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76 years later: The shared history of Ryan Preece and NASCAR's forgotten champion

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 14:15
2026 has been a fun season for NASCAR fans interested in numerology, specifically in relation to race-winning car numbers.
Tyler Reddick was the first driver to ever win the Daytona 500 with the No. 45, while it also became the 31st different car number to win NASCAR's biggest race.
Shane van Gisbergen finally got to drive his No. 97 in the Cup Series, and was the first driver in 21 years to ...Keep reading

Rivals copying Ferrari F1 aero designs "a good reward" for Maranello

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 14:00
Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says rival teams copying its innovative Formula 1 designs is a "good reward" for Maranello.
Ferrari came into the 2026 regulations cycle with a striking car, the SF-26, which featured a number of intriguing areas of innovation.
At winter testing in Bahrain, the team attached a winglet to the structure behind the exhaust, internally dubbed Flick Tail Mode ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff: Kimi Antonelli's 2026 F1 progress one of the biggest surprises of my career

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 12:58
When Toto Wolff held his annual media session with the Dutch press at Zandvoort a year ago, Kimi Antonelli was in the middle of the struggles that characterised the European part of his season. The then-rookie showed some moments of brilliance in Miami and Canada, but those were interspersed with difficult race weekends during his Formula 1 debut.
At the time, Wolff often summed it up as ...Keep reading

What do McLaren’s newest upgrades tell us ahead of Monza?

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-09-01 12:53
Mark Hughes and Giorgio Piola delve into McLaren's Zandvoort upgrades that aided Lando Norris to back-to-back Grand Prix victories.

Ferrari reveal special Schumacher-inspired livery for Monza

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-09-01 12:53
Ferrari have presented a special one-off livery for their home race at Monza, paying tribute to seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher.

Yamaha responds to Fabio Quartararo’s criticism and attitude

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 12:01
Following Fabio Quartararo’s criticism and his stated intention to stop assisting Yamaha in MotoGP, the manufacturer has hit back by calling the Frenchman to order over his behaviour.
The impending split between Quartararo and Yamaha in MotoGP has arguably never seemed as long and drawn-out as it has since the Aragon weekend. Aside from a notably poor performance by Quartararo, tensions ...Keep reading

What was different about Jorge Martin’s struggles in Aragon GP?

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 11:00
Jorge Martin’s lacklustre performance at the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix was track-specific rather than indicative of a wider problem with his Aprilia.
The 2024 MotoGP champion never appeared to be a frontrunner at MotorLand, qualifying half a second off pole and finishing well behind the podium runners in fifth.
This was a marked downturn from his outing at Silverstone just three weeks ...Keep reading

How Ferrari can "push until the end" with F1 2026 upgrades, and why it will

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 10:02
Ferrari will "push until the end" of the 2026 Formula 1 season with car upgrades, team principal Fred Vasseur confirmed, as he shrugged off suggestions the team will have to slow down its development because of cost cap limitations.
Ferrari has rolled out an impressive number of incremental upgrades to its 2026 challenger, the SF-26, which have kept the squad in second place in the ...Keep reading

5 drivers most likely to win the Italian Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-09-01 09:44
We look at the betting market to predict the five most likely drivers to win at Monza.

Ferrari unveils Michael Schumacher-inspired F1 livery for Italian GP

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 09:32
Ferrari has taken the covers off a one-off livery for its Monza home race, paying tribute to its most successful driver Michael Schumacher.
The Ferrari SF-26 driven by Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will turn extra red for the occasion, losing the white tone on the engine cover. Hamilton's and Leclerc's driver number decals will also switch to a retro font. In between the driver numbers and ...Keep reading

Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx: A friendship that has endured for almost 60 years

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 09:06
Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx were remarkably versatile even by the standards of their generation, competing and succeeding across multiple disciplines. Having won some of the biggest prizes in motorsport between them, both can look back on their journeys with immense pride. 
But competition was only one part of the story, and the relationship Andretti and Ickx built stands out from the rest ...Keep reading

What does Norris deal mean for Piastri? F1 Q&A

Formula 1 at the BBC - Tue, 2026-09-01 07:59
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the Italian Grand Prix.

Ryan Blaney furious after getting turned by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Daytona: 'What the f***'

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-09-01 02:02
Ryan Blaney was heading towards a strong result at Daytona on Saturday.
Blaney had gotten through the initial chaos that wrecked a large portion of the field during the final lap and was racing towards the finish line.
But before he could get there, Blaney got spun, with the No. 47 of Ricky Stenhouse Jr making contact with the No. 12 and sending him into the wall, bringing out the ...Keep reading

Joey Logano explains why he felt like a 'failure' after JGR stint to start his career

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 22:43
Joey Logano came into the NASCAR Cup Series with massive expectations on his shoulders.
After earning the nickname "Sliced Bread" as a teenager, Logano was able to win his third race in what is now the O'Reilly Series, and was shotgunned into the seat of the No. 20 at Joe Gibbs Racing at just 18 years old. But his initial stint in the Cup Series sputtered out — after three years at JGR ...Keep reading

Southern 500 at Darlington entry list features 38 NASCAR Cup teams

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 21:53
The fourth and final crown jewel in the NASCAR Cup season is this weekend, as the 2026 edition of The Chase gets underway at Darlington Raceway. This weekend, the historic track will host the 77th running of the Southern 500, which has been a part of the Cup schedule since 1950.
38 drivers are teams are entering this weekend's race, the lowest for any crown jewels this year but also comparable ...Keep reading

Joey Logano got busted using a fake birth certificate to race at 10 years old for the dumbest reason

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 21:47
Joey Logano has been talented beyond his years behind the wheel of a car since he was a little kid. As it turns out, for a while he was actually a bit too talented beyond his years, and it came back to bite him.
Speaking as a guest on the Racin' With the Boys podcast, Logano told the story of his father forging a birth certificate for him when he was 10 years old so he could race against kids ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli reveals how he is staying grounded in 2026 F1 title fight

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 20:00
Current Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli has opened up about how he is keeping himself grounded in the 2026 title fight.
In only his second season in F1, Antonelli became the youngest driver to lead the standings with back-to-back wins in China and Japan. Since then, he secured four more grand prix victories before the summer break and now finds himself thrown into the championship ...Keep reading

George Russell "has to win" Italian GP to keep F1 title hopes alive, says former driver

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 19:43
Mercedes driver George Russell must secure a victory at the upcoming Italian Grand Prix to keep his championship ambitions alive, according to former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer.
Speaking on the F1 Nation podcast, Palmer assessed the title picture following a dramatic Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. McLaren's Lando Norris took a commanding victory in the Netherlands ahead of the Mercedes duo ...Keep reading

Honda crowned 2026 IndyCar manufacturers' champions

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 19:22
Honda and Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) officially secured the 2026 IndyCar Manufacturers' Championship over the Milwaukee Mile doubleheader weekend, marking the engine builder's eighth series crown and 12th American open wheel title overall. The achievement comes exactly 30 years after Honda claimed its first American Open Wheel championship in 1996. There was an additional exclamation ...Keep reading

Darlington NASCAR Viewer's Guide: Everything you need to know for the Southern 500

Motorsport - Mon, 2026-08-31 18:53
16 drivers have locked themselves into the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Chase for the championship, and now only 100 points separates them. Denny Hamlin is the No. 1 seed, while Ryan Preece is the No. 16 seed after a dramatic win at Daytona.
The first of ten battlegrounds will be the historic Darlington Raceway, and the 2026 edition of the Southern 500. 
The History and Track Dimensions for ...Keep reading

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