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Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez believes his lacklustre fifth-place finish at the United States Grand Prix was down to his own shortcomings rather than a limitation with his Ducati.
Still recovering from the shoulder injury that cut short his title-winning 2025 campaign, Marquez endured a trying weekend at Austin, a track where he was near-unbeatable during his golden years with ...Keep reading

For the first time in 2026, a Hendrick Motorsports car went to Victory Lane. Chase Elliott earned the team's 31st win at Martinsville Speedway, taking the lead from Ross Chastain on the final restart.
He then held off a charging Denny Hamlin, who had dominated most of the race and swept the stages, collecting his 22nd career win.
"We took a gamble," said Elliott. "We were going to two-stop ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott collected his 22nd career win on Sunday, earning Hendrick Motorsports' first win of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season.
Denny Hamlin led 292 of 400 laps, and also won both Stage 1 and Stage 2, but he ended the day half-a-second shy of the checkered flag.
Joey Logano led the way for Ford in third, Ty Gibbs fourth, and William Byron fifth.
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Graham Rahal took a hard-earned and long-awaited podium result in the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park.
The Ohio native rolled off third after an impressive qualifying display Saturday on a used set of softer alternate tires. Once the green flag dropped, he was a steady frontrunner throughout the contest, holding down second-place for a majority of the race - ...Keep reading

The United States Grand Prix was a dream for stats fans, as Marco Bezzecchi's start-to-finish win saw a couple of spots in the record books in urgent need of attention.
With his win at COTA on Sunday, Bezzecchi joined Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Mick Doohan, Giacomo Agostini, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and Geoff Duke in an elite club of riders to have won five successive premier class ...Keep reading

The stat sheet will show Christian Lundgaard charging from 10th to finish second in the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, but there is still discontent from the 24-year-old Dane knowing a victory was in play at Barber Motorsports Park.
Lundgaard was a force from the drop of the green flag, cutting through the field and elevating to third after the initial cycle of pit stops. He found ...Keep reading

Entering this race, Kyle Kirkwood held a 26-point lead in the championship standings, bit Alex Palou's victory at Barber helped him to move much closer to the top of the leaderboard. He is now just two points behind.
There is a new driver now third in points, with Lundgaard jumping up from seventh with his runner-up finish. He is 35pts out of first and now leads the Arrow McLaren ...Keep reading

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi reclaimed the lead of the 2026 MotoGP standings with a commanding victory in the United States Grand Prix.
The 27-year-old made a brilliant start from fourth on the grid and muscled past early leader Pedro Acosta on the opening lap to score his fifth consecutive grand prix win.
Jorge Martin rose from seventh on the grid to complete a 1-2 for Aprilia, adding a ...Keep reading

Alex Palou delivered an unflappable drive to win the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park. 
There was little doubt from the drop of the green flag as Palou, the reigning and four-time IndyCar Series champion, set sail into Turn 1 and relished a mistake-free race, leading 79 of 90 laps to beat Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard by 13.2775s. It’s his third win ...Keep reading

The fourth round of the 2026 IndyCar season is complete, and Alex Palou has become the first driver to win multiple races this season. His 21st career win came in a dominant showing on Sunday, winning from pole at Barber Motorsports Park.
Christian Lundgaard finished second for his second podium of the year, and Graham Rahal held on to finish third -- his first podium since the 2023 ...Keep reading

Former FIA vice president for sport and World Rally Championship commission president Morrie Chandler has died, aged 85.
Chandler will be remembered as a towering figure whose influence on motorsport stretched far beyond his native New Zealand across a career spanning more than five decades.
Before rising to top administrative roles at MotorSport New Zealand and later within the WRC and ...Keep reading

The third time was the charm for Alessandro de Tullio.
After starting on pole for the third consecutive race, de Tullio delivered a flag-to-flag performance out front to capture his first Indy NXT win in the nightcap of the doubleheader weekend at Barber Motorsports Park.
The Argentine was under pressure from rival Max Taylor, who he collided with while battling for the win on Saturday ...Keep reading

Alpine may have been a clear backmarker in the 2025 Formula 1 season while the world drivers’ title narrowly eluded Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, but three rounds into the 2026 campaign, the two teams are neck and neck.
With Pierre Gasly beating Verstappen to seventh under the chequered flag in the Japanese Grand Prix, both teams have scored 16 points, but Alpine is ranked ahead on ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri labelled the Japanese Grand Prix as ‘one of his best weekends in Formula 1’ after claiming his first podium of the 2026 campaign.
The McLaren driver finished runner-up to Mercedes championship leader Kimi Antonelli at Suzuka on Sunday, having enjoyed a brilliant getaway from third on the grid.
That put him in the lead on lap one and it was only because of the lap 23 safety ...Keep reading

In the entire history of the NASCAR, only 34 of the nearly 3,000 drivers who have started a Cup race have reached that milestone.
Brad Keselowski is about to become the 35th at Martinsville Speedway.
The 42-year-old champion and RFK Racing co-owner is nursing a leg injury early in the 2026 season, but he's still fully capable of competing at a high level, finishing fifth in the Daytona 500 ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has absolved Franco Colapinto of any blame after Oliver Bearman crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix.
After qualifying a lowly 18th and making an earlier pitstop than most, Bearman was battling Colapinto for 17th when he lost control at 308km/h coming into Spoon, crashing his Haas car with a 50G impact. The young Briton hobbled out of his car and was ...Keep reading

At Suzuka, the yo-yo effect was slightly less extreme than during the season opener in Melbourne, although the overall picture still did not satisfy all of the drivers. Lando Norris ultimately crossed the line in fifth place and saw that – together with Oscar Piastri’s strong showing – as a sign that McLaren is making significant progress.
The racing as a whole, however, left the reigning ...Keep reading

Winner: Kimi Antonelli
Few people would have bet against a Mercedes driver leading the standings after the opening leg of the season. But even fewer people would have gambled on Kimi Antonelli as Mercedes' lead driver three weekends into the season.
Of course, there are various factors behind Antonelli getting ahead of team-mate George Russell, but the young Italian won't and shouldn't care ...Keep reading

McLaren's "massive step forward" in performance during the Japanese Grand Prix proved that the Woking outfit has the pace to "hang on", according to former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Karun Chandhok.
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris brought home a double-points finish for McLaren with a second and fifth-place finish, respectively. This came after a torrid start to the season for ...Keep reading

Austin will play host to the third round of the 2026 MotoGP season. 
The United States Grand Prix will cap off the opening leg of the campaign following previous flyaway races in Thailand and Brazil. 
Following COTA, MotoGP will head to Jerez for the European leg of the season, albeit after a four-week break due to the postponement of the Qatar Grand Prix.
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