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Pol Espargaro says it is “painful” to watch Pedro Acosta unable to showcase his full potential due to the limitations of KTM’s MotoGP bike. 
As the 2025 season has progressed, Acosta has grown increasingly consistent, having admitted to making too many mistakes early in the year. While his speed had never been in doubt, the newfound maturity and consistency have transformed him into a ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has provided a deeper explanation of Carlos Sainz's retirement from the Mexico Grand Prix.
After sustaining damage to the front-left side of the car at the chaotic start of the race, the Spanish driver battled with lost sensors, vibrations and tyre degradation before he clipped the kerb and caught the wall on the rear corner of the car. While there was no ...Keep reading

Four hours, four minutes, 37 seconds. The Canadian Grand Prix of 2011 is famed for two things: one, being Formula 1's longest-ever race (a record that will likely never be beaten), and two, Jenson Button's unlikely victory after falling to the back of the field.
It's considered as Button's best race, one where he battled against the elements and a lack of care from his rivals to work his from ...Keep reading

Ray Heim was losing his figurative s--t watching the NASCAR Truck Series Championship Race from the infield but his son remained resolute through it all.
The Tricon Garage No. 11 team was not going to lose this race and championship on a caution with five laps to go because Connor Mosack did not pit to address his tire rub. They were not going to lose it to those who took two tires when Scott ...Keep reading

Corey Heim entered this race as the overwhelming favorite for the title, but the format meant he had to perform at Phoenix or face losing the title despite a historic season. 
He won both stages and led the most laps, but when the race fell into double overtime, he had to fight with everything he had to win the title. Coming from tenth on a two-to-go restart, he drove up to second with a ...Keep reading

The final NASCAR Cup Series practice session of the year, for the championship race at Phoenix Raceway, contained no shortage of drama and intrigue.
Overall, there were numerous left side tire failures, and that included a championship finalist.
The first was Chase Briscoe and then two straight left side failures by AJ Allmendinger, the second of which caused a crash that will send him to a ...Keep reading

The lone practice session for the NASCAR Cup Series title-decider at Phoenix Raceway began with a flurry of tire issues.
It didn't take long for the drama to unfold. As Hamlin pulled out of line and slowed to avoid all the traffic, trouble found his title rival and Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe.
The No. 19 slowed down the backstretch with a cut left-rear tire, dragging the ...Keep reading

The final qualifying session of the 2025 NASCAR Truck season is complete, and the lineup is set for Friday night's title-decider at Phoenix Raceway.
Earlier in the day, NASCAR discovered a panel that was not permitted on the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Layne Riggs, resulting in a crew chief ejection, being sent to the rear of the field, and having to now serve a drive-through penalty ...Keep reading

Kaden Honeycutt is not the defending champion like Ty Majeski, nor has he dominated the entire year like Corey Heim, or spent several years racing Trucks full-time like Tyler Ankrum.
Instead, Honeycutt is in his first full-time year of competition and he has never even won a NASCAR Truck race before. To make his situation even more unique, the 22-year-old is ending the year with a different ...Keep reading

This year, no Truck driver even comes close to Corey Heim. He has won eleven of 24 races, a series record. He faces three title rivals in the Championship 4 who have combined to win just one race this year — and eight total if you add up their whole careers.
Heim's average finish of 5.2 is followed by Ty Majeski's 10.2, Tyler Ankrums 10.7, and Kaden Honeycutt's 13.2 over the course of the ...Keep reading

NASCAR is in a season of change.
Some of it is the result of self-reflection and the changing tides of sport and entertainment, and some of it will eventually be the results of the lawsuit brought against the Sanctioning Body, but things are changing in the Cup Series and around it.
That is a broad summary of the annual state of the sport press conference held every year before championship ...Keep reading

Over the past year, it’s been a fringe talking point in NASCAR fan circles about whether or not Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing bringing a lawsuit against the Sanctioning Body would have consequences on the track.
In other words, as The Associated Press brought up in a nearly one hour State of the Sport press conference, what would NASCAR leadership say to fans if race control has to call a ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has reflected on the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which resulted in Max Verstappen claiming his first championship victory over Lewis Hamilton. 
Taking aim at the race director at the time, Michael Masi, Wolff recounted the situation while joining his wife, F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff, at an event to promote her ...Keep reading

While his own title hopes ended in a brutal tiebreaker last weekend, Layne Riggs is still fighting for the owner's championship on behalf of Front Row Motorsports at the Phoenix Raceway finale.
NASCAR found that the No. 34 FRM Ford had "added a panel to the oil that closes off the area between it and the floorboard, which is not permitted."
As a result, Riggs will start from the rear of the ...Keep reading

From Yuki Tsunoda’s drive in Honda’s RA272 to Lewis Hamilton’s emotional lap in Ayrton Senna’s McLaren, we look back at the most memorable moments when modern F1 drivers stepped into the cockpits of legendary cars.

Oscar Piastri's Race Engineer, Tom Stallard, and former Renault F1 driver Jolyon Palmer join the latest episode of F1 Explains to delve into data and discuss how teams and drivers use it to go faster.

Daniel Suarez is about to move to Spire Motorsports, which will be his fifth team since joining the NASCAR Cup Series. However, the majority of his Cup career and both of his wins all came with Trackhouse, who he has raced for since 2021.
This weekend, that era of his career will come to an end, with the team honoring him through a special video message and a unique paint scheme.
But before ...Keep reading

The FIA has denied claims from its Mexican body that Liam Lawson was to blame for his near-miss with marshals during the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix weekend.
On lap three during last Sunday’s contest, the Racing Bulls driver encountered two marshals on the track near Turn 3 after they were ordered to collect debris following a messy race start.
But the order was rescinded once it emerged ...Keep reading

F1: The Movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed that Brad Pitt branded his final day of filming the Formula 1 film as "his unhappiest day".
The film, starring Pitt alongside Damson Idris, Javier Bardem, Tobias Menzies, Kerry Condon and Kim Bodnia, was released in June 2025 and has since reached almost $630million in the global box office. Directed by Joseph Kosinski and featuring ...Keep reading

Fermin Aldeguer admits it’s “difficult” to accept Ducati’s decision to keep him on a satellite bike in MotoGP 2026, but concedes that it’s 'not his moment yet' to move to factory machinery.
Aldeguer signed a deal directly with Ducati to join Gresini this year, with the promise of getting full equipment for his second season in MotoGP.
However, the Spaniard will not get the ...Keep reading