May 21, 2025

When it comes to iconic NASCAR races, the 2005 running of NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 is up there as one of the wilded and most bizarre. It was May 29th, 2005, a few hours after Dan Wheldon had won his first Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day.43 drivers took part in NASCAR’s longest race and through 5+ hours of chaos, it came down to an aging champion searching for one last moment of glory and a …Keep reading

Any driver’s weekend will always be defined by a heavy smash, and this is amplified if the driver in question is Franco Colapinto, who made a high-profile 2025 debut with Alpine after replacing Jack Doohan just six races into the Formula 1 season.The Argentine was on his last lap at the end of Q1 when he drove onto the grass at the exit of the second turn at Tamburello. This sent him spinning …Keep reading

Attempting to complete 1,100 miles in a single day of racing is quite the challenge (unless you’re an endurance racing driver), but it’s even more daunting when you’re doing it in two wildly different race cars and at two race tracks that are multiple states apart.That is what it means when a driver like Kyle Larson says they are attempting ‘The Double.’ They start their day at Indianapolis …Keep reading

Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan said his team is “not doing anything different” in its approach to this year’s 109th running of the Indianapolis 500, despite its driver Pato O’Ward losing out to Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in the closing stages of the 2024 race.Kanaan, who won the 500 in 2013, will lead McLaren’s four-car lineup at this year’s race, with O’Ward lining …Keep reading

Last week, someone named “Franz Hermann” drew significant attention during a GT3 test at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Behind this alias was none other than four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, who got behind the wheel of the Ferrari 296 GT3 from Swiss outfit Emil Frey Racing during an official Nurburgring Endurance Series test.The Red Bull F1 driver collaborates with Emil Frey Racing …Keep reading

The consequences from Team Penske’s Indy 500 qualifying scandal are still unfolding several days later. Josef Newgarden and Will Power have already been sent to the rear of the field, the team has been fined a total of $200,000, and race strategists for each driver were suspended.Penske has now taken things a step further by announcing the departure of IndyCar team president Tim Cindric after …Keep reading

Ex-Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat believes Red Bull still has a “very quick car” that can take the fight to championship leaders McLaren despite the early deficit.The Austrian squad is third in the standings, 148 points behind the leaders with only two victories compared to McLaren’s five. In many grands prix Red Bull has simply struggled to match McLaren’s pace as, in Bahrain for …Keep reading

Dozens of fans were chanting his name at Imola as their favourite Formula 1 driver climbed the pitwall after the race to greet them. But this was not a Ferrari driver celebrating, let’s say, a podium on home soil. Instead, it was Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, who had come home in 16th place after a muted first grand prix upon his F1 return last weekend.The attention surrounding Colapinto beggars …Keep reading

The start of the 2025 IndyCar Series season has been a very promising one for new Arrow McLaren star Christian Lundgaard.Having claimed three podiums in the opening five rounds, he is third in the championship and sits just three points behind Kyle Kirkwood while Alex Palou is the runaway leader. Such form has led to Lundgaard labelling it as a “rocket start to the season”, with the …Keep reading

The fight at the top of the Formula 1 drivers’ standings is heating up in 2025, with the leading three separated by just 22 points.First and second is held by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris respectively, but could the team be better at handling the pair to boost its chances of winning a first double championship since 1998 – especially when title holder Max Verstappen remains in …Keep reading