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Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez says he made a grave error in the “easiest part” of the San Marino Grand Prix sprint, having crashed on the same lap he took the lead.
Despite having a relatively tough qualifying session and missing out on the front row, Marquez was immediately on the move in the race, streaking past Fabio Quartararo at the start before snatching second from his brother ...Keep reading

Schubert BMW driver Rene Rast was unbeatable in the first DTM race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, overtaking polesitter Marco Wittmann on the third lap before pulling away to score a comfortable win.
"There's nothing to complain about today," the three-time DTM champion said in an interview with ran.de. "I think the guys did a brilliant pit stop. We had a good strategy and a good car ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi scored his first MotoGP sprint victory as an Aprilia rider in the San Marino Grand Prix after Marc Marquez crashed out shortly after taking the lead.
Bezzecchi and Marquez duelled for the top spot in the half-distance race at Misano, with the latter taking the lead at the start of lap six of 13. But on the very same lap, he made a rare error and let go of his Ducati, handing ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko has heaped praise on the impact Laurent Mekies has had since becoming the Red Bull Formula 1 team boss. 
The Frenchman joined from sister squad Racing Bulls in July after his predecessor Christian Horner was sacked following 20 years in the role. 
It came after a performance decline for Red Bull, which since cruising to the 2023 title has slipped to fourth in the pecking order ...Keep reading

Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna believes mastering the new Pirelli rubber will be more important for MotoGP success in 2027 than any of the new regulations that year.
Headlining the new ruleset in 2027 is a reduction of engine capacity from 1000cc to 850cc, restrictions on aerodynamics and the elimination of ride height and holeshot devices.
Dall’Igna, the engineering mind behind much of ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi dethroned Alex Marquez at the last moment to claim pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix, while MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez qualified outside the front row in fourth.
Gresini’s Alex Marquez laid the initial marker in Q2, lowering the benchmark to 1m30.222s to take provisional pole after the first run.
As the second run began, a number of riders delivered big ...Keep reading

We're on board with Lando Norris as he speeds out of Zandvoort's penultimate corner. Norris looks on course for a crucial pole, until suddenly the airbox of a second McLaren flashes through the screen. Team-mate Oscar Piastri has had a slightly better exit and drifts away from us through the banking final corner onto the main straight, claiming pole by what seem to be inches. The difference ...Keep reading

Pirelli will conduct its first MotoGP tyre test at Misano on Tuesday, 16 September, as preparations continue ahead of its entry into the championship in 2027.
One of the key changes to MotoGP’s technical rule book for 2027 is the appointment of a new official tyre supplier. French manufacturer Michelin, which has been MotoGP’s exclusive tyre supplier since 2016, will hand over to Pirelli ...Keep reading

Broc Feeney has continued his golden qualifying form by taking pole position in the first Supercars endurance race of the season, and the maiden 500km event to be held at The Bend Motorsport Park.
The Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro star was just good enough to take his 14th pole of the season (and fifth in a row) in the Top Ten Shoot Out, with a time of 1m48.6548s around the 5km Bend ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs are underway and some expected fringe contenders have immediately fallen below the cutline due to their various misfortunes on Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
For one, Richard Childress Racing had a dreadful night with both Austin Hill and Jesse Love having non-competitive speed and the latter needing to pit for a loose wheel. Meanwhile, JR Motorsports ...Keep reading

The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs officially began at Bristol Motor Speedway, but it was a part-time driver taking victory for the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, which is in the owner's championship.
Aric Almirola got the lead by staying out on old tires, and managed to fend off a hard-charging Sheldon Creed to earn his ninth career win. As for Creed, he remains winless in his NXS career ...Keep reading

"Our weekly science experiment continues."
That is how Brad Keselowski summed up the new right-side tires brought by Goodyear to Bristol Motor Speedway that were engineered to fall off quicker than its predecessor but actually showed little wear compared to the spring race during Friday practice.
"The tires held up really really well today," Keselowski said. "I’m surprised by that but we ...Keep reading

Excitement was building around the 16 playoff drivers at Bristol Motor Speedway, but all eyes should have been on A.J. Allmendinger and the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet. 
After lapping the half-mile in 15.117 seconds, no one could touch him in a shocking upset that surprised even the veteran driver. This is Allmendinger's fifth career pole, but his first in over a decade. You have to go even ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux leads Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville, after a dramatic Friday afternoon headlined by a suspected engine issue for World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak.
Fourmaux inherited the rally lead after Tanak hit trouble in stage six to end the day with a one second lead over Neuville, who launched an impressive fightback after a frustrating morning. Toyota’s Sébastien ...Keep reading

Even if Shane Van Gisbergen gets eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs after the Bristol Night Race, this is still an incredibly successful Rookie of the Year campaign in which he has already won four times on road courses while making steady progress on ovals.
That’s how the three-time Supercars champion looks at his season in advance of the first cut-off race where he needs to make ...Keep reading

On one hand, for Josh Berry to advance into the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, he has to win but a disastrous start to his championship pursuit doesn’t mean he should do anything different.
The way Berry sees it, his Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 team has actually performed pretty well. The 34-year-old started third in the Southern 500 but bottomed out in the first corner and ...Keep reading

At 27-years-old, Brenden 'Butterbean' Queen is supposed to be too old to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut based on the standards of this century but those standards have also shifted over the past half decade or so.
Queen was content to be a short track lifer, earning most of his accolades in the CARS Late Model Stock Tour but circumstances have allowed him to begin earnestly pursuing a ...Keep reading

A winner of 21 Cup races and current NASCAR analyst for USA Network and NBC, Jeff Burton took some time to speak with Motorsport.com about a myriad of topics. He touched on the playoff format, offering a passionate defense of the legitimacy of modern champions while expressing openness to suggested changes.
We also discussed the longest walk in the NASCAR garage -- the one between the ...Keep reading

Before heading to the mountains the defend his Bristol Night Race victory, Kyle Larson enjoyed a personal triumph in watching seven-year-old daughter Audrey win her first ever race earlier in the week.
The win came at Millbridge Speedway in North Carolina in the Cadet Outlaw Kart division. This was her 12th start of the season at the sixth-mile bullring and 21st overall of the year across ...Keep reading

With competition ramping up for Formula 1's increasingly popular sprint format, the series is understood to be keen to move beyond six sprint slots per season as early as 2027.
F1 introduced sprint races ahead of the 2021 season as a way to increase the spectacle on offer over a grand prix weekend and provide a more compelling product to TV viewers and spectators at the track. The series ...Keep reading