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In a Monday legal filing, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports is asking the Western District of North Carolina court to force Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske to subject themselves to a thorough deposition in advance of NASCAR putting them on the witness stand during the antitrust trial next month.
The two tenured team owners were placed on a witness list last month by the Sanctioning Body. In ...Keep reading

Ferrari says clinching its maiden Hypercar title in the World Endurance Championship gives it a “different satisfaction” to winning the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The Prancing Horse swept both the drivers’ and the manufacturers’ championships after its three 499Ps finished third, fourth and fifth in the season-ending Bahrain 8 Hours.
It marks Ferrari’s first prototype world title since ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff explained why the highlights of Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s rookie Formula 1 season have all come at unfamiliar circuits after he finished second at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
That was the 19-year-old’s second podium of 2025, after taking third place in Canada, with the other positive highlight of Antonelli’s campaign being when the Mercedes driver took pole for the Miami sprint ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Cup season concluded one week ago at Phoenix with Kyle Larson besting Denny Hamlin for the crown in overtime, but the NASCAR Mexico Series still had one race left to go, and it's ending was even more intense.
NASCAR's Latin American division headed to Amozoc, Puebla in central Mexico for the Championship 4 finale. Julio Rejón, Alex de Alba, Germán Quiroga, and Max Gutiérrez ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty for colliding with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc at Turn 1 during the Brazil Grand Prix divided opinion in the Formula 1 paddock.
While Piastri defended his actions, with both McLaren team boss Andrea Stella and Leclerc pointing to a portion of blame needing to fall on Antonelli, the FIA stewards judged the Australian driver “wholly” at fault ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak’s decision to step away from full-time rallying will be a “huge loss” for the World Rally Championship, reckons current points leader and former team-mate Elfyn Evans.
Tanak announced plans to leave Hyundai at the end of the year and take a break from competing in the WRC just hours after finishing fourth at last weekend’s Rally Japan.
The 2019 world champion cited that he ...Keep reading

World champion Jorge Martin will travel to Valencia this weekend in the hopes of returning to MotoGP action at the season finale there.
The Aprilia star has been out since his first-lap accident at the Japanese Grand Prix in September. The resulting collarbone injury was the latest in a series of disruptions to his first season with the factory Aprilia team.
Now, according to a brief Aprilia ...Keep reading

Toyota’s technical director David Floury said he is glad to see the back of the 2025 World Endurance Championship, despite ending the year with a morale-boosting victory in Bahrain 8 Hours.
The Japanese manufacturer endured its worst season in the WEC’s top class in years, as constant frustrations with the Balance of Performance left it as an also-ran while Ferrari dominated the ...Keep reading

McLaren has signed 2025 Formula Regional European runner-up Matteo De Palo to its driver development programme as part of an academy shake-up. 
The 18-year-old secured his best result since moving to single-seaters in 2023 by finishing second to FRECA champion Freddie Slater ahead of his graduation to Formula 3 with Trident next year.
De Palo will now also contest F3 with the backing of ...Keep reading

Ferrari president John Elkann has discussed the disappointing Brazil Grand Prix that resulted in the Maranello outfit slipping from second to fourth in the constructors' standings after a double DNF. The Ferrari chief claimed that drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton need to "focus on driving and talk less".
"We won the Endurance world titles in Bahrain, and it was an extraordinary ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg has the speed to fight for podiums at every round of the World Rally Championship next year, according to Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala.
Solberg has realised a life-long dream of becoming a full-time factory WRC driver after securing the vacant seat at Toyota left by Super Formula-bound Kalle Rovanpera.
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Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo made a rare public appearance at a Premier League football match between Brentford and Newcastle with Sky Sports F1 presenter Natalie Pinkham during the Brazil Grand Prix weekend.
Pinkham, who was forced to sit out her presenting duties at Interlagos due to recent surgery, shared on social media: "Recruited a couple of newbees…. @brentfordfc….and ...Keep reading

Mika Hakkinen’s Formula 1 career was highlighted by two drivers’ world championships, 20 grand prix victories, 26 pole positions and 25 fastest laps. But the ‘Flying Finn’ achieved all this following his darkest day at the Australian Grand Prix on 10 November 1995.
During Friday qualifying, his McLaren-Mercedes suffered a left-rear tyre deflation on the approach to Brewery Bend – the ...Keep reading

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has identified the positives after a disastrous weekend in Brazil left the Maranello outfit overtaken by both Mercedes and Red Bull in the constructors' standings.
The weekend started with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton qualifying in P8 and P11 for the sprint race, respectively. While both were able to finish the sprint in the points, bringing home six ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls celebrated a return to points after three scoreless weekends with a double top-10 finish for Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar in seventh and eighth at Interlagos - although the pair survived contact on the final lap to get there.
Lawson made a bold one-stop strategy work but came under huge pressure from Hadjar and a gaggle of midfield cars on the final few laps, a fight that ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda insisted he is not throwing anything away after another tough race weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
While his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen put in an incredible drive from a pitlane start to a podium finish in P3, Tsunoda struggled with two penalties and finished 17th.
In addition to his grand prix struggles, the Japanese driver was knocked out in the first round of ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella reckons Oscar Piastri received a “harsh” penalty during the Brazil Grand Prix - claiming Andrea Kimi Antonelli was equally to blame. 
Piastri was hit with an extra 10 seconds at Interlagos after knocking Antonelli into Charles Leclerc when he took second down the inside of Turn 1 with the cars three-wide. 
Stewards said the McLaren driver was ...Keep reading

Nicolo Bulega, the World Superbike rider substituting for Marc Marquez aboard the factory Ducati, has revealed the extent to which he had to adjust his riding for the Michelin tyre used in MotoGP.
At the same time, he could be on the right side of that gulf when MotoGP switches to Pirelli rubber for 2027 – if he can land a ride.
Bulega scored a point with 15th place in a cautious but ...Keep reading

Tech3 KTM stand-in rider Pol Espargaro says Franco Morbidelli’s field-scattering move on lap one of the Portuguese Grand Prix was ‘way too aggressive’.
Morbidelli was the biggest loser in the Turn 5 incident, which ended with the VR46 Ducati rider on the floor and out of the race. But that did not stop Espargaro, who was among the riders Morbidelli was seemingly trying to pass, from ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen's progress from a pitlane start to the podium in the Brazil Grand Prix was remarkable, all the more so since Verstappen had been complaining about his car's poor performance all weekend – even on his way to fourth in the sprint race.
Changes to the car the team made in response to those complaints actually made the car slower, resulting in Verstappen being failing to progress ...Keep reading