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FIA declares heat hazard for F1's Italian GP in Monza

Motorsport - 7 hours 54 min ago
Formula 1's governing body the FIA has declared a heat hazard for this weekend's Austrian GP, forcing drivers to either wear cooling vests or attach ballast to their F1 cars.
Temperatures across Italy have soared once again in recent days, with a sixth heatwave of the summer affecting the country over the next week.
The region around Milan and Monza is bracing for temperatures north of 35C ...Keep reading

WEC Lone Star Le Mans: Full schedule and TV times for Austin race

Motorsport - 8 hours 6 min ago
With the summer break over, the chase for the World Endurance Championship titles resumes with the Lone Star Le Mans on 4-6 September, as the leading players in the top endurance series take to the track in Austin for a 6-hour race.
Circuit of The Americas opens the second half of the 2026 season, and in Texas there will clearly be plenty of curiosity to see how things develop in the Hypercar ...Keep reading

Can Diogo Moreira secure factory Honda promotion for MotoGP 2027?

Motorsport - 8 hours 19 min ago
Honda is yet to give a clue as to whether Diogo Moreira or David Alonso will join Fabio Quartararo in its factory MotoGP team in 2027.
On 21 July, Honda officially announced the signing of young talent Alonso, who was born in Spain and has competed with a Colombian passport since arriving in the world championship four years ago. 
Long before that announcement, the news that Alonso was ...Keep reading

Early Bet Builder tips for the Italian Grand Prix

Formula 1 - 9 hours 10 min ago
Our expert betting writers have picked a five-leg early Bet Builder, including a podium finish, two top-six finishes and two drivers with the potential for points.

The Chase is on for NASCAR's new look playoff format

Motorsport - 14 hours 53 min ago
Prior to officially unveiling the Chase for the Championship format in January, NASCAR and Racing Insights conducted over 25,000 simulations to predict how the format could potentially play out.
The findings:
Overall, drivers won the championship 85 percent of time when seeded inside the top six and 69 percent of the time from the top three. There is a pathway to the championship all the way ...Keep reading

Matt DiBenedetto to make NASCAR return in Las Vegas O'Reilly race

Motorsport - 16 hours 53 min ago
Matt DiBenedetto will be back behind the wheel of a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series car, driving the No. 42 Young's Motorsports Chevrolet Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 3. Magnesium Performance Wheels will sponsor the effort.
Catchfence.com's Chris Knight broke the story, with DiBenedetto expressing excitement and gratitude over the opportunity.
DiBenedetto is a highly experienced ...Keep reading

NASCAR Cup stars react to Days of Thunder sequel and meeting Tom Cruise at Daytona

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 23:34
All 16 NASCAR Cup drivers who qualified for the Chase took part in Media Day on Wednesday, and several fielded questions about the long-awaited Days of Thunder sequel that is coming to theaters in June of 2028. Tom Cruise will again star as fictional NASCAR driver Cole Trickle, with Anne Hathaway co-starring as a team owner/engineer.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been in contact with the minds ...Keep reading

The new Chase for the Championship is different but the same

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 22:58
Of the 16 drivers who comprise the newest iteration of the Chase for the Championship, only two of them have competed in the version that predated The Playoffs from 2004-to-2013.
Denny HamlinJoey Logano
On one hand, this gives them both a baseline understanding of how to navigate the next 10 weeks but there are also enough wrinkles that both of them are still curious about what this is going ...Keep reading

Legacy Motor Club to part ways with John Hunter Nemechek

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 22:40
John Hunter Nemechek, 29, will not return to Legacy Motor Club for the 2027 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Nemechek first. joined the team at the start of the 2024 season, recording points finishes of 34th and 25th. He currently sits 27th in the 2026 championship standings, trailing teammate Erik Jones in 21st by 80 points after Daytona.
"Legacy Motor Club has made the decision to part ways with ...Keep reading

Christopher Bell: New format brings "more pressure" and believes he has to start winning

