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Max Verstappen says his Brazilian Grand Prix sprint qualifying was "just rubbish" after being restricted to sixth place in a Red Bull Formula 1 car that lacked grip and suffered over the bumps.
Verstappen and team-mate Yuki Tsunoda both appeared to struggle for grip around the newly resurfaced 4.3km Interlagos circuit, with Tsunoda dumped out in SQ1 while Verstappen only made it to the top 10 ...Keep reading

Harry Benjamin and the F1 team look ahead to the race in Brazil

Carlos Sainz lamented a poorly executed sprint qualifying session in Brazil, which resulted in a P20 start for the sprint race tomorrow.
After being eliminated in SQ1, the Williams driver exclaimed over the team radio, "This is the worst execution I have seen in my life." 
"Yeah, we just simply didn't do a good quali," Sainz explained after the session. "I mean, first run was quite messy ...Keep reading

Lando Norris continued his strong form by taking pole for the Formula 1 Brazil Grand Prix sprint with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in third.
Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli splits the pair and his team-mate George Russell will join Piastri on the second row, with Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen sharing the third row.
This is with four rounds remaining in the 2025 ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has beaten Andrea Kimi Antonelli to Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix sprint pole, with title rivals Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen third and sixth respectively.
Norris reigned supreme on both of his SQ3 laps to fend off a strong effort from Mercedes rookie Antonelli, who split the two championship contending McLarens, as Verstappen struggled for grip in his Red Bull.
Norris ...Keep reading

Live coverage of the Formula 1 Sprint Qualifying session ahead of the 2025 Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil.

Lando Norris set the pace during the first and only practice session of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend, the Briton just pipping fellow McLaren racer Oscar Piastri in the final moments to go fastest.

Lando Norris topped the timesheets during Friday’s one and only practice session for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, leading the way from McLaren team mate Oscar Piastri and Kick Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.

KTM’s MotoGP boss Pit Beirer has admitted that the Austrian manufacturer has very little time left to convince its star rider Pedro Acosta to remain with it beyond 2026.
Acosta is still looking for his first premier class victory as his second season in MotoGP draws to a close. KTM has struggled to provide him with a consistently competitive machine in his sophomore year, although the ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella believes the intra-team title battle between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri won't escalate as the pair head into the final four race weekends separated by a single point.
Norris heads into the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend as the new championship leader after demoting team-mate Piastri in Mexico, with defending champion Max Verstappen 36 points ...Keep reading

Thanks in part to Balance of Performance, which leaves the Toyota GR010 Hybrid in a far less compromised position than it has been for most of the season, but also because of the track characteristics of the Bahrain International Circuit — a venue that has always suited Toyota — the Japanese manufacturer looks competitive again.
Yet while Toyota rightfully enters the finale as a favourite ...Keep reading

Parker Retzlaff will pilot the No. 99 Viking Motorsports Chevrolet in the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series. Danny Efland will work with Retzlaff as the crew chief, coming over from Am Racing.
Veteran crew chief Pat Tryson, who led the No. 99 in 2025, will transition into a new role within the organization.
"Parker brings youthful energy, talent, and a hunger to win that aligns ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 season is not yet over but talk is already strife for next year, which is set to be one of the biggest in the championship’s history.
It will debut the forthcoming regulation switch with cars set to become lighter and smaller with a bigger emphasis on electrical power.
There will also be a new team added to the equation, as American outfit Cadillac will become F1’s ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Xfinity Series, which will be rebranded as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series in 2026, will have Hendrick Motorsports on the grid every weekend.
The No. 17 Hendrick Chevrolet will compete for the championship with Corey Day, an acolyte of Kyle Larson, behind the wheel. The 19-year-old ran eleven races with HMS this year, finishing as high as fourth at Las Vegas Motor Speedway ...Keep reading

Kevin Estre says he is “angry at himself” after he qualified last in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh, which is fighting for the Hypercar title in this Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.
Estre set a best time of 1m49.157s in the opening leg of qualifying for the Bahrain 8 Hours, which put the factory #6 Porsche Penske he shares with Laurens Vanthoor and Matt Campbell 18th ...Keep reading

Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske, just two days after they were motioned for deposition over the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit have motioned back to limit the scope of such conversations.
“Movants find themselves, quickly and without much warning, in the unenviable position of being forced to give expansive and unnecessary deposition testimony as a result of ...Keep reading

Trackhouse Racing put together a video announcing the car number for each its of 2026 Cup Series drivers. The team is putting aside its original number, the No. 99, which Daniel Suarez drove for five seasons before parting ways with the organization at the end of this year.
Unsurprisingly, Ross Chastain will continue to pilot the No. 1 he has driven to all six of Cup victories, including the ...Keep reading

Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen has shared details of the decision to extend Franco Colapinto's contract, which was announced ahead of practice 1 in Brazil.
The Argentinian driver will remain with the French team in 2026 alongside team-mate Pierre Gasly. 
Colapinto joined Alpine on a multi-year deal ahead of the 2025 season as a reserve driver and replaced Jack Doohan in a full-time ...Keep reading

Lando Norris topped Formula 1's sole free practice session at the Brazil Grand Prix sprint weekend ahead of Oscar Piastri. 
Norris reclaimed the championship lead from Piastri after two difficult weekends for the Australian in Austin and Mexico, and backed up his form by topping F1's only practice session at Interlagos on F1's fifth of six 2025 sprint weekends. But Piastri also appeared to ...Keep reading

Lando Norris pips McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri to the fastest time at the very end of practice at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.