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James Vowles targets Williams reset ahead of F1 Belgian GP: "Come back swinging"

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 14:05
Williams team principal James Vowles has promised that the Grove outfit will "reset and come back swinging" at the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix, as the team looks to bounce back from a challenging home race.
Following a difficult British Grand Prix that yielded more questions than answers regarding the team's latest upgrade package, Williams is currently undertaking an internal ...Keep reading

MotoGP German GP: Marc Marquez dominates, jumps to third in the standings

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 13:52
Marc Marquez converted pole position into a dominant victory in the German Grand Prix to snatch third place in the MotoGP standings heading into the summer break.
With his nearest challenger Alex Marquez crashing out of second place even before the one-third mark of the race, the factory Ducati faced little opposition at the Sachsenring, taking the chequered flag with a convincing margin of ...Keep reading

Lando Norris reflects on childhood dream during Goodwood Festival of Speed balcony celebration

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 13:08
2025 Formula 1 champion Lando Norris was met with cheering crowds as he took to the iconic Goodwood House balcony during the Festival of Speed.
Before a special balcony celebration of his maiden championship title, Norris took the McLaren MCL60 up the famous Goodwood hillclimb. He parked the 2023 machinery in front of Goodwood House and was guided to the balcony by the Duke of ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi undergoes successful surgery in Italy, targets British GP return

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 12:43
Marco Bezzecchi is aiming to make a comeback in MotoGP’s British Grand Prix next month after undergoing a successful surgery on his broken collarbone in Italy.
Following a crash during qualifying for the German Grand Prix on Saturday, Bezzecchi immediately returned home to Italy to meet Dr. Giuseppe Porcellini. 
Aprilia had already revealed that his injury required immediate operation ...Keep reading

Lando Norris opens door to Valentino Rossi partnership for Le Mans campaign

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 11:39
Lando Norris has shared his hopes of teaming up with his childhood hero and MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi for a 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign in the future.
The 2025 Formula 1 champion, famously a huge fan of the nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion, joined Rossi at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday via their mutual sponsor, Monster Energy.
Appearing together on the famous ...Keep reading

Audi's "target" is to fight for F1 title by 2030, says Mattia Binotto

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 09:01
Audi boss Mattia Binotto has set a target of competing for the Formula 1 championship by 2030 after a steady start for the series debutant.
The German marque took Sauber’s spot on the F1 grid for 2026, and nine rounds into the campaign it is ninth in the standings with six points via sophomore Gabriel Bortoleto.
Although Bortoleto's veteran team-mate Nico Hulkenberg is yet to score a ...Keep reading

Supercars Townsville: Brodie Kostecki dominates race three

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 08:15
Brodie Kostecki has rewarded Dick Johnson Racing with a dominant win in the third and final Supercars race on the streets of Townsville, in far north Queensland.
Kostecki may have been shaded in qualifying, when fellow Ford Mustang driver Cam Waters (Tickford) took pole and led away at the start. But Kostecki got on the move quickly, taking second place from a fast-starting Ryan Wood ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez dismisses "karma" narrative after Marco Bezzecchi injury

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 06:00
Marc Marquez has defended Marco Bezzecchi from online hate after the Aprilia rider suffered a fracture to his collarbone during the German Grand Prix qualifying.
Bezzecchi was forced to withdraw from Sachsenring midway through the weekend following a nasty highside on Saturday afternoon, dealing another blow to his title hopes in MotoGP this year.
The injury followed just weeks after the ...Keep reading

The club Norris joins with 40 consecutive Q3 appearances

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-07-12 05:14
At Silverstone, Lando Norris became the sixth driver in history to make Q3 in 40 consecutive Grands Prix weekends.

