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Despite all the changes, Dover still largely feels like Dover according to NASCAR Cup Series drivers this weekend.
The changes include, primarily, the first race at The Monster Mile, in which the new short track rules package and increased horsepower have been affixed to the NextGen car. Additionally, NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports have applied a light coating of resin across the entire ...Keep reading

Spire Motorsports pit crew member Donovan Williams suffered minor injuries in a freak accident at Dover during All-Star weekend. 
The tire carrier for Daniel Suarez's No. 7 Cup car was in front of the heavy cart as they moved downhill towards the pit lane area when it began to roll away. 
Nearby was NASCAR on FOX reporter Amanda Busick, and Williams threw himself in front of the cart ...Keep reading

All-Star Race qualifying at Dover was far from conventional, and not just because of the unique format. Drivers had to complete three laps, including a four-tire pit stop at the end of the second lap.
The qualifying session featured numerous incidents, penalties, and loose wheels. 
Denny Hamlin, who won the Dover points race last year, secured pole position even after spinning on his warmup ...Keep reading

The #911 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R has retired from the 54th edition of the Nurburgring 24 Hours after just under four hours of running following an accident for Kevin Estre in the Brunnchen section of the track.
With their fiercest rival out of the race, the #3 Winward Mercedes shared by Formula 1 star Max Verstappen Jules Gounon, Dani Juncadella and Lucas Auer is now in a prime position to ...Keep reading

Valentino Rossi believes Ducati needs to put the same effort into Francesco Bagnaia’s recovery as the rider himself amid the latter’s difficult spell in MotoGP.
Once the best-performing rider within Ducati’s roster, Bagnaia has found it difficult to consistently fight at the front since the start of the 2025 season.
While there have been flashes of pace and the occasional victory, the ...Keep reading

Trackhouse team principal Davide Brivio will vacate his role at the end of the 2026 MotoGP season ahead of a widely expected move to Honda, it has been confirmed.
The American squad communicated his impending departure from the team following the sprint at the Catalan Grand Prix, in which both Raul Fernandez and Ai Ogura finished inside the points.
In a dedicated press release, Trackhouse ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin says there is no single explanation behind the four crashes he has suffered across the Catalan Grand Prix weekend so far, insisting he still feels confident on the Aprilia.
Just a week after his dominant double win in the French Grand Prix, the 2024 MotoGP champion has struggled to carry the momentum, with a series of incidents denting his performances in Barcelona.
Martin went ...Keep reading

May 18, 2025 -- Top 12 qualifying was about to get underway for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. 
It was already a difficult morning for Team Penske, as 2024 pole-sitter Scott McLaughlin suffered an airborne crash in practice, forcing him out of qualifying. However, none of the Penske trio ended up taking part in qualifying that day.
Just before the beginning of the Top 12 ...Keep reading

Joan Mir has revealed he will leave Honda at the end of the 2026 MotoGP season after growing frustrated by the manufacturer’s silence over its plans for the 850cc era.
Amid heavy speculation over the Catalan GP weekend linking him with a move to Gresini Ducati in 2027, Mir confirmed that he will be ending a relationship with Honda that began in the midst of the team’s worst slump in ...Keep reading

Apple's senior vice president of services Eddy Cue believes Formula 1 has the opportunity for long-term expansion in the United States.
This comes after the technology giant took over the broadcasting rights of Formula 1 in the United States from 2026, with the championship already seeing a boost in viewership.
"The ratings were way up over where they were last year on linear for the first ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi says his poor performance in the Catalan Grand Prix was not down to any lingering effects from his qualifying crash, insisting he is fully fit.
The factory Aprilia rider could only muster a single point in the half-distance race on  Saturday after passing the Tech3 KTM of Enea Bastianini for ninth on the final lap.
Starting 12th on the grid, Bezzecchi climbed to seventh in ...Keep reading

Jenson Button has reflected on the tumultuous period at Honda during the 2007 and 2008 Formula 1 seasons, hailing the arrival of Ross Brawn as the team's "saviour".
Speaking to Tom Clarkson during an appearance on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the 2009 world champion opened up about the struggles that the Japanese manufacturer faced following his maiden F1 victory at the 2006 Hungarian Grand ...Keep reading

UPDATE: Saturday qualifying has been rained out. IndyCar will utilize a condensed format on Sunday, setting the entire grid.
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Nyck de Vries has taken his first Formula E victory in four years in the Monaco E-Prix opener, as Dan Ticktum was denied a podium after he was penalised for a late clash with Antonio Felix da Costa.
Front-row starter de Vries failed to beat polesitter Ticktum into the lead at the first corner, and given the tight nature of the Monte Carlo street circuit the Mahindra driver bided his time behind ...Keep reading

KTM rider Pedro Acosta will start MotoGP's Catalan Grand Prix from pole position after dominating Saturday's qualifying.
The Spaniard started the Barcelona weekend by topping Friday practice and carried that momentum into qualifying, where he took the spot by almost a quarter of a second.
Franco Morbidelli came from Q1 to qualify his VR46 Ducati in second place in front of team boss ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez passed polesitter Pedro Acosta to claim victory in the Catalan Grand Prix sprint, while Jorge Martin suffered another crash in a tough day for the factory Aprilia team.
Marquez moved to the front on lap 4 of 12 and established a small buffer aboard the Gresini Ducati. While he came under serious pressure from the factory KTM of Acosta in the final laps, he didn’t put a foot wrong ...Keep reading

According to former Formula 1 paddock stalwart Otmar Szafnauer, Kimi Raikkonen almost lined up on the grid with Force India in 2012. 
Szafnauer, the former Force India and Aston Martin team principal now co-hosting the High Performance Racing podcast with Jake Humphrey and Rob Smedley, has revealed that he made a strong push to land Raikkonen ahead of the Finn's famous return to the ...Keep reading

Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton believes that Red Bull has regretted missing out on signing Oscar Piastri for years.
Motorsport.com understands that the Milton Keynes outfit is targeting Piastri as a potential replacement for four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, should the Dutchman decide to leave the team. 
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Williams’ Carlos Sainz was given the chance to drive the Madring ahead of F1’s long-awaited return to Madrid for September’s Spanish Grand Prix.

Lawrence Barretto joins Carlos Sainz for his first laps of the Madring, a new circuit in the Williams driver's home city of Madrid set to make its F1 debut later this season.