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Official race results: 2026 IndyCar at Markham

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 20:20
Marcus Ericsson passed Romain Grosjean with five laps to go on the streets of Markham, earning his first win since March of 2023 at St. Pete. It's the Swede's fifth career IndyCar victory, and his first since joining Andretti. Markham ends a 63-race winless streak for Ericsson. 
Grosjean followed in second, earning his sixth career runner-up finish and seventh podium while now 0-77 in his ...Keep reading

The biggest market movers as F1 summer break ends

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-08-16 20:11
With F1 set to resume at the Dutch Grand Prix, we look at the biggest market movers during the opening 11 races of the 2026 season.

Marcus Ericsson denies Romain Grosjean with late charge to Markham IndyCar victory

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 20:05
Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson ended a 63-race winless drought with a dramatic late charge to pass Romain Grosjean and win the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham.
After pitting from the lead with 21 laps remaining and droppping to seventh, Ericsson stormed back on fresh alternate tires, passed Grosjean for the lead with five laps to go and coasted to victory by 7.5305s on the ...Keep reading

Antonio Felix da Costa defends Jaguar, says Pascal Wehrlein took Jake Dennis out “on purpose”

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 19:50
Antonio Felix da Costa has defended his aggressive tactics to hold up Pascal Wehrlein for much of the London E-Prix, while accusing the Porsche driver of deliberately crashing into title rival Jake Dennis. 
With Jaguar’s Mitch Evans heading into Sunday’s Formula E finale with a 21-point deficit to Porsche rival Wehrlein, the Kiwi needed to win the race and hope Wehrlein finished outside ...Keep reading

Pole-sitter Louis Foster crashes out of Markham IndyCar race

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 19:04
Louis Foster chances for his first IndyCar Series win came to an abrupt end near the halfway point of the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. 
After starting on pole, the 23-year-old Briton was out front and in control of the 90-lap race. An untimely caution during the pit cycle caught Foster before he had stopped, while several rivals had already pitted, dropping him down the order after ...Keep reading

Pascal Wehrlein: Jaguar wanted to "destroy my race” in controversial London finale

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 19:01
Pascal Wehrlein has accused Jaguar rival Antonio Felix da Costa of conspiring against him to “destroy my race” and “ruin my championship” in a contentious Formula E season finale on Sunday.
The German was crowned the 2025-26 champion after beating Jake Dennis and Mitch Evans in the London double header. But tensions flared up as both Porsche and Jaguar deployed team tactics to support ...Keep reading

Jake Dennis: "Embarrassing" how Pascal Wehrlein became Formula E champion

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 19:00
Jake Dennis offered a very strong reaction to the 2025-26 Formula E title decider in London, claiming it’s "embarrassing" the way that Pascal Wehrlein won the world championship.
The Porsche driver joined Jean-Eric Vergne as the only two-time Formula E champions after the most frantic season finale at the ExCeL, where team orders were a talking point throughout.
It started on Saturday when ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher crashes out of Markham IndyCar race after strong start

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 18:11
Mick Schumacher’s promising Markham IndyCar weekend ended with a crash during Sunday’s race. The RLL driver crashed without contact at Turn 4, clipping the inside wall as he was chasing down the lead pack.
 
Update: After returning to the pits, Schumacher spoke to reporters and confirmed the incident was a driving error.
"We weren't even pushing hard. We had a really good car," said ...Keep reading

Formula E London E-Prix: Pascal Wehrlein takes second title despite zero points in season finale

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 15:52
Pascal Wehrlein has become the 2025-26 Formula E world champion despite finishing outside of the points in the London E-Prix as Taylor Barnard won the frantic season finale.
The Porsche driver has now joined Jean-Eric Vergne as the all-electric championship’s only two-time series champions after Wehrlein took his first in the 2023-24 London finale.
He took this year’s title despite ...Keep reading

