Motorsport

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced a new partnership with Pixar's Toy Story to celebrate three decades of the franchise.
The collaboration will celebrate the iconic characters from the film series on a journey from the AMR Technology Campus at Silverstone to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the 2025 Mexico Grand Prix, during which Lance Stroll finished 14th and Fernando Alonso ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin was the straw that stirs the drink in the final Final Four press conference prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
First, Hamlin was much looser than he was on Friday following a mechanical scare, aided by the fact that he scored pole position on Saturday afternoon. During the NextGen era, the finalist that qualified the best of the four ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin 's 20-year quest to become a NASCAR Cup Series champion just got one step closer after securing pole position for the title-decider in Phoenix on Saturday.
Hamlin flew to pole position with a confident-looking 28.914s lap, collecting his 48th career pole and his fifth of the 2025 season.
"We're trying," smiled Hamlin after securing the top spot on the grid. "We're doing ...Keep reading

Joe Gibbs Racing locked out the front row for the season finale with Brandon Jones earning pole position over teammate Taylor Gray.
Jones' fast lap of 27.490s was more than a full tenth faster than his teammate Gray, who earned his first career win one week ago at Martinsville.
Sheldon Creed qualified third, but the top-qualifying Championship 4 driver was Connor Zilisch in fourth. Zilisch ...Keep reading

Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) was established as All-Star Racing in 1984, while Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) joined NASCAR for the first time in 1992.
Since then, HMS has won 320 races and JGR has won 227, making them the two of the three winningest teams in Cup Series history. 
They've also combined to win 19 of the last 30 Cup titles, with Hendrick collecting 14 championships and Gibbs five ...Keep reading

During the hour-long practice session in Phoenix, the issues began when championship contender Chase Briscoe lost a left rear within five minutes of the start of the session. It was the first of many, and those failures are likely not an anomaly but a result of teams being aggressive with suspension adjustments and tire pressures.
Phoenix Raceway is a unique type of oval because it is ...Keep reading

Corey Heim simply obliterated the competition in 2025. He won 4x as many races as his closest competition, scored nearly twice as many top fives, led 3x as many laps led, and ended the year with an average finish more than four places better than any other full-time driver.
To cap it all off, Heim drove from tenth to first in two overtime restarts (with four fresh tires), making up most of the ...Keep reading

After years of Cup drivers ransacking the lower divisions for race wins and championships, NASCAR introduced a policy limiting Cup drivers to a maximum of five races in Xfinity and five in Trucks, while also forbidding drivers from racing for multiple championships.
On Saturday, NASCAR revealed that they will actually double the number of races from five to ten for the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto ...Keep reading

“It's just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…”
This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Nevadan race turned out to be one of the worst in McLaren’s title-winning season, with Norris and Piastri out of the top five positions on both ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has argued that Lewis Hamilton sometimes does not get enough credit for the influence he has had on Formula 1.
Wolff discussed Hamilton's public support for her after the FIA launched an inquiry into claims that her relationship with her husband, Mercedes F1 CEO Toto Wolff, posed a conflict of interest in the championship.
Two days later, the ...Keep reading

Sauber Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg is set to auction his race-used 2025 Mexico Grand Prix helmet for charity.
The auction will raise money for the Hahnair Foundation, which works to support women and children living in poverty.
“I am delighted to be working with the Hahnair Foundation on this project," Hulkenberg said. "The foundation has been committed to improving the development of ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has backed Oliver Bearman as the best rookie of the 2025 Formula 1 season after an impressive fourth-place finish at the Mexico Grand Prix. 
Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast following the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Steiner joked that the Haas driver could have been a race winner if the former team principal was still working in the paddock. 
"I have to ...Keep reading

F1: The Movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that he has already met with Lewis Hamilton to discuss a potential sequel to the blockbuster film. 
The movie, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, has almost reached $630million at the global box office since its release in June 2025. It follows nomadic driver Sonny Hayes, portrayed by Pitt, as he returns to Formula 1 with the struggling ...Keep reading

Pol Espargaro says it is “painful” to watch Pedro Acosta unable to showcase his full potential due to the limitations of KTM’s MotoGP bike. 
As the 2025 season has progressed, Acosta has grown increasingly consistent, having admitted to making too many mistakes early in the year. While his speed had never been in doubt, the newfound maturity and consistency have transformed him into a ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has provided a deeper explanation of Carlos Sainz's retirement from the Mexico Grand Prix.
After sustaining damage to the front-left side of the car at the chaotic start of the race, the Spanish driver battled with lost sensors, vibrations and tyre degradation before he clipped the kerb and caught the wall on the rear corner of the car. While there was no ...Keep reading

Four hours, four minutes, 37 seconds. The Canadian Grand Prix of 2011 is famed for two things: one, being Formula 1's longest-ever race (a record that will likely never be beaten), and two, Jenson Button's unlikely victory after falling to the back of the field.
It's considered as Button's best race, one where he battled against the elements and a lack of care from his rivals to work his from ...Keep reading

Ray Heim was losing his figurative s--t watching the NASCAR Truck Series Championship Race from the infield but his son remained resolute through it all.
The Tricon Garage No. 11 team was not going to lose this race and championship on a caution with five laps to go because Connor Mosack did not pit to address his tire rub. They were not going to lose it to those who took two tires when Scott ...Keep reading

Corey Heim entered this race as the overwhelming favorite for the title, but the format meant he had to perform at Phoenix or face losing the title despite a historic season. 
He won both stages and led the most laps, but when the race fell into double overtime, he had to fight with everything he had to win the title. Coming from tenth on a two-to-go restart, he drove up to second with a ...Keep reading

The final NASCAR Cup Series practice session of the year, for the championship race at Phoenix Raceway, contained no shortage of drama and intrigue.
Overall, there were numerous left side tire failures, and that included a championship finalist.
The first was Chase Briscoe and then two straight left side failures by AJ Allmendinger, the second of which caused a crash that will send him to a ...Keep reading

The lone practice session for the NASCAR Cup Series title-decider at Phoenix Raceway began with a flurry of tire issues.
It didn't take long for the drama to unfold. As Hamlin pulled out of line and slowed to avoid all the traffic, trouble found his title rival and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe.
The No. 19 slowed down the backstretch with a cut left-rear tire, dragging the ...Keep reading