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A new series featuring LMP1 and LMP2 prototypes built up to the mid-2010s, along with GT cars from the same era, will support rounds of next season's World Endurance Championship.
The new Le Mans Legends Series has been created by prolific historic racing organiser Peter Auto and the cars will race at some of the same events as their current counterparts.
Organisers expect a wide range of ...Keep reading

The FIA has suspended Derek Warwick from driver steward duties on the eve of the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix for an interview he gave after the penalty given to Max Verstappen in Spain.
Warwick, a former F1 driver who made 146 grand prix starts for teams including Brabham, Arrows and Lotus, was relieved of his duties as an FIA driver steward for the Canadian GP on Friday night with immediate ...Keep reading

McLaren has offered a first-look at the Hypercar challenger with which it will return to top-flight sportscar racing in the World Endurance Championship.
The British organisation unveiled a full-scale model of the LMDh prototype that will race in the Hypercar class of the WEC from 2027 ahead of this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, 30 years on from its victory in the French enduro with the F1 ...Keep reading

Takaaki Nakagami will replace the injured Luca Marini at the Italian Grand Prix in Mugello next week for the factory Honda squad.
Marini remains sidelined due to the serious injury he suffered at the end of May during a test for the Suzuka 8 Hours in Japan.
After racing with only one rider in Aragon - taking advantage of a regulation clause that allowed Honda not to find a replacement - the ...Keep reading

With the softest grade of tyres available for the Canadian Grand Prix, many of Formula 1's drivers and teams are once again unsure which of the compounds are the best option for qualifying in Montreal.
Following the introduction of the C6 compound for 2025, and Pirelli's decision to be more aggressive with its selection of tyres for races, the softest rubber should - on paper, at least - offer ...Keep reading

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur joked about his acting role in the new Formula 1 film, saying that he’s now “looking for a new job”.
The light-hearted quip came midway through a heated press conference where the Frenchman hit back at reports in Italy claiming that he is fighting to save his current role as Ferrari team principal.
Vasseur lashed out at the Italian press, saying ‘enough is ...Keep reading

Lando Norris bemoaned McLaren’s "worst Friday" of the season after he and team-mate Oscar Piastri were off the pace in practice at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.
The dominant team for much of the year, Norris was seventh fastest in the morning session before posting the second-best time in FP2 while championship leader Piastri 14th and sixth, respectively.
Mercedes, Red Bull and ...Keep reading

Derek Warwick has been suspended from his duties as a steward for this weekend’s Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, after a number of controversial media interviews.
The 70-year-old, who has four grand prix podiums, was due to serve as one of the stewards in Montreal but will now sit out the weekend after the FIA decided to suspend Warwick.
In previous days, quotes attributed to Warwick ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has undergone a surprising - and entirely unintentional - image rehab over the past few years, thanks in part to TikTok.
Once cast as the villain of the Formula 1 paddock following his controversial world championship victory in Abu Dhabi in 2021 and the tense battle with Lewis Hamilton, the Red Bull driver has now secured four titles and with them, a growing base of social media ...Keep reading

NASCAR held two practice sessions on Friday as Cup drivers and teams learned their way around Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.
In the first session, drivers quickly found the limits with several locking up and utilizing the run-off area around the road course. Unfortunately for Noah Gragson, he found the outside wall, damaging his No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford. The team will ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell topped second practice at Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris. 
Russell went top after 23 minutes with a lap on Pirelli's medium tyres to set up an intriguing tyre choice for qualifying, with Norris unable to beat the Mercedes driver's time on softs. 
After six minutes of running, Lance Stroll suffered terminal damage to the ...Keep reading

There is quite the challenge -- and opportunity -- ahead for Ryan Truex. Denny Hamlin is choosing to stay with his family this weekend and miss the Cup race in Mexico City following the birth of his son. Hamlin's absence means Truex will get to pilot the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.
That car has three wins this year with Hamlin behind the wheel, including ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Fred Vasseur has taken aim at the Italian media after question marks were raised over his future at the team.
The points were made by heavyweight Italian publications Gazzetta della Sport and Corriere della Sera, while the impact made by engineer Loïc Serra, who joined from Mercedes in the winter, had also been debated.
Vasseur has grown frustrated over continual ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc will miss second practice at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix after his FP1 crash left him with chassis damage.
Leclerc was leading opening practice in Montreal after 15 minutes when he locked up his tyres into Turn 3 and under steered into the grass on the outside. The Ferrari driver was unable to prevent a violent hit with the wall, smashing up the front-left corner of his ...Keep reading

Red Bull “desperately” hopes that star driver Max Verstappen doesn’t pick up another F1 penalty point over the course of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, which would earn him a one-race ban from the series. But, if that does happen, team principal Christian Horner believes the side has “enough drivers” to cope with his temporary exit.
Verstappen now has 11 penalty points ...Keep reading

As NASCAR takes on Mexico City this weekend, three-time Cup Series champion Joey Logano spent a few minutes speaking exclusively with Motorsport.com's Luis Ramírez in preparation for the event.
Despite failing to win at any road course race in roughly a decade, the Team Penske driver is looking forward to this weekend's unique race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The event also presents ...Keep reading

First practice at a relatively cool, but sunny, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was marked by a plethora of spins and twitches for many drivers as the track proved to be lacking in grip and tricky to drive on. 
An innocuous spin by Alpine's Franco Colapinto into Turn 2, on his very first flyer, foreshadowed what would be a messy one-hour session.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc went quickest in ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto says he has felt "out of phase" with his car over his first three races with Alpine, but hopes that work in the factory can yield a breakthrough at Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix.
Colapinto was brought in the line-up to replace Jack Doohan after just six races and has yet to show he is bringing any improvement over the demoted Australian.
He suffered a crash in qualifying ...Keep reading

The story of NASCAR and Mexico might never have taken shape were it not for two brothers: Carlos and Enrique Contreras -- two Mexicans who arrived in the world’s premier stock car division. Some might call their rise a lucky break, but to those who knew them, NASCAR seemed more like destiny.
While Daniel Suárez is the first Mexican to win in the NASCAR Cup Series and the first non-American ...Keep reading

McLaren has produced a new iteration of its front wing for Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix, as five teams registered changes to their technical package for Montreal.
At the Spanish Grand Prix, all 10 teams needed to run with a revised front wing package to meet the tighter regulations on flex; a maximum deviation of 10mm was permitted from the application of a 1000N load - down from ...Keep reading