Motorsport

The Sepang International Circuit may not have delivered the most exciting MotoGP race of 2026, but there were plenty of talking points from last weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Track deterioration, Qatar controversy and Jorge Martin’s attempted comeback kept the fans occupied, as Aprilia and Ducati experienced contrasting fortunes in South East Asia.
Here are the winners and losers ...Keep reading

There was at least one moment during Frederic Vasseur's post-Mexican Grand Prix media briefing when the Ferrari team principal burst into laughter.
Motorsport Network journalist Ronald Vording had just asked him what felt like the umpteenth question about the evidently strained atmosphere following the first-lap clash between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
"It seems that no matter what ...Keep reading

William Byron first worked with crew chief Rudy Fugle in January 2016 at a little-known short track race called ‘Speedfest’ in Cordele, Georgia and have spent all but three years together since.
Their Speedfest effort was designed to give them a head start on their communication before the NASCAR Truck Series season began a month later at Daytona International Speedway.
Together, they ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson left the penultimate race of the NASCAR Cup Series season with a 67-point lead over Christopher Bell and 70 over Denny Hamlin.
A perfect race, one that William Byron put together on Sunday by the way, pays 76 points. In other words, it would take one of the worst possible Larson meltdowns combined with a tremendous race from either Hamlin or Bell to change the outcome of this ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri’s tough Mexico Grand Prix weekend has ended in point-less fashion, after the McLaren Formula 1 driver copped a penalty for his collision with Arvid Lindblad.
Piastri’s 60-strong streak of Q3 appearances (including sprints) ended at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez as he qualified a lowly 12th, which paved the way for his troubles in the midfield.
Piastri did gain three spots at ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto have both been given post-race penalties which have dropped them out of the points and resulted in Haas debutant Ryo Hirakawa scoring on his Formula 1 debut at the Mexico Grand Prix.
Both Alpine drivers faced post-race investigations with the FIA stewards for failing to slow under yellow flags during the Mexico City race. In the provisional results Colapinto ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen missed the Chase, but he continues to make gains on the ovals, earning a top-five finish at Martinsville Speedway.
Van Gisbergen started 29th and didn't make it to the top ten until the final stage of the race, but he made much of his progress during the long green-flag runs.
He was the only driver who started outside the top 20 to finish inside the top 10, and was set to ...Keep reading

There will be no 'even-year-Logano' championship in 2026, but the Team Penske star certainly has a lot to be proud of.
Logano won the NASCAR Cup Series title in 2018, 2022, and 2024, but he wasn't even inside the Chase field until mid-summer. But since then, Logano has climbed to fifth in the standings.
And for a brief moment Sunday at Martinsville, it appeared that he was going to keep ...Keep reading

Another weekend of what could have been for Denny Hamlin. He started the race from pole position and led early, but quickly fell through the field when his team's decision not to pit during Stage 1 backfired.
Hamlin fell outside the top ten and failed to score any points in Stage 1. He was then buried mid-pack and failed to score any points in Stage 2 as well. Making the situation even more ...Keep reading

“When you are 1-2 at Turn 4, you don't imagine that you won't win the race.”
This statement says a lot about Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur’s disappointment following Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix.
Ferrari was on pole for the first time in the 2026 season, courtesy of Lewis Hamilton, with Charles Leclerc third; no grid had been so favourable to the prancing horse since ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar's run-in with Austin Cindric wasn't his only moment from Sunday's NASCAR Cup race that raised eyebrows.
Just a few laps before the Cindric brake-check, Hocevar triggered a race-altering caution that flew in the middle of green-flag pit stops. On Lap 198, he was being lapped by race leader William Byron when Hocevar slid up the track and spun out.
The incident immediately led ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli's rivals have paid tribute to the Mercedes driver after he clinched the Formula 1 world championship at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
The Italian finished third behind Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton to secure the title with four races to spare. At just 20 years and 68 days old, he is the youngest champion in the sport's history, and the first Italian to win the drivers' title ...Keep reading

Superlatives are running out to describe Kimi Antonelli's unprecedented ascent to power over the 2026 season. At the Mexico Grand Prix, Formula 1's new ruler received the coronation his campaign deserved.
Winner: Kimi Antonelli
Antonelli's title triumph may have been a foregone conclusion at this point, but that only makes his achievement more remarkable, not less.
It's impossible not to ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff claimed the Brackley outfit "let down" George Russell after a deployment issue spoiled his start at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Russell started from second on the grid after missing out on pole position to seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton by just 0.009 seconds, but he lost ground at the start. He was then given a 10-second penalty for a first-lap ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar was involved in another incident on Sunday, this time involving Austin Cindric.
Just over 200 laps into the race, Cindric was battling Hocevar for position when the Spire Motorsports driver appeared to aggressively brake-check him no fewer than three times, heavily damaging the front bumper on Cindric's No. 2 Team Penske Ford.
Cindric was forced to the garage by the damage ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc says Lewis Hamilton’s driving was “very much on the limit” as he defended his own move at the beginning of the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Leclerc attacked polesitter Hamilton at Turn 4 on the opening lap and made it out of the scrap ahead of him.
“I mean, it was definitely an opportunity. In Turn 1 there was a gap on the outside and I had quite a lot of speed around the ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc has delved into his controversial Mexico Grand Prix drive, more specifically the way he snatched – and retained – the lead from Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc challenged his polesitting team-mate for the lead at the start, with Hamilton holding him off over the first sequence of corners. The Monegasque then launched an attack around the outside of Turn 4 ...Keep reading

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali says "an entire nation will celebrate" after Kimi Antonelli became the series' youngest champion at the Mexican Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old also became the first Italian world champion in 73 years, since Alberto Ascari in 1953. The Mercedes driver finished third at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez behind race-winner Max Verstappen and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton ...Keep reading

With just a few laps to go in Stage 2 during Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race, Ryan Blaney and Josh Berry were battling for seventh position.
However, after Blaney got into the back of Berry through Turns 3 and 4, Berry slowed abruptly, with Blaney then hitting the back of the No. 21. Blaney's nose was destroyed and he quickly spun out.
After a lengthy stay in the garage for repairs, he ...Keep reading

The 2026 NASCAR Cup season is nearly over, and Kyle Larson holds a comfortable 67-point lead over Christopher Bell, and a 70-point lead over Denny Hamlin ahead of the season finale. All other drivers are eliminated from title contention.
The biggest mover in the standings was race winner William Byron, who jumped two positions to ninth in the standings. His Hendrick Motorsports teammate and ...Keep reading