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Max Verstappen will start on pole for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix as he bids to complete a perfect weekend after also winning the Saturday sprint race at Circuit of the Americas.
The Red Bull driver will start alongside McLaren driver Lando Norris on the front row, while championship leader Oscar Piastri is down in sixth after running a used set of tyres in Q3.
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Lando Norris has pointed to an advantage that he feels his rivals will have for the United States Grand Prix tomorrow.
The McLaren driver is set to start the race at the Circuit of The Americas in P2 behind four-time champion Max Verstappen in pole position, but Norris has identified an advantage those around him may have after he crashed out of the sprint race at Turn 1 on the opening ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri says he struggled to get into the right rhythm during Formula 1 United States Grand Prix qualifying after lacking confidence in his MCL39.
After contact with Nico Hulkenberg at the start of Saturday morning's sprint saw Piastri and McLaren team-mate Lando Norris eliminated on the spot, the McLaren mechanics faced a huge repair job to get ready for grand prix qualifying a ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says he was almost surprised to qualify second for Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, as he felt his McLaren was "impossible" to drive.
Norris endured a hairy moment in Q1 after aborting his opening lap in the session due to a scrappy opening sector, where he lost time in the first corner and then went wide on the exit of Turn 9. His follow-up run on the same tyres proved enough ...Keep reading

Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway had everything. There was nonstop action, several major crashes, fuel-mileage, an overtime finish, but a familiar name waving the checkered flag.
Superspeedway ace Austin Hill did it again, wining the race despite worries about running out of fuel. While his title hopes ended last round, the victory will lock his car into the ...Keep reading

Liam Lawson was left bemused by the criticism he received from former team-mate Yuki Tsunoda during qualifying for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver accused Lawson of “disturbing me on purpose” and “slowing down like hell in corners” after Tsunoda got near to him in sector two during Q2 at Circuit of the Americas.
Both drivers were eventually eliminated from ...Keep reading

Sauber Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg has responded to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown's comments regarding the Turn 1 crash in the United States Grand Prix sprint race.
The German driver got caught up in a first-lap clash with the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. While the stewards deemed the crash a racing incident, Brown initially put the blame on Hulkenberg.
“That was ...Keep reading

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has backed up his Austin sprint win with an emphatic pole position for Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, defeating Lando Norris.
Verstappen's only Q3 lap of 1m32.510s was enough to seal his seventh grand prix pole of 2025, while McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri could only qualify sixth.
McLaren's mechanics faced a big repair job after ...Keep reading

Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway featured several major incidents, including a 12-car crash at the end of Stage 1 that forced a red flag stoppage.
There was another multi-car crash near the end of Stage 2, which also caused a red flag.
At the back of a much smaller pack following the earlier incident, things got four-wide and Leland Honeyman got hooked down the ...Keep reading

Qualifying for the United States Grand Prix was brought to a stop in Q1 as Isack Hadjar crashed into the barriers, resulting in the session being red-flagged. At this point, no drivers had completed a flying lap. The team has confirmed the driver is OK.
Hadjar was seen hitting his steering wheel in anger as he sat in the cockpit following a violent collision after the car snapped on him over ...Keep reading

Just 15 laps into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity, chaos broke out near the front of the field. Driving through the tri-oval at NASCAR's superspeedway, playoff driver Sheldon Creed got loose and Jeb Burton hit him from behind.
While it seemed like just a close call at first, Burton's car shot up the track as a result and clipped another playoff driver -- Brandon Jones. The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing ...Keep reading

A McLaren driver taking a healthy dose of risk at the start of a race, making contact with a third party and then swiping his team-mate. Sound familiar?
The start of Austin's sprint race bore an uncanny resemblance to the start of the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago, except this time the roles were reversed and the consequences were more impactful, as Piastri's contact with Norris ended both ...Keep reading

With hands out the window in attempt to block the air and gain whatever speed they could,  a full field of 40 NASCAR Cup drivers took on Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday's qualifying session.
In the end, Michael McDowell drove the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet to pole position with a fast lap of 52.481s. This is McDowell's eighth career pole, and all of them have come in the last two ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the United States Grand Prix for crashing into Haas driver Esteban Ocon during the sprint race at the Circuit of The Americas.
Ocon and Stroll crashed out of the United States Grand Prix sprint race after starting from 16th and 14th on the grid, respectively.
In the closing laps of the sprint race, Aston Martin's Stroll locked up at ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are starting to feel the pressure from Max Verstappen in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight.
Verstappen has closed to 55 points of championship leader Piastri and 33 points off Norris after the McLaren pair clashed in Austin's sprint race, with both drivers retiring on the spot while Verstappen collected eight ...Keep reading

George Russell reckons his risky attempted overtake on Max Verstappen during the United States Grand Prix sprint was “last chance” saloon for the Mercedes Formula 1 driver to win the contest.
Russell finished second in the Saturday race at Circuit of the Americas and crossed the line 0.395s behind Red Bull’s Verstappen, with Williams racer Carlos Sainz completing the podium.
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella shared his disappointment following the double DNF for the team in the United States Grand Prix sprint, sending a sly jab at 'an experienced driver', presumed to be Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg, for his involvement in the incident. 
Hulkenberg, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris got caught up in a Turn 1 tussle on the opening lap of the sprint race at the Circuit ...Keep reading

Ferrari chairman John Elkann has issued a statement backing team principal Fred Vasseur after rumours about Christian Horner taking his role at the Maranello outfit surfaced.
“I want to express our full confidence in our Team Principal, Fred Vasseur, and in the work he is carrying out together with all our colleagues at Scuderia Ferrari — the mechanics, engineers, and drivers competing this ...Keep reading

There are two races left to consolidate the Round of 8 into the Championship 4 but given these two races take place at Talladega and Martinsville, it’s hard to call anyone a ‘must-win’ yet.
Denny Hamlin Adv.Kyle Larson +35Christopher Bell +20Chase Briscoe +15-William Byron -15Chase Elliott -23Joey Logano -24Ryan Blaney -31
At least, that’s how Joey Logano is looking at his 24 point ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Zak Brown slammed the "amateur" racing at the start of the United States Grand Prix sprint race, after both of his Formula 1 drivers retired on lap one in Austin.
Title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, who started second and third respectively, didn’t make it past the opening sector after being hit at Turn 1 causing terminal damage.
It came after Piastri attempted to ...Keep reading