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Formula 1 heads into Saturday in Baku with George Russell on pole and a major opportunity to cut into Kimi Antonelli championship lead after his Mercedes team-mate crashed out of qualifying.
Russell dominated the final part of qualifying to take his fifth pole of the season, beating Charles Leclerc by more than eight tenths. Oscar Piastri starts third for McLaren, ahead of the returning Isack ...Keep reading

Having qualified on pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, George Russell tipped Max Verstappen as his most immediate danger in the race – but joked about his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli's remarkable Monza comeback.
Such a scenario could be on the cards again since Antonelli hit the wall on his second flying lap in Q1, damaging his front suspension and steering as well as the ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has rued Ferrari’s qualifying strategy at Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, explaining it left him without a slipstream.
Hamilton’s performance worsened throughout qualifying on Friday in Baku, as he outpaced team-mate Charles Leclerc by exactly one tenth in Q1 before ending up 0.257s and 0.495s adrift in the following two segments respectively. As a consequence, he was ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar qualified fourth in Baku with a strong performance in qualifying - but believes there was more on the table for him and Red Bull on Friday in Azerbaijan. Had he not missed the last three weekends, he's adamant, he would have been second.
“Nothing outstanding," he said of his session to the media, including Motorsport.com. "I just feel like I just need more laps in the car to ...Keep reading

*The Aston Martins of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll have been sent to the back of the grid after multiple power unit component changes
*Carlos Sainz got a five-place grid penalty for a yellow-flag infringement





 
 
 
 
 
 
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Fights have long been a part of NASCAR, and it was a post-race brawl that helped propel NASCAR into the national spotlight for the first time. The 1979 Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile NASCAR race to be broadcast live, flag-to-flag, on national television (courtesy of CBS). Much of the east coast was also completely snowed in on that day, so a lot of people were watching the big race.
Well ...Keep reading

F1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli says he needs to "do a much better job" after an "unnecessary" qualifying incident in Baku left him 16th on the grid.
Antonelli made an unforced error in Q1 when he tagged the inside wall in Turn 1 left-hander to start his second flying lap, sustaining terminal suspension damage that forced him to park his Mercedes W17.
Antonelli's first lap had already ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 pundit Jamie Chadwick has claimed that Kimi Antonelli's crash during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a return to old habits, branding his Q1 shunt an unnecessary risk given Mercedes' pace.
Antonelli, who currently leads the drivers' championship by 81 points over his team-mate George Russell, prematurely ended his qualifying session after clipping the wall on ...Keep reading

George Russell takes pole position for Mercedes at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as his team-mate and championship leader Kimi Antonelli crashes out.

The 6 Hours of Fuji represents a crucial round in the race for the FIA World Endurance Championship titles, with the standings potentially shifting decisively – either to seal the deal or to throw the title race wide open.
However, a major uncertainty hangs over Japan in the form of the menacing clouds, though the heavy downpours that had hit in previous days stayed away during Free Practice ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell has beaten Charles Leclerc to take a dominant pole at F1's Azerbaijan GP, while team-mate and title favourite Kimi Antonelli crashed out of Q1.
At the 6km Baku City Circuit, Antonelli tagged the barriers on the inside of the Turn 1 left-hander during Q1, unable to limp back home in his Mercedes W17 with terminal front-left suspension damage. Antonelli had already ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team ambassador Jamie Chadwick has revealed she is actively contacting former sponsors to help Abbi Pulling secure a race seat in the United States-based Indy NXT championship.
Pulling recently completed a test in the IndyCar feeder series. It coincidentally took place on the same day as Chadwick's own recent test in the 2025 Williams F1 machinery at Portimao.
Speaking ...Keep reading

Live coverage of the Formula 1 Qualifying session for the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

Max Verstappen denied George Russell a clean sweep of fastest practice times ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as the Red Bull driver finished quickest in Free Practice 3.

Following its late-race drama at the Austin, Toyota has reworked parts of the hydraulic system and the software code for its Le Mans-winning TR010 Hybrid ahead of the 6 Hours of Fuji.
The #7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi, and Nyck de Vries was leading the World Endurance Championship's Lone Star Le Mans when a hydraulic failure forced de Vries back into the pits, retiring the car ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg believes “anything can still happen” in next week’s World Rally Championship title decider and is prepared to “give it everything” to overhaul championship leader Elfyn Evans.
The WRC is set for a three-way title showdown on Sardinia’s gravel stages that will now play host to the season finale following the decision to cancel the trip to Saudi Arabia in ...Keep reading

The 2027 MotoGP calendar has been officially released, with Buenos Aires and Adelaide joining the schedule, Qatar moving up to the second round and five double-headers plus one triple-header.
Next year's schedule features several new additions and the most international schedule in the history of the MotoGP, with 22 rounds spread across 19 countries.
Two new races feature in the additions ...Keep reading

Alpine says it had been debating running two-driver crews in six-hour World Endurance Championship rounds for “a long time”, after rejigging its line-up for this weekend’s Fuji 6 Hours.
The French manufacturer caused a stir earlier this week when it announced that Antonio Felix da Costa and Fred Makowiecki will sit out the sixth round of the 2026 WEC, leaving two drivers in each of its ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Max Verstappen surprisingly took the fastest time in third and final practice for F1's Azerbaijan GP, pipping Mercedes driver George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on Baku's tricky street circuit.
Verstappen took command at the very end of the one-hour session as teams switched to qualifying runs, defying Mercedes' favourite status in Baku by catching a big slipstream to go ...Keep reading

Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has set Isack Hadjar a clear target following confirmation that he will continue to race for the squad through 2027 – that being to “continue to progress” at his current rate on and off the track.