Hamilton given five-place Italy grid drop for pre-race Dutch GP infraction

With the title race wrapped up and even second in the bag, there was little to race for but pride Sunday at Nashville Superspeedway. But that didn’t stop the NTT IndyCar Series field from putting together another hectic, unpredictable oval race to cap off the 2025 season.There were a few key prizes up for grabs - namely third in points and the Rookie of the Year award. But for most in the ...Keep reading

The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series finale didn’t go to plan for Louis Foster and the No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team, but the British driver left the weekend with Rookie of the Year honours after a dramatic late race swing.Foster qualified a distant 23rd and spent most of Sunday’s race on the back-foot. The 22-year-old was lapped early and then hit with a penalty for a controversial ...Keep reading

The 2025 NTT IndyCar Series finale didn’t go to plan for Louis Foster and the No. 45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team, but the Briton left the weekend with Rookie of the Year honors after a dramatic late race swing.Foster qualified a distant 23rd and spent most of Sunday’s race on the back-foot. The 22-year-old was lapped early and then hit with a penalty for a controversial run-in with ...Keep reading

In a strange turn of events, Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship lead has been further reduced as a consequence following Hyundai’s decision to retire Adrien Fourmaux from Rally Paraguay after the finish of the rally.Fourmaux was on course to claim a podium, having held second heading into the final Power Stage before heavy rain affected the later runners, with Fourmaux and eventual ...Keep reading

Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship lead has been further reduced as a consequence following Hyundai’s decision to retire Adrien Fourmaux from Rally Paraguay after the finish of the rally.Fourmaux was on course to claim a podium, having held second heading into the final Power Stage before heavy rain affected the later runners, with Fourmaux and eventual rally winner Sébastien Ogier ...Keep reading

Many pointed to Josh Berry and the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford as a first-round exit in the NASCAR Cup Playoffs, but Berry surprised many with a third-place qualifying effort at Darlington.Unfortunately, the momentum didn't carry over into the race. In the very first corner on the opening lap, Berry's car bottomed out and he snapped sideways, slamming the door of fellow playoff driver Tyler ...Keep reading

Many pointed to Josh Berry and the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford as a first-round exit in the NASCAR Cup Playoffs, but Berry surprised many with a third-place qualifying effort at Darlington.Unfortunately, the momentum didn't carry over into the race. In the very first corner on the opening lap, Berry's car bottomed out and he snapped sideways, slamming the door of fellow playoff driver Tyler ...Keep reading

In the finale of a 2025 NTT IndyCar Series season defined by the things that went wrong, everything finally went right for Josef Newgarden at Nashville Superspeedway. “I’m just glad we got one without anything going wrong,” he said afterward.Newgarden snuck past Team Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin after he got into the wall with 21 laps remaining and survived the final run with ...Keep reading

Heading into Sunday’s Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Pato O'Ward and David Malukas were poised to square off from the front row. And for the 225-lap event’s first two stints, that’s exactly what they did.But by the time the race entered its final 100 laps, both drivers were out of the running.Malukas entered Nashville eager to impress, still rumored to be in the running to ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton will take a five-place grid penalty to his team's home race in Monza for infractions committed during the laps to the grid ahead of Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.On the usual reconnaissance laps 45 minutes before the start of the race, Hamilton was deemed to have driven too fast approaching the pitlane, contravening a specific request from the FIA's race director ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton will take a five-place grid penalty to his team's home race in Monza for infractions committed during the laps to the grid ahead of F1's Dutch Grand Prix. F1 stewards also ruled on teammate Charles Leclerc’s clash (below).On the usual reconnaissance laps 45 minutes before the start of the race, Hamilton was deemed to have driven too fast approaching the pitlane ...Keep reading

Crash.net's F1 driver ratings for the 2025 Dutch Grand Prix

Nightmare weekend for Lewis Hamilton as he picks up a grid penalty for Monza.

Our F1 reporter on the ground selects his winners and losers from the Dutch Grand Prix...

Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri thinks his 34-point lead on McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is "not a comfortable" gap after his title rival retired from the Dutch Grand Prix.Piastri and Norris looked set to hand McLaren another comfortable 1-2 in Zandvoort until Norris retired with undiagnosed mechanical issues with seven laps remaining.Norris' misfortune significantly swung ...Keep reading

Beginning the NASCAR Cup Playoffs with a pole position in the Southern 500 is a great start, as Denny Hamlin embarks on his 19th appearance in the postseason.Hamlin remains Cup-less despite 58 career wins and nine different seasons where he finished inside the top five in points. And while a contentious lawsuit rages in the background, Hamlin recently said he won't "let anyone distract me" in ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri thinks his 34-point lead on McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is "not a comfortable" gap after his title rival retired from the Dutch Grand Prix.Piastri and Norris looked set to hand McLaren another comfortable 1-2 in Zandvoort until Norris retired with undiagnosed mechanical issues with seven laps remaining.Norris' misfortune significantly swung ...Keep reading

Sébastien Ogier boosted his bid for a record-equalling ninth World Rally Championship title by recording a stunning fightback from eighth to win the inaugural Rally Paraguay. Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais bounced back from an early puncture for a fourth win of their partial 2025 campaign on Paraguay’s unknown and unforgiving gravel stages that yielded plenty of drama. They ...Keep reading