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Where to watch NASCAR for the rest of the 2026 season

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 16:58
With FOX, Prime, and TNT now wrapping up their leg of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, the final 14 races of the year will be split between two networks -- NBC and USA Sports (on the USA Network).
Only four of these races will actually air on the NBC network channel, including the final three races of the year at Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway, and the title-decider at ...Keep reading

Laurin Heinrich secures dramatic runner-up at Road America despite 'exploding' door

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 16:37
Laurin Heinrich’s championship prospects shifted dramatically on Sunday after he navigated a chaotic Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America to secure an unlikely second-place finish, trimming his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP title deficit to 108 points.
Sharing the #5 JDC-Miller Motorsports Porsche 963 with co-drivers Kaylen Frederick and Tijmen van der Helm, the ...Keep reading

Winward Racing closes in on GTD title after big Road America win

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 16:30
Winward Racing took another decisive step toward a potential third consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD title on Sunday, leveraging flawless pit strategy and clean driving to win the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America. 
The victory marks the third GTD win of the 2026 season for drivers Russell Ward and Philip Ellis, who were rejoined by endurance teammate ...Keep reading

The Clash returns to Daytona for 2027 NASCAR season

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 16:06
NASCAR has officially confirmed that the pre-season Clash will return to Daytona International Speedway oval in 2027, preceding the 69th running of the Daytona 500.
Now called the Wheatley Vodka Clash, the race was held on the Daytona oval from 1979 through 2020. The following year, it was held on the Daytona road course, and then on a temporary short track built inside the L.A. Memorial ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez explains what is holding Cadillac back in F1 2026

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 16:00
Sergio Perez is frustrated by the lack of development Cadillac has made in the 2026 Formula 1 season, arguing the debutant outfit must ‘rethink its processes’.
The American marque made its championship debut this year, but Cadillac is bottom of the standings and without a point after 11 rounds - scrapping with Aston Martin at the back of the pack. 
Although that was largely expected ...Keep reading

KTM replaces Maverick Vinales with Pol Espargaro for British GP

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 15:11
Maverick Vinales will sit out this weekend’s British Grand Prix due to injury, with Tech3 drafting in KTM’s MotoGP test rider Pol Espargaro as his replacement.
Following Motorsport.com’s report that Vinales could be sidelined for the rest of the year, KTM has confirmed that the Spaniard will not be in action at Silverstone, as he continues his recovery from the shoulder injury he ...Keep reading

Theo Pourchaire to make full-time return to single-seater racing

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 14:43
Theo Pourchaire will make his return to full-time single-seater racing after signing with Opel for the 2026/27 Formula E campaign - which will debut the Gen4 car.
The 22-year-old has contested various championships since winning the 2023 Formula 2 title, starting six IndyCar races in 2024 - the same season in which he entered a Super Formula race.
Neither were full-time campaigns, though ...Keep reading

Casey Stoner urges Pedro Acosta to be more patient in MotoGP

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 14:30
Casey Stoner believes Pedro Acosta needs to show more patience in wheel-to-wheel battles to unlock his full potential, as the Spaniard prepares for his high-profile move to Ducati in 2027. 
Acosta received criticism from some quarters for over-aggression and frequent crashes upon his debut in MotoGP in 2024, even as he made an immediate impression with his speed and talent.
Over the last ...Keep reading

'I saw him lie down and pass out' - Julien Ingrassia recounts shocking WRC Finland crash with Sebastien Ogier

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 13:30
Circumstances brought the iconic pairing back together for one weekend, but neither Sebastien Ogier nor Julien Ingrassia expected their Rally Finland campaign to end prematurely in what will likely go down as the biggest scare of the nine-time WRC champion's career.
While leading the rally last Saturday, the pair suddenly left the road and their Toyota ploughed through the trees in a ...Keep reading

Grasser confirms second Lamborghini for Nurburgring: Who will be in the cockpit?

