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Mark Martin is rooting for Denny Hamlin right now because he knows how hard it is to defy the odds and overcome Father Time when he starts working against a high level athlete.
The 2017 Hall of Fame inductee says he was first drawn to Hamlin because he’s started to see something of a baby face turn from a driver that was long established as something of a heel, and he lived that when he ...Keep reading

In dismissing the media who wanted to ask about his post-race conflict with Daniel Suarez, Ross Chastain said ‘not today, boys’ but conceded he should said, ‘see you on Tuesday’ in advance of a pre-scheduled media availability.
Chastain said, after walking away from Suarez, that he just didn’t understand everything that happened between them and didn’t want to say the wrong thing ...Keep reading

The Formula 1 paddock has come together to congratulate Kimi Antonelli on his maiden grand prix win at the Chinese Grand Prix.
The Italian driver claimed his first F1 victory at the Shanghai International Circuit after successfully converting pole position into a race win. At just 19 years old, he became the second-youngest F1 race winner.
"I'm speechless. I'm about to cry, to be honest, but ...Keep reading

Daniel Dye, 22, has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR and will be required to undergo sensitivity training if he hopes to get back behind the wheel. Kaulig Racing has also indefinitely suspended Dye from the organization, "effective immediately after becoming aware today of comments he made on social media."
Dye was competing full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series as part of Kaulig ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman, 32, was forced to get out of ht #48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet in the middle of the March 1 NASCAR Cup race at COTA, with Myatt Snider finishing the race for him. He was later diagnosed with vertigo.
Since then, he has missed both Phoenix and Las Vegas with HMS sim driver Anthony Alfredo and 2024 NASCAR O'Reilly Series champion Justin Allgaier filling in for him.
Hendrick ...Keep reading

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced the return of Takuma Sato for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 in May.
Sato, a two-time winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” will drive the team’s #75 Honda-powered entry with familiar primary sponsorship from AMADA AMERICA, Inc., a leading global machine tool manufacturer and supplier in the sheet metal industry, that were ...Keep reading

The Chinese Grand Prix saw both Alpine drivers finish in the top 10, but the pair had mixed feelings after the race.

After two grands prix and one sprint race in the 2026 Formula 1 season, Mercedes has won every single event so far. However, those victories were not quite as effortless as the results might suggest.
In all three races, the Silver Arrows had to defend seriously against Ferrari. In particular, Ferrari’s strong race starts allowed the Scuderia to take the lead initially on each occasion.
So ...Keep reading

Louis Deletraz has seen a lot of progress in the second year of a unified effort with Cadillac and Wayne Taylor Racing. 
Wayne Taylor Racing made the switch from Acura to Cadillac in a two-car venture ahead of the 2025 season. With the usual teething issues of a new program, there was a mixed bag of results but also flashes of pace the two Cadillac V Series.R entries earned a combined four ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez believes MotoGP's next-generation bikes will be just as fast over a full lap as they are now, despite an expected drop in top speed.
MotoGP is set for a radical overhaul in 2027, with the introduction of smaller capacity 850cc engines, reduction in aerodynamics, a ban on ride-height devices and the switch to Pirelli tyres.
It's unclear how these changes will impact the way the ...Keep reading

Former F1 driver and F1 TV analyst Jolyon Palmer takes a close look at Kimi Antonelli's maiden Grand Prix victory – and what it means for the title race in 2026.

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Pete Bonnington will “cherish” the podium moment after Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, having celebrated Kimi Antonelli’s maiden victory for Mercedes with his former driver Lewis Hamilton also there to share the moment.

F1 technical expert Mark Hughes takes a look at how McLaren are getting to grips with the Mercedes power unit, with illustrations from Giorgio Piola.

There was no denying Kyle Kirkwood in the inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington.
A remarkable performance that saw the 27-year-old Kirkwood overcome multiple errors by his pit crew and a sizable gap of over 7s to race leader Alex Palou, he ran down and passed the Spaniard with 16 laps to go en route to the sixth win of his career - and fifth on a temporary street circuit.
It felt like a ...Keep reading

Helio Castroneves will turn 51 years old this May, but he's not slowing down. The Brazilian will again be behind the wheel of the #06 Meyer Shank Racing Honda for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500.  Cleveland-Cliffs will again fund the effort.
"The drive for five is still alive," said Castroneves in a short video released by the team. Castroneves will be attempting to become the first ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli blamed going into “autopilot” mode as the reason for his hair-raising moment late in the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix - vowing it will never happen again.
The 19-year-old won from pole on Sunday to take his maiden grand prix victory, leading team-mate George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 having controlled much of the contest.
Antonelli took the chequered flag by 5.515s, but it ...Keep reading

The 2026 DTM grid is gradually taking shape. Official registration for the championship ran until February 2026, after the early-entry deadline ended in January. The season will begin at the end of April with the opening round in Spielberg, Austria, and will once again feature eight race weekends, each with two races. More than 20 GT3 cars are expected to take part.
Here, we run through all the ...Keep reading

The BBC does not plan to use four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson in its athletics coverage this year.

After a seventh-place finish in the Formula 1 season opener in Australia, Haas recorded another strong result early in the season in Shanghai. Oliver Bearman managed to reach Q3 on Saturday, although he ultimately had to settle for tenth place on the grid.
On Sunday, however, there was even more potential. While two of the four traditional top teams – McLaren and Red Bull – hit trouble ...Keep reading