Motorsport

On the same weekend that four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen claimed his first GT3 victory at the Nordschleife in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, his father, Jos Verstappen, won the 2025 Belgian Rally Championship during the penultimate round of the series.
The 53-year-old Verstappen and his co-driver Renaud Jamoul secured a third-place finish in the East Belgian Rally in the Skoda ...Keep reading

Gigi Dall’Igna, Ducati’s general manager and one of the main advocates for signing Marc Marquez, has praised the Spaniard’s vision in plotting his return to the MotoGP crown, which he secured this Sunday.
Any doubts surrounding Ducati’s choice of Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 vanished at the season opener in Thailand.
There, according to ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez bet on himself when he chose to carry on in MotoGP after years of pain, surgeries and lingering questions over whether his body could still endure the demands of elite competition.
He had once promised his late grandfather that he would start again from scratch, and if he couldn’t win, he would retire from MotoGP. It was a bold vow, but it captured the intent of a man determined ...Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has delivered his verdict on the possibility of increasing the number of Formula 1 sprint races in the future. 
The 2026 F1 sprint race calendar was announced on 16 September 2025, which will see the 100km races held at the Chinese, Miami, Canadian, British, Dutch and Singapore Grands Prix.
With the confirmation of next year's schedule, F1 CEO Stefano ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen predicted in Hungary that he wouldn’t win another Formula 1 race this season, but in the three grands prix after his proclamation, he has won two and whispers of a title fight have returned.
Following convincing victories in Monza and Baku, one of the most asked questions now is – can Verstappen actually challenge McLaren for the 2025 drivers’ title?
The PACETEQ graph at ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo has labelled Marc Marquez a legend after he clinched his ninth world championship with a podium finish in the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.
Marquez finished second behind his factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia at Motegi to wrap up the 2025 MotoGP title with five rounds to spare.
The triumph marked what many are calling one of the greatest comebacks in sporting history ...Keep reading

Alpine took a first World Endurance Championship victory with its A424 LMDh as Charles Milesi, Paul-Loup Chatin and Ferdinand Habsburg came through to win a chaotic Fuji 6 Hours.
The #35 triumphed by just 7.6s from the #93 Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar shared by Mikkel Jensen, Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne at the end of a race interrupted by three safety cars and a further five Full ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia says he was struggling so much at points during the 2025 MotoGP season that he couldn’t even “recognise himself”.
Bagnaia endured some of the toughest moments of his career this year, as he failed to gel with the bike with which team-mate Marc Marquez was winning race after race on the other side of the garage.
His performances deteriorated ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says he is now at peace with himself after completing a sensational comeback from the injuries he sustained five years ago to clinch the 2025 MotoGP title.
Marquez earned a place in the history books by winning six titles in his first seven seasons in the premier class between 2013 and 2019.
But his career nearly ended abruptly when he suffered a severe arm injury in a crash at ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia claimed his second win of the 2025 MotoGP season at the Japanese Grand Prix, leading home teammate Marc Marquez, who sealed his ninth world championship with a runner-up finish.
Marquez had already set himself up for the title by taking a podium in Saturday’s sprint, making his coronation at Motegi almost inevitable with five rounds still to go.
The Spaniard was in such a ...Keep reading

Zak Brown has confirmed that the recently reported stake sale is "all done", meaning McLaren Racing has reached a value of $4.1billion, according to Bloomberg.
It was reported at the beginning of September 2025 that the Bahraini sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat and automotive investment group CYVN Holdings, which already own McLaren Group, were looking to acquire a further 30% stake in McLaren ...Keep reading

Brandon Jones locked himself into the Round of 8 with a big win Saturday at Kansas Speedway, but he wasn't the only one who clinched a spot in the penultimate round. JR Motorsports' Connor Zilisch and Justin Allgaier have both scored enough points to clinch a spot one week early.
The battle around the cutline will be intense in next week's elimination race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL ...Keep reading

Brandon Jones now has seven career wins in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, after dominating the final stage of the race at Kansas Speedway.
"That was exactly like how we needed that to go down," said Jones in Victory Lane. "Two really solid stages and just no mistakes. The entire day was so well executed. That's probably the most well executed race of my career. I'm so proud of these guys. We work ...Keep reading

A race suit worn by the legendary Michael Schumacher at the 2000 Hungarian Grand Prix has sold for €95,650 in an online auction staged by Bonhams Cars in partnership with The Schumacher Lounge. 
The lot closed on 19 September as part of The Schumacher Lounge Online Auction, which ran from 29 August through 19 September. 
The Ferrari overalls, finished in the team's signature red with ...Keep reading

On their second attempt to pass NASCAR Cup inspection at Kanas Speedway, the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet team was observed making unapproved adjustments to the splitter.
After officials caught this, NASCAR says "the struts were reinstalled, and the car was rerun over the OSS and failed due to the adjustment."
The No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet of Shane van Gisbergen was found to ...Keep reading

Zak Brown has addressed the rumours that former Red Bull team boss Christian Horner could return to Formula 1 in 2026.
The McLaren Racing CEO previously claimed that Horner’s exit from the championship was positive but, after being quizzed on his comments, he has acknowledged Horner’s “stellar career”.
Horner was replaced as Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal on 9 July 2025 and ...Keep reading

This is the tenth time Briscoe has started a race from the front row this year, and his seventh pole position of 2025, giving Chase Briscoe the job of leading the NASCAR Cup Series field to the green flag. The No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was the only car to run a lap in under 30 seconds, securing pole with a 29.987s run. This was crucial for Briscoe, who enters this race on the cutline and just ...Keep reading

Like his fellow veteran teammate, Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell also was generally tight-lipped about the competition meetings this week following what ultimately happened at New Hampshire when Ty Gibbs got crashed after hard racing between them.
“I thought it was productive and hopefully we can do better moving forward,” Bell told a group of on-site reporters that included The Athletic ...Keep reading

The good news for Ryan Blaney? He is already locked into the Round  of 8 after an impressive for New Hampshire.
That will allow the team to breathe easy despite an unfortunate crash during NASCAR Cup practice at Kansas Speedway. After completing just four laps, the No. 12 Team Penske Ford cut a tire and slammed the outside wall at the exit of Turn 2.
The contact will force Blaney into a ...Keep reading

Tyler Reddick and crew chief Billy Scott have some work cut out for them over the next two weeks at Kansas Speedway and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval.
“I think we all know we got our asses handed to us last week,” he said on Saturday morning at Kansas.
They find themselves 23 points below the Cup Series Playoff elimination cutline due to a disaster of a race last weekend at New ...Keep reading