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After Kimi Antonelli and George Russell came to blows in Canada, Team Principal Toto Wolff has reflected on Mercedes' approach to letting them fight for position.

Alex Palou continues to lead the championship standings after a pole and a seventh-place finish in the 2026 Indy 500, with David Malukas jumping up to second in points after a heartbreaking loss on Sunday. He is 37pts behind Palou, who was handed a small point-penalty after the race.
Kyle Kirkwood has fallen to third after finishing 16th in the Indy 500, 12pts behind Malukas.
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Daniel Suarez is now a Coca-Cola 600 winner, coming out of seemingly nowhere to win the 67th running of NASCAR's longest race, with rain ending the event 27 laps short of the scheduled distance.
It was a race dominated by Toyota, but won by Spire as the team is now equal with Hendrick Motorsports on race wins this year
But more than anything, it was a day overshadowed by the ...Keep reading

Relive the action from Montreal at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix with plenty of off-track F1 moments – hockey havoc, the World Cup trophy tour, and more.

Ollie Bearman believes that "we didn't really deserve" to take a point away from the Canadian Grand Prix, as the Haas driver salvaged tenth place after a difficult weekend.

After qualifying 14th for the Canadian Grand Prix, Pierre Gasly looked in for a difficult afternoon in Montreal. But the Frenchman put in a strong drive to climb into the points on Sunday and finish eighth, which he was quick to call “damage limitation.”

Antonelli’s stunning 2026 season continued in Montreal as the teenager secured a fourth win of the season.

The 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' continues to live up to its name up with some truly astonishing finishes over the years, while also having a race in 1913 where the margin of victory was over 13 minutes between first and second...
It's should come as no surprise that in this increasingly competitive modern age with fields closer than they've ever been before, three of the five closest ...Keep reading

1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has warned Kimi Antonelli against buying into his own hype and to keep his cool in his first championship battle. 
The Italian driver, who is in his second season of F1, currently tops the championship with a 43-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell in second. 
Speaking on the F1 post-race show following the tense Canadian Grand ...Keep reading

The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host this coming Tuesday and Wednesday two days of private MotoGP testing, with the presence of the test teams of Aprilia, KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Ducati.
For this test, all manufacturers have Michelin and Pirelli tyres at their disposal, in order to continue developing the current 1000cc model and, if that is the case, continue advancing the 2027 ...Keep reading

George Russell and Kimi Antonelli delivered their first proper wheel-to-wheel battles over the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix weekend, starting with a fraught sprint race battle which left Antonelli frustrated by Russell's stout defending and prompted talks to clarify the team's rules of engagement.
Their battle resumed on Sunday in the grand prix until Russell disappeared on lap 30 with ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli made it four wins on the bounce in Canada, as the youngster extended his lead over team mate George Russell in the standings. Those two provided plenty of entertainment in Canada, until Russell was forced to retire with a problem.

Lawrence Barretto picks out his winners and losers from an eventful Canadian Grand Prix weekend.

Isack Hadjar recorded his best Grand Prix finish of the season in Canada, coming home fifth for Red Bull just behind Charles Leclerc. But the result does not tell the full story of a chaotic race that included two penalties that cost the Frenchman a huge chunk of time.

Despite improving to the top-four in the Canadian Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc reiterated his struggles over the weekend.

McLaren were set to be Mercedes' closest challengers in the Canadian Grand Prix, but the decision to start their drivers on intermediate tyres quickly backfired.

Valentino Rossi and his VR46 MotoGP team are facing an important decision regarding the 2027 season.
The squad has already locked down Fermin Aldeguer, who will move over from Gresini and whose salary will be covered directly by Ducati.
On the other side of the garage, Fabio Di Giannantonio will leave VR46 at the end of the season and move to the factory KTM team.
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The Guardian: “Mercedes duel a textbook example of racing”
Just as in Saturday’s sprint race, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli drew attention with an intense intra-team battle. The two came close to colliding several times and were urged to calm down, although that warning became unnecessary midway through the race when Russell retired with car trouble.
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The relief was written all over Kelvin van der Linde's face after his victory in the second DTM race at Zandvoort: The Schubert BMW driver had controlled the race with poise for long stretches before a mistake with about 20 minutes remaining momentarily cost him the lead.
"I was a bit annoyed with myself, but I couldn't think about it too much," the South African admitted during the post-race ...Keep reading

On The Chequered Flag podcast, former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley and F1 journalist Rebecca Clancey discuss the rivalry between Mercedes team-mates Kimi Antonelli and George Russell in their bid to top the drivers' championship.