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Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya is confident that Red Bull is on the verge of a resurgence, warning its rivals that the Milton Keynes outfit is "for sure coming" back. 
Following a tense Canadian Grand Prix, which saw Max Verstappen battle seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton for second and eventually secure third place on the podium, Montoya argued that Red Bull is successfully ...Keep reading

Following a rain-marred weekend around the Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR will again set the starting lineup by the metric as rain washed out Nashville Cup qualifying.
Denny Hamlin, who finished second in the Coke 600 and sits second in points, will lead the field to the green flag. He will share the front row with championship leader Tyler Reddick.
Daniel Suarez, who earned a shock win in NASCAR's ...Keep reading

One piece of transparency that came out of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit is how much Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan wanted to sign Corey Heim as a long-term building block of their race team.
Through the discovery process, it was revealed that Hamlin told Jordan that they needed to sign Heim to a full-time contract before anyone else did. In response ...Keep reading

David Malukas will be going to a backup car after a violent crash in qualifying for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. 
The Chicago native, fresh off a runner-up photo finish in last weekend’s Indianapolis 500, was part of the second group of the opening round. Pressing on a set of the softer alternate tires, he rolled around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile temporary street circuit trying to ...Keep reading

Alex Palou dished out a controlled qualifying performance to take pole for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.
The fourth driver to go out in the single-car, single-lap Fast Six, the Spaniard propelled his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda to a quick lap of 1m01.9017s around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. It is Palou’s 16th career pole.
“I felt really good with my lap,” Palou ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says the most positive thing about his Italian Grand Prix sprint race was being able to write his post-race notes by hand.
While the comment was a light-hearted one, the factory Ducati rider said the fact that he could hold a writing implement after returning to the pits was a sign that the nerve damage in his troubled right arm was healing.
Marquez is returning to MotoGP ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi feels his chances of a strong result in the Italian Grand Prix sprint were already over at the first turn, as he conceded more points to Jorge Martin in the MotoGP standings.
Bezzecchi impressed in Saturday morning’s qualifying session at Mugello, guiding his factory Aprilia to pole position ahead of Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez and team-mate Martin.
It represented a ...Keep reading

2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling has made history, becoming the first female driver to win a GB3 Championship race.
The British driver successfully converted a historic pole position into a commanding lights-to-flag victory at Spa-Francorchamps. Following persistent heavy rain that forced the race to be rescheduled, Pulling lined up in P1 approximately five hours later. 
Reflecting on ...Keep reading

Two-time MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has cast doubt on the safety amendments mentioned by MotoGP boss Carlos Ezpeleta on Friday at the Italian Grand Prix.
Clearly prompted by the controversial, accident-marred Catalan Grand Prix two weeks earlier, in which Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco sustained serious injuries, chief sporting officer Ezpeleta was 'interviewed' on MotoGP's ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft has praised Max Verstappen's "refreshing" and consistent stance on the new regulations, which were introduced in 2026.
The championship made a move away from the ground effect era in 2026 with the introduction of the new regulations. The main changes included an almost fifty-fifty split between internal combustion and electric power, Overtake ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin says his early status as a MotoGP title contender left him more “tense than necessary”, prompting him to change his mindset.
The factory Aprilia rider has emerged as one of the early favourites for the championship this year, having recovered from an injury-hit 2025 season to capitalise on a vastly-improved RS-GP.
Although his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi started the campaign ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi will start the Italian Grand Prix from pole position after Aprilia locked out the front row for the first time in MotoGP history.
The championship leader set the fastest lap in Saturday's qualifying session at Mugello, beating the Trackhouse-entered RS-GP of Raul Fernandez to the top spot.
Jorge Martin backed up their performance with third-place in qualifying, setting up an ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo believes Yamaha has slipped backwards at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, insisting his goal now is to simply avoid getting injured.
The 2021 MotoGP champion has endured a torrid weekend at Mugello so far, qualifying almost a full second down in 18th and struggling to a distant 14th-place finish in the sprint. 
In both cases, he was not even the fastest rider within the ...Keep reading

Aprilia is the new holder of the MotoGP top speed record - until Sunday at the very least.
When Jorge Martin rocketed up Mugello's main straight at 368.6km/h during Saturday morning's Free Practice 2 session, KTM's year-old record was no more. The previous mark of 366.1km/h had been set by Brad Binder and Pol Espargaro at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Italian Grand Prix ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 regulations are still being fine-tuned, and the new LED light system is a step being made towards safety.
Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, the FIA and manufacturers approved technical updates, taking into account driver feedback, after F1 racers raised concerns regarding the way the electric motor’s status is signalled.
Rear LED lights have taken on a much broader and more ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has issued a strong warning to Esteban Ocon, suggesting the Frenchman will lose his seat by the end of the season unless he can "change something drastically".
Speaking during The Red Flags Podcast after Ocon’s 14th-place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix, Steiner claimed: "I think he’s gone by the end of the year. He’s not back next ...Keep reading

Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez beat factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin in a straight fight to score his maiden sprint victory in the Italian Grand Prix.
Still fighting to secure his future in MotoGP, Fernandez grabbed the lead on the opening lap and fended off a late attack from Martin to take the top spot in the Saturday race at Mugello.
The result occurred less than a fortnight after the ...Keep reading

Three-time W Series champion and Sky Sports Formula 1 pundit Jamie Chadwick believes George Russell's untimely retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix likely saved Mercedes from bitter intra-team fallout.
Russell and his team-mate Kimi Antonelli had been battling for the lead for 30 laps before the Briton was forced to retire from the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. 
Speaking on the Sky ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has revealed the story of how a chance encounter with a young Takuma Sato and a borrowed quad bike ultimately led to his career in F1.
During his university days, Komatsu was starting out in grassroots British motorsport, helping to run a British Saloon Car Championship team for local driver Andrew Deahanti. At a race meeting at Silverstone, Komatsu ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg dismissed suggestions that he was taking too much risk ahead of his premature exit from the Rally Japan victory fight.
The Toyota World Rally Championship driver had been reeling in rally leader Elfyn Evans when he slid wide in a left-hander in Stage 10. The loss of control resulted in an impact with a tree, which caused terminal damage to his car’s right-rear ...Keep reading