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BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.

This weekend, the NASCAR Cup and Truck Series will both be competing at the historic Darlington Raceway, which plays host to the playoff opener for both divisions.
Darlington also hosts the fourth and final crown jewel event of the season with the 76th running of the Southern 500. The event has been part of the NASCAR Cup calendar since 1950, which was won by Johnny Mantz.
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23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports claim NASCAR would put them out of business if the Sanctioning Body is permitted to transfer the charters at the heart of their legal dispute to other interested parties.
Earlier on Monday, NASCAR adhered to a court order that required it to notify all parties involved in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR federal antitrust lawsuit and ...Keep reading

Three weeks on from the last race weekend in Budapest, it’s race week again as the 2025 season gets set to resume. The teams have all had to commit to a two-week shutdown during August, but should be raring to go when the paddock reconvenes at Zandvoort.

NASCAR has an agreement with someone to acquire one of the ownership charters currently wrapped-up in active litigation as part of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports mutual antitrust lawsuits.  
The Sanctioning Body filed a legal notice on Monday notifying the court and the two teams that ‘it plans to issue a charter’ to a redacted entity should a district court judge not issue a ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez’s Formula 1 return with newcomer Cadillac in 2026 on a multi-year deal is expected to be announced, Motorsport.com has learned. 
Following several months of negotiations, Motorsport.com understands Perez and Cadillac have finalised their talks, with an announcement coming later this week.
One key point of discussion was the length of the 35-year-old’s contract and it is ...Keep reading

Yamaha has confirmed that its new V4 MotoGP bike will race for the first time at the San Marino Grand Prix next month.
Riding duties for its race debut on 12-14 September will, however, be entrusted to test rider Augusto Fernandez.
“For Misano, we are targeting seeing Augusto Fernandez race our new M1 prototype with the V4 engine,” said Yamaha Motor Racing managing director Paolo Pavesio ...Keep reading

When opportunities arise in life, the key is knowing how to react. That’s exactly what Christian Rasmussen and Ed Carpenter Racing did on Sunday, when light sprinkles brought out a yellow flag on lap 209 of the Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250.
During that caution, the top three – Alex Palou, Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden, who had pitted about 15 laps earlier – stayed out to protect ...Keep reading

Formula 1 returns from its traditional summer break this weekend at Zandvoort for the Dutch Grand Prix with drivers and teams recharged and ready for the final 10 rounds of 2025.
McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are clear in the fight for the drivers' title and will be hard to overcome if past races are anything to go by, though Max Verstappen will be hungry to give his adoring home ...Keep reading

In Saturday’s DTM race at the Sachsenring, Manthey-Porsche driver Thomas Preining collided in the battle for the lead. In Sunday’s DTM race, he did it again. After Saturday’s crash, the Austrian called himself an "idiot" but his review of the collision with Jack Aitken on Sunday left him with a very different opinion of events. 
"Jack made a small mistake in the last sector, then I was ...Keep reading

Despite winning the regular season championship, William Byron will not enter the NASCAR Cup playoffs as the top seed following the points reset. That honor will instead go to his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kyle Larson.
The two drivers are tied at 2,032 points apiece, and since Larson has more wins (three to Byron's two), he gets placed atop the standings for the start of the Round of ...Keep reading

Last October, Haas and Toyota announced a partnership in which they would “Share Knowledge and Resources for Mutual Benefit”. A generous portion of corporate word salad, but lacking in substantive detail. It soon became clear that one of the new partnership’s priorities was to develop a new driver-in-loop simulator, a critical piece of infrastructure Haas currently lacks. Not only do these ...Keep reading

George Russell has given an insight into how a conversation with tennis star Novak Djokovic inspired him, as he looks to continue racing into his 30s and 40s and be ready to fight for a World Championship whenever the time comes.

As MotoGP visited a new circuit with its own unique challenges, stringing together a great (or even terrible) weekend proved difficult for most riders and teams. Even Marc Marquez’s grand prix didn’t go entirely to plan, although he inevitably won it all the same and will travel back to Spain with his customary haul of 37 points. 
Scales were balanced everywhere you looked. Jack Miller ...Keep reading

The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title was already locked in heading into Sunday’s race at the Milwaukee Mile, but that didn’t mean there weren’t things to race for.
Dominant champion Alex Palou was chasing historic greatness. Others were eager to bring home a breakthrough win, improve their championship standing, score a positive result to build on as the end of the season draws near - or ...Keep reading

The sweeping overhaul of Formula 1’s regulations for 2026 presents a challenge for all teams and engine manufacturers, but that also applies to the drivers.
Charles Leclerc has said the new cars feel “very different” based on his first simulator runs, while Alex Albon added that F1 becomes far more complex. Drivers will have to manage more, prompting Williams team boss James Vowles to ...Keep reading

All the key BBC coverage details for the Dutch Grand Prix, which takes place from 29-31 August.

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When Christian Rasmussen emerged from his No. 21 Chevrolet to celebrate his first NTT IndyCar Series victory on Sunday, the first one to greet him was teammate Alexander Rossi.
It was a rare moment of bliss for two drivers and an organization that have had mixed results in 2025.“Your first-career win is a moment you’ll obviously never forget,” Rossi said afterward. “It’s huge for your ...Keep reading

Just 27 laps into the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway, a massive wreck collected about a dozen cars, including bubble driver Alex Bowman.
The wreck began when Bubba Wallace, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch got tangled together in the tri-oval, and ultimately ended Wallace's night, but also collected 23XI Racing teammate Riley Herbst, as well as his boss, Denny Hamlin.
On ...Keep reading