finish on the World Endurance Championship’s first visit to Barcelona to secure the manufacturers’ title in Hypercar with a round to spare.
Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa remained largely unchallenged in the #8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid over the six-hour race, beating the sister car of Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway in changeable ...Keep reading

Hailie Deegan returned to stock car racing in 2026 with a full-time ride in the ARCA Menard's West Series, which followed a brief stint in Indy NXT.
Driving for Bill McAnally Racing, she is top five in the championship standings and earned an emotional win at Madera Speedway in California. It was her fourth career ARCA West victory, but her first since the 2019 season.
She began her rise ...Keep reading

Yamaha's MotoGP boss Paolo Pavesio says MotoGP should be careful that its push for new markets and a broader audience does not alienate its existing fans.
Since Liberty Media's takeover of the championship last year, there has been a push by the Formula 1 owner to change the look, feel and appeal of MotoGP. Among the examples have been Liberty's stated aim to stage more races near large urban ...Keep reading

Motorsport.com's weekly 'Kyle Busch Remembered' series continues with his most iconic moments from Phoenix Raceway, where he won three Cup, 11 O'Reilly, and two Truck races.
Those 16 victories were part of his record 234 career NASCAR national series wins -- more than any other driver in history. His final victory came just days before his unexpected death at the age of 41 in May. 
In ...Keep reading

talkSPORT is considering a bid for the UK radio rights to Formula 1, which could end the BBC's long run as the sport's home on radio in the country.
The station's head, Liam Fisher, told The Telegraph that F1 would suit talkSPORT's listeners, as reported by Crash.net. The BBC has broadcast F1 on radio since 1994, so this could be a massive change to how UK-based F1 fans keep up with their ...Keep reading

After Max Verstappen's radio difficulties at the Singapore Grand Prix, F1.com looks back at other occasions where drivers have lost communication with the pit wall.

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has spoken out on the criticism he has received from former drivers, with the four-time champion believing this negativity stems from the pundits not understanding the 2026 regulations.
Talking with De Telegraaf during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, after being shown recent comments from 1996 world champion Damon Hill, the Dutchman gave his opinion on why, in ...Keep reading

Christian Horner has explained how his celebrity wife Geri Halliwell helped him overcome the hate that came with his rise in fame thanks to Formula 1 drama Drive to Survive.
Since 2015 Horner has been married to former Spice Girl Halliwell, who joined the world-famous pop band in 1994 at the age of 22, meaning she had fame from early on in her life.
For Horner it came much later and largely ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's first outing in GT World Challenge Europe ended with ninth place in a comeback drive at Portimao on Saturday evening.
The #3 Mercedes prepared by 2 Seas and carrying Verstappen Racing branding, which the Dutchman shared with Ben Barnicoat and Chris Lulham, was a factor throughout all three hours of the race.
Barnicoat took the start, doing superbly to avoid the chaos at the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's first GT World Challenge Europe start ended with a ninth-place finish and a fifth in the Pro Cup class. But he also was forced to make a necessary public defence of his team-mate Chris Lulham.
The four-time F1 champion squeezed the Portimao Endurance Cup finale between two F1 triple-headers. And while there was plenty of drama during the race, there was unwanted drama following ...Keep reading

A championship leader crashing out, the title fight being blown wide open, a legendary final lap and, above all, the smallest gap between the top two finishers in MotoGP history: it was on 15 October 2006 that Toni Elias claimed his only premier-class victory in a race that has remained etched in the memory.
Elias arrived at Estoril 13th in the championship and was not considered a favourite ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 season has seen Mercedes return to its dominant past as it is on course to claim its first double championship victory since the COVID-struck 2020 campaign.
Kimi Antonelli and George Russell top the drivers’ standings with the former holding a 102-point advantage, while Mercedes leads second-placed Ferrari by 134 points in the constructors’ table.
It is thanks to 11 ...Keep reading

Jesse Love earned his fifth career NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series win with a dominant 75-point victory at Phoenix Raceway, handing him the points lead.
Sam Mayer started 35th, but finished a very close second as he brushed the back bumper of Love's No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet in a last corner lunge. At the checkered flag, there was just over a tenth between them (0.128s).
It ...Keep reading

Lando Norris's new racing team, LN4 Fusion, will soon find out whether or not it's got a place on the Formula 2 grid next year. CEO of FIA Formula 2, Bruno Michel, has confirmed that the championship is close to choosing its selection of teams for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 seasons, so will Norris get his way?
"Well, we do a new selection every three years, so that’s where we are when we have a ...Keep reading

With a 26.250s lap, Ryan Blaney rocketed to pole position at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday. He was part of an all-Penske front row with teammate Joey Logano second, 0.032s behind.
Blaney has won the last two Cup races at Phoenix, and Penske has consistently been the strongest team at the Arizona track in recent years.
Chase Briscoe started third after winning back-to-back races at Las Vegas ...Keep reading

Aston Martin's mystery single-seater is back on track, and it still looks like nothing else on the grid or in a dealer.
New footage shared on Reddit shows the car lapping Paul Ricard in the south of France. It is the latest sighting of a machine that first appeared online in April and has since popped up at a private airfield and at Portimao in Portugal. So what is this fantastic-looking ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney is very good at Phoenix.He is very good at Talladega. Gosh, honestly, he is really good at Martinsville too.
At the same time, Blaney is fifth in the Chase for the Championship and 85 points back but the next three weeks could certainly be the start of something special for the Penske No. 12 team by virtue of just doing what they normally do late in the season.
Win these races ...Keep reading

Realistically, the NASCAR Cup Series Chase for the Championship is down to these three, and it’s going to take a generational run for anyone else to even have a marginal opportunity.
Kyle LarsonDenny Hamlin -49Christopher Bell -51
To wit, NASCAR placed all three presumptive championship finalists on a media stage on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway to discuss what the final four races looks ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen, Chris Lulham, and Ben Barnicoat finished ninth in the GT World Challenge Europe season finale at Portimao. The #3 Verstappen Racing entry was penalized after Lulham tipped the championship-winning #48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Lucas Auer, Maro Engel, and Luca Stolz into a spin shortly after a safety car restart.
Following a drive-through penalty, Verstappen put on a ...Keep reading

A piece of Alpine's 2024 Formula 1 car is about to go up for auction, and it has been turned into something you could actually put in your living room.
F1 Authentics, the official memorabilia platform of F1, is opening bidding on a very cool 2024 race-used gearbox carrier paired with a race-spec rear wing, mounted together on a custom-built display stand. The gearbox carrier still carries its ...Keep reading