Motorsport

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was forced to retire from his first F1 race around his home circuit after his Mercedes had a throttle failure.
The Italian pulled to he side on lap 46 when he was running in eighth place, having made up from 13th on the grid.
Antonelli, who has otherwise impressed this season, also admitted he was overcome by the occasion of competing in his home race for the first time ...Keep reading

Lando Norris climbed from fourth to second in Formula 1’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, but admitted that the leading Red Bull of Max Verstappen was simply too “fast” around the Imola GP circuit. 
McLaren won five of the last six races, but conceded defeat to the Red Bull of Verstappen after the Dutchman took the lead of the race in the opening lap. Despite a late charge from Norris after ...Keep reading

Colton Herta made headlines on Saturday, but not for good reasons. The driver of the No. 26 Andretti Global Honda spun out in turn one on his first flying lap, going completely upside down in a frightening crash. Fortunately, he was unharmed, but the race car was not salvageable. 
The wreck occurred at 12:05 pm EST. With IndyCar’s rules preventing teams from having backup cars fully prepared ...Keep reading

Red Bull still has fire – at least in Max Verstappen’s hands
After the Miami GP, Helmut Marko called the gap to McLaren “depressing.” But just two weeks later, Red Bull showed it is still very much a force in this F1 season – well, at least one Red Bull. Max Verstappen once again demonstrated his brilliance in the RB21 and this time, it wasn’t a surprise pole lap, but a decisive ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has won Imola's Emilia Romagna Grand prix, interrupting a McLaren victory run by brilliantly snatching the lead at the start.
Lando Norris was second after passing polesitter Oscar Piastri late on, with two safety car situations mixing up the order.
From second on the grid Verstappen attacked Piastri into the first braking zone of Tamburello, going late on the ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier came through a marathon Rally Portugal to claim a record extending seventh World Rally Championship victory at the gravel rally.
Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais navigated a particularly demanding schedule that tested crews and teams to the limit to win the 24-stage contest as Toyota continued its 100% winning start to 2025.
The eight-time world champion took a 63rd career ...Keep reading

Pirelli’s new C6 tyre made its maiden appearance as part of the race-weekend at Imola but left everyone, including the tyre supplier itself, baffled when competitors struggled to make it last over a single lap. The two Aston Martin drivers and Mercedes’ George Russell set their best laps in qualifying on the C5, which is the medium tyre selection for the Imola GP.
What’s all the more ...Keep reading

Haas has asked the FIA for written clarification after Oliver Bearman was kicked out of qualifying for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna GP during the first session.
The Brit looked to have posted a lap time that was sufficient to see him safely into Q2; however, it came at the precise time the session was red-flagged following a crash for Franco Colapinto.
The FIA deliberated over the decision ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda will start from the pitlane in F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after Red Bull built up a spare chassis following his Imola qualifying accident.
Heading into the fast Villeneuve chicane at the end of the first sector, Tsunoda lost control over his RB21 and made heavy contact with the inside wall, sending his car into a barrel roll.
The Japanese driver climbed out unhurt and was ...Keep reading

When news broke from Imola on Thursday that Max Verstappen had set a Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record testing a GT3 Ferrari a week earlier, the reaction was a mix of astonishment and scepticism.
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TOM'S driver Sho Tsuboi scored his first Super Formula victory of the season at Autopolis, ending Dandelion Racing's winning streak.
Up from fifth on the grid, Tsuboi made a lightning start to run second on the opening lap of the 41-lap race behind poleman Tomoki Nojiri, with Ayumu Iwasa making a similarly strong getaway from seventh to jump up to third.
Racing Bulls Formula 1 reserve driver ...Keep reading

A smart tyre choice helped Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll qualify a shock fifth and eighth for Imola's Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. But how genuine is Aston Martin's upgraded performance?
Imola saw the introduction of Pirelli's new-for-2025 C6 compound, an even softer tyre than its C5, which is in turn designed to spice up the action on street circuits and avoid races in which one-stopping is ...Keep reading

“Understanding the C6s was difficult,” said Alex Albon after qualifying seventh for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
To an extent, that was the point in bringing it here. F1 teams spend a massive proportion of their annual budgets on research and simulations to eliminate uncertainty, but predictability is the enemy of good racing.
Pirelli added the C6 to its family at the beginning of the ...Keep reading

After Brad Keselowski earned pole position in qualifying on Friday, the rest of the grid was determined by a pair of heat races on Saturday. To put it simply, Heat #1 results decide the inside row for the All-Star Race while Heat #2 results decide the outside row with ten drivers in each heat.
On Sunday, the 18 drivers who are not yet locked into the All-Star Race will take part in their own ...Keep reading

Continuing the theme of the 2025 season, Alex Palou was the fastest man on Saturday, hitting 233.043mph for an average over the course of four laps. He will be the last driver on track tomorrow when the top 12 qualifiers try to make their way into the Fast 6.
Joining Palou will be Scott McLaughlin, Josef Newgarden, Pato O'Ward, Scott Dixon, Robert Schwartzman, David Malukas, Felix Rosenqvist ...Keep reading

For most of the NASCAR Truck race at North Wilkesboro, Corey Heim was firmly in control. It was a dominant performance that didn't end with a victory celebration, but bitterness and anger for the driver of the No. 11 TRICON Toyota.
In an overtime finish, Heim had to deal with two Front Row Motorsports drivers harassing him for the race win. Layne Riggs got a big run from the outside and pulled ...Keep reading

A critical power steering failure severely dented Ott Tanak’s hopes of a first win of the World Rally Championship season, handing Sébastien Ogier the Rally Portugal lead. 
Until the mechanical trouble, the Hyundai driver appeared to be in command of the rally having led the rally since Friday’s stage 2, holding off the Toyota of eight-time world champion and six-time Portugal winner ...Keep reading

Earlier this year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Josh Berry earned his first career Cup Series win, taking the iconic No. 21 Wood Brothers machine to Victory Lane. He also has five wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, but it was the CARS Late Model Tour where he truly made a name for himself.
Berry won the 2017 CARS Late Model Stock championship, collecting 22 wins in just 56 starts (most ...Keep reading

McLaren racer Lando Norris admitted that he made “a lot of mistakes” in qualifying for Formula 1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix and went so far as to say that his qualifying performances over the course of the season “have not been strong enough”. 
The Briton will line up in fourth for tomorrow’s Imola GP, behind George Russell, Max Verstappen and team-mate Oscar Piastri – who ...Keep reading

Marcus Armstrong suffered a major crash in Saturday morning practice, just ahead of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. The car spun, slamming the Turn 1 wall with the left-rear and left-side of the No. 66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda in a heavy impact. Thankfully, the car did not go airborne as Kyffin Simpson did in Fast Friday practice, or like Colton Herta, who went fully upside down in qualifying ...Keep reading