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With Denny Hamlin's dramatic win in Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Nashville, he is 97pts behind of 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick in the battle for the points lead.
Around the cut-line, Austin Cindric has moved back inside the top 16, and is now two points ahead of Ryan Preece, who recorded a DNF at Nashville. Joey Logano is the next-closest, nine points back.
The biggest mover in the points ...Keep reading

After a three-wide battle for the win, Denny Hamlin emerged victorious over Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe.
This is Hamlin's 62nd career NASCAR Cup win, his second of the 2026 season, and his first at Nashville. 
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. earned his first top five since the Daytona 500, finishing fourth for the small Hyak Motorsports team.
Originally, Chase ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli says Mercedes has given him and his team-mate George Russell the freedom to race, but insists that the pair will not allow their intra-team battle to become a repeat of the infamous Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg rivalry.
The Italian driver spoke during a media conference in Brisighella as he collected the prestigious Lorenzo Bandini Trophy. Established in 1992 in honour of the ...Keep reading

In a mad four-lap dash to the checkered flag, Denny Hamlin led a Joe Gibbs Racing 1-2-3, and at the white flag, they were all battling three-wide for the win.
Hamlin cleared Christopher Bell at the exit of Turn 2 on the final lap, winning the race over Bell in second and Chase Briscoe in third. 
"Well, I think the 20 [Bell] and the 19 [Briscoe] were battling so hard on the first corner ...Keep reading

Jacques Villeneuve has discussed the financial barriers and lack of feeder series racing in Canada that have led to a minimal number of racing drivers from his birth country.
The 1997 Formula 1 champion reflected on the current Canadian talent in motorsport, which in recent years has included Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi in F1 and James Hinchcliffe in the IndyCar Series, during an interview ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has branded Kimi Antonelli as a "generational talent".
The Italian driver, who is currently in his second season of F1, leads the championship with a 43-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell after the first five rounds. 
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former Alpine and Aston ...Keep reading

Former Top Gear host and automotive journalist Chris Harris believes McLaren's decision to start the Canadian Grand Prix on intermediate tyres was a logical gamble, but he has questioned why the team delayed pitting.
The Woking outfit raised eyebrows across the paddock in Montreal when it opted to fit intermediate tyres for the start of the race.
Lando Norris, who started from third on the ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has heaped praise on Mercedes boss Toto Wolff for allowing his drivers, George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, to fight it out on track at the Canadian Grand Prix. 
The 2026 F1 season has introduced a new wave of regulations to the championship, which has coincided with a dominant start for Mercedes. The Brackley outfit has won every grand prix ...Keep reading

UPDATE: After a one-hour delay, engines were fired at 8:25pm EST, and the green flag finally flew at 8:40pm EST. Live coverage of the NASCAR Cup race at Nashville can be found on Prime Video.

 
Sunday night's NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville was supposed to get underway at 7:20pm EST, but Mother Nature had other plans.
Storms moved into the area, and the race could not get started ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft believes that Sergio Perez is bound to become increasingly frustrated by Cadillac's operational shortcomings, despite the American outfit showing surprising pace in its debut 2026 F1 campaign. 
Cadillac's much-anticipated entry to the F1 grid this season has left many pleasantly surprised. While the team is yet to pick up any points, it is not ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri had his first experience of the Isle of Man TT, describing the riders as "nuts".
The Australian driver visited the event during the opening week with his manager and former F1 driver Mark Webber, following his 11th-place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix. 
Attending as a guest of Monster Energy, Piastri watched the action unfold from a fan's front ...Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin and Will Power didn’t give off the look of former teammates, with the two locked into a fierce battle for the podium that led to it falling apart for both in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. 
The #26 Andretti Global Honda of Power shot to the inside of McLaughlin’s #3 Team Penske Chevrolet into Turn 3 in an effort to take third. Upon the exit of the corner, however, the ...Keep reading

With his fourth win of the 2026 season in Detroit, Alex Palou now holds a 62-point lead in the IndyCar championship standings.
Kyle Kirkwood's runner-up finish bumped him back up into second, with David Malukas falling to third, 79 points back of the lead.
Christian Lundgaard is the highest-ranked McLaren driver in fourth, 101pts adrift of the lead and just six points ahead of teammate Pato ...Keep reading

Kyle Kirkwood was left settling for second after a run of cautions hindered a chance at victory in Sunday’s chaotic IndyCar Series round on the streets of Detroit. 
The final stint saw the Florida native equipped with a fresh set of the softer alternate tires, opposite of race leader Alex Palou. With a sense of urgency to take advantage of maximum grip on the compound, Kirkwood, running ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher finished his debut race on Detroit’s infamous downtown street circuit nine laps behind race winner Alex Palou. The German was classified in 21st place after an incident, and then being forced to pit due to a radio malfunction.
But before things went south, it seemed as though Schumacher had been given his best chance of his rookie season. His team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan ...Keep reading

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Scott Dixon was in the fight for a strong result before a mechanical issue knocked him out of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. 
After starting a season-best fourth, the 45-year-old New Zealander ran as high as second before running into problems just past halfway in the 100-lap race around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile temporary street circuit. On Lap 52, while running sixth, he went off into the ...Keep reading

Alex Palou is a winner again, capturing the checkered flag in the 2026 Detroit GP -- his 23rd career IndyCar win and his fourth of the 2026 season.
Kyle Kirkwood finished three second behind in the runner-up spot, and Graham Rahal finished third. The RLL driver now has three podiums this year, the most he's enjoyed in a single season since 2020.
The Arrow McLaren duo of Pato O'Ward and ...Keep reading

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou survived mayhem in Motor City to win the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion, who started on pole, held his composure despite numerous late restarts and fended off Kyle Kirkwood to win by 3.0584s at the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. It marks the fourth win of the season for Palou, and 23rd of his career ...Keep reading

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