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The Kondo Ferrari #45 (Perel/Marschall/Vermeulen) will start the second race of the 2026 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers from pole position. In top qualifying, Thierry Vermeulen set the fastest time with 8:10.275 minutes – though by the smallest possible margin.
David Jahn, the pole-sitter from Saturday’s race, missed Vermeulen’s time by just one thousandth of a second in the Gamota BMW #23 ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt has revealed that Ayrton Senna had been interested in joining the Maranello outfit in 1995.
During an appearance on the High Performance podcast, Todt explained that the Brazilian driver was a primary target during the early stages of Ferrari's ambitious rebuilding phase in the 1990s.
"Ferrari was not successful at all, and they were dying to try to ...Keep reading

Logan Sargeant has been through an eventful period. In 2024, he lost his Williams Formula 1 seat midway through the season to Franco Colapinto, bringing his F1 career to an end after fewer than two full campaigns.
Since then, Sargeant has sampled a range of motorsport categories, from IndyCar to IMSA’s LMP2 class. He had also been set for a move to the European Le Mans Series through a deal ...Keep reading

Christian Krognes once again demonstrated his skills on the Nordschleife in second qualifying on Sunday for the 2026 24h Nurburgring Qualifiers, setting the fastest lap. On a drying track, the Norwegian driver in the Walkenhorst Aston Martin #34 (Krognes/Thiim) posted a best time of 8:18.515 minutes, closing out the session.
After heavy rain overnight, the track was wet at the start of ...Keep reading

Matt Payne scored a second, dominant win of the Ruapuna Park Supercars weekend, to give Ford a sweep of all four races on New Zealand’s South Island.
After taking pole position for the second time, Payne won the start and, after an early safety car, just drove away from the field. To add to the party that Grove Racing will have on the way back to its Melbourne base, Kai Allen came through to ...Keep reading

Taylor Gray is now a two-time race winner in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Driving the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, he held off a charging Sheldon Creed in the No. 00 Haas Factory Team Chevrolet as Kansas Speedway.
"First of all, thank you to everyone at Joe Gibbs Racing," said Gray in Victory Lane. "How about  (crew chief) Jason Ratcliffe? That pit call was awesome. I knew we had ...Keep reading

There was a look of relief on the face of Felix Rosenqvist after snatching pole position for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Sitting 14th in the championship standings with zero top 10 finishes through the opening four rounds of the 2026 IndyCar season, there was a sense of urgency for the 34-year-old Swedish driver to simply find a way to get a breakthrough and help boost the confidence ...Keep reading

Felix Rosenqvist will lead the field to the green flag after winning pole for Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long beach.
The Swede, driving the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda, put together a strong flying lap of 1m07.4635s around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit to claim the top spot. It’s the seventh pole of his IndyCar Series career.
Pato O'Ward’s #5 Arrow McLaren ...Keep reading

Carson Kvapil started Saturday's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts from pole position, but his day ended just three laps into the event. The wreck was something you'd expect to see at a superspeedway, not a 1.5-mile intermediate track...
Driving the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, Kvapil was running second and battling three-wide with JRM teammates Justin Allgaier and William Byron.
Byron was to ...Keep reading

Renger van der Zande held steady through multiple late restarts to give Acura Meyer Shank Racing the home race victory in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. 
The Dutchman, driving the #93 Acura ARX-06, was undeterred despite Frederick Vesti (#31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R) applying consistent pressure on the restarts, taking the checkered flag by 0.818s on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary ...Keep reading

The dream season continues for Tyler Reddick and 23XI Racing, just one day after partnering with Rockstar Energy. The championship leader earned his 14th career pole and his third of the 2026 season at Kansas Speedway.
With a fast lap of 29.142s, Reddick beat his boss Denny Hamlin by 0.019s for the top spot. It was a Toyota 1-2-3 in qualifying with last week's winner Ty Gibbs in third.
Kyle ...Keep reading

Ultimately, at the end of the day, Ryan Blaney said his role regarding pit crew changes at Team Penske is just to support and welcome those who put on the No. 12 uniform each week.
This is regarding the change made this week with the demotion of jack man Landon Honeycutt from the Blaney team to the Wood Brother No. 21 driven by Josh Berry. This follows a slow start by the Penske No. 12 pit ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok has argued that former Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley is not the answer to Aston Martin's problems. 
Audi confirmed on 20 March 2026 that Wheatley was to leave with immediate effect after only joining the team in 2025. While Wheatley has not officially confirmed what his next move will be, Motorsport.com understands he will sign with Aston Martin ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc has shared his verdict on the progress of the Ferrari Formula 1 team, explaining that the Maranello outfit has "made good progress with the car".
The Monegasque driver currently sits third in the drivers' standings with 49 points behind championship leader Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
Ferrari has seen a jump in performance from 2025 to 2026 after ...Keep reading

Kyle Busch did not appreciate the commentary about his season and career trajectory from Denny Hamlin during a segment on the Actions Detrimental podcast on Monday.
Hamlin effectively said Busch is one of the greatest of all time, but also felt like Busch needed to solidly outperform teammate Austin Dillon to justify a narrative that the two-time champion is being held back by Richard Childress ...Keep reading

Gio Ruggiero was running third with just a few laps to go in Saturday's ARCA race at Kansas, and Jack Wood appeared to be in position to win the race.
However, Ruggiero got into the back of Dystany Spurlock while trying to lap her, sending the No. 66 spinning sideways. Making her national ARCA debut, Spurlock regained control of the car on the apron, but the incident triggered a ...Keep reading

After a lengthy red flag following a serious seven-car crash and barrier damage, Nürburgring race officials reported that Juha Miettinen (BMW 325i, #121) succumbed to his injuries after being treated in the nearby Medical Center.
Official statement from race control:

"During today’s first race of the ADAC 24h Nürburgring Qualifiers, a serious accident involving seven competitors ...Keep reading

After a top five finish in the ARCA East Series at Rockingham, popular YouTuber Cleetus McFarland (Garrett Mitchell) made his sixth career start at the national level of ARCA on Saturday.
After starting 25th when inclement weather rained out qualifying, he quickly marched through the field at Kansas Soeedway. He moved up eleven positions in the first five laps, and was running 11th by the ...Keep reading

IMSA President John Doonan has stated there are no plans to follow the FIA World Endurance Championship in hiding its Balance of Performance (BoP) tables.
Earlier this week, officials from the ACO and FIA explained that WEC will no longer make its BoP information public, in a move aimed at preventing misinterpretations and speculation, which has already come under scrutiny by competitors such ...Keep reading

During the enforced break caused by the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, a series of high-level meetings are taking place to discuss potential changes to the Formula 1 rules introduced only this year.
It's not unheard of for the rules to be adjusted in-season. And in the case of the new regulations, there was broad agreement among the stakeholders and the teams that ...Keep reading