Justin Allgaier wins chaotic Atlanta NASCAR O'Reilly race

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 04:10
Justin Allgaier now has six wins in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts season, but the most recent victory came in a wildly unpredictable way. Restarting fifth in double overtime, he survived the chaos to claim his 34th career win.
It was a JR Motorsports 1-2, with Carson Kvapil narrowly snagging second right at the finish line. Parker Retzlaff was third, William Sawalich fourth, and Anthony ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar, Zane Smith are in a feud that only one understands

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-07-12 00:18
In addition to a meeting with Shane Van Gisbergen and Austin Hill, NASCAR officials also called Zane Smith and Carson Hocevar into the Cup Series hauler to address their rivalry and what happened on Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway.
Smith and Hocevar crashed on Lap 32, following a sequence of hard racing between them, resulting in both having their cars severely damaged. Since then, Smith has ...Keep reading

NASCAR Cup Atlanta starting lineup: Penske 1-2 with Ryan Blaney on pole

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 22:55
Ryan Blaney will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday night's NASCAR Cup race, driving the No. 12 Team Penske Ford. This is Blaney's 14th career pole and his second of the 2026 season.
Blaney's pole lap was 30.815s, 0.036s clear of Penske teammate Joey Logano, who will join him on the front row in the No. 22 Team Penske Ford.
And while he was happy with the pole, Blaney knows there are ...Keep reading

IMSA Chevrolet Grand Prix starting lineup: Late drama decides LMP2, GTD pole position

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 22:37
Jeremy Clarke captured pole for the Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
It was a furious fight for the top spot, with Clarke prevailing with a 1m07.904s flying lap in Inter Europol Competition’s #43 ORECA LMP2 07 on the 10-turn, 2.459-mile natural terrain road course. It marks Clarke’s fourth career pole, but first at the track widely recognized as ...Keep reading

NASCAR meets with Austin Hill, Shane van Gisbergen amidst tension

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 22:30
As detailed earlier in the week, NASCAR officials met with Shane Van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway to discuss the increasing tensions between them over the past month.
While this is a bit of a rivalry that began during their time in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series, the past three weeks have heightened the animosity. Van Ginsbergen was leading the race ...Keep reading

Lando Norris gives McLaren MCL-HY public debut at Goodwood

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 22:20
The McLaren Hypercar completed its first public laps with the reigning Formula 1 World Champion Lando Norris at the wheel of the V6 turbo-powered LMDh that is set to challenge for wins in the World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours from 2027 onwards.
The 26-year-old took on the 1.16-mile hillclimb at the Duke of Richmond’s estate twice on Friday. On Saturday, McLaren ...Keep reading

Thomas Annunziata hospitalized after NASCAR Truck fire

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 21:50
Thomas Annunziata earned a big win in Friday's ARCA Menards Series race at Lime Rock Park. The 21-year-old led 59 of 68 laps and won by nearly ten seconds, but things did not go nearly as smoothly in Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race.
He qualified fourth, making just his second start in the Truck Series. He also ran this race one year ago, finishing 15th. But this year, he had a ...Keep reading

Grant Enfinger wins crash-filled NASCAR Truck race at Lime Rock Park

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 21:29
For the first time in 40 races, Grant Enfinger has captured the checkered flag in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Winning at Lime Rock Park, Enfinger secured his 13th career victory with CR7 Motorsports.
Enfinger took the lead on the final restart, and then held off Landen Lewis to claim victory at the Connecticut road course. Lewis finished second in his career-best finish, while Kaden ...Keep reading

WEC Brazil: Will Stevens leads front-row lockout for Cadillac, Toyota struggles

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 19:54
Will Stevens pipped Jack Aitken in the final moments of qualifying to lead a front-row lockout for Cadillac at the World Endurance Championship’s Six Hours of Brazil.
Aitken appeared on course to take pole position in the #38 Jota Cadillac V-Series.R after topping the opening segment of qualifying and finding another four tenths in Hyperpole.
But moments after the Briton pulled into the ...Keep reading

FIA recognises companies through global road safety programme during the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 18:49
The 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, the Brazilian round of the World Endurance Championship, will host an initiative by the FIA that extends the discussion on safety beyond the race track. During the event, the organisation will highlight companies certified under the FIA Road Safety Index, an international programme that assesses the maturity of road safety management in corporate and logistics ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff "too smart" to sign Max Verstappen, says Guenther Steiner

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-07-11 18:38
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has questioned why Mercedes would attempt to sign four-time champion Max Verstappen, suggesting that team boss Toto Wolff is "too smart" to make such a move.
Verstappen's future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks. In addition to his dislike of the new regulation cars, the Red Bull driver has also faced issues with ...Keep reading

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