Motorsport

Formula 1 broadcaster and host of the official press conferences Tom Clarkson believes Ferrari missed a trick by not signing Gianpiero Lambiase to work alongside seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton, describing the engineer as the ideal "buffer" for the British driver.
Hamilton endured a frustrating Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Although he recovered to finish fourth, his race was ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes George Russell's difficult 2026 campaign will ultimately benefit him in the long term.
Russell suffered another retirement at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps after an opening-lap clash with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton. In addition to the collision, which left him beached in the gravel, Russell had already encountered an ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said his team has been positively surprised by its pace in the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix, feeling seventh-placed Lando Norris could have finished second without his grid penalty.
Norris took a 10-place grid drop after taking a new Mercedes battery for the Spa weekend, exceeding his allowance for the year due to previous reliability issues.
While ...Keep reading

The last thing that a Formula 1 aerodynamicist wants is to see their car dangling precariously from a crane - beyond the implication of their driver being rendered unable to take further part in the session.
F1 teams like to keep their floor designs secret, since this is the part of the car that generates the most downforce. Much of the detail tends to remain hidden when the car is on-track or ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez has described his final six months at Red Bull as "toxic", revealing that the immense success of the Milton Keynes outfit ironically bred internal friction and drama.
The Mexican driver spent four seasons alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull, contributing to a dominant era for the team. However, during an appearance on the High Performance podcast following his return to the grid ...Keep reading

From the very beginning, it was clear that the Formula 1 weekend at Spa-Francorchamps would present a major challenge in terms of energy management. The "energy-starved" circuit in the Ardennes features long straights and fast corners, with few opportunities to harvest energy.
As a result, drivers had to rely solely on the internal combustion engine through the second sector (around 540 ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg admitted that a clean weekend and a return to the World Rally Championship podium at Rally Estonia was important for him mentally after a series of costly mistakes.
Just 12 months ago, Solberg truly announced himself on the world stage courtesy of a mesmerising run to a sensational maiden WRC win on his Toyota Rally1 debut.
Last year, there was no pressure on his shoulders but ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff admitted that Mercedes has the strongest Formula 1 power unit, which has sparked interest from Red Bull, as the ADUO monitoring comes into the spotlight again.
One of the major political hot topics of the new F1 era has been ADUO when the FIA revealed Red Bull-Ford Powertrains was considered the benchmark on the grid and not Mercedes. Having taken its assessment purely from the V6 ...Keep reading

The GT2 cars competing in the SRO Motorsports Group championship experienced ups and downs at the GT2 European Series weekend at Misano, securing overall victory only to lose it in the post-race proceedings. However, the Maseratis still celebrated important podium finishes in the Masters and Pro/Am categories.
Speaking to Motorsport.com, the head of Maserati’s motorsport division, Vincent ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez says the opportunity to become a factory rider again was impossible to turn down, explaining why he will leave Gresini for KTM at the start of MotoGP's new 850cc era in 2027. 
After rebuilding his career at Gresini following a wretched two-year stint at LCR, Marquez will join KTM next year, forming an all-new line-up alongside fellow Ducati graduate Fabio di Giannantonio.
This ...Keep reading

You don’t typically expect a Formula 1 driver to pit twice at the start of a race and end up sixth under the chequered flag, but that’s exactly what Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar did at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Hadjar was starting from the back of the Spa-Francorchamps grid, owing to a penalty after being equipped with his fifth power unit of the season. Expecting a long first stint, the ...Keep reading

Citroen Formula E team principal Cyril Blais has passed away at the age of 46.
The news of his death was communicated in a joint press release issued by Citroen, Stellantis, Monaco Sports Group (MSG) and Formula E on Monday.
No cause of death was disclosed, with the team stating that no further information would be shared out of "respect for the family's privacy and wishes".
"We are all ...Keep reading

That is just what a standard issue NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro Speedway has historically looked like.
Joey Logano outdueled Denny Hamlin through lapped traffic at the conclusion of a flag-to-flag final stage that left only six drivers on the lead lap in the Window World 450. Of course, there was also an untimely caution for Alex Bowman chopping Tyler Reddick in the middle of a ...Keep reading

It will be 1 August when I return to full-time duty as a Formula 1 journalist. That means I currently have plenty of time to listen to podcasts while hiking through the Austrian mountains. For example, the official preview by F1 Nation ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, featuring experts I consider among the very best in the business: James Hinchcliffe and Jolyon Palmer.
Palmer will probably ...Keep reading

Remember Kimi Antonelli's Belgian Grand Prix last year?
Twelve months ago, he spun out in sprint qualifying, started last and finished 17th in the sprint, ahead of only Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber and the two Alpines (last year's Aston Martins). He then simply lacked pace in the main qualifying and was knocked out in Q1.
In the usual routine of an F1 weekend, drivers head straight to the media ...Keep reading

After 450 laps of racing at North Wilkesboro, Joey Logano secured his first win of the 2026 season, and jumped back above the Chase cut-line with a huge points day.
At the very top of the standings, Denny Hamlin extended his advantage after a mid-race incident for Tyler Reddick and a late-race speeding penalty for Ryan Blaney. Hamlin now holds a 68-point lead over Reddick, with Blaney 87 points ...Keep reading

Joey Logano led 323 of 450 laps (a new personal record) at North Wilkesboro, becoming the first driver to win a points-paying Cup race at the historic track since Jeff Gordon three decades ago.
He crossed the line 0.859s ahead of Denny Hamlin, who led a trio of Joe Gibbs Racing cars with Chase Briscoe third and Ty Gibbs fourth. Shane van Gisbergen matched his career-best oval finish in fifth ...Keep reading

There was no stopping Joey Logano in NASCAR's first points-paying Cup race at North Wilkesboro in three decades. The Team Penske driver led 323 of 450 laps, taking a commanding victory and his first of the 2026 season. That beats Logano's own personal record for laps led in a single race (previously 309 at Martinsville in 2018).
Logano now has 38 career wins, and that win vaulted him above the ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli celebrated his Belgian Grand Prix victory with a public birthday message for his father, Marco.
Antonelli, who started from pole position, secured his sixth win of the season at Spa-Francorchamps after fending off Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. Following his post-race interview, the 19-year-old signed the bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne with the message, "Happy ...Keep reading

There will be no IndyCar race on Sunday night. The race was originally supposed to go green around 5:35pm EST, but delayed well over an hour due to the FIFA World Cup Finals. Spain and Argentina were tied 0-0, putting the game into extra time, with Spain ultimately securing their first World Cup title since 2010 in a 1-0 victory.
But just as coverage wrapped for the World Cup on FOX, rain and ...Keep reading