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Kimi Antonelli achieved his eighth Grand Prix win of the 2026 season to further increase his advantage in the Drivers’ Championship.

Dino Beganovic was untouchable as he claimed a lights-to-flag victory in the Madrid F2 Feature Race.

When Jesse Love executes and catches some good luck, something he is loathe to admit that he needs, the driver of the Richard Childress Racing No. 2 believes he is every bit the championship contender as Justin Allgaier is.
It hasn’t looked it this year with Allgaier winning six races and having a massive points lead before the Chase for the Championship reset but a victory on Saturday night ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg says Carlos Sainz must take some responsibility for the lack of overtaking at the new Madring circuit, given his role as ambassador for the venue.
The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix was hosted at a new semi-permanent track around the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid, moving away from the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit. But after Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli celebrated ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez admitted that his MotoGP title rivals have handed him a “present” in recent races after taking the championship lead at the San Marino Grand Prix.
The factory Ducati rider romped to victory at Misano on Sunday after polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the opening lap, suffering another costly setback in the title race. 
This marked Marquez’s fifth grand prix ...Keep reading

George Russell is now “exceptionally unlikely” to win the 2026 Formula 1 title, having been beaten by Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli for a fifth consecutive time at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Russell qualified a lowly sixth at F1’s new Madring track, explaining he “tried pushing hard in Turn 11” but “the tyres couldn’t take it”.
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Max Verstappen finished second in the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, losing out only to Kimi Antonelli - yet could he have won had Red Bull not instructed him to concede two positions during the race? Team boss Laurent Mekies believes that wasn't realistic.
Verstappen moved past Antonelli on the opening lap, but by that point he was already doomed to concede that place because of an ...Keep reading

The NASCAR postseason is set for the second race of the Chase on Sunday, where the 16 drivers still in contention for the championship will once again be battling with everything on the line.
But while not every car on the track is still a contender for this year's title, that doesn't mean the rest of the field isn't already prepping to chase greatness in 2027.
Legacy Motor Club might not ...Keep reading

2026 F1 Drivers' Championship




Pos.
Driver
Points


















1
K. AntonelliMercedes
292
18/2
29
25/1
28
31
25/1
-
15/3
8
25/1
15/3
23
25/1
25/1


2
G ...Keep reading

A penultimate stage puncture has cost World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans valuable points as the Welshman dropped from second to fifth at Rally Chile.
The Toyota driver appeared on course to finish second and was topping the Super Sunday standings by 4.6s when drama struck in the second pass of the brand new 26.82km Carampangue stage.
Evans and co-driver Scott Martin were forced to ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin dropped from first to fifth place in the San Marino Grand Prix due to arm pump, the factory Aprilia rider has revealed, with the problem serious enough for him to consider surgery.
The Spaniard emerged as a surprise victory contender in Sunday’s MotoGP race at Misano after team-mate and polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out on the opening lap.
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Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli wins the Spanish Grand Prix after McLaren's Lando Norris loses out because of the bad timing of a virtual safety car.

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
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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