February 1, 2025

Welcome to Bowman Gray Stadium, a.k.a. the Madhouse, the new home of The Clash, NASCAR’s preseason tune-up. Drivers will need to leave their racing etiquette and good manners at the door, because there’s no place for either on this short, rowdy track — one that hasn’t seen a Cup race in more than half a century. It’s the motorsports equivalent of a Mad Max film, and this fury road takes no …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz’s impact is already being felt within the Williams Formula 1 squad, team principal James Vowles has stated.Sainz has moved to Williams alongside Alex Albon this year after racing for Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari during his first 10 seasons in F1, having been replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the Maranello-based outfit for the 2025 season.The veteran actually made his …Keep reading

Lucas Auer has taken pole position for the Bathurst 12 Hour for Mercedes.The Austrian, who took provisional pole in the split qualifying sessions, lapped the Mount Panorama track in a time of 2m01.2760s in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo he will share with Maximilian Gotz and Jayden Ojeda.After such a close first part of qualifying in which the top five cars were split by 0.136s, Auer’s gap of …Keep reading

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says Formula 1’s governing body the FIA was right to part ways with steward Johnny Herbert.On Wednesday the FIA stated that Herbert, a long-time driver steward as the veteran of 160 grand prix starts, would no longer act as a steward at grand prix weekends.The FIA felt Herbert’s media activities, especially those as a pundit for gambling websites, were …Keep reading

Honda has adopted a new colour scheme for the 2025 MotoGP season following the departure of long-time sponsor Repsol.Luca Marini and 2020 champion Joan Mir will sport a red, white and blue livery on their factory Honda RC213Vs this year, representing the corporate colours of HRC.The new paint job was revealed to the public in Jakarta on Saturday, with Honda describing the launch as the …Keep reading