DTM Nurburgring: Wittmann wins for BMW after AMG meltdown

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 14:28
The smiling winner of the second DTM race at the Nurburgring is Marco Wittmann: the Schubert BMW driver, who started from sixth on the grid, benefited from his rivals’ mistakes after the start and at the first pit stop to snatch his third DTM victory in the Eifel overall.
"A superb race," Wittmann said happily on ProSieben. "A very wild race, especially in the early stages, but we were able ...Keep reading

Joey Logano is winning "4 the haters" amid 'Mickey Mouse champion' criticism

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 14:05
Joey Logano has proven countless times throughout his career how dangerous it is to underestimate him, and yet, many still do. 
When the Team Penske star came out of nowhere to win the 2024 NASCAR Cup title, many were upset at the format for allowing him a driver with a 17.1 average finish to become champion.
And while there's plenty to be said about the inherit issues with the now-defunct ...Keep reading

Honda reveals timeline to become a "top competitor" in F1 again

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 14:00
The first months of Honda's partnership with Aston Martin have been downright painful, but the Japanese manufacturer is now looking ahead again.
Honda’s F1 project looks completely different from its glory years with Red Bull in terms of personnel, which led Honda to realise in January that the start of this new era would be problematic – even more problematic than expected, as general ...Keep reading

F1 2026 mid-season grades: Mercedes' early dominance evaporates as reliability woes strike

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 12:30
After four years in the doldrums with a tough to tame ground-effect car, Toto Wolff's Mercedes empire was desperate to strike back. The combined efforts of its chassis team in Brackley and its power unit division in Brixworth came up with a rocket ship, but enduring reliability problems are taking its grade down to A-.
The good
Mercedes came out of winter test as the odds-on favourite for ...Keep reading

DTM Nurburgring: ‘Mamba’ bites with pole as Thiim hits back

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 11:00
Day of revenge in the DTM at the Nurburgring: Winward-Mercedes driver Jules Gounon, who has had a difficult season so far, secured his first pole of the season in Sunday qualifying in just under 20 degrees and with initial fog.
The Frenchman even set a new lap record with 1:25.062, the previous mark having been held by Mirko Bortolotti from 2023 (1:25.118). McLaren youngster Ben Dorr finished ...Keep reading

BMW’s ascent from an also-ran to WEC title contender

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 10:56
BMW has emerged as a serious World Endurance Championship contender in the third year of its Hypercar programme. Robin Frijns and Rene Rast lead the Hypercar standings at the halfway point of the season, while BMW itself sits second in the manufacturers’ standings, behind only Toyota.
It’s a major turnaround from where the German brand was just last season in the WEC, when it ended up ...Keep reading

9 times superhero movies made it onto the F1 grid

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-08-16 10:52
From DC Comics to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, films and figures from the world’s biggest superhero movies have been collaborating in Formula 1 for over two decades.

How Red Bull’s 2026 season has played out so far

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-08-16 10:52
With Red Bull currently sitting fourth in the Constructors’ Championship, we dissect their season so far in their half term report.

How do psychologists help Formula 1 drivers be at their best?

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-08-16 10:52
We pitched some hypothetical scenarios to Hintsa Performance psychologist Robbie Anderson about how to best manage a driver through various situations – and how people can apply these lessons to daily life.

The best drives of the 2026 F1 season so far, according to our writers

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 09:29
Formula 1’s competitive order was shaken up in 2026 with the roll out of sweeping new regulations across the chassis, aerodynamics and power units. Mercedes came out on top, with it now leading the constructors’ standings and Kimi Antonelli is on top in the drivers’ championship.
But the team hasn’t been bulletproof this year, and strong performances from drivers up and down the grid ...Keep reading

Dale Earnhardt's grandson Wyatt Miller flips wildly in crash, but drives away

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-08-16 05:56
At Bark River International Raceway on Saturday afternoon, Wyatt Miller was driving a Pro Spec truck in the Championship Off-Road Series.
The 14-year-old grandson of NASCAR's greatest icon, Dale Earnhardt Sr., (and nephew of Dale Earnhardt Jr.) was running third when his truck bit into a rut at a fast right-hander, and it quickly rolled. The No. 73 Chevrolet rotated three times in the dramatic ...Keep reading

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