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Attorneys representing both parties in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR lawsuit and countersuit concluded a second consecutive day of settlement talks without any announced agreement.
Upon leaving the Western District of North Carolina courtroom in Charlotte on Wednesday, both parties declined comment.
There is a scheduled session for oral arguments on Thursday morning in ...Keep reading

19-year-old William Sawalich is currently competing in his rookie season as NASCAR Xfinity Series driver, but he will not take part in this weekend's race at Martinsville Speedway. He sits 17th in the championship standings, and hasn't missed a race all year.
Unfortunately, on Lap 46 at Talladega Superspeedway, he was involved in a six-car crash at the entrance of Turn 1, which caused a ...Keep reading

Following their championship race clinching victory earlier in the month at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin detailed a conversation he had with team owner Joe Gibbs over the eventual decision to pair him with crew chief Chris Gayle.
Hamlin said, and this is in the aftermath of then crew chief Chris Gabehart being elevated to competition director, that he has roughly 24 hours to agree to ...Keep reading

“If you want to be competitive, you need to be on the edge. If you are on the edge, it is going to hurt at some stage. It’s meant to happen.” That’s how Oracle Red Bull Racing’s CEO and team principal Laurent Mekies described the discipline of learning through difficult moments during episode one of the Securing the Win podcast. 
The Milton Keynes outfit knows this well after 20 ...Keep reading

After five seasons with Trackhouse Racing, Daniel Suarez will have a new home in 2026, but he will still be with the same manufacturer. NASCAR’s top Mexican-born driver will replace Justin Haley as the driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet. Suarez is the only foreign-born driver to ever secure a national-level title, winning the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. 
This will ...Keep reading

Owing to Formula 1 regulations mandating two rookie outings per car this season on race weekends, nine youngsters will partake in Free Practice 1 at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is now a well-known circuit where teams have gathered lots of data and where the track usually is quite dusty in FP1; it is not a sprint weekend and upgrades are becoming scarcer and scarcer ...Keep reading

They say time heals all wounds. Well, not if you are Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez. Their rivalry helped make the 2010s one of MotoGP’s golden eras, even if, ironically, the two never truly battled for a championship head-to-head. 
You would think the pair – and their loyal supporters – would be willing to turn the page, considering how things have changed since they infamously came ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s recent charge has thrown the 2025 Formula 1 world championship fight wide open.
The defending world champion’s United States Grand Prix domination, winning both the sprint and main race, has cut the deficit to Oscar Piastri to 40 points.
Meanwhile, Lando Norris has also been eating into the gap to the championship leader with just 14 points between the McLaren ...Keep reading

Motorsport.com caught up with MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo for an open and revealing conversation in the stunning setting of Phillip Island. The French Yamaha rider appeared relaxed as he strolled along Smiths Beach, just beside the circuit, after spending a week on the Gold Coast soaking up the local lifestyle — early mornings, training, good food, and resting when the sun goes down.
Despite ...Keep reading

Aprilia has set its sights on challenging Ducati’s dominance in MotoGP, with motorsport chief Massimo Rivola stating that contending for the 2026 title must be its main objective. 
Aprilia was the only manufacturer to stop Ducati from scoring a clean sweep of victories in 2024, and it has stepped up its performance this year to become a more consistent front-runner. 
In Australia, it ...Keep reading

Super Formula says it may use its current Dallara SF23 chassis beyond the end of 2027, as the Japanese series begins to consider what a next-generation car could look like.
Having stated last year the current car would be used through 2027, JRP president Yoshihisa Ueno didn’t commit to introducing a new car in 2028 when asked about the timeframe for the arrival of the SF23’s ...Keep reading

According to Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin’s own analysis of its performance places the team eighth in terms of pure pace, and its flashes of speed during the US GP weekend in Austin were flattered by outside circumstances.
Alonso was fourth in first practice, sixth in sprint qualifying, then started and finished 10th in the grand prix itself, having been eliminated from the sprint race in ...Keep reading

Despite several challenging seasons in MotoGP, Raul Fernandez has always had the support of his bosses Massimo Rivola and Davide Brivio. When results weren’t going his way last year, both Rivola and Brivio kept their faith in him, and offered him a new two-year contract through 2026.
However, when Fernandez only came away with a sixth-place result in Indonesia earlier this month, despite ...Keep reading

Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto has said “instructions by the team must always be followed no matter what” after disobeying a team order in the United States Grand Prix.
Despite pitting earlier than nearly anyone in the Austin race on lap 13, Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto put pressure on Colapinto during the last 10 laps as the Brazilian attempted to finish higher than ...Keep reading

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella is upbeat about Oscar Piastri's and Lando Norris' chances of fending off Max Verstappen and Red Bull over the remaining Formula 1 races.
Piastri and Norris were beaten by Verstappen in the upgraded Red Bull in each of the last four races, including in Singapore where the Dutch driver finished second ahead of Norris and Piastri in third and fourth respectively ...Keep reading

“There is an expectation that the (Driver Ambassador Program) will be a part of the future charter structure and that the drivers, through the (Driver Advisory Council, will have their voice heard on important issues that impact the drivers.”
That is the most important line of a legal filing issued by the Driver Advisory Council in the form of an amicus brief included in the 23XI Racing and ...Keep reading

As previously announced, NASCAR isn't returning to the Chicago Street Course in 2026, replacing it with an ambitious new street course on an active Naval base in San Diego.
Naval Base Coronado will host the event just a couple of weeks before the 250th anniversary of the formation of the United States, on the weekend of June 19-21. All three national divisions of the sport will be present for ...Keep reading

NASCAR Truck Series race winner Rajah Caruth has secured a part-time NASCAR Xfinity Series (soon to be called the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) ride with JR Motorsports in 2026, where he will drive the No. 88 Chevrolet. The number of races and exact schedule were not revealed at this time.
The 23-year-old Caruth has 22 previous starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, placing as high as 12th ...Keep reading

Yamaha MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo said he needed to “disconnect from racing” after a frustrating outing at the Australian Grand Prix last weekend.
Quartararo started the Phillip Island weekend on a strong note, putting his M1 on pole position with record-breaking pace in qualifying.
While few expected him to feature in the podium fight given Yamaha’s relatively poor race pace ...Keep reading

McLaren won't bring any further upgrades to its 2025 car to help Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris hold off Max Verstappen in the drivers' championship, but the squad feels Norris' US Grand Prix race pace offered some reassurance. 
Verstappen won his third grand prix in four on Sunday, as well as taking maximum points in the Austin sprint race that saw both Piastri and Norris ...Keep reading