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All of the 12 remaining playoff drivers made it to the finish, with eight finishing inside the top ten. 2023 NASCAR Cup champion Ryan Blaney captured the checkered flag, becoming the first driver with a guaranteed spot in the Round of 8.
Blaney's veteran teammate, Joey Logano, did a great job dragging himself from below the elimination zone, entering -2 but leaving +24 as he looks to become a ...Keep reading

On Lap 118, a chaotic restart saw the field fanning three and four-wide as they raced through the first set of corners. RFK Racing's Brad Keselowski was bold enough to try five-wide, but there simply wasn't enough room for it.
He sent it deep onto the apron, but quickly realized he was running out of space. He touched the inside wall and collided with Shane van Gisbergen beside him. SVG went ...Keep reading

During the NASCAR Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, things unravelled between Joe Gibbs Racing teammates in a huge blowup.
While Christopher Bell and Denny Hamlin (who are both in the playoffs) were trying to fight their way forward, teammate Ty Gibbs stood in their way.
After a spirited battle, Gibbs actually made contact with Bell and radioed to the team that he "won't take anymore ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella doesn't think Lando Norris could have done much better than seventh in Baku's Formula 1 race after being stuck in traffic.
After a difficult qualifying in gusty conditions, Norris qualified a lowly seventh after looking fast all weekend, not helped by a slip-up in Turn 15 on his best Q3 lap.
On Sunday Norris couldn't manage to move up, losing seventh to ...Keep reading

Bubba Wallace and Shane van Gisbergen spent a good part of the summer racing Legends cars alongside IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin. Taking part in the mid-week Summer Shootout Series, Wallace would share their weekly adventures through YouTube vlogs.
A part of the fun included a friendly bet about qualifying with the slowest of the group forced to buy lunch/dinner. Wallace also made a comment ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is still not getting carried away by talk of a fifth Formula 1 world championship in 2025 after a remarkable turnaround for his Red Bull squad.
The reigning champion has won the previous two grands prix in Monza and Baku from pole, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri, whose McLaren team-mate Lando Norris splits the pair with seven rounds remaining. 
It marks a ...Keep reading

Winner: Carlos Sainz
Before we shower Max Verstappen with more praise - that kid is surely going to go far - Williams driver Carlos Sainz deserves his time in the sun after having been in the shadow of Williams team-mate Alex Albon during a tough first season for his new employer.
Sainz needed more time than expected to get up to speed at Grove after his unwanted Ferrari swap, but the team ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that he has missed an opportunity to significantly close down the gap to Formula 1 world championship leader Oscar Piastri in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Norris finished seventh in Baku, meaning he is now 25 points behind McLaren team-mate and title rival Piastri, who crashed on the opening lap to cap off a mistake-riddled weekend. 
The Baku event ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc was left frustrated after team-mate Lewis Hamilton failed to hand back a position at the end of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, although slow communication by the Ferrari Formula 1 team appeared to be the main culprit.
Leclerc was fighting Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda for fifth in the closing stages of the Baku street race until he was passed by McLaren's Lando Norris. With Leclerc ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri was left rueing a mistake-riddled Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend after the Formula 1 championship leader crashed out on the opening lap.
Piastri locked up into the Turn 4 barrier after an already poor start, as the McLaren driver dropped from ninth to last having stopped at race start trying to rectify his jumping of the lights. 
But all weekend Piastri hasn’t had it easy. He ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen took his second consecutive Formula 1 win by dominating the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, while Oscar Piastri crashed out on the first lap, with Lando Norris only seventh to make a small gain in the title fight.
Verstappen ran largely unopposed as a dramatic qualifying session saw Williams man Carlos Sainz and Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson provide a handy buffer between the world ...Keep reading

Piastri falters in Baku… but gets off lightly
Oscar Piastri had been almost flawless so far in the 2025 Formula 1 season, but not this time. The Australian was already on the back foot for today's race after crashing head-on into the wall at Turn 3 during Q3, leaving him ninth on the grid. He arguably still had a good opportunity to make progress.
However, it all unravelled right from the ...Keep reading

The procedure for applying penalties in Formula 1 is controversial enough – even before you get into the subject of what happens if circumstances mean a driver is unable to serve that penalty during the race.
F1’s sporting regulations include a stipulation that when "a driver is unable to serve the penalty due to being unclassified… the stewards may impose a grid place penalty on the ...Keep reading

Ex-Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes MotoGP will retain its originality under new owner Liberty Media rather than adopting Formula 1’s template.
In July, Liberty Media completed its takeover of MotoGP, becoming the majority shareholder in series promoter Dorna Sports after a prolonged regulatory process.
With Liberty having also acquired F1 in 2017, the American media ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri and Franco Colapinto have both undergone chassis changes after their qualifying crashes at the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but neither driver will need to start the race from the pitlane.
Both McLaren and Alpine managed to complete the rebuild of their respective cars within the time allowed in the parc ferme rules, and apply the same set-up parameters, meaning neither driver ...Keep reading

After crashing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Franco Colapinto revealed that he would rather be fast around a race track and “have a little crash” than have a clean, slow lap in his Alpine F1 car.  
The Argentine was on a flying lap in Q1 at the Baku street circuit, which he says was “three tenths up after three corners”. However, at Turn 4 he encountered ...Keep reading

Formula 1 qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix turned into crashfest with many red flags, but Andrea Kimi Antonelli kept his cool with a surprisingly good qualifying performance.
After a tough European leg, the young Italian secured fourth place on the Baku grid – a welcome boost to his confidence.
“The pace has been strong the whole weekend, and definitely the biggest difference has ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar was filled with rage after qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as a mistake from the Formula 1 rookie cost him a top-three finish.
The Racing Bulls driver will start eighth for Sunday’s grand prix in Baku, while team-mate Liam Lawson is third behind polesitter Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz.
But Hadjar could easily have been up there. Red-flag stoppages meant only three ...Keep reading

Mechanics and TV schedulers alike were aghast at the sheer number of incidents in Formula 1 qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Six wall impacts hard enough to bring out the red flags, plus more incidents dealt with under local yellows, meant more work in the garage – and a session which didn't finish until almost an hour later than scheduled. As a street track, Baku is always likely ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a 1m41.117s on soft tyres on Saturday, but the reigning Formula 1 world champion actually didn’t want to use that compound at all.
Verstappen preferred this weekend’s mediums, around which Red Bull had geared its entire weekend planning.
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