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If taking on Marc Marquez in a closely fought battle for the MotoGP world title is already difficult enough, Martín’s challenge has become even more complicated following his crash during the sprint at the Australian Grand Prix.
The incident came as he was going head-to-head with the reigning champion in an explosive duel that lasted eight and a half laps. Martin’s tumble through the ...Keep reading

Jolyon Palmer wasn't trying to be creative when he asked Liam Lawson about his future during F1 TV's live post-race coverage. It was simply a question anyone would ask – perhaps even Lawson himself. The sort of question you ask without really expecting an answer, more out of wonderment as to why the answer isn't already an obvious yes.
"Another race, another win, in the race that you were in ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia has revealed that MotoGP riders were not consulted before the championship cancelled Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, but said they had to respect the decision because safety was at stake.
The iconic Australian circuit was unable to give MotoGP a proper racing farewell due to the adverse weather conditions. After several delays, the weekend’s ...Keep reading

The new Toyota GR GT3 will make its competition debut in Japan next month ahead of a wider rollout in 2027.
Rookie Racing, a team owned by Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda, will enter the Japanese marque’s next-generation GT3 car at the SUPER GT finale at Motegi on 7-8 November. 
The GR GT3 will replace the squad’s regular #32 Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the GT3 division and will compete as an ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen secured his tenth podium finish of the 2026 Formula 1 season in Austin, his sixth in succession since his crash at Zandvoort. It is an impressive statistic, although it did little to satisfy him at the Circuit of the Americas.
On Saturday, the pace appeared to be there to take pole position – at least judging by Verstappen's impressive Q2 lap – but he inexplicably lost grip ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso let rip at Williams' Alex Albon after contact between their cars on the opening lap of the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. It cost the Aston Martin driver four places in Austin and left him with floor damage, which compromised the AMR26 for the rest of the race.
The two-time world champion lost one position at the start from 12th on the grid as Esteban Ocon surged from 15th ...Keep reading

On the final lap of Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway, Kyle Larson entered Turn 3 in 11th place, but rapidly cut through the pack to snatch victory away from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and William Byron.
However, some people raised questions over the pivotal pass for the win, and if Larson dipped his left-side tires below the yellow line as he ripped by Todd Gilliland in the ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff has explained why he rates Kimi Antonelli’s dominant United States Grand Prix victory as his “best race” yet, while offering an insight into the championship leader’s relaxed mindset.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from race day at the Circuit of The Americas for the United States Grand Prix.

The Circuit of The Americas put on another show as Kimi Antonelli beat Charles Leclerc to bring the Drivers' Championship within his reach.

Guenther Steiner and Damon Hill join Rosanna to look back at the race in Austin

All the key BBC coverage details for the Mexico City Grand Prix, which takes place from 30 October to 1 November.

Austin's Formula 1 race was no instant classic, which was somewhat unfortunate because a lot of the ingredients were there. Four teams were relatively closely matched, and all three tyre compounds were in play to prompt a battle between different strategies.
But there was little the Circuit of the Americas could throw at winner Kimi Antonelli to unsettle the 20-year-old as he is now all but ...Keep reading

BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin rates how the drivers performed during the United States Grand Prix.

This was objectively decisive.
Kyle Larson responded to his only real setback in the Chase for the Championship at Phoenix with his first career victory on a superspeedway at Talladega while also scoring the most stage points of everyone else.
Meanwhile, practically everyone chasing him in the standings were involved in incidents, and the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team looked like a team ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli's Austin win was "the best he has delivered", according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, even if it wasn't quite enough to give him the title.

For a moment, it looked as if Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Hyak Motorsports were about to spoil the Chase contenders' day in Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Talladega.
Stenhouse took the lead as Kyle Larson got shuffled out of line by Austin Hill on the white flag lap, and then opened a gap as those behind him made contact. At the exit of Turn 4, he had Hill directly behind him, but the power cut out on ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has admitted that the issue the team has faced at the start of races won't be fixed until next season. This comes after Isack Hadjar called for the clutch to be redesigned following a difficult start to his United States Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver dropped from third to fifth as the lights turned off at the start of the Austin race, with Hadjar blaming ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton highlighted problems with the balance of his car as he finished in fourth, while Charles Leclerc claimed another podium in Austin.

Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar were left frustrated after they were held back by problems for Red Bull at the United States Grand Prix.