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"F1 cannot continue this way" - Fernando Alonso sounds the alarm at Spanish GP home race

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 09:50
Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso has warned that Formula 1 "cannot continue this way" after being disappointed by how the current generation of cars is being held back on the challenging Madring circuit, the new home of the Spanish Grand Prix.
As much as Alonso was full of praise for the challenging 5.4km Madring track, which features several high-speed and high-commitment corners with ...Keep reading

Supercars at The Bend: Chaz Mostert wins for Walkinshaw TWG Racing

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 09:32
Toyota and Walkinshaw TWG Racing have taken an impressive 1-3 result in the first of Supercars’ endurance races at The Bend in South Australia.
Chaz Mostert led home Ryan Wood in the black GR Supras, answering a number of questions about the reliability of the cars’ engine packages in the 500km race, run for the first time on the shorter, 3.4km West circuit.
The pair looked to be on the ...Keep reading

Titles and grand finals tickets on the line as RMCET returns to Trinec

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 09:02
The 2026 Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy has reached its season finale this week at the Steel Ring in Trinec, Czech Republic.
Round four will crown the championship's title winners and the RMC Euro Trophy also returns to the Steel Ring for the second consecutive season.
It follows a 2025 debut that produced one of the most memorable finals days of the year and here is what’s on ...Keep reading

Final predictions and latest Spanish Grand Prix odds

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-09-13 08:33
Our expert betting writers bring you their final predictions and the latest odds before the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.

Marc Marquez to read Valentino Rossi’s new book “when I retire” from MotoGP

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 08:29
Marc Marquez says he is open to reading Valentino Rossi’s autobiography, but only after he has retired from motorcycle racing.
Earlier this week, MotoGP legend Rossi announced that he will publish a new book titled La Mia Storia (my story) on 10 November, covering his life both on and off the track.
Written with Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi and spanning 480 pages, the book will ...Keep reading

William Sawalich declines comment on wrecking Corey Day, but will NASCAR penalize him?

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 04:38
WWT Raceway was the site of the latest clash between NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series regulars Corey Day and William Sawalich. 
They previously had run-ins at COTA, Daytona, and just last weekend at Darlington when Day sent Sawalich spinning. 
With just under 50 laps to go in the second round of the 2026 Chase, Day pushed up into Sawalich in the battle for fifth. Down the backstretch ...Keep reading

Jesse Love wins dramatic NASCAR O'Reilly race at Gateway

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 03:42
Jesse Love went to Victory Lane for the first time this year with an impressive victory at WWT Raceway on Saturday. The reigning NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion is now just 16 points out of the championship lead after claiming his fourth career win.
Love passed Carson Kvapil with 16 laps to go, driving off to collect the checkered flag with Sheldon Creed second, Sam Mayer third ...Keep reading

Betting mistakes to avoid during the Spanish GP

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-09-13 02:19
Safer gambling is important, so we’ve flagged some key betting mistakes to avoid during Sunday’s race at the Madring.

Pit crews narrowly avoid serious injury, pit road completely blocked in scary NASCAR crash

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 01:45
At the end of Stage 1, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series field filed down pit road for standard pit stops, but things quickly went very wrong.
On the narrow pit road, there was a check-up that led to Rajah Caruth and Nick Sanchez spinning. It was an accordion effect as cars piled in, pushing each other into the wreck.
Caruth's car clipped crew members of Brent Crews' No. 19 Joe Gibbs ...Keep reading

“Pretty shocking”, “quite messy” – Oscar Piastri bewildered by poor Madring F1 qualifying

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 01:00
A downbeat Oscar Piastri described his Spanish Grand Prix qualifying as “shocking” and “messy”, having finished seventh while McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris took pole position.
Piastri has been struggling for pace all weekend at the new Madring track. Save for FP3, he failed to break into the top six in any practice session or qualifying segment in Madrid.
Having been ...Keep reading

Sami Pajari searching for answers after WRC Rally Chile pace drop

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-09-13 00:50
After claiming three consecutive World Rally Championship wins, Sami Pajari says he needs to take a deeper look to understand a lack of speed in Rally Chile.
Victories in Estonia, Finland and Paraguay established the Finn as Elfyn Evans’ closest rival in the title race, sitting 20 points adrift with three rallies of the season remaining.
In Chile, Pajari has struggled to replicate the ...Keep reading

RFK's playoff drivers could be collected in Keselowski, Spire feud

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 23:22
Chris Buescher doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media but his phone started blowing up on Thursday when Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson suggested that his No. 17 team could get collected in the emerging tension between Brad Keselowski and Carson Hocevar.
Keselowski crashed as a result of contact from Hocevar early in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway last Sunday. He was ...Keep reading

WRC Chile: Oliver Solberg extends rally lead over Elfyn Evans with late Saturday charge

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 23:09
Oliver Solberg delivered an impressive Saturday afternoon loop to extend his Rally Chile lead and move a step closer to a second World Rally Championship win of the season.
The Toyota driver took a 10.1s lead over team-mate Elfyn Evans after a hard-fought morning loop that ended with the top four covered by only 20 seconds.  
Conscious of the need to preserve his tyres across the rough ...Keep reading

NASCAR Cup Gateway starting lineup: Joey Logano stuns with huge pole lap

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 22:51
In a sketchy qualifying session at WWT Raceway (Gateway), Joey Logano planted his No. 22 Team Penske Ford atop the speed charts with a 32.817s lap, a full 0.276s faster than Kyle Larson in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
How impressive was that run by Logano? It was the biggest pole margin in any Cup qualifying session since Chicagoland 2017, when Kyle Busch beat Denny Hamlin by ...Keep reading

Thiim-Kalender clash escalates again: "He got a taste of his own medicine"

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 21:51
At the Nurburgring, Nicki Thiim lost his temper because of Tom Kalender - and accused Mercedes-AMG of having sent the Landgraf driver after him. In Saturday's race at the Sachsenring, the Aston Martin title contender once again clashed with the youngster - and is now hitting back verbally. Thiim says Kalender did not leave him enough room when defending, as is actually required in the ...Keep reading

Two car chiefs ejected from Gateway after NASCAR Cup inspection failures

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 21:06
In pre-race inspection at WWT Raceway (Gateway), the No. 17 RFK Racing Ford of Chris Buescher and the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet of Cody Ware failed twice, resulting in some at-track penalties.
Buescher enters this race 11th in the Chase for the championship and leading the way for RFK, while Ware is last among full-time drivers in 35h in the standings.
As a result of the issues, No ...Keep reading

"Bring it" -- Calculated Brad Keselowski is still frustrated with Carson Hocevar

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-09-12 20:57
It was always very unlikely that Brad Keselowski was going to walk into his press conference on Saturday at World Wide Technology Raceway and remain adamant that there would be retaliation on Carson Hocevar.
He didn’t quite go that far but he is still clearly very miffed.
Keselowski’s RFK No. 6 crashed off the nose of Hocevar’s Spire No. 77 on Lap 107 of the Southern 500 last Sunday ...Keep reading

How Norris pulled off his 'masterpiece' Madring pole lap

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-09-12 20:13
Lando Norris clinched pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix with a stunning last-gasp effort in Qualifying.

What the teams said – Qualifying in Spain

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-09-12 20:13
The drivers and teams report back on all the action from final practice and Qualifying from the Madring, for the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix.

What are the tyre strategy options for the Spanish Grand Prix?

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-09-12 20:13
Matt Youson takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day at the all-new Madring circuit.

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