As Piastri tows Norris, when will McLaren's F1 title rivals stop playing nice?

As he attempts to defend his 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series title, Justin Allgaier will face 11 drivers who have never won a championship in the second tier of stock car racing. The 2025 playoff grid is officially set, and rookie sensation Connor Zilisch secured the regular season championship (and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs) with his ninth victory of the 2025 season. He also has seven wins ...Keep reading

Jeb Burton entered Saturday’s regular season finale with a tough task in front of him – he had to make up 31 points on his cousin, Harrison Burton, in order to make the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs.Both drivers failed to score any stage points at WWT Raceway (Gateway), and Jeb’s chances of pointing his way into the postseason were looking slim.Even still, he kept fighting ...Keep reading

The Enjoy Illinois 300 is going to be an execution race; or as these types are more commonly referred to under derision -- a track position race.And Denny Hamlin will take the green flag with the best track position possible after scoring his third pole of the season and on back-to-back weeks to start the Cup Series Playoffs.Read Also:NASCAR CupDenny Hamlin beats Kyle Larson to ...Keep reading

For the 46th time in his career and the third time this year, Denny Hamlin will lead the NASCAR Cup field to the green flag. With a lap of 32.330s, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver bested Hendrick Motorsports' Kyle Larson by 0.021s for the top spot."No, not really," said Hamlin when asked if it felt like a pole lap inside the race car. "I thought I could have done a little bit better job for the ...Keep reading

Both Christopher Bell and Carson Hocevar, and their respective crew chiefs, have moved on from the incident on pit road in the Southern 500 that derailed the Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20.Bell finished 29th, and left Darlington Raceway just 11 points above the playoff elimination cutline due to the damaged sustained in the incident.Immediately after the race, Bell understood the contact to be ...Keep reading

Technically speaking, Tyler Reddick has an opt-out clause in his NASCAR Cup Series contract with 23XI Racing that he could execute if his car does not have an active charter attached to it.That opt-out was successfully publicized in December by 23XI Racing and Front Row to receive a preliminary injunction from the Western District of North Carolina that forced NASCAR to recognize the two teams ...Keep reading

Carson Hocevar is basically Thanos but instead of collecting Infinity Stones, the second-year NASCAR Cup Series drivers is collecting Chevrolets.To wit, he is the driver of the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet NextGen but has also generated headlines earlier in the summer for acquiring a 1997 Silverado pickup dressed up an in era appropriate Dale Earnhardt vinyl. This week, he acquired a ...Keep reading

To the surprise of many, Max Verstappen grabbed his fifth pole-position of the Formula 1 season at the same track he had described the Red Bull car as “a monster” just 12 months ago.So how have Verstappen and the Milton Keynes-based team been able to tame that monster and complete the fastest lap in F1 history?“We have obviously learned and understood quite a lot since last year,” ...Keep reading

To the surprise of many, Max Verstappen grabbed his fifth pole-position of the Formula 1 season at the same track he had described the Red Bull car as “a monster” just 12 months ago.So how have Verstappen and the Milton Keynes-based team been able to tame that monster and complete the fastest lap in F1 history?“We have obviously learned and understood quite a lot since last year,” ...Keep reading

"If you can help Lando, if you can tow Lando up to Turn 4, but just make sure we don't impede - gap three," Piastri's race engineer Tom Stallard requested at the end of Q2.Oscar Piastri had just finished his final lap to book a place in Q3, while Lando Norris was still under big pressure to deliver.In what he admitted had been a messy qualifying until that point, Norris had to abort an ...Keep reading

For a minute or so on Saturday afternoon at Monza, Lando Norris was not only provisional polesitter for the Italian Grand Prix, but also a record-breaker: his 1m18.869s lap meant an average speed of 264.423km/h, faster than Lewis Hamilton’s 264.362km/h, set during qualifying for the 2020 race here.Then Max Verstappen went faster still, with a 1m18.792s lap: 264.681km/h. Another new ...Keep reading

For a minute or so on Saturday afternoon at Monza, Lando Norris was not only provisional polesitter for the Italian Grand Prix, but also a record-breaker: his 1m18.869s lap meant an average speed of 264.423km/h, faster than Lewis Hamilton’s 264.362km/h, set during qualifying for the 2020 race here.Then Max Verstappen went faster still, with a 1m18.792s lap: 264.681km/h. Another new ...Keep reading

Qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix demonstrated a key tenet of contemporary Formula 1: never discount Max Verstappen.After having his first run pipped to the post by Lando Norris' second lap of Q3, the Dutchman was already closing out an effort that was even better. His 1m18.792s proved to be the fastest qualifying lap ever set in F1 at an average of 264.682km/h (164.465mph), wresting the ...Keep reading

Fastest in Saturday practice at the Catalan MotoGP showed Joan Mir “we can fight for something serious” - before setbacks struck.

“But to get past Max, I’m sure it’s going to be a big challenge, but we’ll see.”

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia says he has no explanation for his torrid form at the Catalan Grand Prix, saying he was pushing to the limit and risking crashes.Having endured his worst qualifying result in three years earlier on Saturday, Bagnaia made little progress from 21st on the grid in the sprint, ending 14th in a race that saw just 18 finishers.It marked the ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Francesco Bagnaia says he has no explanation for his torrid form at the Catalan Grand Prix, saying he was pushing to the limit and risking crashes.Having endured his worst qualifying result in three years earlier on Saturday, Bagnaia made little progress from 21st on the grid in the sprint, ending 14th in a race that saw just 18 finishers.It marked the ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar was left furious at Carlos Sainz's tactics in qualifying at Monza.