Motorsport

Andrea Kimi Antonelli reveals Mercedes "kick in the butt" meeting after Italian GP

Sat, 2025-10-11 00:34
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has credited the "little kick in the butt" from Mercedes following the Italian Grand Prix at Monza for getting him back on the right track. 
The Mercedes rookie started the 2025 Formula 1 season strongly with a fourth-place finish in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He secured his first sprint pole position in Miami and his first grand prix podium finish at the ...Keep reading

Announcement of Apple’s US F1 rights confirmation tipped for United States GP

Fri, 2025-10-10 22:27
According to a report from Puck, Apple is expected to confirm its United States Formula 1 media rights agreement at the United States Grand Prix in the Circuit of The Americas later this month. The package is reportedly worth around $140million per year, substantially more than what incumbent broadcaster ESPN is currently paying. 
According to the industry outlet, there is still friction ...Keep reading

How to watch 2025 NASCAR playoff race at Las Vegas: Weekend schedule, start time, TV

Fri, 2025-10-10 22:04
Shane van Gisbergen earned his fifth win of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season at the Charlotte Roval, winning by ver 15 seconds.
Far behind him, his Trackhouse teammate Ross Chastain was in the middle of a wild fight to keeps his playoff hopes alive. Needing one point, he dove into the frontstretch chicane, wrecking Denny Hamlin and himself. Chastain rolled across the line in reverse, losing the final ...Keep reading

Aston Martin's Lance Stroll confronts online hate: "Just noise"

Fri, 2025-10-10 21:51
Aston Martin's Lance Stroll has detailed how he tunes out online criticism and backlash.
Stroll, who currently sits 13th in the 2025 drivers' standings, made his Formula 1 debut in 2017 with Williams, driving alongside Felipe Massa. He remained at the Grove outfit for the 2018 season before moving to Racing Point in 2019 when the team was bought by a consortium of investors led by his father ...Keep reading

Dale Jr. wants 'to strip apart' NASCAR NextGen on short tracks

Fri, 2025-10-10 21:29
At least from a short track and road course standpoint, Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants to reset the NextGen car, or at least simplify it.
He issued some commentary about the state of the seventh-generation Cup Series platform on Tuesday during the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast. This was following the race on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, which featured a tremendous ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen left ‘speechless’ by New Zealand tribute NASCAR livery

Fri, 2025-10-10 19:58
Shane van Gisbergen is honoring his country of origin with this weekend's paint scheme for the NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The track is about as close as the series ever gets to New Zealand during the year, but still nearly 7,000 miles apart.
The car features the silver fern all around the wrap, as well as the southern cross, and several red stars.
"We have our friends at ...Keep reading

Extreme H in Qiddiya City: Hydrogen power, star-studded teams and a new chapter for motorsport in Saudi Arabia

Fri, 2025-10-10 16:42
Taking place October 9-11, Extreme H retains the short, fan-friendly cadence and mixed-gender lineups familiar to Extreme E but shifts the spotlight to hydrogen fuel-cell racing, placing sustainable technology at the centre of a new pioneering event.
It’s only fitting that such an ambitious and trailblazing occasion is staged at Qiddiya City, where the same adjectives apply. Qiddiya City is a ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon’s violent F1 crash that had him ‘collapsing in the shower’

Fri, 2025-10-10 16:37
Esteban Ocon has reflected on his 2022 Miami crash as possibly the most violent accident he has experienced in his Formula 1 career.
The one-time grand prix winner, who made his F1 debut in 2016, tackled the subject in an in-depth talk with French YouTube channel Legend, when interviewer Guillaume Pley brought up French rugby player Sebastien Chabal suffering from partial amnesia – which may ...Keep reading

Will Power to make sportscar debut in Indianapolis 8 Hour

Fri, 2025-10-10 16:30
Two-time IndyCar champion Will Power will make his sportscar racing debut in the Indianapolis 8 Hour on 16-18 October, racing a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for 75 Express.
Power will partner with team owner/driver Kenny Habul and Supercars star Chaz Mostert as part of an all-Australian line-up in the final round of the 2025 Intercontinental GT Challenge.
The announcement makes the 44-year-old the ...Keep reading

Who are the top ranked Xfinity, Truck and ARCA drivers in NASCAR 25 game?