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 13:11
The decision has been made: The Grasser team will line up again with two Lamborghini Temerario GT3 cars at the upcoming DTM weekend at the Nurburgring, after logistical problems meant they were unable to get Maximilian Paul's crashed car ready in time for Oschersleben.
"We will be racing again with two cars at the Nurburgring," confirms team principal Gottfried Grasser. "We bought a new chassis ...Keep reading

FIA criticised by former driver for failing to act sooner on 2026 F1 rules

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 13:00
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has taken aim at the FIA for reacting too slowly to the problems caused by the 2026 technical regulations, comparing the situation to a slow-moving disaster that everyone saw coming.
The 13-time grand prix winner shared his frustration over the series' governing body failing to listen to early warnings. The introduction of the new rules, particularly the ...Keep reading

George Russell urged to rediscover "flow state" in F1 title chase

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 12:51
Former Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has argued that George Russell is "overthinking" his 2026 title challenge, urging the Mercedes driver to rediscover his "flow state" amid a growing points deficit to his team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
During an episode of the High Performance Racing podcast alongside former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer and broadcaster Jake Humphrey, Smedley ...Keep reading

Audi performing better than expected in F1 2026 - Allan McNish

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 12:25
Audi’s racing director Allan McNish has been positively surprised by his team’s start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign - citing qualifying as a strength for the debutant squad.
The German marque has five Q3 appearances across the opening 11 rounds of the season between Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, who respectively have an average qualifying position of 12th and 13th.
It ...Keep reading

The F1 Power Rankings at the halfway stage of 2026

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-08-04 12:09
Formula 1’s 22 drivers have put on quite the show in 2026, with 11 action-packed rounds now behind us. But how do the scores from our Power Rankings judges look at the halfway mark? Here’s the top-10 list as we move through the summer break...

Ask Max Verstappen a question in our exclusive reader Q&A

Formula 1 - Tue, 2026-08-04 12:09
Later this season, Max Verstappen will make his 250th Grand Prix appearance, reaching another milestone in his incredible F1 career to date.

Otmar Szafnauer blames Aston Martin's F1 struggles on five-year problem

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 12:00
Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has suggested that the root cause of the team's current Formula 1 struggles can be traced back five years.
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley, Szafnauer discussed the Silverstone outfit's trajectory under the ownership of Lawrence Stroll.
Despite ...Keep reading

Formula E changes 2027 Monaco date to avoid WEC clash

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 11:42
Formula E has brought forward the 2027 Monaco E-Prix by two weeks to eliminate a clash with the World Endurance Championship. 
The two races on the famous streets of Monte Carlo will now take place on 1 and 2 May 2027, a week before the scheduled double header in Berlin.
When the full 2026/27 Formula E calendar was released in June, Monaco was slated to host the 10th and 11th round of the ...Keep reading

James Vowles explains cause of Carlos Sainz's Oscar Piastri Hungarian GP clash

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 11:00
Williams team principal James Vowles has opened up on the blue flag incident involving Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri during the Hungarian Grand Prix.
While accepting responsibility on behalf of the team, Vowles also pointed to the issues with the FIA's automated marshalling system. 
Speaking on the latest edition of the Vowles Verdict, the Williams boss broke down the chaotic sequence that ...Keep reading

"We’d both be world champions" - How Alex Marquez likens himself to Sete Gibernau

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 11:00
Alex Marquez has likened his MotoGP career to that of fellow Catalan rider Sete Gibernau, in the sense that both were overshadowed by generational greats. 
While Alex has had to contend with his older brother Marc, Gibernau raced in the Valentino Rossi era. 
Gibernau finished runner-up to Rossi in MotoGP in both 2003 and 2004, while Alex learned what it was like to finish as 'best of the ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman takes 'huge confidence' from Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar's F1 rise

Motorsport - Tue, 2026-08-04 10:14
Haas driver Oliver Bearman says that watching his former junior category rivals Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar thrive at the front of the Formula 1 grid gives him a "huge amount of confidence" for his own future.
While Haas began the year capable of fighting for top-five finishes, the American outfit has since lost ground in the mid-season development race. The Briton currently sits 13th in ...Keep reading

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