Now Verstappen has firmly committed to Red Bull for 2026 and the dust has settled after an intense silly season episode involving the four-time world champion, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff can take his time to finalise contract extensions with his own proteges - George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli, with no rush to sign on the dotted line.The story of how Wolff coveted Verstappen as far back ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship title contender Kalle Rovanperä inherited a slender lead at the inaugural Rally Paraguay after Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux suffered a puncture.Paraguay’s brand new gravel stage provided plenty of drama thanks to their multiple grip changes, loose rock and brutal jumps and kickers. However, it was early leader Rovanpera that emerged from late drama to the top of the ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff is no longer just one of the most successful team principals in Formula 1 history. In an era where Grand Prix racing is booming, and with the Brad Pitt-led “F1 – The Movie” to cinemas worldwide this year, the 53-year-old Austrian has also become a global social media icon.As early as 2019, a photo surfaced on the internet during nationwide protests in Lebanon against ...Keep reading

As part of his 'Speed Does America' marathon livestream, popular streamer IShowSpeed went to Daytona International Speedway where he met up with Spire Motorsports driver and 2024 NASCAR Cup Rookie of the Year, Carson Hocevar. Daytona track president Frank Kelleher was also present for the get-together.IShowSpeed has over 43 million subscribers on YouTube and 1.4 million followers on Twitch ...Keep reading

Flavio Briatore has declared “everybody’s happy” at the Alpine Formula 1 outfit and a change of CEO at parent company Renault will not affect the project.The Renault Group confirmed Francois Provost as its new CEO in July following the departure of Luca de Meo, who started the role in 2020.But Alpine executive adviser Briatore reckons this will not affect the F1 team, which has been ...Keep reading

During Group A practice at Iowa Speedway for the NASCAR Cup Series, two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch was looking strong in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. He was sitting second on the overall speed carts, but disaster struck with just under nine minutes left in the session.Busch entered the weekend on the back of a 79-race winless streak, but Busch will have to come from ...Keep reading

NASCAR Truck Series veteran Stewart Friesen was involved in an airborne crash while taking part in a Super DIRTcar Series event, driving a big block dirt modified at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.The car flipped after contact with the outside wall, slamming back down onto the ground before being struck by oncoming traffic. The 42-year-old suffered a fractured pelvis and ...Keep reading

Thierry Neuville says any hope of defending his World Rally Championship title are “lost” after a puncture derailed his shot of a podium in Rally Finland.The reigning world champion felt a strong result on Finland’s fast gravel roads would be crucial in closing the gap to his title rivals, now sitting 48 points behind leader and Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak with six rounds ...Keep reading

Since joining Joe Gibbs Racing, Chase Briscoe has earned six poles, as well as three front row starts in the last three races. At Iowa Speedway, his 23.004s was plenty good enough to secure his latest pole position, beating William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet by 0.084s.«It's definitely been great on Saturdays for our Bass Pro Shops Toyota,» said Briscoe. "Would love to ...Keep reading

At a circuit packed with medium speed corners, where downforce is king, it would have been silly to bet against one of the McLarens grabbing a comfortable pole. Silly... yet correct. Until Q2, though, the prospect of a McLaren defeat looked remote. Lando Norris headed Oscar Piastri by half a tenth, with a surprisingly quick Aston Martin of Lance Stroll third. The two McLarens were the only ...Keep reading

Stewards have handed Ott Tanak a five-minute penalty and a suspended World Rally Championship 35-point deduction following an incident involving a scrutineer at Rally Finland.The incident occurred at the end of Friday’s stage seven, which proved to be eventful for the championship leader after sliding off the road and striking a tree. The impact caused damage to the cooling system of ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner is finalizing the purchase of the Tech3 MotoGP team, Motorsport.com has learned.Sources close to both parties estimate the deal, involving the structure founded in 1990 by Herve Poncharal and Guy Coulon, at just over €20million.Tech3 made its debut in the premier class in 2001 after winning the 250cc world championship with Olivier ...Keep reading

 Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has lamented a “big, big struggle” with his Formula 1 car’s balance following the first two practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix.Hamilton did take fifth and sixth over the two practice sessions at Hungaroring, but he was nearly half a second slower than team-mate Charles Leclerc in the opening session, then three tenths away in ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Finland lead on Saturday morning despite suffering a puncture, as changeable weather continued to create drama at the World Rally Championship event.The Toyota driver picked up from where he left off on Friday, winning three of the four gravel stages to increase his 4.9s overnight advantage over Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville to 14.7s.Rovanpera admitted he ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri pipped Lando Norris to the top spot in the Hungarian Grand Prix's final practice session, as McLaren delivered a devastating blow to the Formula 1 field in the prelude to qualifying.With 15 minutes left on the clock in the session, Piastri had taken new softs and embarked on a second soft-tyre run of the session; the Australian pulled the pin and posted a 1m14.916s, at that point ...Keep reading

Despite taking an utterly dominant Formula 1 sprint pole at the Belgian Grand Prix, McLaren's Oscar Piastri wasn't getting too excited just yet over his victory chances on Saturday morning.«Spa's probably one of the worst places to have pole position, so yeah... it is what it is,» a muted Australian said after beating Max Verstappen by five tenths, and team-mate Lando Norris by six. "But I ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has conquered the sprint race at Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix to start Red Bull's new era with a win.On the first lap of the 15-lap contest, Verstappen used his Red Bull's superior top speed to draft past polesitter Oscar Piastri at Les Combes, much like the championship leader had feared before the start.In Verstappen's wake Charles Leclerc made a similar move to nick ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says he had to forget about tyre usage and drive «over the limit» to resist the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri during Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix sprint race.Verstappen passed polesitter Piastri on lap one, slipstreaming past the Australian championship leader on the long run up the Kemmel Straight and into Les Combes, which he deemed as his only shot at winning the 15-lap ...Keep reading

The Belgian Grand Prix sprint race was largely affected by the differing downforce levels run by the two Formula 1 teams at the front; Red Bull's lower-drag approach with Max Verstappen proved to be the more successful set-up.McLaren, running slightly higher downforce that led to a 0.47-second gap between polesitter Oscar Piastri and Verstappen in qualifying, was at a disadvantage at the start ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc’s Formula 1 sprint race during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend followed a depressingly familiar pattern for Ferrari this season: heroics on the first lap, followed by a slow deflation of the team’s hopes as the SF-25 slipped backwards.From fourth on the grid, Leclerc slipstreamed McLaren’s Lando Norris up the Kemmel Straight on the opening lap and went around the outside ...Keep reading