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Trackhouse wants to instil a winning culture in its burgeoning MotoGP squad while also bringing it closer to its American roots, says team principal Davide Brivio.
Best known for its participation in the NASCAR Cup Series, Trackhouse expanded into MotoGP in 2024 by taking over the erstwhile RNF Racing team.
The North Carolina-based squad proudly showcased its heritage by running a ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst and former driver Martin Brundle has argued that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix could have "scattered" Oscar Piastri's brain.
In an intense championship fight with his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, the Australian driver suffered a torrid weekend in Baku. After crashing into the wall in qualifying, leaving him with a ninth-place starting position, he jumped the start of ...Keep reading

While the Mexican Grand Prix offered a rare mix of strategies, many of the recent races have followed a familiar pattern. George Russell described F1 as a race to Turn 1, with dirty air becoming more of a factor again and teams favouring the most conservative strategy – the one-stop. 
This year’s Pirelli tyres are more robust than in previous seasons, allowing drivers to push more, but ...Keep reading

The emotion afterwards was palpable.
On pit road, immediately after the race, newly crowned NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Jesse Love was in tears at earning a major career accomplishment. On the other end of the spectrum, Connor Zilisch was in tears because he was denied a championship that surely would have been his under any other format.
"I feel like emotion is part of the sport," ...Keep reading

In an unexpected triumph, Jesse Love bested Connor Zilisch to win the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. 
Love passed Zilisch for the lead with 24 laps to go, and never looked back. This is Love's third career win, and his first ever on a non-superspeedway track. In the closing laps, Aric Almirola passed Zilisch for second, securing the owner's championship for Joe Gibbs Racing and the ...Keep reading

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced a new partnership with Pixar's Toy Story to celebrate three decades of the franchise.
The collaboration will celebrate the iconic characters from the film series on a journey from the AMR Technology Campus at Silverstone to the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the 2025 Mexico Grand Prix, during which Lance Stroll finished 14th and Fernando Alonso ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin was the straw that stirs the drink in the final Final Four press conference prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway.
First, Hamlin was much looser than he was on Friday following a mechanical scare, aided by the fact that he scored pole position on Saturday afternoon. During the NextGen era, the finalist that qualified the best of the four ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin 's 20-year quest to become a NASCAR Cup Series champion just got one step closer after securing pole position for the title-decider in Phoenix on Saturday.
Hamlin flew to pole position with a confident-looking 28.914s lap, collecting his 48th career pole and his fifth of the 2025 season.
"We're trying," smiled Hamlin after securing the top spot on the grid. "We're doing ...Keep reading

Joe Gibbs Racing locked out the front row for the season finale with Brandon Jones earning pole position over teammate Taylor Gray.
Jones' fast lap of 27.490s was more than a full tenth faster than his teammate Gray, who earned his first career win one week ago at Martinsville.
Sheldon Creed qualified third, but the top-qualifying Championship 4 driver was Connor Zilisch in fourth. Zilisch ...Keep reading

Hendrick Motorsports (HMS) was established as All-Star Racing in 1984, while Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) joined NASCAR for the first time in 1992.
Since then, HMS has won 320 races and JGR has won 227, making them the two of the three winningest teams in Cup Series history. 
They've also combined to win 19 of the last 30 Cup titles, with Hendrick collecting 14 championships and Gibbs five ...Keep reading

During the hour-long practice session in Phoenix, the issues began when championship contender Chase Briscoe lost a left rear within five minutes of the start of the session. It was the first of many, and those failures are likely not an anomaly but a result of teams being aggressive with suspension adjustments and tire pressures.
Phoenix Raceway is a unique type of oval because it is ...Keep reading

Corey Heim simply obliterated the competition in 2025. He won 4x as many races as his closest competition, scored nearly twice as many top fives, led 3x as many laps led, and ended the year with an average finish more than four places better than any other full-time driver.
To cap it all off, Heim drove from tenth to first in two overtime restarts (with four fresh tires), making up most of the ...Keep reading

After years of Cup drivers ransacking the lower divisions for race wins and championships, NASCAR introduced a policy limiting Cup drivers to a maximum of five races in Xfinity and five in Trucks, while also forbidding drivers from racing for multiple championships.
On Saturday, NASCAR revealed that they will actually double the number of races from five to ten for the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto ...Keep reading

“It's just very difficult, super low grip. I feel like I could drive a road car quicker than we drive at the minute…”
This is how unhappy Lando Norris was with his McLaren Formula 1 car after practice for the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Nevadan race turned out to be one of the worst in McLaren’s title-winning season, with Norris and Piastri out of the top five positions on both ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has argued that Lewis Hamilton sometimes does not get enough credit for the influence he has had on Formula 1.
Wolff discussed Hamilton's public support for her after the FIA launched an inquiry into claims that her relationship with her husband, Mercedes F1 CEO Toto Wolff, posed a conflict of interest in the championship.
Two days later, the ...Keep reading

From Lando Norris’ disco ball to Alex Albon’s Miami orange, special edition helmets have been everywhere this season. We take a look back at where it all began.

Sauber Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg is set to auction his race-used 2025 Mexico Grand Prix helmet for charity.
The auction will raise money for the Hahnair Foundation, which works to support women and children living in poverty.
“I am delighted to be working with the Hahnair Foundation on this project," Hulkenberg said. "The foundation has been committed to improving the development of ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has backed Oliver Bearman as the best rookie of the 2025 Formula 1 season after an impressive fourth-place finish at the Mexico Grand Prix. 
Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast following the race at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Steiner joked that the Haas driver could have been a race winner if the former team principal was still working in the paddock. 
"I have to ...Keep reading

Indycar winner and F1 TV analyst takes a close look at Oliver Bearman's impressive rookie season – and wonders what might be next for the talented Ferrari academy driver...

F1: The Movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that he has already met with Lewis Hamilton to discuss a potential sequel to the blockbuster film. 
The movie, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, has almost reached $630million at the global box office since its release in June 2025. It follows nomadic driver Sonny Hayes, portrayed by Pitt, as he returns to Formula 1 with the struggling ...Keep reading