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Ahead of the British GP at Silverstone, the question over when we will next see a British rider on the MotoGP grid has risen once again. But in the opinion of TNT MotoGP pundits Neil Hodgson and Michael Laverty, this is something that could still be "years" away as British racing is in a “difficult period."
The only British rider currently racing in a GP series higher than Moto3 is Jake ...Keep reading

Adrian Newey has leapt to the defence of under-fire Aston Martin racer Lance Stroll, claiming the Canadian has a “bad rap” outside of the team.
Stroll has had some high-profile blunders since making his Formula 1 debut in 2017 and has been caught out this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix – having been forced out of FP1 after pulling into the path of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari and ...Keep reading

“This has nothing to do with racing,” concluded Max Verstappen after last year’s Monaco Grand Prix. It fits a pattern: Saturdays are spectacular in the principality, but Sundays tend to offer limited to almost no action. This is obviously due to overtaking with today’s large F1 cars being virtually impossible around the streets of Monte Carlo.
In the 2024 race, an early red flag ...Keep reading

William Byron made the pass for the win on Justin Allgaier as the field raced towards the white flag, claiming victory for Hendrick Motorsports. In post-race inspection, his No. 17 Chevrolet passed without issue.
However, the No. 8 JR Motorsports Chevrolet of Sammy Smith did not. Smith originally finished fifth, but he has now been disqualified after the car failed to meet the minimum weight ...Keep reading

Fresh off of signing a new four-year contract with Hendrick Motorsports, Cup star William Byron celebrated by securing a NASCAR Xfinity win at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday. He snatched the lead from Justin Allgaier on an overtime restart, driving away with fresher tires as the field took the white flag.
"I was somewhat confident," Byron told The CW broadcast. "I felt like if we got some ...Keep reading

Make no mistake, Pato O'Ward has excelled at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway many times. But he hasn’t won. In five races, he has finished second twice (in 2024 and 2022), fourth once, and sixth once. He also crashed while chasing the win in 2023. These performances have made him a fan favorite, even though he has never held the Borg-Warner Trophy.
The driver of the No. 5 Arrow McLaren ...Keep reading

The recent attenuator controversy at the Indy 500 has shaken the very foundation of Team Penske. Three senior executives from IndyCar have been dismissed as a result and two of its three IndyCar teams were penalized. But how does this impact the NASCAR side of the Penske garage?
Penske fields three full-time cars in the Cup Series with Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano and Austin Cindric. The NASCAR ...Keep reading

Chase Briscoe became just the tenth driver to earn pole position for both the Daytona 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same year, besting Kyle Larson by 0.020s in NASCAR Cup Series qualifying.
Briscoe now has four career poles, but his previous best start in the 600 is only 15th. Larson, who will be excused from driver introductions and the pre-race driver's meeting while he competes in the ...Keep reading

After the dust settled, Francesco Bagnaia explained his frustration after a disappointing day at Silverstone.The Ducati rider started third on the grid and, for the first time this season, ahead of Marc Marquez.
But his team-mate overtook him in the first corner and went ahead alongside Alex Marquez, leaving the Italian two-time champion behind. Bagnaia said: “Qualifying went quite well, we ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton believes the decision to introduce two mandatory pit stops at the Monaco Grand Prix will help the race be a better spectacle than last year’s “shite”.
The decision was taken to force all drivers to pit at least twice in an attempt to spice up the racing at one of the most difficult tracks on the calendar to overtake.
Previous years have seen Saturday’s qualifying ...Keep reading

Driving the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Chase Briscoe has collected yet another pole position in a NASCAR crown jewel event. He already earned pole for the season-opening Daytona 500, and now he'll lead the field of 40 for the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday.
"I haven't seen it yet, (but) I felt okay kind of everywhere," Briscoe told NASCAR on Prime. "I felt like it wasn't the most perfect lap by ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez believes he is the favourite for the British GP win following a comfortable sprint victory ahead of his brother Marc. Starting from second, Alex took the lead from his brother after the elder Marquez brother went wide, eventually finishing 3.5s ahead.
This breaks Marc’s sprint race winning streak, the factory Ducati rider having won the last six sprint races ...Keep reading

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Ross Chastain finished second in Friday night's NASCAR Truck race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and when the Cup cars went out on the track for Coca-Cola 600 practice, he was again very fast.
Timing in ninth overall on the time sheets, Chastain was showing impressive long-run speed in the No. 1 Chevrolet. He led all drivers in the 10-lap, 15-lap, and 20-lap averages. Unfortunately, after 20 laps ...Keep reading

The 33 cars that will participate in the Greatest Spectacle in Racing on Sunday have already undergone countless hours of work in shops and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an attempt to become the next Indy 500 champion. But what does a technical director look for when setting up a car to perform at its best on this unique 2.5-mile oval track?
Motorsport.com sat down with David Brown, who ...Keep reading

Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Cup Series lineup won't change for 2026. While Austin Dillon will continue to pilot the No. 3 Chevrolet, the team confirmed on Saturday that Kyle Busch has picked up an option in his contract to continue driving the No. 8 through 2026.
"We're really excited," said Childress, who won six driver's titles with Dale Earnhardt Sr. between 1986 and 1994. "You know ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has addressed his incident with Max Verstappen during Formula 1 qualifying at Monaco Grand Prix, which led to a three-place grid drop for Sunday’s race. The seven-time world champion said his team mistakenly told him that Verstappen was slowing down, which prompted him to move back to the middle of the track – and impede the Red Bull driver.
Hamilton, who qualified fourth ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has been slapped with a three-place grid drop for Sunday's Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix after impeding Max Verstappen in qualifying.
In Q1 Verstappen bombed up the hill towards Massenet when he was blocked by Hamilton's slow moving Ferrari, with Verstappen having to back out of his lap through one of the many blind corners on the circuit.
Hamilton was informed by his race ...Keep reading

Lando Norris put his Monaco Grand Prix pole result down to "driving smarter" rather than quicker, believing this was the first time since Formula 1's 2025 season opener in Australia that he put together a satisfactory Q3 run.
McLaren chose to give Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri two runs on their final set of tyres, which Norris pressed into service to first set a time of 1m10.125s, before ...Keep reading

Mercedes suffered a double qualifying blow at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix that left George Russell writing off the rest of the weekend.
After Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s “unnecessary” crash – which brought out the red flag at the end of Q1 – left the Italian down in 15th place, Russell then followed suit, having been forced to park his stricken W16 in the tunnel.
Mercedes ...Keep reading