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We now know who the four drivers are that will be fight for the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship next weekend. JR Motorsports teammates Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier were already locks before Martinsville, but they will be joined by teammate Carson Kvapil, so JRM drivers will make up 75% of the final four. However, they had the exact same odds in 2022 and still lost the crown.
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In the background of the playoff fight, another story was developing in the middle of the NASCAR Xfinity Series field. After moving Jeb Burton out of the way on an early restart, Sam Mayer had to watch out for the No. 27 car for the rest of the race.
“Go ahead and tell the 41 [Mayer] that he's done,” radioed Burton. He's done when I get to him. F*** him and his ...Keep reading

It was an overtime finish at Martinsville, with Sammy Smith chasing Taylor Gray just as he did in this race earlier in the year. However, this time, Smith did not wreck Gray for the win. He settled for second, and Gray earned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win in his 45th career start.
"About damn time," exclaimed Gray. "Give me a clock, baby. I can’t thank everyone on this 54 team enough ...Keep reading

In all likelihood, William Byron has to win at Martinsville Speedway to reach the NASCAR Cup Series final four next week at Phoenix and will lead the field to green on Sunday at Martinsville.
While the Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 driver is pleased with the pole, he isn’t points racing on Sunday and feels like it was just more important to have a race winning car and taking care of it ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda is focusing firmly on delivering on track while Red Bull continues to assess his seat going into 2026. This comes as the Japanese driver narrowly missed out on Q3 during qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix.
Asked where he stood on the comments from team principal Laurent Mekies and adviser Helmut Marko, who said they will be taking their time making a decision about the future of ...Keep reading

Adding even more credence to the notion that the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit and countersuit is destined to trial was Denny Hamlin in how he characterized settlement mediation over the past week.
“It went okay the first day, not great the second day,” Hamlin said during a press conference on Saturday at Martinsville Speedway. “I don’t know. Didn’t ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Mexico Grand Prix is set to be another key race in the 2025 title race.
Championship leader Oscar Piastri has been struggling at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and will start the race from seventh, having gained a spot following Carlos Sainz' carryover grid penalty from Austin.
Meanwhile, Piastri's team-mate and closest challenger Lando Norris seized pole position, and a resurgent ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri will start the 2025 Mexico City GP from seventh rather than eighth on the grid, thanks to Carlos Sainz’s five-place penalty, but that will be of little comfort given that the Formula 1 championship leader’s fastest Q3 lap was 0.588s off McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.
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Max Verstappen says his Red Bull Formula 1 car "just isn't working" at the Mexico Grand Prix, after qualifying fifth on Saturday.
The reigning world champion reignited the title battle with his third win out of four races in last week's United States Grand Prix, bringing his gap to leader Oscar Piastri down to 40 points.
It left Verstappen with his fate in his own hands, but still requiring ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella revealed that Oscar Piastri was losing "a few milliseconds" in every corner to his team-mate Lando Norris during the Mexico Grand Prix qualifying.
While Norris secured pole position for the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Piastri qualified in P8 but will start the race from P7 after Carlos Sainz takes a five-place grid penalty carried over from ...Keep reading

Facing a must-win situation, William Byron earned a critical pole position at Martinsville Speedway. The Hendrick Motorsports driver lapped the half-mile short track in 19.286s, beating Ty Gibbs by just fractions — 0.002s — for pole.
This is Byron's 16th career pole and his third of the 2025 season, but the two-time Martinsville winner has never started on the front row for this ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has championed the improved processes at Ferrari after securing P3 on the starting grid for the Mexico Grand Prix. 
The seven-time champion is set to start the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in third behind polesitter Lando Norris and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in second. 
"This is the first time we've both [Hamilton and Leclerc] been in the top three ...Keep reading

Lando Norris qualified on pole position for the Mexico Grand Prix while his team-mate and current drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri will start as far back as seventh. After delivering a decisive final lap at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Norris is happy to be leading Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton. 
Talking after a comfortable session for the driver, the Briton ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz got a five-place grid drop for colliding with Andrea Kimi Antonelli in the United States Grand Prix.






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McLaren's Lando Norris has secured a crucial pole in the 2025 Formula 1 title race at the Mexico Grand Prix, amid struggles for rivals Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.
At Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Norris fended off a challenge from Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to secure his first pole since the Belgian Grand Prix, toppling initial Q3 leader Leclerc with a ...Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Max Verstappen says only "bad luck" will derail him as he hunts for the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' championship. Adding that he will simply "give everything", he has the McLaren drivers in his sights. 
Speaking to The Inside Track ahead of qualifying for the Mexico Grand Prix, the four-time champion played down his chances. 
“It’s not about if I will win it or not,” he said. “I know ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez has reflected on his difficulties at Red Bull, driving alongside four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, arguing that even Lewis Hamilton would struggle in the role.
The Mexican driver is set to return to the championship in 2026 with Cadillac after parting with the Milton Keynes outfit at the end of 2024. Red Bull has struggled to find a second driver who is able to extract ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has called four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel the "most all-round driver" he's known as he spoke about the pair's ongoing relationship. Speaking ahead of the Mexico Grand Prix, Hamilton described his "amazing relationship" with his former rival-turned-friend.
In conversation with ESPN, the seven-time champion was complimentary of the German.
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Mexican driver Pato O'Ward shared an update with his fans after being taken ill following his stint with McLaren during the first practice session of the Mexico Grand Prix race weekend.
After stepping into Lando Norris's McLaren MCL39 during FP1, the IndyCar driver was treated for food poisoning in the medical centre. Motorsport.com understands that the 26-year-old was given IV fluids for ...Keep reading