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Philippe Prette is the first champion to be crowned in the 2026 season of the GT2 European Series, which saw Ginetta dominate across the board in both qualifying and the races at Zandvoort.
While the Gialdini-Njor duo took the overall and SILVER Class honours in both Dutch rounds, the Monegasque driver from LP Racing took no chances and, with great determination, secured two victories in the ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has warned that the organisers of the Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring circuit must urgently change the track's layout for 2027.
The inaugural 2026 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid drew widespread criticism from drivers, fans and pundits following a processional race that featured virtually no overtaking.
While Kimi Antonelli secured his ...Keep reading

Leaving aside private tests with test riders, the 2026 MotoGP testing calendar had two dates scheduled for race riders to have a first contact with the new Pirelli tyres, which in 2027 will replace the current supplier.
The first of these tests took place on the Monday after the Czech Republic Grand Prix on 22 June, a day for which no official results were released, although it was taken as a ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari and Williams race engineer Rob Smedley has proposed that Formula 1 introduce an "augmented" stewarding group to accelerate in-race decisions and prevent straightforward incidents from dragging on beyond the chequered flag.
During an appearance on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer, Smedley ...Keep reading

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, McLaren wrote one of the most successful chapters in their F1 story – the squad racking up four successive Teams’ Championships and four straight Drivers’ Championships with engine partner Honda between 1988-1991.

From Red Bull's Star Wars livery in Monaco to George Lucas on the podium, revisit the memorable moments when Star Wars crossed over with Formula 1.

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has argued that the FIA must speed up its decision-making processes when neutralising F1 races, stating there is clear "room for improvement" following the Spanish Grand Prix.
McLaren's Lando Norris lost a likely victory at the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring circuit after Aston Martin's Lance Stroll stopped on track with a brake failure. When ...Keep reading

Two weeks after the horrific crash in Shanghai, Ollie Millroy has been discharged from hospital and will be able to continue his recovery at home.
The British driver was innocently caught up in a pile-up in in Race 1 of the China GT, with his Ferrari 296 catching fire. He was heroically pulled out by Loek Hartog, who had stopped his Porsche to come to his colleague’s aid, partly due to the ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson has become just the third different driver to lead the championship standings this year, joining Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin in that very exclusive club.
Larson is now a single point ahead of Hamlin, and things remain incredibly close three races into the ten-race Chase for the championship.
After a surprise late charge netted him his 40th career win at Bristol, Joey Logano ...Keep reading

There are still eight races remaining in the 2026 season, with uncertainty surrounding the Qatar round, but much of the MotoGP grid is already looking ahead to next year.
That is hardly surprising, not only because several riders will change teams and take their careers in new directions, but also because 2027 will bring one of the biggest technical revolutions in MotoGP history.
It is ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup race at Bristol did not go the way Alex Bowman had hoped, and ended in an awkward crash with the leaders that left him feeling embarrassed.
The moment in question took place with 70 laps to go. Alex Bowman was running 20th, already off the lead lap, and in danger of going another lap down. As Ty Gibbs took the lead from Carson Hocevar, he tried to go up the middle between the ...Keep reading

The theme of the month has been that no one was going to do anything about it and that changed with Ryan Blaney on Saturday in the Bristol Night Race.
It, of course, refers to Carson Hocevar.
When the Chase for the Championship began three weeks ago, NASCAR sent out an unorthodox press release titled 15 vs. 1, which highlighted the simmering tension between Hocevar and literally everyone he ...Keep reading

One of the best parts of the pre-race festivities for the annual Bristol Night Race is the fact that the Cup drivers get to walk out to their hand-picked intro songs ahead of the 500-lap race.
Some fantastic moments have been born from it, like when Brad Keselowski walked out to AC/DC's 'For Those About To Rock' in 2010, and then proceeded to grab a microphone to tell the audience that "Kyle ...Keep reading

Joey Logano is a 40-time race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series, passing Carson Hocevar and Ty Gibbs with about seven laps to go to win the Bristol Night Race.
It was a fairly clean race for the first two stages with only two natural yellows, but that changed dramatically in the final stage. The race ended with a total of ten cautions, and just 12 cars on the lead lap.
Logano led 93 laps en ...Keep reading

Joey Logano somehow emerged victorious at Bristol Motor Speedway. As Ty Gibbs and Carson Hocevar ran each other up the track on the final restart Logano slipped by to take the win.
Logano was met with boos from the crowd, which he acknowledged during his post-race interview.
"Come on, Bristol. I hear you down here. I had a really good race car. Team Penske put together a great car. We were ...Keep reading

Bristol has been called 'The Last Great Colosseum, and for good reason. It has a storied history of rivalries, wrecks, and tempers overflowing. Saturday night was no different.
Ryan Blaney passed Carson Hocevar for second place late in the race, and when Hocevar tried to immediately cross him over, Blaney tried to block. Hocevar, who is known for his aggressive style, did not lift.
Blaney ...Keep reading

At Bristol Motor Speedway, there were a mountain of tributes honoring Kyle Busch, who won a record 23 races across all three national divisions at the iconic half-mile.
M&M's made a surprise return to NASCAR, sponsoring Ty Gibbs' No. 54 with a Kyle Busch tribute scheme. The Busch family was at the track, with Brexton walking out with Ty in driver introductions.
On the grid, Samantha gave a ...Keep reading

Tom Blomqvist put Acura Meyer Shank Racing on pole in a weather-impacted qualifying round in the Battle on the Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Driving the team’s #60 Acura ARX-06, Blomqvist delivered a flying lap of 1m14.674s to take the top spot on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course. It marks Blomqvist’s seventh career pole, and the 25th pole in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar ...Keep reading

Josef Newgarden is very content with his life as a perennial IndyCar Series contender but there are very specific NASCAR things he wants to do someday no matter how historically unrealistic it might be.
The now 35-year-old two-time IndyCar Series champion and two-time Indianapolis 500 winner is driving the pace car on Saturday in the Bristol Night Race in his native Tennessee. His NASCAR ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup Series held its first official race in Latin America in 2025 when the top division of stock cars visited Mexico City at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, a competition that was not renewed for 2026 and is also not being considered for 2027.
However, Mexican-born driver Daniel Suárez does not rule out the possibility that the NASCAR Cup could visit Mexico again. Ahead of this ...Keep reading