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Team Principal Laurent Mekies recognised that Red Bull's strong result in the Canadian Grand Prix was down to their readiness to take risks.

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur was pleased with how Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc fared in Canada, as the former bagged his second podium of the season with a P2 finish, while the Monegasque driver came home fourth.

Citroen boss Cyril Blais has proposed a shake-up to Formula E’s Pit Boost format, suggesting teams should be given the freedom to decide how much energy they want to take on during pitstops.
The all-electric championship introduced fast-charging technology from the 2024-25 season, with one race of each double-header featuring a mandatory Pit Boost stop. 
While the concept added another ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen poked fun at McLaren’s decision to start the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix on the intermediate compound as that strategic call immediately backfired.
The reigning championship-winning squad was the only frontrunner to start Sunday’s race on a non-slick tyre with the Montreal surface being slippery under cloudy conditions leading into it.
But much to McLaren’s dismay the ...Keep reading

Eighth place in Canada continues a welcome trend for Pierre Gasly and the Alpine Formula 1 team, which took a huge step forward in 2026.
But, in a race marked by high attrition, the Frenchman's latest points finish did mask that the underlying issues that have hampered him over the past two weekends are still present.
Gasly has been one of the standout performers of the opening rounds of ...Keep reading

An action-packed race in Montreal produced a ton of betting drama – even if it wasn't what was initially expected.

Carlos Sainz believes his ninth-place finish in the Canadian Grand Prix was a "strong result", especially after "my mistake" having decided to start Sunday's race on the intermediate tyre.

The scenes in the Zandvoort pitlane on Sunday were hair-raising, leading to both a safety and a regulatory debate. Arjun Maini’s Ford clipped a tire held by a Dörr mechanic with its rear wing while pulling into his pit box. While the wing was damaged, the mechanic luckily escaped unharmed.
Thomas Preining nearly took out an Abt mechanic when accelerating away from his stop, with the mechanic ...Keep reading

The Pramac Racing MotoGP team has announced it has signed Ross Brawn onto its board of directors.
In this role, Brawn will act as a strategic advisor to owner and team director Paolo Campinoti, bringing extensive experience from the Formula 1 world championship.
Brawn’s career in motorsport has spanned more than four decades, during which he has contributed to a total of 22 world titles ...Keep reading

Takamoto Katsuta says his approach for Rally Japan is “very simple”, planning a “full attack” to claim what would be an emotional home victory.
All eyes in Japan will be focussed on the Toyota driver, who has been striving to deliver a home win ever since Rally Japan rejoined the WRC schedule in 2022.
Katsuta has proven he has the pace to challenge for victory at the event in the ...Keep reading

While MotoGP’s commercial rights holder and the teams are still finalizing their new agreement – a deal that is expected to unlock the official announcement of next season’s rider market – 16 of the 22 bikes on the 2027 MotoGP grid already are settled.
Given how quickly the MotoGP market initially began moving ahead of next season, few would have imagined that at this stage of the year ...Keep reading

While Lando Norris had a front-row seat to the Mercedes battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli in the Canadian Grand Prix sprint and eventually finished second, the main race of the Formula 1 weekend painted a very different picture.
Starting from the second row of the grid, McLaren appeared to be in a strong position to challenge Mercedes again, but everything went wrong for the ...Keep reading

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Canadian Grand Prix.

Mick Schumacher has been named the Rookie of the Year for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, which comes with a $50,000 monetary bonus as part of a record Indy 500 purse.
Schumacher, whose past experience includes 43 Formula 1 starts 16 World Endurance Championship races, is embarking on his rookie IndyCar season. One of the biggest learning curves for him has been the ovals, and the ...Keep reading

When Spire Motorsports first signed Daniel Suarez to join Spire Motorsports, co-owner Jeff Dickerson called it a ‘redemption story’ in the waiting but no one could have expected it to go this well so early.
With his rain-shortened victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, Suarez is 10th in the championship standings, which is incredible when considering this is already his best season ...Keep reading

The 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600 wasn't the best oval finish of Shane van Gisbergen's NASCAR career, but it was his most impressive to those paying attention to the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
SVG's best Cup finish on an oval came at Atlanta earlier this year, placing sixth. He has one other top ten -- P10 at Kansas last fall. Charlotte was oh so close to becoming his third oval ...Keep reading

The purse for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is now the largest in history, increasing by over 50%, per IndyCar.
Last year, the Indy 500 purse was $20,283,000, and race winner Alex Palou took home $3.8 million. This year, the total purse rocketed up to $30,906,400 with newly crowned Indy 500 champion Felix Rosenqvist taking home $4.34 million.
“The Indianapolis 500 continues to ...Keep reading

Behind the dramatic photo finish for the Indianapolis 500 race win, and even the three-wide fight to the line for third, was an easy-to-miss No. 76 Chevrolet.
That was a Juncos Hollinger Racing entry with driver by Rinus VeeKay, who delivered the team its best-ever showing in the Indianapolis 500. It was also a career-best finish for VeeKay as well, placing sixth after qualifying inside the ...Keep reading

Entering the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, the theme for Scott McLaughlin was redemption, as he crashed on the pace lap last May, leaving the New Zealander him beyond dejected.
He avoided trouble all day and when the caution flew for Caio Collet's vicious crash with eight laps to go, McLaughlin was running tenth.
When the race restarts, he swooped down low and was running sixth by ...Keep reading

Ed Carpenter, 45, finished 31st in his 23rd appearance at the Indianapolis 500, and and the 3x Indy 500 pole-sitter didn't make it very far into the event. That result matches his worst ever at the speedway.
So, what went wrong? On the first restart of the race, Carpenter found himself three-wide with Will Power to his inside and Takuma Sato to his outside. He likely thought he was in a safe ...Keep reading