Motorsport

Whenever Denny Hamlin chooses to retire from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition, he fully expects that Brent Crews will be the driver that replaces him in what is now the No. 11 at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Hamlin is 45 years old and has one more season left on what he expects to be his final contract. However, he also seems like the most competitive version of himself and said as much on Sunday ...Keep reading

Sunday's wild NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway felt more like a superspeedway event with all of the chaos and carnage. Only 24 drivers reached the checkered flag, and eleven cautions eclipsed a record that had stood for 20 years.
Denny Hamlin won the day, driving away from the field during the final run of the race. The victory was his 63rd in Cup, tying him with Kyle ...Keep reading

In the immediate aftermath of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, Bubba Wallace approached Carson Hocevar for a private conversation atop the outside pit wall.
It lasted around five minutes, was respectful and cordial, and ended with appreciative shoulder slaps.
“He’s fast,” Wallace told a media scrum after the conversation. “He’s fast, and he ...Keep reading

Championship leader Alex Palou ran out of fuel in the pit lane, and finished 17th on Sunday night, allowing Kyle Kirkwood to chip 13 points out of his lead, now 49 points adrift of the top spot.
There was no change among the top five positions in the standings as IndyCar hits the halfway point of its 2026 season.
With his victory at WWT Raceway, Josef Newgarden has climbed from eighth to ...Keep reading

2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch has released his first public message since the death of his younger brother and fellow Cup champion Kyle ahead of Memorial Day Weekend.
Kurt was among the Busch family members that appeared at the Coca-Cola 600 during pre-race ceremonies, where Kyle was honored. Kurt walked over to the black No. 8 stenciled into the infield grass, and placed eight ...Keep reading

Marcus Ericsson dominated much of Sunday's IndyCar race at WWT Raceway, leading 114 laps, but it was Josef Newgarden who prevailed for his sixth win in St. Louis.
Ericsson finished a close second and Christian Rasmussen was third, with both drivers earning their first podium finish of the 2026 season.
The late-night race was halted multiple times due to light rain, but they still managed to ...Keep reading

We won't bore you with the usual Monaco tropes and cliches, but the time the Monte Carlo streets were big enough for grand prix racing has long passed, both in terms of the on-track product and the ever-increasing hordes of guests making life difficult for staff trying to do their jobs.
There are many practical reasons why Monaco shouldn't work, and many commercial reasons why it does. But ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has briefly lifted the lid on his relationship with Kim Kardashian, following the reality television star's high-profile appearance in the Ferrari garage during the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix weekend.
While the glamour of Monte Carlo often attracts A-list celebrity appearances, Kardashian's presence, specifically as a guest of Hamilton, has intensified long-standing speculation ...Keep reading

Christoph Sagemuller, who has led Mercedes-AMG's motorsport department since March 2021, will step down at the end of the month and hand over his post by 1 July.
"I can confirm that Christoph Sagemuller will leave the company at his own request and by mutual agreement at the end of this month," a Mercedes-AMG spokesperson explained.
The news comes as a surprise, as Mercedes insiders had ...Keep reading

After more than a year of tough negotiations, the manufacturers competing in the MotoGP World Championship and series promoter MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (MGPSEG) have approved the framework agreement that will bind them together for the next five years.
The back-and-forth negotiations lasted longer than either side had initially anticipated, largely due to the strategy adopted by the ...Keep reading

The Hypercar class for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours is shaping up to be more competitive than ever.
While Aston Martin claimed the headlines on the test day, reigning three-time winner Ferrari found itself unexpectedly shuffled into the midfield, signaling a major shift in the balance of power ahead of the 94th running of the French endurance classic.
The fastest lap of Sunday’s test went to ...Keep reading

While Max Verstappen surprised many by qualifying second on Saturday, his race came to an end almost immediately the following day. The Dutchman already felt some anomalies during the Formula 1 formation lap, then struggled to get the RPMs into the correct window during the pre-start procedure. The final nail in the coffin came when he lost the power unit completely as soon as he released the ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has taken responsibility for the pitstop blunder that led to a drive-through penalty for George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Russell experienced a dismal weekend in the principality, where he took sixth on the grid after being soundly beaten by team-mate Kimi Antonelli in all three qualifying segments.
The Briton gained a position at the ...Keep reading

After McLaren secured a double podium in Miami and appeared to have turned a corner following its first major upgrade of the year, the race weekends in Montreal and Monaco have not gone according to plan.
In Canada, things partly unravelled due to the decision to start on intermediate tyres, while Lando Norris later retired with a gearbox issue. Monaco brought another DNF for the reigning ...Keep reading

There is great sadness following the death of Herbert Schnitzer. The last of the four Schnitzer brothers, who owned the legendary BMW racing outfit, passed away peacefully at home in Freilassing on Friday - on his 85th birthday - surrounded by his family.
"Now all three are together, Dieter and Charly, gone from us far too soon," writes former racing driver Christian Menzel, who shared a photo ...Keep reading

George Russell is confident he can still become Formula 1 world champion in 2026 despite Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli seemingly romping towards his maiden crown.
The 19-year-old has won the past five grands prix to hold a 68-point advantage over Russell, who was the heavy favourite pre-season but has so far only won the Melbourne opener.  
Yet with just six rounds done and 16 more to ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says he felt like a “mobile chicane” after Marc Marquez passed him for the lead and disappeared into the distance at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Acosta engaged in a tough, if short, scrap with reigning world champion Marquez at Balaton Park on Sunday, as an opening lap crash involving the Aprilias left them as the only victory contender.
The KTM rider appeared the stronger of ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll has blamed his race-ending Monaco Grand Prix crash on his Honda Formula 1 engine pushing him into the wall.
Stroll was running 16th on lap 57, 18 seconds away from the points-paying positions, when he went straight on at Antony Noghes corner and hit the Tecpro barrier.
The Aston Martin driver made it clear that he felt like his powertrain was to blame for his loss of ...Keep reading

20 years separate these two moments, but following a disappointing 2026 Monaco Grand Prix for Max Verstappen, the Dutchman has been compared to the legendary Kimi Raikkonen. 
In 2006, after his McLaren caught fire due to a heat shield failure at the Monte Carlo race, Raikkonen was watched by hundreds of thousands of people internationally as he waltzed away from the burning carcass of a car ...Keep reading

The Formula 1 paddock arrived in Monaco expecting a three-way fight between Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen and Ferrari. It left with a very different story.
While Antonelli's fifth consecutive victory dominated headlines around the world, the way international media interpreted the race varied considerably. In Italy, it was a coronation. In France, attention centred on Isack Hadjar's ...Keep reading