October 4, 2024

Grant Enfinger crossed the line just 0.041s ahead of Taylor Gray to win at Talladega, becoming the first driver to advance into the final four this year. Enfinger, who is last year’s championship runner-up, collected his eleventh career win and his first since joining CR7 Motorsports ahead of the 2024 season.Enfinger, an Alabama native who called Talladega his home track, was quick to credit …Keep reading

Johnny Herbert has explained the decision-making behind Max Verstappen’s controversial penalty for swearing.
Verstappen has been issued with a community service order by F1’s governing body for swearing in a live televised press conference.
It comes after an Motorsport.com exclusive interview with the FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem in which he urged drivers to curb their foul language.In …Keep reading

The Jordan-Ford EJ13 has a credible case to be one of the worst Formula 1 cars ever to win a Grand Prix. It would be a colossal understatement to suggest that its shock victory courtesy of Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix came against the run of play during a season in which it proved slower than all bar Minardi by a metric of supertimes.Taking the chaotic, prematurely …Keep reading

Franco Colapinto’s confident performances haven’t just surprised the Formula 1 paddock: the Williams rookie has also awakened a nation’s yearning for its next sporting hero.Few countries are as sporting crazed as Argentina. Just remember the scenes in the capital Buenos Aires after its national icon Lionel Messi finally captained the country to winning the football World Cup, with an estimated …Keep reading

The odds entering the 2024 IndyCar season were never favourable for Alex Palou. For starters, the attrition of what is arguably the most competitive racing category in the world meant no driver had won the championship twice in succession in over a decade.If that weren’t enough, six of the final eight rounds all took place on ovals – a track discipline that had yet to yield a trip to Victory …Keep reading

The DTM announced its full 2025 calendar earlier this week, but curiously both Vila Real and the Salzburgring were absent from the eight-round schedule.Portuguese street circuit Vila Real, best known for hosting World Touring Car Cup races, had signed a deal with DTM’s previous owner ITR for 2023, but the change of promoter meant that it never got to make its series debut.Vila Real had since …Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko says the Austrian brand will mainly look at its junior drivers for the future, rather than established Formula 1 stars.Red Bull is searching for the best driver to partner Max Verstappen in the future, due to incumbent Sergio Perez – who is under contract for next year – having struggled to match his team-mate lately.Perez scored only 41 points in the latest 12 …Keep reading

KTM’s Brad Binder says he plans to “take full advantage” of what he considers to be a potent motorcycle at the MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix.The South African was fastest in second practice, the only full dry session on Friday at Motegi, a circuit where the Austrian manufacturer has shown strong form in the past. Binder finished the 2022 Japanese GP in second place and backed that up with the …Keep reading

MotoGP championship leader Jorge Martin says he will need to make an extra step forward tomorrow to challenge for Japanese Grand Prix honours on Sunday.Despite posting the third-fastest time in second practice and thus comfortably making it into the Q2 battle for pole position tomorrow, Martin said he wasn’t feeling happy aboard his Pramac Ducati during the first day’s running.Read …Keep reading