Motorsport

Carlos Sainz will serve a five-place grid penalty at the Mexican Grand Prix after the stewards ruled that he was predominantly to blame for the collision with Andrea Kimi Antonelli during the United States Grand Prix.
On lap seven, the Williams driver attempted to pass Antonelli on the inside of Turn 15, lunging towards the apex of the corner as the Mercedes rookie did the same. Making contact ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin is locked into the Championship 4 after a big win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and now his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe has done the same with a big win at Talladega Superspeedway, taking the lead on the final lap.
The battle around the final two transfer spots will be wild. Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson have a large margin over the elimination zone, but there is just ...Keep reading

What happened at the end of the NASCAR Cup race at Talladega? On the surface, Kyle Larson appeared to be in a perfect position to earn his first-ever drafting track win. The Hendrick Motorsports driver was leading the inside line and had a teammate pushing him as the field raced down the backstretch.
Suddenly, the No. 5 pulled down to the apron and Larson dropped out of view, crawling across ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri is adamant he is still the 2025 Formula 1 world title favourite despite a resurgent Max Verstappen - who he reckons is no more of a worry than before.
Verstappen claimed his third victory in four on Sunday by dominating the United States Grand Prix from pole ahead of runner-up Lando Norris, whose team-mate and title rival Piastri finished fifth. 
It all means Piastri now leads ...Keep reading

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has claimed that 'Lewis Hamilton is back' after a strong United States Grand Prix showing. 
After joining Ferrari at the start of the year, Hamilton has taken time to adjust to the new team, with Vasseur previously admitting that he and the Briton may have underestimated the challenge of the move.
But after a positive weekend at the Circuit of The ...Keep reading

Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko has admitted the team "had already given up" during the summer months ahead of the renewed motivation it's now seeing under the leadership of Laurent Mekies. 
Speaking to Sky Sports Germany following the United States Grand Prix, the Austrian explained where the boost in performance had stemmed from as Max Verstappen finished a perfect weekend in Austin.
With ...Keep reading

On the final overtime restart at Talladega Superspeedway, Hendrick Motorsports controlled both lanes with William Byron and Kyle Larson. On the final lap, they ended up leading the bottom together, with Bubba Wallace and Chase Briscoe to their outside.
Suddenly, Larson ran out of fuel and the outside line surged ahead, opening the door for Briscoe to cut under Wallace and snatch the lead away ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman has slammed Yuki Tsunoda’s “dangerous” driving that failed to set a good example after the pair clashed during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. 
Bearman attempted to take seventh down the inside of Turn 15 at Circuit of the Americas on lap 35, but Tsunoda defended by moving to the left under braking.
It caused the Haas driver to take avoidant action by going over ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen was 104 points adrift of Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri following the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August - and looked almost out for the count.
Less than two months later, the four-time champion is now just 40 points behind Piastri and 26 behind Lando Norris. Red Bull's revival in recent races and Verstappen's brilliance puts him on the cusp of turning the tide in ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz has explained his version of events after he crashed into Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli during the opening stages of the 2025 United States Grand Prix. Describing it as a small mistake with major consequences, the Williams ace retired after making contact on the seventh lap of his Austin campaign. 
Lunging up the inside of the young Italian at Turn 15, Sainz was forced to ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown claimed he was "glad to have the weekend behind us" after the United States Grand Prix ended with a P2 and P5 for Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, respectively. 
According to the American, Piastri "never really felt comfortable" in the car this weekend and lacked confidence in it.
"Glad to have the weekend behind us, but a good result," Brown told Sky Sports ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies claimed "we are witnessing something quite extraordinary" as Max Verstappen delivered a perfect weekend at the United States Grand Prix. 
The Dutchman secured pole position for both the sprint race and grand prix and went on to convert both poles into victories, taking home a total of 33 points.
After a string of strong performances following the ...Keep reading

After weeks of dismissing any notion of a Formula 1 world title bid, even Max Verstappen couldn't play down the truth any longer after winning the United States Grand Prix that a fifth consecutive world championship is there for the taking.
Red Bull's resurgence over the past two months, while McLaren's performance has stalled and its drivers got caught up in various incidents, has seen ...Keep reading

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has cruised to his fifth win of the Formula 1 season in Austin, with Lando Norris defeating Charles Leclerc for second and championship leader Oscar Piastri only managing fifth in the United States Grand Prix.
At the Circuit of the Americas Verstappen led the field from pole, while Leclerc passed second-place start Norris around the outside of Turn 1, the ...Keep reading

Who is stopping Verstappen's title charge?
He couldn’t, could he? Well yes, he certainly could, because Max Verstappen is properly in contention for his fifth, consecutive Formula 1 world championship - a feat only achieved by Michael Schumacher.
One just needs to look at the gap he has reduced across the last four weekends because Verstappen left the Dutch Grand Prix with a 104-point ...Keep reading

With just a few laps to go in Stage 1 at the famed superspeedway, a major incident unfolded at the front of the field.
Following the first round of green-flag pit stops, AJ Allmendinger was in control of the race with Noah Gragson to his outside. Entering Turn 3, an awkward bump from Erik Jones sent Gragson into Allmendinger's door, before sending both cars careening into the outside ...Keep reading

The reveal of the 2025 United States Grand Prix trophies has been met with an overwhelmingly positive response from Formula 1 fans across social media. In a post shared by F1 and the Circuit of The Americas, the three silver longhorn-inspired cups were photographed on the main straight of the iconic circuit, drawing thousands of likes.
The design of the trophies leans hard into the Texas theme ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz is out of the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas after crashing into Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
After starting from ninth on the grid, the Spanish driver collided with the Mercedes rookie at Turn 15 on the seventh lap of the race. While Antonelli was able to continue his race with minor damage, Sainz came to a halt on the side of the track before ...Keep reading

Thierry Neuville paid tribute to the World Rally Championship’s safety protocols that “saved” himself and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe from injury after a violent crash at the Central European Rally.
The reigning world champion crew were transferred to hospital for precautionary checks after a nasty crash into a bridge that was protected by a hay bale. The incident resulted in organisers ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera says victory at the Central European Rally has made him even hungrier to leave the World Rally Championship at the end of the season with a third world title.
Rovanpera headed into the 18-stage asphalt rally knowing a strong result was required to keep his title hopes alive after falling 21 points behind adrift of the championship lead.
That gap has been reduced to 13 points ...Keep reading