Motorsport

Animal rights organisation PETA has urged Canadian Grand Prix organisers to implement stronger wildlife deterrents after Williams driver Alex Albon crashed out of Friday's sole practice session while taking evasive action to avoid a marmot. 
The Thai-British driver suffered a heavy shunt into the barriers on the exit of Turn 7 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a track notorious for its local ...Keep reading

The family of Kyle Busch released a statement on Saturday morning confirming the cause of death for the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion on Thursday.
“The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications.”
The public was first notified of a ‘severe illness’ that ...Keep reading

Race teams in Formula 1, NASCAR, and IndyCar will all be looking for an edge this weekend as they compete across North America but the secret elements that make them go faster are likely hiding deep underneath the bodywork. Modern motorsport can be very restrictive on the parts and pieces that teams are allowed to use so organizations like Team Penske and Scuderia Ferrari are looking underneath ...Keep reading

McLaren introduced the second phase of its major Miami upgrade package in Montreal. Initially the second phase was expected to focus primarily on a new front wing, although the team had already indicated in Florida that it would involve slightly more than that.
That was confirmed in the FIA’s technical submissions on Friday, which among other components listed a new engine cover, revised rear ...Keep reading

Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies says the organisation would "support" further moves to address concerns around team independence.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown recently sent a letter to F1's governing body the FIA and its president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to reiterate his long-standing concerns over team alliances in F1.
Brown has had issues with some aspects of Red Bull Austria's ...Keep reading

At a rainy Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR decided that Richard Childress Racing should be the first to unload their Cup cars for the 67th running of the Coca-Cola 600. They will also be the first two through inspection in a change of procedure for the weekend.
Video from the track shows the emotional scenes as an unusually quiet garage watched on as the No. 33 of Austin Hill -- with a small ...Keep reading

Emil Frey Ferrari driver Matteo Cairoli crowns his perfect weekend on the dune circuit in Zandvoort with a victory: The Italian, who had already set the fastest time in Friday practice and secured pole position on Saturday morning, celebrates his maiden DTM victory in the first race.
"We struggled a bit at the Red Bull Ring, and now the car was absolutely fantastic to drive," cheered DTM rookie ...Keep reading

While Isack Hadjar began his first season at Red Bull in impressive fashion with third place on the grid in Australia and out-qualifying Max Verstappen in Japan, the Miami race weekend served as a first reality check for the French driver.
Throughout the weekend, Hadjar was around eight tenths of a second per lap slower than Verstappen and crashed out early in Sunday’s race. It led to ...Keep reading

Aston Martin hasn’t officially upgraded its Formula 1 car in the last two months, and likely won’t do so until July at the earliest.
The Adrian Newey-designed AMR26, which is Aston’s first Honda-powered car, has been lacking performance and fighting newcomer Cadillac at the back of the field. With reliability trouble compounding the issues – though the situation has been improving – ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says energy management has grown too preponderant with Formula 1’s new technical regulations – especially on cool-down laps, when “there should be no skill required”.
A power split close to 50-50 between combustion and electric energy means batteries must be nursed at all times in order to maximise performance.
The Miami and Montreal tracks, with significant time on full ...Keep reading

Momentum has been hard to come by for Alex Albon in 2026. After scoring his first point in Miami with an improved and lighter Williams, Albon suffered a crash in Canada free practice through no fault of his own, striking an unfortunate groundhog out of Turn 7 as it crossed the road.
The contact sent Albon into the outside wall and while initial damage to his car didn't look too problematic to ...Keep reading

A perfect result in Zandvoort for the Emil Frey Ferrari squad in a challenging, red-flagged qualifying session: Following a disappointing season opener at Spielberg, rookie Matteo Cairoli secured his first pole position in only his third DTM qualifying. Clocking a 1:32.974 in sunny conditions, the Italian led the field.
"It is definitely a great joy for me," Cairoli told ran.de, after rivals ...Keep reading

Sacha Fenestraz won a topsy-turvy opening Super Formula race of the weekend at Suzuka after a gamble to stay out on slicks amid a late rain shower paid off handsomely.
TOM’S driver Fenestraz was one of a handful of runners not to come into the pits amid a chaotic finish to the race, as multiple incidents brought out the safety car and split the pack between those that made a late switch to ...Keep reading

The Canadian Grand Prix is the final race that counts for the FIA’s first ADUO assessment period. The governing body initially planned to use four blocks of six race weekends, but revised the schedule after the cancellation of the Middle Eastern Grands Prix in April.
Any manufacturer that is between 2-4% behind the best internal combustion engine in the field will be granted one additional ...Keep reading

Toyota has enjoyed a historic Supercars day at Symmons Plains with two wins, with Walkinshaw TWG's Chaz Mostert and Brad Jones Racing's Andre Heimgartner each taking their first victories in a GR Supra in the opening two races in Tasmania.
The defending champion and the New Zealander both started from pole position and took convincing victories.
The opening 50-lap race saw Mostert dominate ...Keep reading

In all of the tributes and reactions pouring in from across the motorsports world and beyond, this one stands out. On Friday, Austin Dillon, the driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet and grandson of the team's namesake, posted the following letter to his social media.
RCR runs two full-time Cup cars, and for the past four seasons, those cars were driven by Dillon and his ...Keep reading

The phrasing of official communications from the FIA’s stewards tends to be deliberately dry and factual, but a note of schoolmasterish anger was manifest in the document announcing and explaining a €30,000 fine for Racing Bulls after Liam Lawson’s breakdown forced Formula 1 practice to be red-flagged in Canada.
Lawson’s car halted with a hydraulic problem within 10 minutes of the sole ...Keep reading

Following the significant progress made in Miami, the opening day of the race weekend in Canada proved more challenging for Red Bull. Max Verstappen had to settle for seventh place in sprint qualifying, just ahead of team-mate Isack Hadjar.
During the second segment of sprint qualifying, Verstappen had already complained over the team radio and returned to the pitlane early, despite sitting in ...Keep reading

The NASCAR community arrived to Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend facing the unthinkable, trying to deal with the tragic and sudden death of 41-year-old NASCAR Cup star Kyle Busch. 
The Truck Series was first up on Friday, but practice and qualifying were canceled due to rain. Because of Busch's win last weekend, the No. 7 Spire Motorsports truck he was supposed to drive -- now covered in ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and F1 TV reporter Jolyon Palmer has explained why the Canadian Grand Prix provides an energy management challenge for the drivers.
Speaking on the F1 TV Weekend Warm-up, Palmer branded Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as a "circuit of two halves" and argued that it must be treated that way when it comes to harvesting and deploying electrical power in the new-regulation ...Keep reading