Zane Smith grinds along wall in chaotic Kansas NASCAR Cup overtime restart crash

Francesco Bagnaia said “maybe we could’ve done it earlier” after Ducati changes helped him dominate the Japanese MotoGP with pole, Sprint and Grand Prix wins.

History will remember that as one of the great playoff era finishes, no matter what NASCAR ultimately decides to do with its championship format next year and beyond.Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick each effectively needed nothing short of a victory on Sunday at Kansas Speedway to stave off elimination. Denny Hamlin needs every single playoff point he can get to reach the Final Four in just ...Keep reading

Entering Sunday's race, Shane van Gisbergen knew he was going to have a lot of work to do from the start. Due to an unapproved adjustment on Saturday, his usual crew chief Stephen Doran was ejected, and SVG owed NASCAR a stop-and-go penalty after the green flag.He went a lap down and spent most of the race trying to make that ground back up. However, once he did get back on the lead lap, SVG ...Keep reading

Former Haas team chief Guenther Steiner believes that some of the Ferrari team regret replacing Carlos Sainz with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.The Spaniard found himself on the hunt for a new team after being replaced by the Briton after a four-year stint with Ferrari. After ultimately securing a multi-year contract with Williams, Sainz clinched his first podium finish for the team at ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott entered this race just 14 points above the cutline, but he leaves Kansas locked into the next round.It was a wild race, and Bubba Wallace nearly won his way into the Round of 8, but a run-in with team owner Denny Hamlin on the final lap cleared a path for Elliott to take the win.Joey Logano, who entered this race +24, leaves on the bubble and at +13 after being involved in a ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz has opened up about racing against one of his idols, seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.Hamilton and two-time champion Fernando Alonso are the two longest-standing drivers on the current grid, with the British driver making his F1 debut in 2007 and Alonso in 2001. Sainz explained that, while he grew up watching Hamilton when he was 12 years old, he now ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin's 60th career win will have to wait for another day. On the final restart of the race, Bubba Wallace got out front after pushing Christopher Bell out of the way at the white flag.This gave Hamlin a huge run, and suddenly, he was the only driver who could stop Wallace from winning his way into the Round of 8. The awkward dynamic here? Wallace drives for Hamlin's race team. That ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

On an overtime restart, Zane Smith was battling just outside the top ten when a bizarre wreck unfolded. The leaders were moments away from taking the white flag when the incident occurred. After contact from John Hunter Nemechek, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Smith and the No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota of Nemechek slammed the outside wall. While Nemechek spun back down the track ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has dampened the excitement of Carlos Sainz's first podium finish with Williams at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, claiming that he does not think it is a sign of things to come. The Spanish driver secured the third spot on the podium at the Baku City Circuit after starting from second on the grid, marking not only his first podium since ...Keep reading

Five-time Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Timo Bernhard had an emotional reaction to Max Verstappen's GT3 victory.The four-time Formula 1 champion won on his GT3 debut at the Nordschleife in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie alongside his team-mate, British driver Chris Lulham. Bernhard reacted to the Dutchman's commanding victory during the broadcast of the 6 Hours of Fuji, admitting ...Keep reading

Alex Brundle has explained why he decided to retire his Ford GT40 at Spa Six Hours after a “valiant stint” from his father, former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle.The former Benetton driver returned to racing to compete in the historic car endurance race alongside his son and Gary Pearson, but unfortunately the GT40 lost oil pressure, forcing the trio to retire from ...Keep reading

Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has opened up about working with Adrian Newey, claiming that "you need to use all your brain capacity" to be able to understand him in some moments.Newey joined Aston Martin as a shareholder and managing technical partner on 1 March 2025 after the move was announced in September 2024. The 66-year-old, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso has spent much of the second act of his Formula 1 career pondering his luck and, amid the swings between the better years and more common leaner spells, he has concluded that over a decade without an F1 win "doesn't sound right". The two-time champion's last F1 victory remains his 2013 Spanish Grand Prix triumph, his 32nd in the championship, as opportunities to win a 33rd ...Keep reading