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Kimi Antonelli secures pole position for the United States Grand Prix on the weekend on which he can potentially clinch his first world title.

Formula 1 heads into Sunday at Circuit of the Americas with Kimi Antonelli on pole and his first chance to clinch the 2026 world championship.
Antonelli starts ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar, while title rival George Russell lines up sixth. If Antonelli wins and Russell finishes ninth or lower, the Mercedes driver will be crowned world champion in Austin.
Charles Leclerc starts ...Keep reading

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Jeremy Clarkson had a single interview with Sky Sports F1 and yet it still resulted in chaos. The Clarkson's Farm presenter discussed a multitude of subjects with Martin Brundle, Naomi Schiff and Simon Lazenby, from Franco Colapinto's grid penalty "for being Argentinian" to his thoughts on Kim Kardashian.
Clarkson was Alpine's guest for the weekend at the Circuit of the Americas, having formed ...Keep reading

After every Formula 1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Championship leader Kimi Antonelli has claimed his seventh pole of 2026 at Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, defeating Max Verstappen in a thrillingly close qualifying session in Austin.
Antonelli surged to pole with his first of two Q3 runs, which yielded a 1m34.035s as he headed Red Bull tandem Verstappen and Isack Hadjar by around two tenths, as few frontrunners improved on their final ...Keep reading

Sammy Smith earned his fourth career win in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Talladega Superspeedway, and his first of the 2026 season.
Just like Friday's Truck Series race, Smith pulled off a last-lap pass to claim victory. Driving the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, he passed teammate Carson Kvapil to win by 0.084s at the checkered flag.
"Yeah, I'm out of breath," said Smith. "That ...Keep reading

Bobby Epstein, the chairman of the Circuit of the Americas, has responded to Max Verstappen's criticism of the track, admitting that the dip at the bottom of Turn 1 is "not acceptable".
Ahead of the United States Grand Prix, the four-time Formula 1 world champion used his media session to complain about the track surface, saying the bumps were "unacceptable" and adding that they had become "out ...Keep reading

It goes without saying but surviving The Big One on Sunday will go a long way to deciding the Chase for the NASCAR Cup Series Championship.
Kyle LarsonChristopher Bell -5Chase Briscoe -24Denny Hamlin -31Ryan Blaney -40Joey Logano -44Tyler Reddick -56
As if things were not tight enough after last Sunday at Phoenix Raceway when both Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin had issues from the standings ...Keep reading

George Russell has come up with a tongue-in-cheek plan to stop Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli from clinching the Formula 1 championship at the United States Grand Prix: take him out drinking.
Antonelli has the chance to claim his maiden F1 title as he heads into the race at the Circuit of the Americas with a 102-point lead over second-placed Russell in the standings. To secure the title, the ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli is on the verge of becoming a Formula 1 world champion, but the Mercedes driver was still spotted by fans making a faux pas in the car park, proving that even the most talented of drivers sometimes make a mistake.
The young Italian drove to the Circuit of the Americas this weekend in a personalised Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe thanks to the team's partnership with MANUFAKTUR. But ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton made it a practice clean sweep for Ferrari at the United States Grand Prix weekend.

Live coverage of the final Formula 1 practice session ahead of the 2026 United States Grand Prix in Austin.

On 24 March 2019, Colton Herta became the youngest ever IndyCar race winner at the Circuit of the Americas, taking the small Harding Steinbrenner Racing team to victory, aged just 18 years and 359 days old.
It was the start of a successful IndyCar career with Andretti, even if the title or Indianapolis 500 victory eluded the second-generation driver.
But when a late chance to pursue his ...Keep reading

NASCAR Cup title contender Chase Briscoe won qualifying on Saturday, earning pole position with a lap of 51.466s. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver beat Austin Hill's Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet by 0.032s, denying him what was almost his first-ever Cup Series pole.
Trackhouse locked out the second row with Connor Zilisch third and Shane van Gisbergen fourth, while Chris Buescher led the way ...Keep reading

Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner argued that Formula 1 should let fans sit on their favourite team's pitwall virtually and hear how strategy calls are made.
Horner has spent the past 15 months watching grands prix as a fan for the first time in his career, after leaving Red Bull in July 2025.
Speaking at the Autosport Business Exchange in New York on Wednesday ...Keep reading

Alpine driver Franco Colapinto made an appearance in front of fans at a Williams event, donning a Doctor Doom cape and mask. The Argentinian certainly made the most of this weekend's Marvel connection as he posed with fans for photos.
The driver was handed the costume during a Williams fan zone in downtown Austin where the team was promoting its partnership with the upcoming film Avengers ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton finished final practice on top at Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, leading Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc into qualifying at Austin.
Hamilton was the only driver to break the 1m35s barrier in the final 20 minutes of third practice, as frequent track limits transgressions kept Ferrari team-mate Leclerc from leapfrogging him on the leaderboard.
Following an opening ...Keep reading

There are impending changes coming to the dogleg shortcut at Phoenix Raceway.
As early as August, NASCAR officials had brought up to drivers in a scheduled competition meeting that it was alarmed by the g-force numbers being placed upon drivers while transitioning to the apron from the banking.
The numbers came from the mouth pieces drivers wear that record such loads.
Bubba Wallace says ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo made a surprise appearance on stage in Austin, Texas, with American singer-songwriter Rob Baird.
The Australian joined Baird at the Ford Racing and Enchanté pop-up on Friday night to play harmonica on an original song he co-wrote with Baird during a road trip to the United States Grand Prix.
A fan video of the performance, posted on Instagram, had ...Keep reading