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Alex Palou admits he is feeling "more comfortable" in his pursuit of another IndyCar Series title after extending his championship lead to a commanding 110 points with a victory at the Grand Prix of Portland.
The 29-year-old Spaniard entered the weekend holding an 83-point cushion, but a dominant performance in the #10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda allowed the reigning and four-time series champion ...Keep reading

Aston Martin driver ambassador and former W Series racer Jessica Hawkins believes a woman will race in Formula 1 within a "few years", backing the F1 Academy to develop talent capable of fighting for seats on the grand prix grid.
Hawkins, who became the first woman in nearly five years to test modern F1 machinery when she drove the Aston Martin AMR21 in Hungary in 2023, discussed the timeline ...Keep reading

Rally Scotland will deliver fast gravel stages and prove to be quite the challenge for World Rally Championship crews in 2027, according to Elfyn Evans.
The WRC points leader was among a group of World Rally Championship drivers that took part in the British Rally Championship’s Grampian Forest Rally held in Aberdeenshire, last weekend, which also acted as the FIA’s Rally Scotland ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez says he could have fought the Aprilias for second in the British Grand Prix had he not made a “stupid” and “unacceptable” mistake.
The younger Marquez again emerged as Ducati’s top runner at Silverstone, charging from seventh on the grid in the first part of the race to knock on the podium positions.
But shortly after clearing the factory RS-GP of Marco Bezzecchi for ...Keep reading

The decision has been made: Christian Engelhart will celebrate his DTM comeback with the Grasser team at the Nurburgring. The 39-year-old German will drive the Lamborghini Temerario with start number 19 as a replacement for the injured Maximilian Paul, which initially could not be fielded in Oschersleben after the horror crash at the Norisring.
But the Grasser team has bought a new chassis ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 tech director Neil Houldey admits the squad was "disappointed" not to pick up on the upside down rear wing concept as quickly as pioneering Ferrari, as the team continues developing its own version for adoption after the summer break.
Innovation comes in all shapes and sizes, as F1 teams sink their teeth into a brand-new rulebook in 2026. Some design interpretations are more ...Keep reading

The British Grand Prix saw Aprilia return to form, with the Noale-based marque locking out the podium positions in both races. Ducati was reduced to the second-best manufacturer, but within a different pecking order within its roster, while Pedro Acosta again led the show for KTM as Enea Bastianini endured a trying weekend.
There were plenty of crashes at Silverstone, with both Trackhouse ...Keep reading

Having started the 2026 season on the back foot, McLaren is showing signs of what made this iteration of the storied team so successful in the first place over the past two years.
True to its successful strike rate with in-season upgrades in 2024 and 2025, McLaren's latest upgrade package in Hungary, featuring a revised floor and the latest iteration of its front wing, was another significant ...Keep reading

Within moments of hitting the track on Saturday at Iowa Speedway, Denny Hamlin realized he had a problem and it was one that crew chief Chris Gayle recognized as one that could potentially end their race before it began.
They didn’t have adequate or consistent brake pressure.
Their Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Chase Briscoe, also started suffering from similar problems and crew chief James ...Keep reading

It wasn’t that long ago, June 28th, that Tyler Allen played it safe at Sonoma Raceway and Ty Gibbs really wished his crew chief had been more aggressive.
At the time, Allen took what looked like a car capable of challenging Shane Van Gisbergen for the win but took a more conservative strategy that led to a second-place finish. Allen, not knowing if they would have enough to take on SVG on a ...Keep reading

Felix Rosenqvist and Will Power walked away from the Grand Prix of Portland with second- and third-place podium finishes, but their post-race focus remained squarely on traffic nightmares, with both drivers taking aim at IndyCar’s approach to backmarkers.
Rosenqvist started on pole in the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda, commanding the early pace and leading 33 laps. However, a combination of a ...Keep reading

After his sixth win of the 2026 IndyCar season, Alex Palou now holds a 110-point lead in the championship with five races to go. Kyle Kirkwood has jumped back ahead of David Malukas, and is eight points ahead of him in the battle for second in the championship.
Christian Lundgaard is 17 points behind Malukas, and 20 points clear of Pato O'Ward in fifth.
Of note, Will Power's podium result ...Keep reading

With just three races left in the regular season, Denny Hamlin holds a 103-point lead, but there's a surprising new name in second. After a big win in Iowa, Ty Gibbs jumped up from fourth, leaping over Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney. There is just 17 points between those three drivers in the battle for P2, with a lot of bonus points on the line once the Chase resets.
The biggest mover in the ...Keep reading

Alex Palou is once again on the top step of the podium, winning at Portland with Felix Rosenqvist second and Will Power third. The margin of victory was 4.1 seconds.
Rinus VeeKay earned another impressive result for Juncos Hollinger in fourth, and Kyle Kirkwood finished fifth.
Rosenqvist led the first 30 laps of the race, with Palou moving ahead through the first sequence of pit stops ...Keep reading

Rinus VeeKay continued his impressive mid-season momentum on Sunday, driving the No. 76 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet to a fourth-place finish at the Grand Prix of Portland.
Starting fifth on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway, the 25-year-old Dutchman ran a controlled race, avoided chaos, and relied on fast pit work to maximize his result. The performance marks ...Keep reading

Ty Gibbs crossed the finish line just two tenths ahead of Christopher Bell, taking the lead with a two-tire call in the final round of pit stops. Bell now has seven runner-up finishes this year with no race wins. 
Ryan Blaney finished third, Josh Berry fourth, and Denny Hamlin fifth. Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, AJ Allmendinger, William Byron, and Austin Dillon filled out the remainder of the ...Keep reading

For the seventh time in this year, Christopher Bell finished second and has yet to reach Victory Lane. This time, he was all over his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs who did not bow to the pressure.
Instead, Gibbs in the #54 earned his second career NASCAR Cup Series win. Behind Gibbs and Bell,  Ryan Blaney finished third, Josh Berry fourth, and Denny Hamlin fifth.
Chase Briscoe, Ross ...Keep reading

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou once again treated Portland International Raceway like his personal playground with a comfortable victory at the Grand Prix of Portland.
After starting second, Palou used his trademark overcut during the opening cycle of green-flag pit stops to jump into the lead and led 60 of 110 laps en route to a 4.1167-second victory on the 12-turn, 1.964-mile natural ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has revealed he once offered his struggling south-west London pub to former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson free of charge in an attempt to salvage the venture.
Speaking during a drive-along interview with presenter Jodie Kidd, the former Williams, McLaren and Red Bull driver explained how he approached Clarkson when he couldn't get the pub, The Brown Dog ...Keep reading

On the fourth lap of the NASCAR Cup race at Iowa Speedway, Tyler Reddick was battling side-by-side with Erik Jones for seventh place. Ross Chastain briefly considered making it three-wide but ended up filing in behind Reddick.
However, entering Turn 1 at the start of Lap 4 of the 350-lap race, the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota of Reddick snapped around on its own, sliding up the track and taking ...Keep reading