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While Lando Norris had a front-row seat to the Mercedes battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli in the Canadian Grand Prix sprint and eventually finished second, the main race of the Formula 1 weekend painted a very different picture.
Starting from the second row of the grid, McLaren appeared to be in a strong position to challenge Mercedes again, but everything went wrong for the ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher has been named the Rookie of the Year for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, which comes with a $50,000 monetary bonus as part of a record Indy 500 purse.
Schumacher, whose past experience includes 43 Formula 1 starts 16 World Endurance Championship races, is embarking on his rookie IndyCar season. One of the biggest learning curves for him has been the ovals, and the ...Keep reading

When Spire Motorsports first signed Daniel Suarez to join Spire Motorsports, co-owner Jeff Dickerson called it a ‘redemption story’ in the waiting but no one could have expected it to go this well so early.
With his rain-shortened victory in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, Suarez is 10th in the championship standings, which is incredible when considering this is already his best season ...Keep reading

The 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600 wasn't the best oval finish of Shane van Gisbergen's NASCAR career, but it was his most impressive to those paying attention to the No. 97 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet.
SVG's best Cup finish on an oval came at Atlanta earlier this year, placing sixth. He has one other top ten -- P10 at Kansas last fall. Charlotte was oh so close to becoming his third oval ...Keep reading

The purse for the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is now the largest in history, increasing by over 50%, per IndyCar.
Last year, the Indy 500 purse was $20,283,000, and race winner Alex Palou took home $3.8 million. This year, the total purse rocketed up to $30,906,400 with newly crowned Indy 500 champion Felix Rosenqvist taking home $4.34 million.
“The Indianapolis 500 continues to ...Keep reading

Behind the dramatic photo finish for the Indianapolis 500 race win, and even the three-wide fight to the line for third, was an easy-to-miss No. 76 Chevrolet.
That was a Juncos Hollinger Racing entry with driver by Rinus VeeKay, who delivered the team its best-ever showing in the Indianapolis 500. It was also a career-best finish for VeeKay as well, placing sixth after qualifying inside the ...Keep reading

Entering the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500, the theme for Scott McLaughlin was redemption, as he crashed on the pace lap last May, leaving the New Zealander him beyond dejected.
He avoided trouble all day and when the caution flew for Caio Collet's vicious crash with eight laps to go, McLaughlin was running tenth.
When the race restarts, he swooped down low and was running sixth by ...Keep reading

Ed Carpenter, 45, finished 31st in his 23rd appearance at the Indianapolis 500, and and the 3x Indy 500 pole-sitter didn't make it very far into the event. That result matches his worst ever at the speedway.
So, what went wrong? On the first restart of the race, Carpenter found himself three-wide with Will Power to his inside and Takuma Sato to his outside. He likely thought he was in a safe ...Keep reading

Alex Palou continues to lead the championship standings after a pole and a seventh-place finish in the 2026 Indy 500, with David Malukas jumping up to second in points after a heartbreaking loss on Sunday. He is 37pts behind Palou, who was handed a small point-penalty after the race.
Kyle Kirkwood has fallen to third after finishing 16th in the Indy 500, 12pts behind Malukas.
Newly crowned ...Keep reading

Daniel Suarez is now a Coca-Cola 600 winner, coming out of seemingly nowhere to win the 67th running of NASCAR's longest race, with rain ending the event 27 laps short of the scheduled distance.
It was a race dominated by Toyota, but won by Spire as the team is now equal with Hendrick Motorsports on race wins this year
But more than anything, it was a day overshadowed by the ...Keep reading

The 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' continues to live up to its name up with some truly astonishing finishes over the years, while also having a race in 1913 where the margin of victory was over 13 minutes between first and second...
It's should come as no surprise that in this increasingly competitive modern age with fields closer than they've ever been before, three of the five closest ...Keep reading

1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has warned Kimi Antonelli against buying into his own hype and to keep his cool in his first championship battle. 
The Italian driver, who is in his second season of F1, currently tops the championship with a 43-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell in second. 
Speaking on the F1 post-race show following the tense Canadian Grand ...Keep reading

The Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli will host this coming Tuesday and Wednesday two days of private MotoGP testing, with the presence of the test teams of Aprilia, KTM, Yamaha, Honda and Ducati.
For this test, all manufacturers have Michelin and Pirelli tyres at their disposal, in order to continue developing the current 1000cc model and, if that is the case, continue advancing the 2027 ...Keep reading

George Russell and Kimi Antonelli delivered their first proper wheel-to-wheel battles over the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix weekend, starting with a fraught sprint race battle which left Antonelli frustrated by Russell's stout defending and prompted talks to clarify the team's rules of engagement.
Their battle resumed on Sunday in the grand prix until Russell disappeared on lap 30 with ...Keep reading

Valentino Rossi and his VR46 MotoGP team are facing an important decision regarding the 2027 season.
The squad has already locked down Fermin Aldeguer, who will move over from Gresini and whose salary will be covered directly by Ducati.
On the other side of the garage, Fabio Di Giannantonio will leave VR46 at the end of the season and move to the factory KTM team.
Di Giannantonio ...Keep reading

The Guardian: “Mercedes duel a textbook example of racing”
Just as in Saturday’s sprint race, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli drew attention with an intense intra-team battle. The two came close to colliding several times and were urged to calm down, although that warning became unnecessary midway through the race when Russell retired with car trouble.
The Guardian ...Keep reading

The relief was written all over Kelvin van der Linde's face after his victory in the second DTM race at Zandvoort: The Schubert BMW driver had controlled the race with poise for long stretches before a mistake with about 20 minutes remaining momentarily cost him the lead.
"I was a bit annoyed with myself, but I couldn't think about it too much," the South African admitted during the post-race ...Keep reading

Lando Norris wasted no time putting a disastrous 2026 Canadian Grand Prix behind him, jetting off to meet up with former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly following the Indianapolis 500.
While the McLaren driver endured a miserable afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ricciardo was soaking up the atmosphere of the Indy 500 alongside Daly.
For Norris, the ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles believes the Grove outfit is demonstrating clear progress relative to its midfield rivals, despite a bittersweet 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.
Following an encouraging performance boost at the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month, Williams arrived at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hoping to capitalise on its recent upgrades. While the underlying pace of ...Keep reading

Red Bull secured its first podium finish of the year in Montreal, although Saturday did not suggest that outcome was on the cards. Max Verstappen qualified only sixth and was critical afterwards, particularly when speaking to the Dutch media in the paddock.
A day later, the picture turned out to be more positive than expected, although Verstappen stressed that the result in Canada was not a ...Keep reading