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Twelve months ago, the world of Formula 1 still looked very different in many ways. Max Verstappen led the championship with a sizeable margin, trying to drag an inferior car across the line for his fourth world title. Oscar Piastri had only one Grand Prix victory to his name, while Helmut Marko had called the situation at Red Bull “alarming” for the first time a week prior to the Italian GP ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin feels his 2024 title rival Francesco Bagnaia is lacking the confidence in Ducati’s MotoGP bike this season after following him closely in the Catalan Grand Prix sprint.
Having already endured two tough weekends in Austria and Hungary following the summer break, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia hit a new low point in Barcelona as he struggled to 14th place in Saturday’s ...Keep reading

When Monza was resurfaced ahead of last year's Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, it prompted a degree of conservatism; the McLarens, for instance, opted for a two-stop strategy and stuck to it. It did not know that Ferrari was about to rock its world by pursuing a one-stopper.
Pirelli believes that a one-stop will be the best scenario this year too. The expected level of graining has not been ...Keep reading

Fifty years ago on this day, Niki Lauda won his first Formula 1 world title with third place in Monza. The tifosi celebrated their hero, with Clay Regazzoni giving them a home victory as the cherry on the cake.
In 1975, Lauda and Ferrari set new standards in Formula 1. The Austrian ended an 11-year title drought for the Scuderia and laid the foundation for a new era of success, which is not ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Robert Kubica claimed hist first World Endurance Championship Hypercar pole position at Austin. The star of the Le Mans 24 Hours in June took the top spot in qualifying aboard the AF Corse-run customer Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by less than a tenth of a second from Antonio Giovinazzi.
Kubica, who shares the Le Mans-winning AF Ferrari with Philip Hanson and Yifei Ye, got down ...Keep reading

Connor Zilisch won again, again and denied William Sawalich a NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff spot in the process.
Why again, again?
The victory in the Nu Way 200 was the ninth credited to Zilisch this season. His fourth credited win in a row and eighth credited over his past 10 races. Credited because he started the race at Daytona, immediately came down pit road to swap out with Parker ...Keep reading

2022 Daytona 500 winner and Team Penske driver Austin Cindric is no stranger to the world of Supercars. He's paid close attention to the Australian-based racing series for years, and even considered it as a legitimate career-path for himself before becoming a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver.
Several Supercars aces have ventured over to NASCAR in recent years, including Shane van Gisbergen ...Keep reading

Connor Zilisch's incredible run of form continues, collecting his ninth win of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series season and his fourth in a row. The victory came at WWT Raceway (Gateway), which was hosting an Xfinity race for the first time in 15 years.
Zilisch joins Sam Ard and Noah Gragson as the only drivers to ever win four consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
"Yeah, that one was ...Keep reading

As he attempts to defend his 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series title, Justin Allgaier will face 11 drivers who have never won a championship in the second tier of stock car racing. 
The 2025 playoff grid is officially set, and rookie sensation Connor Zilisch secured the regular season championship (and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs) with his ninth victory of the 2025 season. He also has seven wins ...Keep reading

Jeb Burton entered Saturday’s regular season finale with a tough task in front of him – he had to make up 31 points on his cousin, Harrison Burton, in order to make the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs.
Both drivers failed to score any stage points at WWT Raceway (Gateway), and Jeb’s chances of pointing his way into the postseason were looking slim.
Even still, he kept fighting ...Keep reading

The Enjoy Illinois 300 is going to be an execution race; or as these types are more commonly referred to under derision -- a track position race.
And Denny Hamlin will take the green flag with the best track position possible after scoring his third pole of the season and on back-to-back weeks to start the Cup Series Playoffs.
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NASCAR CupDenny Hamlin beats Kyle Larson to ...Keep reading

For the 46th time in his career and the third time this year, Denny Hamlin will lead the NASCAR Cup field to the green flag. With a lap of 32.330s, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver bested Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson by 0.021s for the top spot.
"No, not really," said Hamlin when asked if it felt like a pole lap inside the race car. "I thought I could have done a little bit better job for the ...Keep reading

Both Christopher Bell and Carson Hocevar, and their respective crew chiefs, have moved on from the incident on pit road in the Southern 500 that derailed the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20.
Bell finished 29th, and left Darlington Raceway just 11 points above the playoff elimination cutline due to the damaged sustained in the incident.
Immediately after the race, Bell understood the contact to be ...Keep reading

Technically speaking, Tyler Reddick has an opt-out clause in his NASCAR Cup Series contract with 23XI Racing that he could execute if his car does not have an active charter attached to it.
That opt-out was successfully publicized in December by 23XI Racing and Front Row to receive a preliminary injunction from the Western District of North Carolina that forced NASCAR to recognize the two teams ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar is basically Thanos but instead of collecting Infinity Stones, the second-year NASCAR Cup Series driver is collecting Chevrolets.
To wit, he is the driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet NextGen but has also generated headlines earlier in the summer for acquiring a 1997 Silverado pickup dressed up an in era appropriate Dale Earnhardt vinyl. This week, he acquired a 1977 ...Keep reading

To the surprise of many, Max Verstappen grabbed his fifth pole-position of the Formula 1 season at the same track he had described the Red Bull car as “a monster” just 12 months ago.
So how have Verstappen and the Milton Keynes-based team been able to tame that monster and complete the fastest lap in F1 history?
“We have obviously learned and understood quite a lot since last year,” ...Keep reading

"If you can help Lando, if you can tow Lando up to Turn 4, but just make sure we don't impede - gap three," Piastri's race engineer Tom Stallard requested at the end of Q2.
Oscar Piastri had just finished his final lap to book a place in Q3, while Lando Norris was still under big pressure to deliver.
In what he admitted had been a messy qualifying until that point, Norris had to abort an ...Keep reading

For a minute or so on Saturday afternoon at Monza, Lando Norris was not only provisional polesitter for the Italian Grand Prix, but also a record-breaker: his 1m18.869s lap meant an average speed of 264.423km/h, faster than Lewis Hamilton’s 264.362km/h, set during qualifying for the 2020 race here.
Then Max Verstappen went faster still, with a 1m18.792s lap: 264.681km/h. Another new ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia says he has no explanation for his torrid form at the Catalan Grand Prix, saying he was pushing to the limit and risking crashes.
Having endured his worst qualifying result in three years earlier on Saturday, Bagnaia made little progress from 21st on the grid in the sprint, ending 14th in a race that saw just 18 finishers.
It marked the ...Keep reading

George Russell has explained the “miscommunication” that led to him not using his desired tyre choice during the final qualifying session for the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver used soft Pirelli rubber in Q3, but disagreed with the choice via team radio saying “I wanted mediums” after asking “we’ve the softs on, is that right?” at Monza. 
Russell topped Q1 ...Keep reading