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World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Ogier has crashed out of the Central European Rally in what could be a pivotal moment in the title race. 
The eight-time world champion had just lost the lead of the 18-stage asphalt event by 0.7s to Toyota title rival Kalle Rovanpera in Saturday’s first test, before drama struck in stage 10 [Keply, 21.95k]. 
Pushing hard in wet conditions, Ogier ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen topped the times at the Circuit of the Americas on Friday in the first of two Formula 1 qualifying sessions this weekend – another sign of Red Bull's recent progress with the RB21. 
Heading into the race weekend, team boss Laurent Mekies suggested that Austin’s medium-speed corners would suit McLaren better, saying McLaren “killed” Red Bull in Zandvoort, but ...Keep reading

Hyundai’s only option to continue its participation in the World Rally Championship in 2027 will be to field an upgraded Rally2 car, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul. 
The Korean marque’s future in the WRC beyond the end of the season has been unclear as it continues to weigh up its options regarding its factory motorsport programmes.  
Hyundai has been among the most vocal ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Zak Brown has rejected claims his team will favour either one of Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight - claiming Max Verstappen is “too close for comfort”. 
The British outfit has dominated the season and it clinched the constructors’ crown with six rounds remaining by finishing third and fourth last time out at the Singapore Grand Prix.
But the ...Keep reading

Ducati MotoGP star Francesco Bagnaia endured another miserable afternoon in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, finishing more than 30 seconds off the lead with no clear answers for his lack of pace.
Bagnaia started 11th on the grid but quickly fell back, dropping to 19th by lap four. He lost another position to LCR rookie Somkiat Chantra, only to regain a spot late when Gresini’s Fermin ...Keep reading

In a straight up race, it didn’t seem like anyone had the same speed as Tricon Garage but the rest of the field also made it really easy for Gio Ruggiero and Corey Heim to decide the race amongst themselves regardless.
Ruggiero, a Truck Series rookie, led the most laps from the pole but lost the lead on a restart with 15 laps to go as Ben Rhodes took the lead with a push from ThorSport Racing ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi has admitted that he was “quite scared” that he had damaged his Aprilia MotoGP bike after an unfortunate collision with a seagull on the warm-up lap of the Australian Grand Prix sprint.
A flock of seagulls gathered on the start/finish straight before the formation lap got under way at Phillip Island, with Bezzecchi striking a wayward bird as he set off from pole ...Keep reading

Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo believes he made a mistake by opting for the medium front tyre after finishing a distant seventh in the Australian Grand Prix sprint.
Quartararo scored his fifth pole position of the season in qualifying earlier on Saturday morning, but his race unravelled immediately at the start as he made a poor launch and dropped to fifth on the opening lap.
He lost ...Keep reading

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi bounced back from a costly first-lap mistake in Indonesia to claim an emphatic victory in the sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix.
Bezzecchi passed the Trackhouse Aprilia of Raul Ferandez with three laps to run and then escaped into the distance to score his third sprint win in four weekends. Fernandez held on to second, with Pedro Acosta completing the podium ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen took his 10th Sprint pole in 22 Sprint weekends with a superb final lap at Austin's Circuit of The Americas to edge out McLaren Lando Norris by the smallest of margins. But have the Dutchman and his Red Bull team got what it takes to defeat McLaren for the fourth race weekend on the bounce? 

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from Friday practice and Sprint Qualifying from the Circuit of The Americas ahead of the United States Grand Prix.

Yuki Tsunoda was left questioning what had happened after a timing error from Red Bull saw him drop out of Sprint Qualifying at the end of the first phase at the Circuit of The Americas.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton gave a downbeat assessment of Ferrari’s performance during Sprint Qualifying at the United States Grand Prix, with Leclerc stating that the squad are “so far behind now” after ending the session towards the bottom of the top 10.

Max Verstappen continued his dominance of Sprint Qualifying in the United States by taking his third Sprint pole in Circuit of the Americas.

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES Laurent MEKIES (Red Bull), Zak BROWN (McLaren), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes)

Lando Norris admitted that he was “not surprised” to just miss out on pole to Max Verstappen during Sprint Qualifying at the United States Grand Prix, though the McLaren driver remains hopeful of getting “back ahead” during the Sprint itself.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen snatched Sprint pole from Lando Norris with an impressive last-gasp effort at the Circuit of The Americas.

Max Verstappen took his third United States Grand Prix Sprint pole in succession, with a last-gasp effort to deny Lando Norris.

Everyone still eligible for the Truck Series championship knows their marching orders in advance of the penultimate race of the season in one week at Martinsville following a predictably consequential race at Talladega.
Corey Heim Advanced with Roval winRajah Caruth +14Tyler Ankrum +8Kaden Honeycutt +5---Ty Majeski -5Layne Riggs -6Daniel Hemric -26Grant Enfinger -34
 
The math is really ...Keep reading

MotoGP has announced that it is proactively changing the schedule for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday due to the expected windy weather at Phillip Island.
The grand prix has now been pushed back by an hour to “ensure the best possible conditions”, with the start times for the Moto2 and Moto3 races also adjusted accordingly.
MotoGP’s headline event of the weekend will now take place ...Keep reading