May 22, 2025

Scott McLaughlin is the only Team Penske driver who wasn’t sent to the rear of the field as the attenuator on his No. 3 Chevrolet was not modified like the sister cars. However, that does not mean the New Zealander has had a much better week than teammates Josef Newgarden and Will Power.McLaughlin’s race strategist and team general manager Kyle Moyer was among those let go by Roger Penske …Keep reading

Jack Perkins, 38, has over 150 starts in Australian Supercars, winning the 2015 Gold Coast 600 Race #2 as a co-driver to James Courtney. He is a veteran of 19 Bathurst 1000s, earning a podium result there in 2019. His father, Larry Perkins, is a six-time winner of the iconic event.The third-generation racer will now try something new, by following several of his Supercars brethren to the …Keep reading

On Thursday, Josef Newgarden faced a packed media center on the fourth floor of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was after the technical breach that was found on his car, No. 2, and on Will Power’s car, No. 12, during the Fast 12 session last Sunday. As a result, he will start the Indy 500 from 32nd place, one spot ahead of his teammate.However, Newgarden made it clear from the outset …Keep reading

Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc says his car’s specific low-speed weakness means it is going to be extremely difficult to repeat his 2024 home win at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix this weekend.Last year, Leclerc finally found redemption around the streets he roamed as a child, taking his first home win from pole after several years of heartbreak and near-misses.The popular win led to emotional …Keep reading

Prema Racing is a team that is likely unfamiliar to US-only race fans. They arrived to the IndyCar grid ahead of the 2025 season with a two-car effort and no charters. And yet, they are now on pole position for the biggest oval race on the entire planet.So who exactly is the team behind rookie Indy 500 polesitter Robert Shwartzman? Well, they may be new to ovals but they are no strangers to …Keep reading

Pierre Gasly revealed his early ambitions to become a professional football player, after captaining one of the teams in the traditional Nationale Piloti charity match on the eve of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.A co-owner of French Championnat National club FC Versailles, the Alpine driver was given the honour of wearing the armband as he was joined by a number of other F1 racers in a match …Keep reading

A contrivance? On the face of it, enforcing a two-stop minimum for the Monaco Grand Prix seems like one – although at the same time, a plot-generating device one might think nothing of, had Formula 1 ratified the idea 50 years ago.The effect of ensuring every driver takes at least one additional stop is completely uncharted at this point. It could have cataclysmic ramifications for those …Keep reading

Leading MotoGP riders including Marc Marquez have said there is no need for the kind of contract arbitration authority seen in Formula 1.The topic has surfaced in the light of Jorge Martin’s attempts to get out of his current Aprilia contract early – a deal the Italian factory claimed on Thursday was “valid and in effect” until the end of the 2026 season.F1 has had a Contract …Keep reading

Formula 1 races in Monaco this weekend in an event that is both must-see and, at times, incredibly dull. To try and spice up the racing action, F1 tweaked the tyre rules for this year’s Monaco Grand Prix to force teams to carry out two pitstops during the race. The rules, which were announced earlier this year, mandate that teams use three sets of tyres across two compounds. The theoretical …Keep reading