Motorsport

Abbi Pulling and George "G3" Argyros III headline an 11-driver entry list on Monday, Sept. 21, as five Indy NXT teams evaluate 11 prospective drivers on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The full-day session will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. 
Andretti Global will evaluate British driver Pulling, who enters the Brickyard as a standout prospect in single-seaters. An Alpine Academy ...Keep reading

Jack Aitken’s quest to virtually wrap up the championship early is in full swing. Should the Briton leave Indianapolis with a buffer of more than 166 points over his rivals, his car would only need to cross the starting line at the Road Atlanta finale to secure the title. However, doing so will be no easy task at Indy.
While the Cadillac V-Series.R has received a relatively steady BoP for the ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin has opened the Chase for the Championship with finishes of 18th and 9th but remains the points leader primarily because of the 16 stage points he earned at Darlington Raceway two weeks ago.
Naturally, there is a subset of the NASCAR fan base that believes Hamlin should have been punished for those results. They claim tradition and purity, an emphasis on race results over where a ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo sees no similarities between his situation and the one currently facing Francesco Bagnaia, who cannot find an explanation for his slump in performance while his team-mate Marc Marquez is flying.
Quartararo and Bagnaia are both world champions, both will change teams next season, and both are going through a particularly difficult spell in their sporting careers. The Frenchman ...Keep reading

As a decade of championship-winning competition in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship draws to a close, Acura and Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRC US) are bidding farewell to top-tier North American sports car racing in unforgettable fashion.
Unveiled ahead of this weekend’s events at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the #93 Acura Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 GTP entry will ...Keep reading

Mercedes now sits 145 points clear of its nearest rivals in the 2026 Formula 1 constructors’ standings, which team boss Toto Wolff describes as a “nice buffer” that means it can pivot its focus to development for 2027.
After a torrid time in F1’s ground effect era, the Silver Arrows have dominated the 2026 regulations so far, with a lead over Ferrari in the constructors’ standings and ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg has suggested closing the pitlane or drastically reducing the pitlane speed limit during virtual safety car periods to prevent drivers from gaining an unfair advantage.
The proposal follows the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring circuit, where McLaren's Lando Norris lost a likely victory due to an ill-timed virtual safety car.
Norris, who had ...Keep reading

Parker Kligerman has announced that he cannot compete in Thursday's NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway, citing an ongoing illness. He also couldn't take part in The CW broadcast last weekend at Gateway, either.
Kligerman was set to drive the No. 75 entry for Henderson Motorsports (a part-time team), making his 130th career Truck start and fifth of the 2026 season. He ...Keep reading

FedEx Freight will serve as the new title sponsor for the NASCAR Trucks in 2027 in what is being called a long-term deal, replacing Craftsman. It will officially be known as the NASCAR FedEx Freight Truck Series.
Craftsman was the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series from its inception in 1995 through the 2008 season. From 2009 through 2019, it was Camping World, and then Gander Outdoors ...Keep reading

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur shut down speculation that it split the strategy of its drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in the Spanish Grand Prix to try and separate the two on track.
Leclerc and Hamilton’s relationship has been under the spotlight in recent weeks. In Zandvoort, there was friction over team radio as the Briton called on Ferrari to employ team orders to let him ...Keep reading

Pol Espargaro is hoping Pedro Acosta can finally claim his maiden MotoGP win at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix on the back of his recent run of form.
While the prospect of Acosta claiming his first MotoGP victory has been a recurring topic of discussion this year, the debate has taken on added significance ahead of KTM’s home round at the Red Bull Ring. 
The Spaniard is ...Keep reading

The FIA has confirmed that the 2026 World Rally Championship season finale in Saudi Arabia has been cancelled and will not be replaced - so Rally Sardinia is now the last round.
Saudi Arabia was due to host its rally on 11-14 November, but it was among many motorsport events in the Middle East facing uncertainty amid the ongoing conflict in the region.
This decision follows weeks of ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has shut down claims from Italian media that he had been pushing Ferrari to replace a number of key on-track personnel.
Corriere della Sera did not identify which specific members the Ferrari driver allegedly wanted replacing, but noted that Hamilton had voiced frustrations over the executions of recent races.
At the Dutch Grand Prix in August, for example, Hamilton stated his ...Keep reading

Turkish rider Toprak Razgatlioglu says he is personally involved in efforts to bring a race in his homeland back onto the MotoGP calendar.
While the 29-year-old conceded that a 2027 slot at the country's premier venue, Istanbul Park, would be difficult to find, he said efforts were underway to ensure a Turkish MotoGP race in 2028.
The idea of a world championship motorcycle race follows ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen surpassed his own expectations when he completed his Silverstone karting challenge in blistering time against 100 competitors.
On Wednesday Red Bull ran the ‘Max vs 100’ event, which pitted the four-time world champion against 100 amateur karters consisting of content creators, motorsport personnel and athletes.
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This weekend, Ty Gibbs will carry the M&Ms colors in honor of NASCAR legend Kyle Busch at Bristol Motor Speedway, a track he dominated at.
Busch, who died suddenly at just 41 years old in May, earned most of his success at Joe Gibbs Racing with M&Ms as his primary sponsor, including two championships in 2015 and 2019.
Kyle's wife Samantha has been very open about the struggles she and her ...Keep reading

Ai Ogura's spell on the MotoGP sidelines will come to an end at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg - though he believes the comeback could have been a week earlier if he had ignored medical advice in his homeland. 
The Japanese rider broke his thumb in a training accident following the British Grand Prix last month, and surgery ahead of the subsequent Aragon round saw him miss ...Keep reading

NASCAR Cup, O'Reilly, and Craftsman Truck Series drivers will compete at Bristol Motor Speedway this weekend for three consecutive nights of racing between Thursday and Saturday. They will also be joined by the ARCA Menard's Series.
Christopher Bell is the defending winner of the Bristol Night Race, while Ty Gibbs won the most recent Cup race at Bristol.
Denny Hamlin is the championship ...Keep reading

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi says he is determined to take the 2026 MotoGP title fight down to the wire despite losing significant ground to his rivals at last weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix.
Bezzecchi let a potential victory at Misano slip out of reach when he crashed from the lead at Turn 13 on the opening lap of the race. The Italian had made the perfect launch from pole position after ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff acknowledged Honda "needs more" help to become competitive as Aston Martin's engine partner, amid conversations between Fernando Alonso and Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Aston Martin's new engine partner has struggled for competitiveness with the new regulations. The Japanese marque performed a late U-turn on its decision to walk away from F1, having to assemble a ...Keep reading