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Qualifying no higher than the fourth row of the grid is just one of several developments vexing McLaren during the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris qualified seventh and eighth, over half a second off Mercedes polesitter Kimi Antonelli, which has the same engine as McLaren’s MCL40. If the size of that margin was “disappointing”, in the words of McLaren ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli is favourite to win in Monaco after qualifying on pole, but what bets should F1 fans be looking at on Sunday.

While Kimi Antonelli faced some struggles during his rookie season in F1, the Italian is now leading the championship. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has shared an insight into how the youngster has gained such momentum.

F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne examines why two-time World Champion Jim Clark never managed to claim victory on the streets of Monte Carlo.

With Audi's power deficit not as detrimental around Monaco as it has been elsewhere, this Formula 1 weekend was earmarked as a prime opportunity to add to its modest tally of two points.
Both Gabriel Bortoleto and veteran team-mate Nico Hulkenberg finished all three practice sessions inside the top 10 to tease what was possible later in qualifying and then the race.
But after completing a ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman says his crash in Free Practice 3 at the Monaco Grand Prix, after which he was eliminated in Q1, was the strangest in his nascent Formula 1 career. 
The Haas driver lost control on a dusty part of the track coming into Massenet corner, careening into the guardrail and damaging the right-hand side of his VF-26.
“I just picked up the dust and lost it,” Bearman ...Keep reading

MotoGP teams have agreed to increase the distance between the rows on the starting grid from the upcoming German Grand Prix, Motorsport.com has learned.
The measure comes in response to the multi-rider crash that occurred at Turn 1 of the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit during the first restart of the Catalan Grand Prix, from which Johann Zarco has yet to fully recover. The Frenchman suffered a ...Keep reading

Austin Dillon, Brad Keselowski, TJ Majors and Chris Buescher have all discussed what happened between them last week at Nashville Superspeedway and have mostly ended up in a place of mutual understanding.
The entire ordeal began on Lap 145 when Dillon was spun off a chain reaction of events. There was a bottleneck on pit entry and coming down the frontstretch, Keselowski shaded low and stalled ...Keep reading

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David Malukas wasn’t upset despite being knocked from provisional pole at the very end of qualifying by Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou at World Wide Technology Raceway.
Palou, the reigning and four-time IndyCar champion, throttled to a two-lap average run of 174.353mph, dethroning Malukas’s 173.244mph outing and denying him a second career pole. Even though the two share the front row ...Keep reading

Even after suffering a flat tire in practice, Denny Hamlin fought back in qualifying to secure pole position for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
Hamlin was the final driver on the track, and he denied home hero Carson Hocevar by just 0.018s with a pole lap of 36.901s.
This is Hamlin's 50th career pole, putting him in elite company. Only Richard Petty, David ...Keep reading

Alex Palou was the last driver to go out, but was also the best after scorching to pole for the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (WWTR).
The reigning and four-time IndyCar Series Champion, driving the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, stormed to the top spot in qualifying with a two-lap average of 174.353mph around the 1.25-mile egg-shaped oval. He dethroned Team ...Keep reading

Kaden Honeycutt did not appreciate Corey Heim throwing two blocks on him to win the Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday afternoon.
Honeycutt, driving the Tricon Garage No. 11 that Heim took to the championship last year and 23 victories across the past three seasons, made several runs at Heim but couldn’t find a path to the win.
On the final lap, Heim blocked ...Keep reading

Two NASCAR Cup Series teams had a little trouble getting through inspection on Saturday, and so, the standard penalties have been applied.
26 of the 37 entries passed on their first attempt, while nine passed on their second attempt, but there were two that needed to go through the inspection process three times.
The No. 17 RFK Racing Ford of Chris Buescher, which entered this race eighth in ...Keep reading

Matt Youson takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day in Monte Carlo.

Chris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day in Monte Carlo.

The drivers and teams report back on final practice and Qualifying from the streets of Monte Carlo ahead of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix.

After a promising start to the weekend for Audi, the team faced a disappointing Qualifying in Monaco following a Q1 crash for Gabriel Bortoleto.

It was 'Heim Time' once again!
Corey Heim, who is set to go full-time Cup racing next year with 23XI Racing, won Saturday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Michigan International Speedway.
The 2025 NCTS champion now has 26 career wins, and three in just five starts this year.
There was just 0.065s between Heim and TRICON Toyota Kaden Honeycutt at the checkered ...Keep reading

George Russell's costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won't go away any time soon.
Russell had made a strong start to the 2026 Formula 1 season with a pole-to-flag victory in Melbourne, but ...Keep reading