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Zane Smith fined $50,000 by NASCAR for ramming Carson Hocevar after Phoenix Cup race

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 22:35
NASCAR has made the decision to penalize Zane Smith, fining the Front Row Motorsports driver $50,000 for slamming into Carson Hocevar after last weekend's NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway.
Smith was frustrated after a run-in with Hocevar cost him a potential top ten in the final 15 laps of the race. Hocevar, after getting a bump from Ross Chastain, skated up the track into Turn 3 and ...Keep reading

How Williams entered the Marvel Universe

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 20:08
From a Doctor Doom-inspired Formula 1 livery to a comic book featuring Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, discover how Williams joined forces with Marvel.

FIA expects F1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi to continue as planned

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 18:02
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is confident that the Formula 1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead, amid the current tensions in the Middle East.
Due to the conflict between the United States-Israel and Iran, the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled earlier this year, although the Bahraini organisers effectively moved its postponed grand prix to Malaysia. Ship attacks in ...Keep reading

TDS Racing doubles down on IMSA program with two-car LMP2 return

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 18:00
TDS Racing is expanding its presence in North America, confirming a return to a two-car LMP2 effort in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the first time in three years.
The French squad, led by Xavier Combet, will field two Oreca 07 Gibson prototypes as it aims for top honours in the highly competitive class.
The team’s #11 entry will feature the returning duo of Tobi Lutke ...Keep reading

Why Isack Hadjar doesn’t like F1 sprints anymore

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 17:40
Isack Hadjar has changed his mind about sprint weekends in Formula 1, after his Singapore Grand Prix turned into an ordeal.
The Red Bull racer’s weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit started poorly as he complained that his Red Bull bottomed too much – especially in braking zones – in Free Practice 1, where he was seven tenths slower than team-mate Max Verstappen.
Sprint qualifying ...Keep reading

The 5 drivers most like to qualify quickest in Austin

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 17:04
We have looked at the betting markets for Qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas to assess the leading contenders for pole.

HINCHCLIFFE: Why Lawson deserves to keep his seat at Racing Bulls

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 17:04
IndyCar winner and F1 TV analyst on the selection problem facing the Racing Bulls bosses ahead of next season.

Why Red Bull and Audi’s floor stay trick is banned for 2027

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 17:04
Mark Hughes explains how a floor stay exemption has allowed Red Bull and Audi to run sharper sidepod undercuts in 2026 – and how the FIA’s rule change will curb the benefit from 2027.

The 5 drivers most likely to win the United States GP

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 17:04
We look at the betting markets to predict the five most likely drivers to win at the Circuit of the Americas.

Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen to race for JR Motorsports again in 2027

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 16:55
Teammates Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen will be back with JR Motorsports for a handful of NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) races in 2027. 
Chastain, a Coca-Cola 600 winner in the Cup Series, joined the Earnhardt-led team for five NOAPS races in 2025, recording three top fives. He returned to the No. 9 Chevrolet in 2026 for another five races, earning a pole position at Dover ...Keep reading

NASCAR legend Fred Lorenzen first driver diagnosed with CTE after donating brain

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 16:38
Fred Lorenzen died in December of 2024 at the age of 89, the end of a life that included a remarkable career at the top level of NASCAR.
Almost two years later, the Concussion & CTE Foundation have announced that he is now the first driver to officially be diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), noting that he suffered from Stage 3 CTE after his racing career. You cannot ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen defends Chris Lulham after online abuse

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 16:33
Max Verstappen has issued a firm response in defense of his Verstappen Racing teammate Chris Lulham, after the British driver was subjected to a wave of online abuse following a race-altering collision at the GT World Challenge Europe season finale in Portimao.
The incident occurred during the second hour of the three-hour Endurance Cup race on Saturday when Lulham, driving the #3 2 Seas ...Keep reading

Mercedes: “We had people who hadn’t done a live pitstop for 15 years” in Singapore GP

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 15:51
Mercedes has revealed some of its pitcrew members at the Singapore Grand Prix were doing their first live Formula 1 pitstops in 15 years.
F1 recently completed its first of (provisionally) three triple-headers to conclude the 23-round 2026 season, with a strenuous Azerbaijan-Malaysia-Singapore sequence.
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli came away from the triple-header winless, yet with an ...Keep reading

MotoGP to stage demo at F1 United States Grand Prix

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 14:56
Formula 1's United States GP will feature a MotoGP demonstration, as reported by Motorsport.com in July, in an attempt to introduce the two-wheeled championship to a larger American audience.
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Formula 1MotoGP eyes Austin showcase during F1 GP weekend



Four MotoGP bikes will take to the Circuit of the Americas - which features on the MotoGP ...Keep reading

What could ‘formidable’ Red Bull achieve after resurgence?

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 14:00
In the latest episode of official podcast, F1 Nation, Jolyon Palmer and Alex Jacques discuss how Red Bull can build on their impressive turnaround in the future.

WRC star Thierry Neuville makes successful historic circuit racing debut

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 13:30
World Rally Championship driver Thierry Neuville took victory on his historic circuit racing debut at the Imola Classic.
The 2024 WRC champion swapped rally machinery for a Ford Escort RS1600 and his own BMW M3 E30, competing in the Heritage Touring Car Cup category at the Le Mans Classic Series event at the Emilia-Romagna circuit. The field also included the likes of former British Touring ...Keep reading

F1’s former fuel flow meter supplier sues its replacement ahead of US GP

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 12:35
Formula 1’s former fuel flow meter supplier, Sentronics Holdings Ltd, has taken its replacement to court in Texas. The company claims that the sensors now used by every car in the championship infringe its patent.
The British company filed the case against German manufacturer Allengra GmbH in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on 16 October. This comes just days before ...Keep reading

Christian Horner: Kimi Antonelli has 'earned' the right to be Mercedes' number one

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 12:16
Christian Horner reckons the soon-to-be Formula 1 world champion Kimi Antonelli has ‘earned’ his right to become the outright number-one driver at Mercedes after a dominant 2026.
The 20-year-old holds a 102-point lead over team-mate George Russell in second with six rounds remaining this season, so he can clinch the title in Austin next time out.
Antonelli has achieved this in only his ...Keep reading

Lando Norris suffers defeat to F1 rivals in hilarious UNO showdown

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-10-20 11:56
Formula 1 drivers Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri went head to head at a super-sized game of UNO in a video that has quickly racked up more than 320,000 views in less than a day.
Formula 1 posted the clip on YouTube, describing it as “the McLaren duo” being “joined by Pierre Gasly for a game of super-sized UNO in the paddock”.
The cards were roughly the size of a sign ...Keep reading

How Marcin Budkowski is shaping Cadillac’s next chapter

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-10-20 10:51
Marcin Budkowski took over from Graeme Lowdon as Cadillac Team Principal in the summer, and has plenty on the agenda as he looks to develop F1's newest outfit.

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