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Everyone has had something to say about Carson Hocevar this week.
The driver of the No. 77 was already the most heavily scrutinized driver in the Cup Series, and his spin out of Brad Keselowski at the Southern 500, and his subsequent shrugging off of the contact, only added more fuel to the fire.
Hocevar has gotten heat from his fellow drivers, the media, and plenty of fans. But he's also ...Keep reading

The lucky winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli has further extended his championship lead over George Russell, who could do no better than fifth, and over Lewis Hamilton, who was forced to retire due to a brake problem.
Third in a race he had looked well placed to win before the Virtual Safety Car, Lando Norris takes the opportunity to close to within five points of the seven-time ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli prevailed in the Spanish Grand Prix, Formula 1’s first race at the Madring, as polesitter Lando Norris’ race was derailed by strategy.
Norris comfortably pulled away in the early stages of the race, but he pitted right after a virtual safety car intervention, which pegged him so far back that he lost the victory.
Scruffy start as frontrunners cut corners
Pirelli ...Keep reading

Faultless Kimi Antonelli takes another title step
Guess what? When all is said and done, Kimi Antonelli is the winner of the weekend. It's not the first time this year that Mercedes hasn't been the dominant force. In fact, it has been beaten to pole for the fourth straight race.
There are a number of ways F1's first visit to the Madring could have gone wrong for an inexperienced driver like ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi admitted that his crash out of the lead of the San Marino Grand Prix “hurts a lot”, but denied suggestions that he put too much pressure on himself in his home MotoGP race.
After putting his Aprilia on pole with a record-breaking lap in qualifying, Bezzecchi covered the inside line at the start to hold the lead from Marc Marquez into Turn 1. This was already a significant ...Keep reading

The winner of a completely crazy Sunday race at the Sachsenring is Ben Dorr. The Dorr-McLaren driver was unstoppable and triumphed despite a wild tyre gamble before the start as well as several accidents and safety-car periods, which wiped out his comfortable lead shortly before the end.
Thomas Preining (Manthey-Porsche) finishes second and takes a step towards winning the title. That is ...Keep reading

At WWT Raceway, Jesse Love earned his very first win of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts season. The Richard Childress Racing driver has always been a big fan of Kyle Busch, and honored him with a No. 8 flag after winning at Gateway -- the site of Busch's final Cup win.
In the winner's press conference, Love told an emotional story about the two-time NASCAR Cup champion, who died suddenly at ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar found himself on the receiving end of plenty of criticism last week after he seemed to brush off his spin of Brad Keselowski when asked about the contact they made after the conclusion of the Southern 500.
The driver of the No. 77 was called out by his fellow drivers — including Keselowski himself and Chase leader Denny Hamlin — as well as by many members of the NASCAR ...Keep reading

The full official starting order for Sunday's 2026 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.

Live coverage of Sunday's Formula 1 TAG Heuer Gran Premio de Espana 2026 in Madrid.

Ugo Ugochukwu claimed the Formula 3 title in the final race of the season as Tuukka Taponen became an F3 winner for the first time in the Madrid Feature Race 2.

Marc Marquez capitalised on an opening-lap crash for Aprilia rival Marco Bezzecchi to win the San Marino Grand Prix and secure the lead in the MotoGP standings.
With Bezzecchi making another grave error early in the race after starting from pole position, the reigning world champion inherited the lead on the opening lap and then fought off Jorge Martin and Alex Marquez to claim his fifth win ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff briefly believed Kimi Antonelli had taken pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix – until Lando Norris snatched it away.
Antonelli markedly improved on his initial 1m32.140s on his second Q3 run at the new Madring track, setting a 1m31.835s and outpacing all his rivals by at least 0.178s.
All, but one. Norris, whose first effort was a ...Keep reading

Difficult Sunday qualifying for the DTM at the Sachsenring on a wet track: after a downpour this morning it did dry out, but it was still too damp for slicks. Pole position was secured by Winward-Mercedes driver Maro Engel with a 1:26.307, which is around ten seconds slower than the times on a dry track.
The 41-year-old thereby cut his deficit in the overall standings to three points to DTM ...Keep reading

Zak Brown believes Lando Norris is still in contention for this year's drivers' title after claiming pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix, stating "until it's not possible, it's possible".

Pedro Clerot earned a maiden Formula 3 victory in the Madrid Feature Race 1 as Campos Racing sealed the Teams' Title

Max Verstappen says he still needs to figure out where to overtake if he is to beat Lando Norris to victory in Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.
Verstappen qualified third at Madrid’s new street circuit, just over a tenth slower than polesetter Norris and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
Asked if he could challenge the McLaren for victory, the Red Bull driver was skeptical, given how tricky ...Keep reading

Colton Herta has withdrawn from both races at the Madring Formula 2 round.
The Hitech driver crashed out of qualifying on Friday at Madrid’s new track, with the rear end slipping away in Turn 19. He hit both walls, damaging the front, the rear and the right-hand side of his car.
 
Herta successively withdrew from both races on Saturday and Sunday, reportedly feeling “unwell”. No ...Keep reading

The circuit in Madrid has offered Formula 1 drivers a surprisingly high level of grip during their first visit, something that is certainly not a given at a new circuit. The grip level has taken some teams in the paddock by surprise, although the very high tyre degradation so far has done the same.
"It was tricky at the start of the weekend because this track has so much grip, even though it's ...Keep reading

Ugo Ugochukwu became the 2026 Formula 3 champion on Sunday, despite coming into the Madring weekend as a dark horse.
Campos Racing’s Ugochukwu and Trident’s Freddie Slater emerged as the two title contenders over the summer, courtesy of their consistency in feature races. In the first seven rounds of the season – until the summer break – Slater finished six feature races on the podium ...Keep reading