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Sunday's GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup race at Monza got off to a chaotic start, with eight cars immediately forced into retirement and others forced into pits with damage. 
Such was the scale of the incident that about three-quarters of the field had to swerve into the run-off area.
The Haupt Racing Team was particularly hard hit, with its two Ford Mustang GT3 Evos, each on pole ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says his comeback MotoGP weekend at the Italian Grand Prix deserved a perfect 10 out of 10 score, although he admitted he was “still far” from where he wished to be.
After missing the Sunday race at Le Mans and the entire Catalan GP due to injury, the factory Ducati rider returned to action at Mugello this weekend and immediately found himself back at the sharp end of the ...Keep reading

Raul Fernandez says his mistake at the start of the Italian Grand Prix is going to play on his mind long into the night on Sunday.
The Spaniard started the race as one of the favourites after winning the Saturday sprint aboard his Trackhouse Aprilia. But he ruined his chances in the opening seconds as he ran ultra-wide at the first corner, dropping as low as 17th on the first lap.
He ...Keep reading

Enzo Fittipaldi pulled off an opportunistic pass to claim the Indy NXT win in the Detroit Grand Prix.
The 24-year-old Brazilian-American, driving the #67 HMD Motorsports entry with a damaged front nose and wing, vaulted from third to first on Lap 29 of 42 (45 scheduled; moved to a timed race) and took the checkered flag under caution around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. It marks ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi says his victory in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix ranks alongside his maiden MotoGP win as one of the most emotional moments of his career. 
The Aprilia rider overhauled early race leader Francesco Bagnaia before pulling clear of team-mate Jorge Martin, taking the chequered flag with a comfortable margin of 3.5s
It marked his fourth grand prix win of the 2026 season, and first ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says getting stuck behind his future MotoGP team-mate Marc Marquez during the Italian Grand Prix was an education. 
Acosta, who is set to partner Marquez at the factory Ducati team in 2027, needed the better part of 15 laps to make a move stick on the injured but tactically astute world champion at Mugello on Sunday.
Their battle, for what was at the time fourth place, was ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says it would have been a “disaster” if he had lost a home MotoGP podium at the Italian Grand Prix to Ai Ogura on the final corner.
The factory Ducati rider led the first half of the Mugello race from sixth on the grid, before slipping behind factory Aprilia duo Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin.
Although he had a big buffer over the rest of the pack, he came under ...Keep reading

During IndyCar warm-up on Sunday in Detroit, Chevrolet General Motors president Mark Reuss confirmed the root cause of the issue behind a rash of engine changes in the IndyCar garage. 
"We had a supplier issue with the valve and the valve guide, and it's a coating issue," Reuss told IndyCar on FOX. "And so if you can imagine the valve sitting in the guide with the wrong coating, over time ...Keep reading

In Sunday's Superbike TT, Dean Harrison set the pace from a start, taking the lead into Glen Helen on the opening lap and never relinquishing it. He was never properly challenged for the entire six-lap event.
This is Harrison's sixth TT victory, and his first in the Superbike category.
Peter Hickman finished second, 15.580s adrift of Harrison's Honda at the checkered flag. Harrison gave up ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier has pinpointed the two key factors that ultimately prevented him from taking the fight to eventual Rally Japan winner Elfyn Evans over the weekend.
The nine-time world rally champion headed to Japan with his sights firmly fixed on victory, but the defending event winner had to settle for second, 12.8s behind points leader Evans.
Ogier was forced to chase from the outset given ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi scored his first grand prix win since March and stretched his MotoGP championship lead after winning the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello on Sunday.
On a spectacular weekend for Aprilia, Bezzecchi headed his factory team-mate Jorge Martin home, allowing the latter to entrench himself in second place in the championship standings.
Francesco Bagnaia's third place helped Ducati ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has firmly shut down suggestions of a future move to Ferrari, reaffirming his loyalty to Mercedes while accepting the prestigious Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in Italy this week.
The 19-year-old driver has been under intense media scrutiny after becoming the youngest driver to lead the Formula 1 drivers' championship with his win at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix.
His victory ...Keep reading

There is no shortage of talent in the LMP2 class at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, with several Hypercar/GTP drivers stepping down to the intermediate class. A total of 19 Oreca 07s are entered in LMP2, with 10 of those competing in the Pro-Am sub-class.
While LMP2 has always boasted some big names over the years, a variety of factors have led to an even bigger influx of star talent ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans reckons it was “important” to secure victory in Rally Japan, but has admitted it’s difficult to predict how crucial it will be in his quest for a maiden World Rally Championship title.
The Toyota driver delivered a faultless blend of speed and perfect management this weekend to claim the final asphalt event of the season from reigning champion Sebastien Ogier.
A second win ...Keep reading

American actor and TAG Heuer House Ambassador Patrick Dempsey pays tribute to 1950s F1 superstar Juan Manuel Fangio.

Williams Team Principal James Vowles is hopeful that Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon will remain with the squad in the years ahead, despite a tricky start to the season.

Aston Martin’s dismal start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign has been well documented with problems across the AMR26 - most notably its power unit. But last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix highlighted another issue after Fernando Alonso retired on lap 23 of 68 all because of his seating position.
It was quite the shame because Montreal, looking at the bigger picture, was Aston’s best weekend ...Keep reading

Abbi Pulling, who won the F1 Academy drivers' championship in 2024, has made history by becoming the first female driver to win a race in the GB3 Championship, and fans and industry insiders have been quick to congratulate the 23-year-old on the milestone.
Competing at Spa-Francorchamps, the British driver successfully converted her historic pole position into a dominant lights-to-flag ...Keep reading

If McLaren driver Oscar Piastri having a 98-million-year-old wasp species named after him sounds like an elaborate inside joke, then that's pretty much how it started.
Oxford research fellow Corentin Jouault and his colleagues Prof. Di-Ying Huang and Prof. Celso O. Azevedo recently conducted research on a 98-year-old wasp fossil from the Cretaceous Period, encountered in Myanmar amber.
They ...Keep reading