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The Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix played out exactly as most drivers had feared. Max Verstappen said on Saturday that he could not see a single overtaking opportunity and added when speaking to the Dutch media, "Just give me the track map", to indicate that he would make numerous changes.
On Sunday, overtaking did indeed prove virtually impossible, making the mood in the paddock clear after the ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg claimed a second World Rally Championship victory of 2026 after winning a wild Rally Chile, as Toyota clinched a record-equalling 10th manufacturers’ title.
Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson delivered a mature display to lead through 15 of the 16 rough gravel stages to claim a first win since the Monte Carlo season opener in January.
The Toyota pair came under severe ...Keep reading

Two seconds - this was the margin between Lando Norris passing the Madring pit entry and the call for the virtual safety car that ended his victory hopes for the Spanish Grand Prix - one that Formula 1 race winner Kimi Antonelli ultimately accepted.
Norris had pulled out a 6.2s lead over Antonelli by the start of the 14th lap, and looked every bit in command at the front of the field once the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans have praised Lando Norris after he shot down a request from an official not to drink Coca-Cola in the cooldown room after the Spanish Grand Prix.
The 2025 champion finished third in the inaugural race at the Madring circuit, having lost a comfortable lead due to an ill-timed virtual safety car. 
After starting from pole position, Norris had built a decent advantage over ...Keep reading

Lando Norris believes he "deserved" victory in the Spanish Grand Prix, as an ill-timed Virtual Safety Car left the McLaren driver only third at the chequered flag.

Kimi Antonelli has expressed his bittersweet feeling of beating McLaren’s Lando Norris to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.

For the fifth time in 2026, the most impressive race showing in your eyes came from the four-time World Champion.

Lewis Hamilton believes that Ferrari "had the car to fight for a win" in the Spanish Grand Prix, as the seven-time World Champion was an early retirement with brake problems.

Kimi Antonelli achieved his eighth Grand Prix win of the 2026 season to further increase his advantage in the Drivers’ Championship.

Dino Beganovic was untouchable as he claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the Madrid F2 Feature Race.

When Jesse Love executes and catches some good luck, something he is loathe to admit that he needs, the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 believes he is every bit the championship contender as Justin Allgaier is.
It hasn’t looked it this year with Allgaier winning six races and having a massive points lead before the Chase for the Championship reset but a victory on Saturday night ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg says Carlos Sainz must take some responsibility for the lack of overtaking at the new Madring circuit, given his role as ambassador for the venue.
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix was hosted at a new semi-permanent track around the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid, moving away from the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit. But after Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli celebrated ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez admitted that his MotoGP title rivals have handed him a “present” in recent races after taking the championship lead at the San Marino Grand Prix.
The factory Ducati rider romped to victory at Misano on Sunday after polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the opening lap, suffering another costly setback in the title race. 
This marked Marquez’s fifth grand prix ...Keep reading

George Russell is now “exceptionally unlikely” to win the 2026 Formula 1 title, having been beaten by Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli for a fifth consecutive time at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Russell qualified a lowly sixth at F1’s new Madring track, explaining he “tried pushing hard in Turn 11” but “the tyres couldn’t take it”.
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Max Verstappen finished second in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, losing out only to Kimi Antonelli - yet could he have won had Red Bull not instructed him to concede two positions during the race? Team boss Laurent Mekies believes that wasn't realistic.
Verstappen moved past Antonelli on the opening lap, but by that point he was already doomed to concede that place because of an ...Keep reading

The NASCAR postseason is set for the second race of the Chase on Sunday, where the 16 drivers still in contention for the championship will once again be battling with everything on the line.
But while not every car on the track is still a contender for this year's title, that doesn't mean the rest of the field isn't already prepping to chase greatness in 2027.
Legacy Motor Club might not ...Keep reading

2026 F1 Drivers' Championship




Pos.
Driver
Points


















1
K. AntonelliMercedes
292
18/2
29
25/1
28
31
25/1
-
15/3
8
25/1
15/3
23
25/1
25/1


2
G ...Keep reading

A penultimate stage puncture has cost World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans valuable points as the Welshman dropped from second to fifth at Rally Chile.
The Toyota driver appeared on course to finish second and was topping the Super Sunday standings by 4.6s when drama struck in the second pass of the brand new 26.82km Carampangue stage.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin were forced to ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin dropped from first to fifth place in the San Marino Grand Prix due to arm pump, the factory Aprilia rider has revealed, with the problem serious enough for him to consider surgery.
The Spaniard emerged as a surprise victory contender in Sunday’s MotoGP race at Misano after team-mate and polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the opening lap.
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Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli wins the Spanish Grand Prix after McLaren's Lando Norris loses out because of the bad timing of a virtual safety car.