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 22:05
The 'win and you're in' may be gone, but the importance of winning remains critical in the battle to become a NASCAR Cup Series champion. Ryan Preece showed just how valuable a win can be last than a week ago at Daytona International Speedway.
And while there is one point between each position on track, that abruptly jumps to 20 points between the runner-up spot and the race winner. That means ...Keep reading

Bubba Wallace hoping to move past the 'same old sh*t' in NASCAR Cup title fight

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 21:27
While 23XI Racing has been very fast all year, it's been a season of 'what ifs' for Bubba Wallace and the No. 23 Toyota.
The organization has seven victories (a record for 23XI)  this year with five from Tyler Reddick and two from Corey Heim. In contrast, Wallace -- who was the only 23XI driver to visit Victory Lane during the 2025 season, is still winless in 2026.
Wallace was as high as ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric react to Penske pit crew swap

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 21:02
Ryan Blaney is the No. 2 seed in the Chase for the Championship and will start the final 10 races 25 points behind regular season champion Denny Hamlin.
Austin Cindric is the No. 15 seed and is 95 points back.
For Team Penske, the decision to swap their respective pit crews boiled down to simple mathematics, and everyone with both programs are largely understanding of that decision. Team ...Keep reading

Lando Norris launches race team, young driver programme

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 20:11
Reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris has launched his own race team and young driver programme that will compete across Europe's single-seater ladder from 2027.
McLaren driver Norris joined forces with British karting team Fusion Motorsport to establish LN4 Fusion, which will compete in Formula 3 and 4 next year. The team has acquired selected assets of AIX Racing and also intends to enter ...Keep reading

Norris co-founds new junior single-seater team

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-09-02 20:02
2025 F1 World Champion Lando Norris has co-founded a new junior single-seater team, LN4 Fusion, that will compete in the Italian F4 Championship, FRECA and Formula 3.

What is the weather forecast for the Italian Grand Prix?

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-09-02 20:02
The weather forecast is in ahead of the Italian Grand Prix weekend at Monza.

What are the F1 Fantasy strategies for Italy and Spain?

Formula 1 - Wed, 2026-09-02 20:02
Formula 1 signs off its European season with back-to-back rounds at Monza and a return to Madrid. From the flat-out blast through the trees on the outskirts of Milan to the unknown quantity that is the Madring in the Spanish capital, which drivers and teams deserve a place in your F1 Fantasy line-up?

Norris sets up junior team to help drivers to F1

Formula 1 at the BBC - Wed, 2026-09-02 19:51
World champion Lando Norris is setting up his own junior team to support young drivers on their route to Formula 1.

Lucas Oil to retire blue paint scheme in honor of Kyle Busch, with one exception

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 19:36
Lucas Oil has been a sponsor in NASCAR for a long time, but the last time they reached Victory Lane in the Cup Series was February 26, 2023. Making just his second start after joining Richard Childress Racing, Kyle Busch won the final race ever held at Fontana, driving the blue No. 8 Lucas Oil Chevrolet.
Busch also drove the blue Lucas Oil car in his final Cup race at Dover Motor Speedway as ...Keep reading

Does Denny Hamlin, NASCAR Chase favorite, get it done at 45?

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 19:28
A year after the Final Four format denied him that elusive NASCAR Cup Series championship, Denny Hamlin enters the first year of the second iteration of the Chase for the Championship as the favorite.
He is two months away from his 46th birthday and 14 months away from his intended retirement. Next year is not a guarantee and this very well could be his last chance to win the missing ...Keep reading

Chandler Smith and Carson Brown's RCR tandem a long time coming

Motorsport - Wed, 2026-09-02 17:41
The Chandler Smith and Carson Brown tandem in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series at Richard Childress Racing was three years in the making.
Danny Lawrence, who oversees division operations for RCR, says the recruitment of Brown has been something he and Chief Operating Officer Mike Dillon have contemplated for quite a long time.
“This is going to surprise you,” Lawrence told Motorsport.com ...Keep reading

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