Nascar

NASCAR officials have responded publicly to the criticism of their handling of the race finish at Chicago, where they waited far too long to throw a caution for a severe accident that ultimately ended the race. Cody Ware was running 18th as race leader Shane van Gisbergen was approaching the white flag. But when a brake rotor exploded at one of the fastest parts of the circuit, Ware was just ...Keep readingView the full article

Granted, Scott Dixon’s win at The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio likely wouldn’t have happened without Alex Palou’s rare mistake at Turn 9 while comfortably leading. However, full credit goes to the 44-year-old for being there to capitalize when his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate ran off course with just six laps to go. Qualifying didn’t go well for Dixon, who had to settle for ninth on the ...Keep readingView the full article

Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez aims to take part in this weekend’s German Grand Prix despite the hand injury picked up in an accident at the last MotoGP race in the Netherlands. Marquez, who is his brother Marc’s nearest challenger in the 2025 MotoGP world championship points table, underwent surgery immediately after the crash at Assen. Now, following a period of recovery, his team ...Keep readingView the full article

Fernando Alonso was angry that Aston Martin opted against giving him the same strategy as team-mate Lance Stroll during the Formula 1 British Grand Prix. The double F1 world champion dropped two places to finish ninth at Silverstone, while Stroll climbed from 17th to seventh in the changeable conditions. Stroll was even third at one point, having benefited from two perfectly-timed early ...Keep readingView the full article

Sometimes, you need to believe in fairy tales, even the ones that take the longest to come true, almost an entire career. On a rainy July afternoon soaked in magic, on a track steeped in legend, Nico Hulkenberg rewrote his story by stepping onto the Formula 1 podium for the first time. For years, it had remained just an elusive dream, a finish line never crossed. But at the British Grand Prix ...Keep readingView the full article

Get the 2025 NASCAR Sonoma entry list featuring confirmed drivers, teams, and open entries. View the full article

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem reiterated his support for F1 to move to much cheaper V8 engines as soon as the 2029 season and also weighed up the chances of a 12th team joining the Formula 1 grid. Speaking to Fleet Street journalists at last weekend's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Ben Sulayem urged the series to move to a cheaper engine formula as soon as viable and thinks that move ...Keep readingView the full article

Why did Thomas Preining stay in his cockpit after taking his third Norisring DTM victory on Sunday, then unsteadily limp to his father instead of jumping on the roof of his Porsche like he usually does? "Unfortunately, I injured my ankle while running in the woods at home three weeks ago, then there were two 24-hour races and now here," the Manthey driver told ran.de, referring to his major ...Keep readingView the full article

Four-time WRC world champion and Toyota deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen will pilot the latest hydrogen-powered rally car from Toyota at Rally Finland. The GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept will make its debut on the Harju stage of the event, which runs from 31 July until 3 August. The car has been extensively developed at the Toyota WRC team’s headquarters in Jyvaskyla, Finland, and is based ...Keep readingView the full article

Ferrari will run at the Hypercar minimum power for the first time at this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos. The Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which is unbeaten in the WEC this year, will race at 480kW (644bhp) under the Balance of Performance for the Brazilian event on Sunday. That means it has lost 35kW (47bhp) since last month’s Le Mans 24 ...Keep readingView the full article

McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks Lando Norris' Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri has actually helped his confidence as the two team-mates battle for the Formula 1 world title. In June's Montreal race Norris clattered into the back of Piastri in the fight for fourth, his biggest setback so far as he aims to overhaul his Australian team-mate for a drivers' championship that they are all ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen remains near-unstoppable on the streets of Chicago. In five starts between the Xfinity and Cup Series, he has won four of them. The only race he attempted but didn't manage to win was the Cup race in 2024, and that's because he got wrecked out of the event. With his latest victory, he joins Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Christopher Bell as the only drivers with multiple Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

It was another wild NASCAR Cup race at Chicago with non-stop action from start to finish. Shane van Gisbergen sweeping the weekend was a rather predictable outcome, but it didn't take away from the fact that the race was full of epic storylines. In fact, there were so many winners and losers, we can't possibly mention them all here. There was Kyle Busch, who came back from a lap down to score ...Keep readingView the full article

McLaren's Formula E team is set to be closed down at the end of the current season as efforts to find a buyer for the outfit have proven unsuccessful, Motorsport.com understands. Following its decision to enter the World Endurance Championship with a Hypercar chassis for 2027, McLaren elected to withdraw from Formula E after three seasons in the all-electric championship and redirect its ...Keep readingView the full article

Go behind the scenes of the Grant Park 165 with a photographic look at the third running of the Chicago Street Race. View the full article

Nico Hulkenberg shrugged off the unwanted record of having the most Formula 1 starts without a podium by taking third at the 2025 British Grand Prix. The shock result came at the German’s 239th grand prix start, as the Sauber driver benefited from correctly timed pitstops while rivals faltered with strategy at a wet Silverstone. It was a long time coming for Hulkenberg, who joined F1 with ...Keep readingView the full article

While Shane van Gisbergen was once again the driver to beat on Sunday, his closest competition never got a fair shot in the end due to some mechanical gremlins. Michael McDowell started from the outside of the front row at the Chicago Street Course and took the lead from SVG on the opening lap. He went on to win Stage 1 and appeared to be a real threat for the win. The Spire Motorsports driver ...Keep readingView the full article

The improbable march of Ty Dillon continues as the bottom seed in NASCAR's new $1 million in-season tournament advances once again. Dillon has now dispatched both Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski as he moves into Round 3 in the five-week challenge. At Sonoma, Dillon will have another David vs. Goliath battle on his hands as he faces Alex Bowman, the lone remaining Hendrick Motorsports driver in ...Keep readingView the full article

When the caution flew late in the NASCAR Cup race at Chicago, Tyler Reddick and the 23XI Racing team made the bold decision to pit from third on track in favor of fresh tires and some extra fuel. He restarted 18th with just 12 laps left, evading several spinning cars as he began his rapid march forward. Reddick was up to 14th by the time the final caution of the race flew, leaving him nine laps ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen made history and NASCAR's future at Chicago remains uncertain. Here are the biggest takeaways from the Windy City. View the full article