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UPDATE: Saturday qualifying has been rained out. IndyCar will utilize a condensed format on Sunday, setting the entire grid.
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Qualifying for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is off to a rainy start, and IndyCar officials called off the planned practice session on Saturday ...Keep reading

Nyck de Vries has taken his first Formula E victory in four years in the Monaco E-Prix opener, as Dan Ticktum was denied a podium after he was penalised for a late clash with Antonio Felix da Costa.
Front-row starter de Vries failed to beat polesitter Ticktum into the lead at the first corner, and given the tight nature of the Monte Carlo street circuit the Mahindra driver bided his time behind ...Keep reading

KTM rider Pedro Acosta will start MotoGP's Catalan Grand Prix from pole position after dominating Saturday's qualifying.
The Spaniard started the Barcelona weekend by topping Friday practice and carried that momentum into qualifying, where he took the spot by almost a quarter of a second.
Franco Morbidelli came from Q1 to qualify his VR46 Ducati in second place in front of team boss ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez passed polesitter Pedro Acosta to claim victory in the Catalan Grand Prix sprint, while Jorge Martin suffered another crash in a tough day for the factory Aprilia team.
Marquez moved to the front on lap 4 of 12 and established a small buffer aboard the Gresini Ducati. While he came under serious pressure from the factory KTM of Acosta in the final laps, he didn’t put a foot wrong ...Keep reading

According to former Formula 1 paddock stalwart Otmar Szafnauer, Kimi Raikkonen almost lined up on the grid with Force India in 2012. 
Szafnauer, the former Force India and Aston Martin team principal now co-hosting the High Performance Racing podcast with Jake Humphrey and Rob Smedley, has revealed that he made a strong push to land Raikkonen ahead of the Finn's famous return to the ...Keep reading

Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton believes that Red Bull has regretted missing out on signing Oscar Piastri for years.
Motorsport.com understands that the Milton Keynes outfit is targeting Piastri as a potential replacement for four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, should the Dutchman decide to leave the team. 
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Williams’ Carlos Sainz was given the chance to drive the Madring ahead of F1’s long-awaited return to Madrid for September’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Lawrence Barretto joins Carlos Sainz for his first laps of the Madring, a new circuit in the Williams driver's home city of Madrid set to make its F1 debut later this season.

Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has completed a first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix's Madring circuit as the venue gets ready to host grand prix racing in September.
The Madring circuit, close to the Spanish capital's Barajas airport, is still under construction as works progress to reach its various deadlines, including an FIA inspection at the end of the month.
But with the tarmac ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon described the double-podium finish for Alpine at the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix as the perfect way to end his chapter with the French outfit.
Ocon's rivalry with his Alpine team-mate at the time, Pierre Gasly, traces back to their childhood karting days in France, where a close friendship turned into an intense personal competition that continued in Formula 1.
While they ...Keep reading

Tech3 has signed a new contract with KTM that will keep the squad aligned with the Austrian manufacturer into MotoGP’s new 850cc era from 2027.
The deal was announced by Tech3’s new CEO Guenther Steiner in Barcelona on Saturday following qualifying for this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix.
The exact length of the agreement was not revealed, but it commits Tech3 to KTM for the foreseeable ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta dominated qualifying for the Catalan Grand Prix to claim the second pole position of his MotoGP career, as Aprilia duo Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin suffered costly crashes.
Factory KTM rider Acosta led the entirety of the 15-minute session at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Saturday, gradually improving his time to finish a quarter of a second up on his rivals. Franco ...Keep reading

Honda has presented its worst financial report since the Japanese manufacturer was listed on the stock exchange in 1957. Honda Motor had already forecast a loss in March based on its financial predictions, and that picture was confirmed last Thursday with the official figures.
Over the financial year, which ended in March, Honda suffered a loss of 423billion yen ($2.68bn). These numbers are ...Keep reading

Former W Series driver and Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst Naomi Schiff has noted the potential financial impact on smaller teams caused by the changes planned for the 2027 season. 
After concerns were raised at the start of the new wave of regulations in 2026, the FIA has confirmed that changes to the engine hardware will be introduced in 2027 to make driving "more intuitive" via a 50 kW ...Keep reading

VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli says he counts Valentino Rossi among the three greatest sportsperson of all time, alongside Michael Jordan and Lionel Messi.
Morbidelli made that comment after Friday Practice for the Catalan Grand Prix, as seven-time MotoGP champion Rossi made a surprise appearance in the Barcelona paddock.
Marc Marquez’s withdrawal due to injury  just four days before this ...Keep reading

The animated conversation between Bubba Wallace and Christopher Bell after the NASCAR Cup Series race last weekend at Watkins Glen generated a lot of headlines but apparently none of them had it right.
"You all had it figured out, but every single one of y'all motherfuckers were wrong," Wallace said with a laugh on Friday during a media availability at Dover International Speedway before ...Keep reading

In what felt like a throwback to a bygone era, the NASCAR Cup Series conducted a 90-minute practice session on Friday in advance of Sunday’s All-Star Race at Dover Motor Speedway.
For drivers who were part of the sport prior to COVID-19, when the Sanctioning Body first started consolidating race weekends, Friday was a time capsule of sports. Chase Elliott was around back then and turned the ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott said it succinctly.
“This feels like a normal weekend,” said the 2020 Cup Series champion during media availabilities for the All-Star Race at Dover on Friday afternoon. “It feels like a normal weekend. I would say this feels the least like an All-Star weekend that we’ve ever had in my career.
“I don’t know if it’s just because I’m not used to having an ...Keep reading

Kyle Busch found himself in a familiar spot in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series on Friday, taking the checkered flag for the 69th time in his career.
He now has five Truck Series wins at Dover, beating Ty Majeski and Layne Riggs in the end. Kaden Honeycutt finished fourth, Christopher Bell fifth, Brandon Jones sixth, Christian Eckes seventh, Corey LaJoie eighth, Jake Garcia, and Justin Haley ...Keep reading

Felix Rosenqvist soared to the top on Fast Friday for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500.
Rain delayed the original noon ET start to the day by two hours, which led to the session, which featured an added boost of 100 horsepower, being extended to 7p.m. 
With just over an hour left in the day, the ‘Speedy Swede’ Rosenqvist wheeled his #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda to an ...Keep reading