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With just a few laps to go in Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series title race, Denny Hamlin appeared set to win it all, with William Byron ending the season as the championship runner-up. But before Hamlin could reach the white flag, the caution flew for yet another tire failure.
This time, it was Byron, who slammed the wall in Turns 3 and 4. His title hopes were over, and Hamlin was put in an impossible ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has responded to critics who brand his ventures away from the championship as distractions.
The seven-time champion, who made his F1 debut in 2007, has worked to branch out into other areas alongside his racing career. Other business ventures of his have included co-founding the vegan restaurant chain Neat Burger, launching Team X44 in the Extreme E ...Keep reading

A dramatic NASCAR Cup finale at Phoenix Raceway ended in a wild overtime restart. Denny Hamlin had dominated the event, but he was deep in the pack after a four-tire call on the final pit stop. 
Title rival Kyle Larson opted for two, and the track position difference was enough for the driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, who captured his second his second NASCAR Cup title ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has got engaged to his partner Alexandra Saint Mleux. The Scuderia stalwart confirmed the engagement via a post on Instagram.
"Mr(squared) and Mrs Leclerc," the caption read alongside photos of the two and their paddock-famous dog that they share together, Leo Leclerc.
The couple were first spotted in public in July 2023 at Wimbledon. Since then, the two have ...Keep reading

Connor Zilisch is the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year, but he missed out on the biggest prize. The 19-year-old led all drivers in wins (10), top fives (20), top tens (23), and average finish (8.0), but he will end the year as the championship runner-up.
At the Phoenix finale, he lost the race lead with 24 laps to go to his best friend and title rival Jesse Love. After the race, he ...Keep reading

In the Singapore Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso expressed his displeasure over the radio after a slow pit stop dropped him from eighth to 15th. When engineer Andrew Vizard told him there were 34 laps to go, the two-time Formula 1 champion replied: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio." 
Alonso did not fully appreciate the attention his radio outburst received in Singapore ...Keep reading

2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling has set her sights on securing a full-time Formula E seat.
“Formula E is something that is really attractive, and I'd like to one day be a driver in this series,” she told Formula E.
“It's a world championship, and it’s the pinnacle at the end of the day. With Nissan, we've not discussed that far ahead yet, but we're working together to get to ...Keep reading

Later today, four drivers will battle it out for 312 laps around Phoenix Raceway for the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin chases an elusive crown after two decades while Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe attempts to win it in his first Championship 4 appearance. Hendrick Motorsports seeks to add to their incredible legacy with a 15th title with former champion ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has insisted the Woking outfit will not pay attention to external noise amid the intense battle in the drivers' championship.
Throughout the 2025 Formula 1 season, McLaren has opted to allow both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to race, with the one proviso that they do not crash into each other. While this has made for an exciting championship fight and intense ...Keep reading

The 1991 McLaren MP4/6, driven by Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna to claim his first home race victory, is set for auction at RM Sotheby's, with an estimated price of $12million-$15million.
The Brazilian driver tested the first MP4/6 chassis in February 1991 and went on to win his final drivers' championship with McLaren in the same car.
“In the closing laps I just had to leave the car in ...Keep reading

Joan Mir says it is too early for Honda to start thinking about winning races in MotoGP again, insisting the Japanese manufacturer must consolidate its recent progress before aiming higher.
Honda has enjoyed a resurgence in 2025 after enduring its worst spell in MotoGP in decades, with last weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix marking its fourth podium finish of the season.
With 266 points in ...Keep reading

The way Oscar Piastri lost the Formula 1 world championship lead means he may have grown complacent, Jacques Villeneuve has suggested.
Piastri led the standings for 15 consecutive rounds, with his advantage reaching 34 points over McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and 104 points over Max Verstappen after his Dutch Grand Prix win.
Since then, the Australian has suffered a spate of mediocre ...Keep reading

Alpa Prime Racing runs three entries in the NASCAR Xfinity Series -- the No. 4, No. 44, and No. 45. Tommy Joe Martins is a co-owner of the team, and he was celebrating like they had just won the race as their cars crossed the finish line.
Why? Well, that's because the No. 44 car driven by Brennan Poole finished high enough to snag a spot inside the top 20 in the owner's championship (by a ...Keep reading

Aston Martin Formula 1 owner Lawrence Stroll has detailed his mission to turn the Silverstone outfit into world champions. 
Stroll led a consortium of investors in August 2018 in buying the assets of the Force India F1 team, which was then renamed Racing Point Force India. The branding changed again in 2019 to Racing Point F1 Team, and in January 2020, it was announced that Stroll led the Yew ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has defended George Russell's Mercedes team radio outburst during the Mexico Grand Prix. 
A delayed team orders call to swap positions with team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli left the British driver exasperated. With Oscar Piastri closing in behind him and what he felt was good pace in his tyres, Russell requested that he swap positions with ...Keep reading

Trackhouse wants to instil a winning culture in its burgeoning MotoGP squad while also bringing it closer to its American roots, says team principal Davide Brivio.
Best known for its participation in the NASCAR Cup Series, Trackhouse expanded into MotoGP in 2024 by taking over the erstwhile RNF Racing team.
The North Carolina-based squad proudly showcased its heritage by running a ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst and former driver Martin Brundle has argued that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix could have "scattered" Oscar Piastri's brain.
In an intense championship fight with his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, the Australian driver suffered a torrid weekend in Baku. After crashing into the wall in qualifying, leaving him with a ninth-place starting position, he jumped the start of ...Keep reading

While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop. 
This year’s Pirelli tyres are more robust than in previous seasons, allowing drivers to push more, but ...Keep reading

The emotion afterwards was palpable.
On pit road, immediately after the race, newly crowned NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Jesse Love was in tears at earning a major career accomplishment. On the other end of the spectrum, Connor Zilisch was in tears because he was denied a championship that surely would have been his under any other format.
"I feel like emotion is part of the sport," ...Keep reading

In an unexpected triumph, Jesse Love bested Connor Zilisch to win the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. 
Love passed Zilisch for the lead with 24 laps to go, and never looked back. This is Love's third career win, and his first ever on a non-superspeedway track. In the closing laps, Aric Almirola passed Zilisch for second, securing the owner's championship for Joe Gibbs Racing and the ...Keep reading