Lance Stroll gets grid drop for F1 United States GP after sprint clash

Max Verstappen has renewed confidence and motivation, according to Red Bull's Helmut Marko.

Sauber Formula 1 driver Nico Hulkenberg has responded to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown's comments regarding the Turn 1 crash in the United States Grand Prix sprint race.The German driver got caught up in a first-lap clash with the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. While the stewards deemed the crash a racing incident, Brown initially put the blame on Hulkenberg.“That was ...Keep reading

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has backed up his Austin sprint win with an emphatic pole position for Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, defeating Lando Norris.Verstappen's only Q3 lap of 1m32.510s was enough to seal his seventh grand prix pole of 2025, while McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri could only qualify sixth.McLaren's mechanics faced a big repair job after ...Keep reading

Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has backed up his Austin sprint win with an emphatic pole position for Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, defeating Lando Norris.Verstappen's only Q3 lap of 1m32.510s was enough to seal his seventh grand prix pole of 2025, while McLaren's championship leader Oscar Piastri could only qualify sixth.McLaren's mechanics faced a big repair job after ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen starts on pole position for the United States Grand Prix.

Full results from qualifying at the United States Grand Prix, Round 19 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway featured several major incidents, including a 12-car crash at the end of Stage 1 that forced a red flag stoppage.There was another multi-car crash near the end of Stage 2, which also caused a red flag.At the back of a much smaller pack following the earlier incident, things got four-wide and Leland Honeyman got hooked down the ...Keep reading

Qualifying for the United States Grand Prix was brought to a stop in Q1 as Isack Hadjar crashed into the barriers, resulting in the session being red-flagged. At this point, no drivers had completed a flying lap. The team has confirmed the driver is OK.Hadjar was seen hitting his steering wheel in anger as he sat in the cockpit following a violent collision after the car snapped on him over ...Keep reading

Just 15 laps into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity, chaos broke out near the front of the field. Driving through the tri-oval at NASCAR's superspeedway, playoff driver Sheldon Creed got loose and Jeb Burton hit him from behind.While it seemed like just a close call at first, Burton's car shot up the track as a result and clipped another playoff driver -- Brandon Jones. The No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing ...Keep reading

The elephant in the room as Max Verstappen digested his sprint race victory in Austin was that it represented a net gain of just eight points in his favour with six grands prix to go in the 2025 Formula 1 season. That was enough to excite the commentariat but not Verstappen himself."The overall pace throughout the race, I expected it to be a little bit better," he said. "So that's something we ...Keep reading

A McLaren driver taking a healthy dose of risk at the start of a race, making contact with a third party and then swiping his team-mate. Sound familiar?The start of Austin's sprint race bore an uncanny resemblance to the start of the Singapore Grand Prix two weeks ago, except this time the roles were reversed and the consequences were more impactful, as Piastri's contact with Norris ended both ...Keep reading

With hands out the window in attempt to block the air and gain whatever speed they could,  a full field of 40 NASCAR Cup drivers took on Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday's qualifying session.In the end, Michael McDowell drove the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet to pole position with a fast lap of 52.481s. This is McDowell's eighth career pole, and all of them have come in the last two ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll has been handed a five-place grid penalty for the United States Grand Prix for crashing into Haas driver Esteban Ocon during the sprint race at the Circuit of The Americas.Ocon and Stroll crashed out of the United States Grand Prix sprint race after starting from 16th and 14th on the grid, respectively.In the closing laps of the sprint race, Aston Martin's Stroll locked up at ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are starting to feel the pressure from Max Verstappen in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight.Verstappen has closed to 55 points of championship leader Piastri and 33 points off Norris after the McLaren pair clashed in Austin's sprint race, with both drivers retiring on the spot while Verstappen collected eight ...Keep reading

“If we want to win tomorrow we definitely need to be stronger.”

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are starting to feel the pressure from Max Verstappen in the 2025 Formula 1 title fight.Verstappen has closed to 55 points of championship leader Piastri and 33 points off Norris after the McLaren pair clashed in Austin's sprint race, with both drivers retiring on the spot while Verstappen collected eight ...Keep reading

George Russell reckons his risky attempted overtake on Max Verstappen during the United States Grand Prix sprint was “last chance” saloon for the Mercedes Formula 1 driver to win the contest.Russell finished second in the Saturday race at Circuit of the Americas and crossed the line 0.395s behind Red Bull’s Verstappen, with Williams racer Carlos Sainz completing the podium.Read ...Keep reading

The spotlight has been shone on Oscar Piastri after the multi-car crash that took out both McLarens.