May 30, 2025

13 races down, 13 races to go in the regular season for the NASCAR Cup Series. At the halfway point, there have been eight different winners with Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing [JGR] taking the lion’s share of victories.Those fortunate eight are William Byron [Hendrick], Kyle Larson [Hendrick], Christopher Bell [JGR], Denny Hamlin [JGR], Joey Logano [Penske], Austin Cindric …Keep reading

Following the resignation of Oliver Oakes, Flavio Briatore has taken on the duties of team principal at Alpine – despite not holding the official title.Briatore had already been wielding significant influence behind the scenes as an advisor, but now he has also become the French-owned team’s public face once again. This role includes appearing in official FIA press conferences when called …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda admitted to befuddlement over his lack of pace after Formula 1’s opening practice sessions at the Spanish Grand Prix – revealing he “doesn’t have any idea why I’m slow”. The Red Bull driver believed that, although his two Friday sessions were “smooth” and without any obvious issues, the ultimate pace was too slow and he was at a loss to explain why.Tsunoda was heard to …Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier has been included on a 12-car Rally1 entry list for the Acropolis Rally Greece round of the World Rally Championship next month.The eight-time world champion has been confirmed on the entry list for the gravel rally (26-29 June) that will mark the Toyota driver’s fifth start of a partial WRC campaign in 2025.Ogier will join Toyota’s full-time line-up of championship …Keep reading

The Alpine Formula 1 squad appears a little closer to appointing a full-time team principal to replace Oliver Oakes, who departed unexpectedly and with immediate effect at the beginning of May.Oakes, recruited from his Hitech GP operation last summer by Briatore, resigned less than a week after his brother William, also a director of Hitech GP, was arrested and charged with “transferring …Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time in Friday’s second practice session at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.Piastri set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour session to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.At the start of the session Piastri’s team-mate Lando Norris picked up where he left off by immediately dipping below his FP1 leading time with a …Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has shrugged off speculation linking him to the Ferrari Formula 1 team.Motorsport.com understands Ferrari chairman John Elkann is a big admirer of Horner, who guided Red Bull to two dominant spells with Sebastian Vettel and then Max Verstappen. And it has been suggested that Elkann has been trying to poach him on several occasions in recent …Keep reading