Motorsport

NASCAR has taken action against Ryan Preece following the incident between him and Ty Gibbs on Sunday in the Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Preece, the driver of the No. 60 RFK Racing Ford, was issued a $50,000 fine and the deduction of 25 driver points under Sections 4.3 and 4.4.A in the NASCAR Rule Book, which detail ‘wrecking or spinning another vehicle, whether or not that ...Keep reading

Joe Gibbs Racing is asking the Western District of North Carolina and the Judge (Susan C. Rodriguez) overseeing the case to allow an amended refiling of its lawsuit against Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports.
This second proposed amended lawsuit now claims that the success Spire has obtained this season in the NASCAR Cup Series is a result of hiring Gabehart as ‘Chief Motorsports ...Keep reading

In addition to his full-time NASCAR Cup Series schedule, Carson Hocevar will also chase points in the FloRaing Night in America Dirt Late Model championship this summer.
The FNIA series is a star-studded midweek Super Late Model championship that avoids conflicts with both the World of Outlaws and Lucas Oil Dirt late Model Series for 11 races at 10 venues to air on streaming platform ...Keep reading

Josh Williams was initially slated to drive the No. 92 DGM Racing Chevrolet in this weekend's NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series (NOAPS) race at Watkins Glen International. 
Williams has been driving the car in every NASCAR O'Reilly race this year (but DNQed at COTA and Phoenix), and sits 28th in the standings.
However, DGM announced on Tuesday that Williams will not be driving the car at ...Keep reading

After two seasons in the World Endurance Championship, Valentino Rossi has stepped away from the series, and while it's a loss for some fans BMW believes the series is more than capable of absorbing that loss.
Rossi’s raced for BMW's customer WRT team in the LMGT3 category in both 2024 and 2025, but was absent from the entry list this year. The MotoGP legend had become a major crowd-puller ...Keep reading

After a tough start to the 2026 Formula 1 season, McLaren was back on form in Miami with drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finishing the race in second and third respectively. But that might not have been enough for the reigning world champion, who questioned whether his team had “maximised everything” in Florida.
The fourth round of the 2026 campaign saw McLaren roll out a raft of ...Keep reading

Photos of a distressed Maverick Vinales published on social media this weekend hinted at bad news regarding his return at the French MotoGP. Now, after undergoing surgery in early April to remove a screw that had been fixing his left shoulder, the Tech3 rider has been advised to miss the race at Le Mans.
After undergoing surgery related to the injury he sustained last July, Vinales’ first ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli is currently the standout figure in Formula 1 – and he is rewriting the series’ record books. While drivers before him had managed to secure either their first three pole positions in succession or their first three grand prix victories in succession, no one had ever combined both streaks. Antonelli has now achieved exactly that.
“It's a cool stat,” ...Keep reading

Red Bull made a significant step forward during the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix weekend. Max Verstappen’s fifth place on Sunday does not fully reflect the overall picture, but that result is mainly due to his spin on the opening lap, and the early pit stop that followed.
In terms of pure pace, Red Bull made a much stronger impression than in Japan, where Verstappen did not even make it into ...Keep reading

Jay Penske’s eponymous squad looks set to remain in Formula E following the departure of DS Automobiles, with an announcement regarding its Gen4 plans expected soon.
The American business magnate has been part of the all-electric championship since its inception in 2014, with the team that was originally known as Dragon Racing evolving into the factory DS Penske squad in 2021.
However ...Keep reading

Former MotoGP and WorldSBK star Andrea Iannone will return to full-time competition in the new FIM Harley-Davidson Baggers World Cup, a support series that features races across six MotoGP weekends.
The FIM Harley-Davidson Baggers World Cup debuted this season as its own championship within the programme at MotoGP grands prix. The first event took place at the United States GP and saw nine ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak taking on a role to help develop Toyota’s 2027 World Rally Championship car will provide useful information and reduce workload for the team's current drivers, says Sebastien Ogier.
Toyota has enlisted the services of 2019 world champion Tanak to help carry out valuable testing and develop the Japanese brand's all-new car built to the WRC’s new technical regulations that will ...Keep reading

Toprak Razgatlioglu admitted he has considered pulling into the pits to retire from races following a challenging start to his MotoGP career on an uncompetitive Yamaha.
Razgatlioglu’s highly-anticipated move to the premier class hasn’t gone according to plan so far, with the Turk scoring just a single point across the opening four rounds.
While adapting to prototype machinery was always ...Keep reading

After a five-week break, the balance of power in Formula 1 appears to have shifted significantly. Although the winner in Miami – Kimi Antonelli – was the same as in Japan, a wave of updates and possible adjustments to battery usage may have reshuffled the competitive order in a lasting way.
A look at the season averages from the first three race weekends of 2026 shows that Mercedes was ...Keep reading

McLaren’s LMDh challenger hit the track for the first time at Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, completing its initial test ahead of its planned debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2027.
As first reported by Motorsport.com, the circuit adjacent to chassis supplier Dallara's headquarters in Varano de' Melegari was chosen by the British marque for the MCL-HY’s shakedown.
While the ...Keep reading

Mercedes remains on the maximum score of four wins after four Formula 1 grands prix, although the competition was significantly closer in Miami than during the three race weekends prior to the April break.
McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull all travelled to Florida with significant upgrades, while Mercedes has its first major package of the year planned for the Canadian Grand Prix in ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar has been quite busy in recent weeks. At Talladega Superspeedway, Hocevar became the 208th different driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race in the sport's history, and celebrated with one of the most memorable burnouts in years -- hanging out of the car while driving along the frontstretch. 
One week later, the 23-year-old rising star won the Texas Truck race and also earned ...Keep reading

Conventional wisdom usually dictates waiting until after the Coca-Cola 600 to make any wide-sweeping declarations about the NASCAR Cup Series season but the sample size is becoming prescient.
After 11 races, the dice have been largely cast, and a hierarchy has been established with 15 races remaining until the new-look Chase for the Championship.
Remember, when NASCAR simulated thousands of ...Keep reading

The 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 is just around the corner, and once again, FOX is planning to go all-in for the Month of May.
FOX's plan includes 60 hours of coverage, kicking it all off with a new documentary on 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner and RLL Racing co-owner Bobby Rahal.
Programming will be spread across FOX, FOX Sports 1, and FOX Sports 2.
Full Indianapolis 500 FOX ...Keep reading

After 267 laps of racing and seven cautions, just four tenths separated Chase Elliott and Denny Hamlin at the checkered flag as the two drivers finished 1-2 for the second time this year.
It was a race with a lot of movement throughout the field and ever-shifting strategies. Stage finishes were hectic, fast cars were eliminated in strange ways, but in the end, it was some of the top drivers in ...Keep reading