Motorsport

Toyota’s Sami Pajari has extended his Rally Paraguay lead to 22.8s as the anticipated heavy rain avoided the stages and instead struck the service park causing damage to several team facilities.
Heavy rain was expected which prompted teams to set up their cars for wet conditions, and it appeared to be the correct call as strong winds and heavy rain struck the service park on Saturday ...Keep reading

Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has lauded Audi's Formula 1 power unit headquarters, declaring the German manufacturer's engine department as "second to none".
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside host Jake Humphrey and former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer, Smedley evaluated the grid's progress in the first half of the season. 
While Audi has faced a ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez revealed that his management had held talks with other Formula 1 teams about a potential 2027 switch, but he wants to remain part of Cadillac to help drive the team forward.
It had been rumoured that Perez's management team had been in discussions with Williams about a drive, should Carlos Sainz have elected to leave the team. Sainz then signed a multi-year extension with the Grove ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says his move on Marco Bezzecchi at the start of the Aragon Grand Prix sprint was premeditated, as he knew Turn 1 was his only chance of taking victory.
The outcome of Saturday’s MotoGP contest at MotorLand was decided on the opening lap, as Marquez hit the brakes at the last possible moment to jump ahead of Bezzecchi into the opening left-hander.
The move also allowed his ...Keep reading

We continue our 'Kyle Busch Remembered' series as NASCAR takes on Daytona International Speedway. Busch won a single-points paying race at Daytona in each of the three national divisions.
But those three count towards his record 234 career NASCAR wins across the three national divisions -- more than any other driver in history. Sadly, Busch died at the age of 41, just days after his final ...Keep reading

Ross Chastain has never been known for his qualifying performances. In fact, he became the only driver to ever win the Coca-Cola 600 from last place on the grid in 2025.
But Friday at Daytona, he rocketed to the top of the charts, taking pole position by half-a-tenth over Chris Buescher.
It's just Chastain's third career pole in the NASCAR Cup Series, with his other two P1s coming at Watkins ...Keep reading

Aprilia’s Marco Bezzecchi is unsure if he would have won the Aragon Grand Prix sprint had he kept the lead at the start, insisting the Marquez brothers were quicker than him.
After upsetting pre-weekend favourite Marc Marquez in qualifying with a new circuit record, Bezzecchi lined up on pole position for the half-distance race at MotorLand Aragon.
He also nailed the launch sequence to ...Keep reading

Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar is "hopeful" that he will be able to return to the Formula 1 grid for the Italian Grand Prix after a wrist injury forced him to sit out the Dutch Grand Prix.
Hadjar sustained the injury during the summer shutdown. Despite missing Zandvoort's final F1 race, the driver shared that he was "healing fast" while filming with the Milton Keynes outfit last weekend.
While ...Keep reading

Haas has completed its latest Testing of Previous Cars (TPC) run with Ryo Hirakawa, Leonardo Fornaroli and Rafael Camara in action, as focus on its 2027 Formula 1 driver line-up increases.
With the 2027 F1 silly season picking up speed since the end of the summer break, Haas is one of the few teams to officially decide its driver line-up for next season.
While Oliver Bearman looks assured ...Keep reading

Ducati’s Marc Marquez continued his unbeaten record in sprints at the Aragon Grand Prix, dominating Saturday’s half-distance race from second on the grid.
While Marco Bezzecchi had appeared a stronger contender after topping both practice and qualifying, it was Marquez who shone when it counted, making a decisive move on his Aprilia rider at the start to claim the lead.
He eventually ...Keep reading

With what is undoubtedly coming with a salary befitting a world champion, Lando Norris has put pen to paper to a deal tying him to the Woking-based team until 2030, with options for multiple additional years after that, taking Norris into his 30s.
Imagining Norris wearing a different-coloured race suit has always felt like a mind-bending exercise. Now, the 26-year-old's bumper McLaren contract ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Ferrari must establish clear rules of engagement and back Lewis Hamilton over Charles Leclerc if the Maranello outfit wants to stay in the 2026 championship fight. 
Ferrari's internal dynamic came under scrutiny after the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, where contrasting strategies led to friction between the drivers. Hamilton ...Keep reading

One main detail of Lando Norris's contract extension with McLaren has caught the attention of Formula 1 fans, who have branded the deal as "well deserved".
The reigning F1 champion signed a contract extension to remain with McLaren until at least the end of 2030. The 26-year-old, who secured his maiden drivers' title in 2025, will also receive his championship-winning MCL39 chassis as part of ...Keep reading

Following Mercedes' double podium finish at the Dutch Grand Prix, George Russell rewarded staff from the team's Brackley and Brixworth bases with a private karting session at the Silverstone Circuit.
Mercedes confirmed the outing via social media, posting on X: "Swapping the W17 for the kart. All smiles as George treated team members from both Brackley and Brixworth to a special karting ...Keep reading

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin rated the team’s pace through Zandvoort’s high-speed corners as “rubbish” and is looking for answers on its inconsistency between both stints and drivers in the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix.
After a strong start to the Zandvoort weekend, with George Russell taking pole and victory in the sprint race, Mercedes dropped behind ...Keep reading

At Daytona, Rajah Caruth had to make up at least 15 points to have a shot at the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Chase for the championship.
Well, he started the day on a high note by securing pole position. After that, it seemed like everything was going his way. He scored 18 out of a possible 20 stage points, which was huge for his Chase hopes.
 Two of the drivers he was chasing ...Keep reading

Zak Brown had his eyes on Zandvoort while in Washington D.C., but of course, the McLaren Racing CEO can't be in two places at once.
Brown joined Will Buxton for a interview with SPEED this past week, where he explained why he decided to attend the first-of-its-kind IndyCar race over the Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, where McLaren ultimately claimed pole and victory with Lando Norris.
"I'd ...Keep reading

Justin Allgaier's massive 229-point lead is gone, replaced with a 25-point buffer as the Chase field is reset for the final nine races of the 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season.
With Allgaier leading the way, all four full-time JR Motorsports drivers made the Chase field. Rajah Caruth and Taylor Gray claimed the final two spots inside the Chase field, while Joe Gibbs Racing ...Keep reading

13 years, 424 starts, and five runner-up finishes later -- Ryan Sieg has finally won a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race, driving the No. 38 RSS Racing Chevrolet into victory lane at Daytona. 
"This is incredible," said Sieg after climbing out of the car. "Especially doing it here at Daytona. I've been coming here since I was a baby. To do it right now and the way we did it, that's ...Keep reading

Four-time world champion Juha Kankkunen says he can’t remember a day as eventful as a series of tyre issues and crashes headlined Friday’s action at Rally Paraguay
WRC crews had predicted that Paraguay would be a rally of survival, and could be as extreme as Safari Rally Kenya with heavy rain set to arrive on Saturday and Sunday, rendering the clay/gravel stages incredibly slippery. Friday ...Keep reading