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Max Verstappen has taken another step towards an unlikely Formula 1 title defence after winning the United States Grand Prix sprint race, while his McLaren rivals retired after a multi-car clash at the start.
One race on from their contact in Singapore, which didn't have sporting consequences but which Lando Norris was held responsible for, McLaren's title protagonists tangled again on the ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship title contender Kalle Rovanpera opened up a healthy 36.3s lead heading into the final day of the Central European Rally after Sebastien Ogier crashed out of the victory battle.
Hyundai’s Ott Tanak completed the day as Rovanpera’s nearest rival after edging fellow title contender Elfyn Evans to second spot by 8.4s across the afternoon stages.
Rovanpera started ...Keep reading

The 2025 Unites States Grand Prix sprint race opened with immediate drama as both McLaren drivers were caught in contact at the very first corner of the race. 
Max Verstappen started from pole with a strong launch, defending the inside of Turn 1 as the cars accelerated up the hill from the startline. But as the cars clumped under braking, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris made contact at the apex ...Keep reading

Red Bull protege Arvid Lindblad will replace Max Verstappen in Free Practice 1 for Formula 1’s Mexico City Grand Prix.
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko confirmed the Formula 2 race winner was going to take part in FP1 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which Motorsport.com understands Verstappen will temporarily vacate his seat for.
Sporting regulations mandate that teams run rookies on grand ...Keep reading

Lancia has announced plans to return to the World Rally Championship next year competing in the second tier WRC2 class with its new Ypsilon Rally2 HF Integrale. 
The Italian firm announced its plans via a video released on social media accompanied by a brief statement confirming that its newly developed Rally2 car will make its WRC debut in next year’s January season opener in Monte ...Keep reading

If the fingers-in-the-air guesstimations are correct, Apple’s new five-year deal to carry Formula 1 on its streaming platform is worth around $140million a year. 
Now, imagine a world in which broadcasting grands prix on TV was considered irksome and even damaging to the business. 
Bernie Ecclestone remains a polarising figure, but it was he who turned F1 from a niche sporting category ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier believes there was “nothing he could have done” to prevent his retirement from the Central European Rally, which has blown the World Rally Championship title race wide open.  
The WRC points leader suffered a high-speed crash in stage 10 while fighting for the rally lead, which he had just lost to title rival and Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera. 
Ogier ran wide at a ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes he handled the 2026 Formula 1 driver market “in the most straightforward and fair way”.
That’s despite Wolff wooing four-time world champion Max Verstappen until it emerged that the Red Bull driver would be unable to activate a performance clause to exit his Red Bull contract early; the speculation cast doubt on incumbents George Russell and ...Keep reading

Nico Hulkenberg's journey to a surprise fourth place in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix sprint hinted that Sauber had been aggressive with its ride heights for the 19-lap race on Saturday, as the German felt he'd hit "the sweet spot" with his set-up.
Having been concerned that his route to second in FP1 was "too good to be true", Hulkenberg looked at ease with his Sauber machinery ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco has discarded some new parts on his Honda MotoGP bike during the Australian Grand Prix sprint as he continues to struggle to regain form in the second half of the 2025 season.
The Frenchman had been Honda’s top performer ever since joining the Sakura-based manufacturer in 2024 after a two-year stint at Pramac Ducati, with a victory in the rain-hit French GP in May being the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 team principals have hailed the world championship’s new United States broadcasting deal with Apple TV, which they believe can unlock even more potential in America.
Apple’s F1 deal was announced on Friday, with the brand taking over from ESPN from 2026 onwards on the back of its successful F1 movie, which was released last June.
Motorsport understands the deal is worth some ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier has crashed out of the Central European Rally in what could be a pivotal moment in the title race. 
The eight-time world champion had just lost the lead of the 18-stage asphalt event by 0.7s to Toyota title rival Kalle Rovanpera in Saturday’s first test, before drama struck in stage 10 [Keply, 21.95k]. 
Pushing hard in wet conditions, Ogier ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen topped the times at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday in the first of two Formula 1 qualifying sessions this weekend – another sign of Red Bull's recent progress with the RB21. 
Heading into the race weekend, team boss Laurent Mekies suggested that Austin’s medium-speed corners would suit McLaren better, saying McLaren “killed” Red Bull in Zandvoort, but ...Keep reading

Hyundai’s only option to continue its participation in the World Rally Championship in 2027 will be to field an upgraded Rally2 car, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul. 
The Korean marque’s future in the WRC beyond the end of the season has been unclear as it continues to weigh up its options regarding its factory motorsport programmes.  
Hyundai has been among the most vocal ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Zak Brown has rejected claims his team will favour either one of Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight - claiming Max Verstappen is “too close for comfort”. 
The British outfit has dominated the season and it clinched the constructors’ crown with six rounds remaining by finishing third and fourth last time out at the Singapore Grand Prix.
But the ...Keep reading

Ducati MotoGP star Francesco Bagnaia endured another miserable afternoon in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, finishing more than 30 seconds off the lead with no clear answers for his lack of pace.
Bagnaia started 11th on the grid but quickly fell back, dropping to 19th by lap four. He lost another position to LCR rookie Somkiat Chantra, only to regain a spot late when Gresini’s Fermin ...Keep reading

In a straight up race, it didn’t seem like anyone had the same speed as Tricon Garage but the rest of the field also made it really easy for Gio Ruggiero and Corey Heim to decide the race amongst themselves regardless.
Ruggiero, a Truck Series rookie, led the most laps from the pole but lost the lead on a restart with 15 laps to go as Ben Rhodes took the lead with a push from ThorSport Racing ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has admitted that he was “quite scared” that he had damaged his Aprilia MotoGP bike after an unfortunate collision with a seagull on the warm-up lap of the Australian Grand Prix sprint.
A flock of seagulls gathered on the start/finish straight before the formation lap got under way at Phillip Island, with Bezzecchi striking a wayward bird as he set off from pole ...Keep reading

Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo believes he made a mistake by opting for the medium front tyre after finishing a distant seventh in the Australian Grand Prix sprint.
Quartararo scored his fifth pole position of the season in qualifying earlier on Saturday morning, but his race unravelled immediately at the start as he made a poor launch and dropped to fifth on the opening lap.
He lost ...Keep reading

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi bounced back from a costly first-lap mistake in Indonesia to claim an emphatic victory in the sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix.
Bezzecchi passed the Trackhouse Aprilia of Raul Ferandez with three laps to run and then escaped into the distance to score his third sprint win in four weekends. Fernandez held on to second, with Pedro Acosta completing the podium ...Keep reading