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The US GP weekend naturally means the spotlight gravitates towards Formula 1’s two American-owned teams. That has led to some awkward questions for Cadillac amid ongoing speculation over its driver line-up for 2027 and beyond.
Both Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas are on “multi-year” contracts, understood to be a so-called one-plus-one arrangement in which the second year is optional ...Keep reading

Dennis Lind and Chris van der Drift claimed the overall pole positions for the Lamborghini World Finals at Monza, where the champions of the PRO and PRO/AM categories will be crowned.
At the chilly Brianza circuit, under clear, sunny skies, the Huracán ST EVO2 cars—representing the Super Trofeo Europe, Asia, and North America series—battled it out this morning for pole position ahead of ...Keep reading

Jorge Martín made his MotoGP debut with Pramac-Ducati in 2021, and after his first two grands prix in the premier class, he suffered a serious accident in the third round in Portugal, which left him unable to race at Portimao and the following three rounds in Jerez, Le Mans and Mugello.
He returned in Barcelona on 6 June after a month-and-a-half out and, from then on, completed every single ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco says he was forced to retire from the sprint race for the Australian Grand Prix after an electronic problem made it “dangerous” for him to continue riding.
The LCR rider had been one of the star performers in qualifying at Phillip Island, taking advantage of wet conditions to progress through Q1 before putting his satellite Honda on the front row behind the Ducatis of Marc ...Keep reading

It was Andrzej Lewandowski who claimed pole position in the Lamborghini World Finals for both races in the AM/LC category after the experienced Pole clocked the fastest time of 1m47.087s in Q1 and 1m47.197s in Q2.
In the first session, the ASR driver pulled well clear of the field, finishing a full second clear of second placed Renaud Kuppens (Micanek Motorsport), with Gabriel Holguin (PPM) ...Keep reading

In Austria, Marc Marquez finished second in the sprint, but his expression on the podium did not quite fit a result that was, by any measure, a very good one. Even more striking was the seriousness of his face in Japan, immediately after winning his seventh sprint of the 2026 MotoGP campaign, which he barely celebrated.
The reigning world champion’s lack of expression in what should have ...Keep reading

It was a day of contrasting fortunes for Red Bull during Formula 1 practice at the Circuit of the Americas. Max Verstappen was largely satisfied with the early signs of the RB22, although he stressed that the balance between high-speed and low-speed corners still needed improvement, with technical director Pierre Wache indicating that Red Bull needed to make gains in the slower sections of the ...Keep reading

Maverick Vinales has criticised the nature of the contracts governing MotoGP riders, which can lead to situations such as his own this weekend in Australia, where he is racing despite being far from fully fit because KTM will not pay him the agreed salary if he does not compete.
Vinales has been struggling with an injury to his left shoulder for more than a year, and has still been unable to ...Keep reading

Following a surprisingly successful Formula 1 weekend in Malaysia, expectations were also high at Aston Martin for Singapore, a venue that should have suited the AMR26 on paper.
However, the competitive picture at the Marina Bay Street Circuit proved rather disappointing, with Fernando Alonso pointing to problems with the Honda power unit after the race, particularly in terms of ...Keep reading

Just 18 riders will take the start at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, as MotoGP makes its final visit to the iconic Phillip Island Circuit outside mainland Melbourne.
On pole position will be Ducati's Marc Marquez, who leads the championship by 10 points following his victory in the sprint race on Saturday. The 33-year-old dominated the qualifying session in wet conditions, beating the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen finished Friday's practice sessions for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in second and third place. In both sessions, the four-time world champion was less than two tenths behind Charles Leclerc, who set the benchmark on both occasions.
Red Bull is not immediately standing out from the rest of the field as it did in Malaysia, for example, but Verstappen is nevertheless ...Keep reading

Chaz Mostert has given Walkinshaw TWG and Toyota the first win in Supercars Finals on the streets of Gold Coast.
Even in the team’s spare car – which a year ago was bodied as a Ford Mustang – Mostert dominated the race. He qualified second in the Top 10 Shoot Out and was untouched as long as the rain fell. He was 15 seconds clear at the end of the first pit cycle and almost double that at ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez has admitted that he did not attempt a move on his elder brother Marc Marquez in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, saying he found it “too risky” to pull off a pass on a title contender.
A tight battle between championship rivals Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin brought Gresini rider Alex Marquez into play in Saturday’s half-distance race at Phillip Island, with the ...Keep reading

MotoGP title contender Jorge Martin will miss Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix after breaking his forearm in a high-speed crash in the sprint.
In a statement released less than two hours after the sprint, Aprilia revealed that the Spaniard has suffered a fracture to his radius, one of the two bones in the forearm. Initial scans also indicated a suspected fracture of the ulna, the other forearm ...Keep reading

Raul Fernandez has been ruled out of Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, adding to a growing list of absentees that will leave the MotoGP grid with just 18 out of 22 riders in Sunday's race.
Among those missing will be the two riders from the factory Honda HRC team. Joan Mir did not travel to Australia because of the illness that has kept him sidelined throughout the Asian leg of the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez has admitted that Jorge Martin had the pace advantage in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, but he recognised that his title rival was “overriding” as their battle for victory intensified at Phillip Island.
The two MotoGP championship contenders engaged in their fiercest battle of 2026 at Phillip Island on Saturday, with Martin repeatedly challenging Marquez for the lead ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli reckons Mercedes has made another step trying to extract performance from its recent upgrade package at the United States Grand Prix.
Mercedes arrived at Austin's challenging Circuit of the Americas with a new front wing option to further complement its significant upgrade package introduced in Malaysia two races ago. That initial upgrade raised the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez moved back in the lead of the MotoGP standings with a fine victory in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, while his title rival Jorge Martin crashed out from second place.
The two Spaniards engaged in an epic battle for victory at Phillip Island on Saturday after the track completely dried out following earlier rain showers.
But just after the halfway point, Martin dumped ...Keep reading

The Truck Series championship is as it always was following the triultimate race of the season at Talladega Superspeedway.
Neither Kaden Honeycutt nor Layne Riggs won but raced around each other all race, scoring nearly identical stage points, and the deficit is 43 with just Martinsville and Homestead-Miami left.
Technically, Ty Majeski, Chandler Smith and Christian Eckes are mathematically ...Keep reading