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Organisers of Formula 1's Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid are ready to make tweaks to the Madring circuit to boost overtaking for 2027, and have already received recommendations from the FIA.
The 5.4km circuit around Madrid's IFEMA fairgrounds, which made its competition debut last weekend, was praised by drivers and teams for its facilities and its driving challenge. But while the tricky ...Keep reading

Honda have announced that it will make changes to the leadership of their Formula 1 power unit development programme.

Michael Lamonato assesses the VSC's impact on Lando Norris during Sunday's Grand Prix, and how the timing effectively locked the McLaren driver into a third-placed finish.

Honda changes the leadership of its Formula 1 engine programme after the Japanese manufacturer's disappointing start to its return to the sport this season.

Aston Martin's engine partner Honda has replaced the project leader of its Formula 1 power unit programme as it aims to claw its way back into contention.
On Monday the Japanese manufacturer announced engine development leader Tetsushi Kakuda is set to be replaced by his current assistant Yoichiro Fukao, effective on 1 October. Honda Racing Corporation said the move was part of a "planned ...Keep reading

The San Marino Grand Prix marked another turning point in the 2026 MotoGP season, as Marc Marquez and Ducati moved to the top in their respective standings.
What was expected to be a close two-way fight for victory ultimately became a one-man affair when Marco Bezzecchi faltered after a clean start from pole position.
With 14 races complete and the calendar potentially reduced to 21, a new ...Keep reading

It is almost exactly 10 years since Formula 1 first took to the streets of Baku in June 2016. Everyone was curious to see what Azerbaijan's Grand Prix debut would bring, and plenty had predicted a chaotic race littered with crashes on the street circuit. In the end, things turned out rather differently, and the European Grand Prix sent plenty of Formula 1 fans to sleep - and that was in the early ...Keep reading

Oh, the irony!
Lando Norris found exactly the right words for his team on the cooldown lap in Madrid.
“We were too quick, that’s all it was.”
That’s literally what happened, isn’t it? Lance Stroll parked his Aston Martin at Turn 20 on lap 13 - he had a brake problem, not that he’d simply had enough of the race, by the way - and Norris was just a few corners away from the ...Keep reading

Ultimately, the beauty of the new Chase for the Championship format is that is that with enough wins and stage points, no deficit is ultimately insurmountable and no points lead is safe.
However.
On Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway, several mulligans were utilized and there very well could have been numerous eliminations even if that is not a thing the Cup Series literally does ...Keep reading

245 swear words were picked up on NASCAR Cup radios during Sunday's wild race at WWT Raceway, and with the Sanctioning Body paying a self-imposed $5 fine for each one, that's a total of $1,225 added to the swear jar.
As part of this new promotion, fans can win the money in that jar if they can correctly guess the number of swear words across radio channels every Sunday.
At last week's ...Keep reading

16 months51 races 
If it wasn’t for the fact that the punditry has made a big deal out of this, Kyle Larson wouldn’t know or wouldn’t care how long it’s been since he had won a NASCAR Cup Series race.
May 11, 2025 at Kansas Speedway 
To him, the stat simply didn’t mean that much. Sure, there was a championship win in November but the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team has been ...Keep reading

It's safe to say that everyone had something to say about Carson Hocevar this week.
After Hocevar made contact with Brad Keselowski at Darlington, and then seemed pretty nonplussed when asked about it after the race, people across NASCAR media offered their take on how the young driver handled the situation.
Many of these call outs were negative, with the likes of Denny Hamlin and Freddie ...Keep reading

After a dizzying NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway with a track record 18 cautions, Denny Hamlin still holds onto the championship lead, but he's just nine points ahead.
Kyle Larson was the biggest mover, jumping five positions after earning his first victory in 51 races, now right behind Hamlin in the battle for the lead. Southern 500 winner Christopher Bell is now 18 points back in third
The ...Keep reading

Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway was one where the hits just kept coming for Tyler Reddick and the No. 45 team. On just the third lap of the race, he got squeezed into the wall by Daniel Suarez and needed to pit for repairs to a toelink.
He battled back inside the top ten by the end of an exhausting day with nonstop incidents, reaching a track record of 18 cautions. With 18 laps to go ...Keep reading

It was a good day for Joey Logano and the No. 22 at Gateway on Sunday, but just not good enough.
Logano ran up front all day, leading 96 laps at the Enjoy Illinois 300, more than any other driver on the track.
But in a race that featured a season-high 18 cautions, sometimes, the timing isn't going to break your way, and that's the fate that the No. 22 suffered. While Logano was in position ...Keep reading

Following a race that featured a Gateway record and season-high 18 cautions, Bubba Wallace voiced what many drivers were surely feeling after Sunday's grueling NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway (Gateway).
Wallace finished 14th, despite spinning twice in a chaotic race. Of the nine drivers who failed to reach the checkered flag, five of them were Chase drivers. All three 23XI Racing drivers were ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman was racing with a heavy heart this weekend at Gateway after the passing of his dog, Finn.
Bowman shared the difficult news on social media ahead of Sunday's race, and included many happy pictures of him and Finn together.
"I don’t know how to say this out loud, but last night I lost my best friend," Bowman wrote in the caption. "You only get a dog like Finn once in a lifetime ...Keep reading

There was plenty of chaos in Sunday's NASCAR race at Gateway, with the Cup Series bringing out a season-high 18 cautions by the time the checkered flag was waved.
One of those cautions spelled an early end for Chase Briscoe and Chase Elliott. With 27 laps left to race, Elliott's No. 9 suffered a brake failure—one of several across the field on the day—and caught Briscoe's No. 19 with ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday at WWT Raceway (Gateway), collecting his 33rd career victory. However, the race will be remembered for an absurd number of cautions and non-stop chaos throughout.
The race featured 18 cautions, a record for both the entire history of racing at Gateway and the 2026 season. The race was also slowed by two red flags in the final stage, ending in ...Keep reading

Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at WWT Raceway descended into a chaotic contest featuring 18 cautions and two red flags.
For the first time since attempting the 2025 Indy 500/Coke 600 double, Kyle Larson returned to Victory Lane, winning his 33rd career race and his first in 51 starts.
The race featured 18 cautions, a record for both WWT Raceway and the entire 2026 season. There were also two red ...Keep reading