Fri, 2025-10-10 16:14
If you're interested in the a comprehensive list of NASCAR Cup Series driver ratings, you can find that HERE. 
In this story, we're going to focus on the top drivers from the lower divisions of the stock car racing, which are all included as part of the brand-new NASCAR 25 video game, produced by iRacing Studios.
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George Russell urged to give Mercedes ultimatum as Alpine opportunity considered

Fri, 2025-10-10 16:08
Guenther Steiner has argued that Alpine could decide to snap up George Russell if the Briton is unable to reach an agreement with Mercedes for a contract extension.
Russell’s current contract with the Brackley outfit expires at the end of the year, and while both he and team chief Toto Wolff have insisted they have no doubt an agreement will be reached, he has yet to put pen to ...Keep reading

The challenges Kalle Rovanpera will face in single-seater switch

Fri, 2025-10-10 15:47
Kalle Rovanpera has outlined the biggest challenges that lie ahead of a switch from the World Rally Championship to single-seater racing in Super Formula next year.
Rovanpera stunned the motorsport world by announcing bold plans to quit rallying at the end of the season and embark on a plan to climb the circuit racing ranks, with the goal of competing at the highest level possible.
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Lewis Hamilton's Singapore GP penalty questioned: "Gained more than five seconds"

Fri, 2025-10-10 15:36
Jamie Chadwick has analysed Lewis Hamilton’s Singapore Grand Prix penalty, arguing that cutting corners should result in more than a five-second punishment.
The British driver was managing a brake failure in the closing laps of the race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. While he managed to finish the race, he was hit with a five-second penalty post-race for “leaving the track without ...Keep reading

Repsol set to return to world championship after Honda MotoGP split

Fri, 2025-10-10 15:02
Repsol is preparing to make its return to the MotoGP world championship next season as the exclusive lubricant supplier for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes, Motorsport.com has learned.
In May 2024, Motorsport.com revealed that the Spanish energy company would not renew its long-standing partnership with the factory Honda MotoGP team. The collaboration began in 1995, spearheaded by Mick Doohan and ...Keep reading

Manthey makes new allegations against BMW: suspicion of "magic mapping"

Fri, 2025-10-10 14:14
 Manthey Racing suspects BMW of being able to access additional power in the M4 GT3 Evo during the DTM finale at Hockenheim, with Abt also supporting its claim.
With works BMW driver Rene Rast missing out on the 2025 DTM title after retiring following a a fierce duel with eventual champion Ayhancan Guven in Hockenheim, tensions are running high between BMW and top Porsche team ...Keep reading

"We have to win" in F1, says Ferrari on costly Capital Markets Day

Fri, 2025-10-10 13:24
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna reaffirmed the manufacturer's desire to end its Formula 1 title drought after presenting the marque’s economic targets on Capital Markets Day.
The Italian outfit, which is historically F1’s most successful team, has not won the constructors’ championship since 2008, with its last drivers’ title coming via Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
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McLaren chief warns "biggest challenge is still to come" as 2026 F1 regulation changes loom

Fri, 2025-10-10 12:52
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has reflected on the Woking outfit’s back-to-back constructors’ championship titles, but insists that the “biggest challenge is still to come”.
The Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit resulted in McLaren clinching the constructors’ title after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri brought home third and fourth-place finishes ...Keep reading

James Vowles reveals hardware fault behind Alex Albon's Singapore GP fire

Fri, 2025-10-10 12:38
Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has explained the reason for Alex Albon's brake fire during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
The Thai driver's weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit got off to a tricky start when he suffered a brake fire at the start of the first practice session on Friday.
Vowles has now shared more insight into the cause of the issue and whether it could ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak reverts to older-spec Hyundai for WRC’s return to asphalt

Fri, 2025-10-10 11:54
Ott Tanak will use an older-specification Hyundai i20 Rally1 car at next week’s Central European Rally, with the 2019 world rally champion deeming it better suited.
The decision follows a back-to-back test of the 2025-specification car and last year’s model, without the hybrid unit as per this year’s regulations, following last month’s round in Chile. 
Hyundai has so far struggled ...Keep reading

Ducati announces injured Marc Marquez’s stand-in for Australian GP

Fri, 2025-10-10 11:27
Ducati has announced that its test rider Michele Pirro will substitute for MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix.
Pirro will ride for the factory Ducati squad at the Phillip Island event on 17-19 October, teaming up with three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia.
This would be the Italian’s first start in MotoGP since last year’s Barcelona finale, when ...Keep reading

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