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Nikola Tsolov claimed his second victory of the 2026 FIA Formula 2 season by beating rivals Laurens van Hoepen and Alex Dunne in a drag race to the line at the Miami Sprint Race.

McLaren's Lando Norris was delighted to claim his first win of the 2026 season in the Sprint at the Miami Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc displaced Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli early on to take third place in the Sprint at the Miami Grand Prix.

Audi Formula 1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto has been disqualified from the Miami sprint race.
After crossing the line to finish 11th in the Miami sprint race, Bortoleto was disqualified when his car's engine intake air pressure was found to have exceeded the permitted limit. 
"The Stewards reviewed the report received from the Technical Delegate and found that the requirement was for the engine ...Keep reading

Former IndyCar Series driver Colton Herta has revealed that the heavily restricted practice format in the Formula 2 championship has served as a 'wake-up call' as he adapts to life on the Formula 1 feeder series ladder.
The 26-year-old walked away from his successful career in IndyCar to pursue his dream of racing in F1. As he competes in F2 with Hitech, he also serves as a test driver for the ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin said it was a 'knee jerk reaction' when he tweeted out a frustrated response on Thursday evening to Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson’s commentary about the ongoing lawsuit brought forth by Joe Gibbs Racing.
 
Even though it was an emotional response, Hamlin also concedes that he logically feels this way too, as it is a matter of business principle to him as a Joe ...Keep reading

Lando Norris takes McLaren's first victory of the 2026 season with a dominant drive from pole position in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race.

Lando Norris takes McLaren's first victory of the 2026 season with a dominant drive from pole position in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race.

Last weekend, Carson Hocevar earned his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega. A few days later, he led a Spire 1-2 to win Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Texas. And now, he just earned pole position for the Texas Cup race in another Spire 1-2, beating teammate Daniel Suarez by just 0.003s.
This is the first time Spire Motorsports locked out the front row for a Cup Series ...Keep reading

After the death of Alex Zanardi, we revisit David Malsher-Lopez's tribute to the Italian originally published in December 2020.
In a motorsport season wracked, wrecked and rebuilt – often on the fly – by the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, fans came to expect the worst. When the greatest racer of his generation Sir Stirling Moss, died in April, it was deeply sad, a punch to the gut of ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has branded Kimi Antonelli's track limits infringement during the Miami sprint race a "silly mistake".
While the Italian driver crossed the line in fourth, he was classified sixth after being handed a five-second penalty due to exceeding track limits. 
"The track limits breach, that’s just… I don’t want to say a silly mistake, but it is, really," ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says he was "a bit harsh" with his heated criticism of Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli during Miami's sprint race, but does hope the Italian "calms down a little bit" as he races wheel to wheel.
Leclerc and Antonelli battled in the opening stages of Saturday's 19-lap sprint races, with Antonelli's poor getaway dropping him from second to fourth behind ...Keep reading

During the race weekend in Miami, drivers have been able to get their first taste of the changes to the technical regulations.
The tweaks to energy management are intended to address the, at times, dangerous closing speeds and make qualifying more on the limit, but the FIA and Formula 1 immediately made it clear that it will not fundamentally change the racing.
The latter is also the first ...Keep reading

Both Bubba Wallace and Austin Dillon will start Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race from the rear of the field after some practice drama.
In Group A, Dillon only ran three laps before taking his No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet back to the garage. He reported that the engine started making a strange noise, and he had no pace. His fastest lap was a 29.988s, a full 1.4s off the fastest time ...Keep reading

A clash with Andretti driver Jake Dennis was responsible for the damage that left Pascal Wehrlein last in Saturday’s Formula E race in Berlin.
After lining up second on the grid for his home round, Wehrlein immediately dropped in the lower reaches of the top 10 to conserve energy and mount a late attack.
However, his race unravelled on lap 19 when he suddenly slowed down with what appeared ...Keep reading

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has relieved any responsibility from Kimi Antonelli after yet another poor race start for the Formula 1 championship leader during the Miami Grand Prix sprint.
The Mercedes driver dropped from second to fourth on lap one, meaning he’s now lost 20 positions at race start across the opening three grands prix and two sprints of 2026.
Antonelli ultimately crossed the ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella seemed cautiously optimistic about the team's upgrades after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri secured a 1-2 finish in the Miami sprint race.
The Woking outfit turned up to the Miami Grand Prix weekend with an almost new car after working on extensive upgrades during the five-week break in April. 
After Norris and Piastri finished with a strong ...Keep reading

Lando Norris claimed victory during Saturday’s Sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix, crossing the line ahead of McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, after another tricky start for Mercedes man Kimi Antonelli.

McLaren enjoyed a fantastic start to the Miami Sprint as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri led the field.

Red Bull caught the eye during Friday’s track action at the Miami International Autodrome when they unleashed their own upside-down rear wing design.