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F1 TV presenter and former IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe has warned Kimi Antonelli that his experienced Mercedes team-mate George Russell could end his winning streak at the Canadian Grand Prix later this month. 
Antonelli has surprised the paddock with an incredible start to 2026 in only his second season in the championship. Heading into the season, his team-mate was an easy ...Keep reading

MotoGP legend Marc Marquez has withdrawn from the French Grand Prix weekend after his violent highside crash late in Saturday's sprint race. 
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The Ducati factory star has been declared unfit after an X-ray revealed a fracture in his right foot. 
Marquez will fly to ...Keep reading

During Friday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Watkins Glen International, two late-race leaders were penalized for going early and mashing the gas before reaching the restart zone.
The first was Ross Chastain, who led 19 laps before penalized with just ten laps to go. Two restarts later with five laps to go, it was Gio Ruggiero, who was even closer to the line and was getting pushed ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris thinks Formula 1's Miami energy management tweaks were a "small step in the right direction" but doesn't believe the new regulations can end up in a place where the drivers fully enjoy them.
With input from the drivers, F1 agreed to a number of energy deployment tweaks to allow drivers to push harder in qualifying, reducing the need to lift and coast on a qualifying lap ...Keep reading

Factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin vaulted from eighth place on the grid to claim the lead at the first corner and win his second sprint race of 2026 at Le Mans on Saturday. 
While the Spaniard celebrated the fruits of an incredible getaway and first corner, leading home Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) and Aprilia team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, his countryman Marc Marquez crashed spectacularly late in ...Keep reading

Watkins Glen was a big day for Kaulig Racing's new NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series team, functioning as the anchor organization for Ram in its long-awaited return go the sport.
Before Friday, Kaulig's fleet of five Ram 1500s had just five top tens total this year, with a best finish of seventh. 
Well, at Watkins Glen International on Friday, Kaulig put three trucks inside the top ten in a ...Keep reading

Shane Van Gisbergen finished second to Tyler Reddick in the first road course race of the NASCAR Cup Series season at Circuit of the Americas but also had to work way harder for it than any of his five wins in 2025.
To wit, the three-time Supercars champion turned Cup Series contender isn’t sure he is automatically this favorite for this weekend at Watkins Glen either. His road course prowess ...Keep reading

Race direction has proposed to MotoGP teams banning the use of ride-height devices at the start at Le Mans, Silverstone and Phillip Island following concerns raised by riders, Motorsport has learned, though it won't happen at the French Grand Prix.
The initiative emerged after discussions between riders and race direction officials in Friday’s Safety Commission meeting in Le Mans. During that ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg snatched the lead at Rally Portugal after delivering a stunning time in wet conditions on the final stage of the morning loop, to climb from fourth to first. 
Solberg faced an 18.6s margin to rally leader Sebastien Ogier heading into stage 14, which was hit by rain. The Toyota driver produced an incredible effort in the treacherous conditions that appeared to worsen as the stage ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has said there is no excuse for Aston Martin's poor start to the 2026 season.
The Silverstone outfit entered the 2026 season with a new power unit partnership with Honda, and with the first car designed under the leadership of Adrian Newey, who joined the team in 2025 as managing technical partner. But the high expectations from inside and ...Keep reading

After a dip in 2025, Franco Colapinto has found his groove again – and the F1 buzz is well and truly back among Argentinian F1 fans, writes F1 Hall of Fame journalist Davis Tremayne.

Kimi Antonelli joined an exclusive club of Formula 1 drivers who have won three or more races on the bounce with his victory at last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix – adding to previous triumphs in China and Japan.

Max Verstappen is drawn to GT3 racing because it offers him a chance to make a difference in a level-playing field, according to the category’s architect Stephane Ratel.
While Formula 1 drivers have largely stopped competing regularly outside grand prix weekends in recent decades, aside from an occasional appearance in the Race of Champions, Verstappen has bucked the trend by exploring a wide ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has opened up about his relationship with his manager Mark Webber after the former Formula 1 driver stepped away from a trackside role ahead of the 2026 season. 
Piastri confirmed changes to his personal team ahead of the 2026 F1 season. While Mark Webber is still Piastri's manager, he took a step back from his trackside support role to put his focus on commercial matters.
Now ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia beat his team-mate Marc Marquez by just 0.012s to take an unlikely pole position in Saturday’s French Grand Prix qualifying.
The two-time MotoGP champion set a best time of 1m29.634s with just over a minute remaining in Q2, scoring his first MotoGP pole since the Malaysian Grand Prix in October last year.
Marquez smashed the lap record in Q1 ...Keep reading

Toyota has denied it is "sandbagging" at Spa after both its cars failed to get into Q2 in Friday's World Endurance Championship qualifying. 
The Japanese manufacturer could only manage the 12th- and 16th-fastest times in qualifying, just three weeks after it claimed its 50th WEC victory at Imola.
The sharp contrast in performance between the two circuits is striking, but Floury stresses ...Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Making his 67th career start, Kaden Honeycutt is finally a winner in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He passed Connor Zilisch in overtime, hanging on to take the checkered flag for Tricon Garage. He also swept the day, earning a victory in the ARCA Menards Series race just hours earlier. 
"It's amazing," said an emotional Honeycutt. "Thank you Toyota, this whole No. 11 crew ... everyone ...Keep reading

Following an eventful Miami Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton posted a cinematic reel to social media celebrating the city. The seven-time world champion can be seen racing a Ferrari Testarossa around The Magic City, with the video embracing the visuals of the 1984 TV show Miami Vice, but more importantly, the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. 
The video, titled "Vice City Run" in a bright blue ...Keep reading

Heavy rain and standing water brought IndyCar qualifying to a halt at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
The afternoon was met with rain that began during the first race of the doubleheader weekend for Indy NXT, which was won by Enzo Fittipaldi.
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However, the ...Keep reading