Motorsport

Kakunoshin Ohta claimed yet another Super Formula victory at Fuji to put one hand on the 2026 championship trophy, as Igor Fraga also added to his win tally.
From third on the grid, Ohta was able to overcome the Team Mugen cars of polesitter Tomoki Nojiri and Ayumu Iwasa to earn his fourth win of the year, and extend his lead in the championship to a massive 50.5 points with five races ...Keep reading

After smashing up his car in Saturday's third free practice at the exit of Fagnes, Lewis Hamilton qualifying just 0.002s behind Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc could be seen as a successful exercise in damage limitation, but that's not how the seven-time Formula 1 world champion views it.
Leclerc and Hamilton qualified fifth and sixth at Spa-Francorchamps; a logical enough result on paper ...Keep reading

Bubba Wallace is more accepting of the penalty NASCAR issued to him on the final lap of the Cup Series race on Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway and has moved on to the rest of the regular season.
“I mean, kind of have to, right,” said Wallace to a media scrum on Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway. “I mean, it is what it is.”
Wallace was sent to the tail end of the lead lap after ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has attributed Oscar Piastri’s current struggles to a driving style that’s incompatible with Formula 1’s new-for-2026 machinery.
It may seem remote, but just seventh months ago, Piastri was a contender for the world title in the Abu Dhabi finale. But F1 has since switched to smaller, nimbler cars with energy management now a key factor to achieve ...Keep reading

Team Penske's David Malukas has been cleared to return to the track for the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix after a heavy crash in opening practice at Nashville Superspeedway.
The 24-year-old Chicago native missed qualifying while undergoing evaluation at a local hospital but returned in time for Saturday evening's high-line and final practice sessions.
The accident occurred roughly ...Keep reading

Three different NASCAR Cup teams failed inspection multiple times at North Wilkesboro, resulting in penalties for all.
The No. 33 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet of Austin Hill and the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet of Connor Zilisch each failed twice. As a result, both will have their car chiefs ejected for the remainder of the race weekend and they will lose their pit stall selection ...Keep reading

An afternoon storm prevented NASCAR from holding Cup Series qualifying at North Wilkesboro Speedway, but they still managed to run practice later in the evening. As a result of this cancellation, the field will be set by the metric, with Ryan Blaney on pole for the race in the No. 12 Team Penske Ford.
The metric is an average, based on a weighted average of a car's place in the owner ...Keep reading

Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has once again drawn widespread praise from fans after footage of a wholesome interaction with one of his avid supporters during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend surfaced online.
The video, which recently gained traction on social media, shows the British driver taking time out to speak with a visibly emotional fan in the Spa-Francorchamps ...Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has revealed that absolute transparency is the cornerstone of how he maintains trust with drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon.
Vowles was asked how he handles difficult conversations with his driver line-up amid a challenging rebuilding phase during a live recording of the Up To Speed podcast at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Sainz was the most ...Keep reading

F1 The Movie star Damson Idris has confirmed that "exciting conversations" are already taking place regarding a potential sequel for the Formula 1-based blockbuster.
During an appearance on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the British actor, who portrayed rookie driver Joshua Pearce alongside Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, opened up about the impact that the project has had on his life and ...Keep reading

Kyle Kirkwoodcaptured pole for the Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix at Nashville Superspeedway.
The Florida native, second in the championship, was the penultimate driver to qualify and produced a stunning two-lap average of 196.852mph in the No. 27 Andretti Global Honda. It’s his first pole of the season, and second at Nashville Superspeedway. 
“Quite honestly, it’s the car ...Keep reading

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has revealed his immense pride in Lando Norris following the British driver's Formula 1 championship victory.
The motorcycle champion reflected on the F1 driver's journey during a joint appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Norris, who has openly idolised the Italian since his childhood, secured his maiden championship at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ...Keep reading

Saturday at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Shane van Gisbergen was making just his fourth career start in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, and his third on an oval.
After qualifying 19th, he ran a clean race without any drama, and surged in the lengthy final stint to finish third. That matches both his best-ever oval finish in any level of NASCAR (also finished third in 2024 NASCAR O'Reilly race ...Keep reading

There may be no concrete evidence that Max Verstappen is seriously considering joining McLaren for the 2027 Formula 1 season, but team principal Andrea Stella failed to unequivocally deny it on Saturday at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Reports of mere informal talks between Verstappen and McLaren emerged at the Austrian Grand Prix, which was acknowledged by the team, but the rumours have only swelled ...Keep reading

Sami Pajari closed in on an impressive maiden World Rally Championship victory after delivering a fast gravel masterclass at Rally Estonia.
The Toyota driver will head into Sunday’s final two stages with a 25.0s lead over Toyota team-mate Oliver Solberg after producing yet another assured drive across a mammoth Saturday featuring nine stages.
Pajari started the day with a 14.7s advantage ...Keep reading

Chandler Smith now has back-to-back wins at North Wilkesboro, but Saturday's victory was pure dominance. He won by 8.479 seconds over Front Row Motorsports teammate Layne Riggs -- the biggest margin if victory in any short track race in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series history.
"Just all the glory goes to God," said Smith. "FaithFest, 250 (name of race), how fitting? God's good in the mountains ...Keep reading

For the fifth time in the last six Formula 1 grands prix, Esteban Ocon failed to make it through Q1 in qualifying, setting the 18th-fastest time – penalties will see him start from 17th on the grid.
At the Belgian Grand Prix – the race that marked his Formula 1 debut just under 10 years ago, with the now-defunct Manor team – the Haas driver was once again soundly beaten in qualifying by ...Keep reading

Well, at least Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell no longer needs to engage the services of a professional art forger.
On Thursday at Spa, he described having to emulate his team-mate’s driving style, rather than follow his own instincts, in these terms: “It’s like if somebody asked you to draw the Mona Lisa and you’ve got the Mona Lisa next to you, do you think you could achieve ...Keep reading

Ahead of the Spa-Francorchamps Formula 1 race weekend, the Ardennes circuit was already expected to be one of the most demanding tracks in terms of energy management. According to many drivers on the grid, qualifying – which delivered pole position for Kimi Antonelli – confirmed exactly that.
Fernando Alonso had already explained that the main issue lies in the second sector, where drivers ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc was incorrectly shown a yellow flag at the end of Belgian Grand Prix qualifying, which cost him a place on the grid.
In the dying seconds of qualifying at Spa-Francorchamps, Leclerc was 0.070s up on his first run when he entered the Bus Stop chicane.
But as qualifying had finished, a yellow flag was out on pitlane while parc ferme was being formed ...Keep reading