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Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia bounced back from recent woes to score a dominant victory in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint, while his team-mate Marc Marquez inched closer to the title with a podium finish.
Bagnaia was never threatened during the 12-lap contest at Motegi, leading every single lap from pole position to clinch his first sprint win since last year’s Barcelona ...Keep reading

Brenden 'Butterbean' Queen held on through double overtime to win Friday night's ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas Speedway. Gio Ruggiero finished second, Leland Honeyman third, Kris Wright fourth, and Taylor Reimer in fifth.
“What a rookie campaign,” said Queen after capturing the checkered flag. “One more race left -- maybe we can get nine (race wins), but I think we’re closing in on ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia bounced back from a tough run of results to claim pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, while Marc Marquez moved a step closer to clinching the 2025 MotoGP title after qualifying on the front row.
Bagnaia set a new lap record at the rebranded Motegi Mobility Resort with a time of 1m42.911s to take the top spot by just under a tenth of a second from Honda’s Joan Mir ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Xfinity Series is back racing this weekend at Kansas Speedway as the middle race in the Round of 12. 
While all playoff drivers and teams made it through inspection without issue, the same can not be said for the rest of the field.
Three teams failed inspection twice, resulting in a crew member ejection for each team and the loss of pit stall selection for next week's cutoff race ...Keep reading

Lia Block executed the perfect pit bike backflip on her first attempt at Travis Pastrana's Pastranaland. In a session alongside off-road champion Gray Leadbetter and members of the Sickos crew, the riders worked up to double backflips and off-roading in ATVs in another crazy video from the racing driver.
The video opens with Pastrana introducing the pair for a day of mixed-discipline racing at ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz has spoken about the impromptu road trip he and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc were forced to take after the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. 
After celebrating his first podium finish with Williams, the Spanish driver was hoping to return home as normal that same evening. But storms in Nice meant that he and Leclerc, along with the Monegasque driver's friends, Joris Trouche and ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has discussed Christian Horner's potential return to Formula 1 after the former Red Bull team chief reached a settlement agreement with the Austrian squad.
Red Bull announced that Horner had officially left the company on 22 September after agreeing on a settlement, which is expected to be between $70million and $100million.
Part of the agreement is thought to allow the ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon has discussed Yuki Tsunoda's current position at Red Bull, revealing that he is in regular contact with the Japanese driver.
Albon made his F1 debut with Toro Rosso (now known as Racing Bulls) in 2019 alongside Daniil Kvyat. After the Hungarian Grand Prix of the same year, Red Bull confirmed that Albon would replace Pierre Gasly mid-season at the Milton ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes that McLaren will move Lando Norris into a support driver role to focus on supporting Oscar Piastri for the drivers' championship.
Piastri currently leads the drivers' standings with a 25-point gap to Norris in second. After a difficult weekend in Azerbaijan for the Woking outfit, race winner Max Verstappen is closing in on the two ...Keep reading

TAG Heuer F1 Academy driver Aiva Anagnostiadis has been replaced for the upcoming round six in Singapore after suffering from a fracture to her left foot. As a result, Megan Bruce will step into the seat for the race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Anagnostiadis shared an update, explaining that she sustained the injury during her training for the upcoming race.
"Tough news to share… ...Keep reading

Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi is set for his second Formula 1 test outing at the wheel of a Haas VF-23 next month at Silverstone.
Toyota-contracted Tsuboi had his first taste of grand prix machinery when he took part in a specially-organised TPC test at Fuji Speedway in Japan in early August.
The 30-year-old Japanese driver earned praise from the team as he set a best lap that ...Keep reading

NASCAR has parted ways with race director Jusan Hamilton with six races left in the 2025 season. Motorsport.com understands that the decision was not due to performance. As of the writing of this story, no replacement has been named to fill the role vacated by Hamilton.
Hamilton, who held the official title of managing director for competition operations is no longer employed by NASCAR. He ...Keep reading

Five years on from his Formula 1 career-ending Bahrain Grand Prix accident, Romain Grosjean made an emotional return to F1 in a Mugello test.
A Haas driver from 2016 to 2020 before he moved on to IndyCar, Grosjean got the chance to drive the team’s VF-23 car from the 2023 campaign alongside F1 TV pundit and former IndyCar racer James Hinchcliffe, who got his first taste of F1 for an upcoming ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 season has emerged as one where any team can be a points contender, but Alpine has been a clear backmarker of late.
Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly qualified 18th and 19th respectively at the Italian Grand Prix, then 16th and 19th in Azerbaijan, where both of them went off on their last flying lap; they gambled on potential race incidents to climb up the order on Sundays ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher will take his first steps into IndyCar next month, with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing announcing that the German driver will participate in a private test at the Indianapolis road course on 13 October.
The 26-year-old, who currently competes in the World Endurance Championship with Alpine, will sample an IndyCar as he explores future opportunities in North America’s premier ...Keep reading

Romain Grosjean has unveiled the special helmet design for his return to a Formula 1 car as he takes part in a testing of previous cars run with his former team, Haas. 
The Franco-Swiss driver shared that he would be wearing the helmet that was meant to be for his final grand prix in 2020 in Abu Dhabi, had he been able to race. 
"This is the helmet that I was supposed to wear in my last ...Keep reading

Aprilia MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi says he was feeling confident from his very first lap at Motegi, as he bounced back from two early crashes to top Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix.
Bezzecchi went down at Turn 11 just minutes into the start of FP1 at Motegi, severely damaging his primary Aprilia RS-GP.
He headed back to the pits to mount his second bike, only to hit the deck ...Keep reading

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has shared a health update on his beloved dog Roscoe after the bulldog was hospitalised.
After asking fans to send their prayers for Roscoe on an Instagram story, the British driver has now shared an update, explaining that 12-year-old Roscoe had caught pneumonia again after overcoming it earlier this year.
"Please keep Roscoe in your thoughts. I ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez failed to earn a direct passage into Q2 for the first time in the 2025 MotoGP season, boosting his brother Marc Marquez’s chances of sealing the title in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.
The Marquez brothers had been the only riders this season to safely reach the second leg of qualifying at each round based on their pace in Friday practice alone.
However, while Marc ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia kicked off the Asian leg of the MotoGP season in the best way possible, putting his disastrous showing in the San Marino Grand Prix a fortnight ago behind him.
The factory Ducati rider was the fastest in the opening free practice session at Motegi on Friday, leading the way by around a tenth from 2024 champion Jorge Martin and current team-mate Marc Marquez.
He slipped to ...Keep reading