June 13, 2025

Max Verstappen has undergone a surprising – and entirely unintentional – image rehab over the past few years, thanks in part to TikTok.Once cast as the villain of the Formula 1 paddock following his controversial world championship victory in Abu Dhabi in 2021 and the tense battle with Lewis Hamilton, the Red Bull driver has now secured four titles and with them, a growing base of social media …Keep reading

There is quite the challenge — and opportunity — ahead for Ryan Truex. Denny Hamlin is choosing to stay with his family this weekend and miss the Cup race in Mexico City following the birth of his son. Hamlin’s absence means Truex will get to pilot the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.That car has three wins this year with Hamlin behind the wheel, including …Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell topped second practice at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris. Russell went top after 23 minutes with a lap on Pirelli’s medium tyres to set up an intriguing tyre choice for qualifying, with Norris unable to beat the Mercedes driver’s time on softs. After six minutes of running, Lance Stroll suffered terminal damage to the …Keep reading

NASCAR held two practice sessions on Friday as Cup drivers and teams learned their way around Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City.In the first session, drivers quickly found the limits with several locking up and utilizing the run-off area around the road course. Unfortunately for Noah Gragson, he found the outside wall, damaging his No. 4 Front Row Motorsports Ford. The team will …Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 boss Fred Vasseur has taken aim at the Italian media after question marks were raised over his future at the team.The points were made by heavyweight Italian publications Gazzetta della Sport and Corriere della Sera, while the impact made by engineer Loïc Serra, who joined from Mercedes in the winter, had also been debated.Vasseur has grown frustrated over continual …Keep reading

As NASCAR takes on Mexico City this weekend, three-time Cup Series champion Joey Logano spent a few minutes speaking exclusively with Motorsport.com’s Luis Ramírez in preparation for the event.Despite failing to win at any road course race in roughly a decade, the Team Penske driver is looking forward to this weekend’s unique race at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez. The event also presents …Keep reading

Red Bull “desperately” hopes that star driver Max Verstappen doesn’t pick up another F1 penalty point over the course of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, which would earn him a one-race ban from the series. But, if that does happen, team principal Christian Horner believes the side has “enough drivers” to cope with his temporary exit.Verstappen now has 11 penalty points …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc looks set to miss second practice at Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix after his FP1 crash left him with chassis damage.Leclerc was leading opening practice in Montreal after 15 minutes when he locked up his tyres into Turn 3 and under steered into the grass on the outside. The Ferrari driver was unable to prevent a violent hit with the wall, smashing up the front-left corner …Keep reading

First practice at a relatively cool, but sunny, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was marked by a plethora of spins and twitches for many drivers as the track proved to be lacking in grip and tricky to drive on. An innocuous spin by Alpine’s Franco Colapinto into Turn 2, on his very first flyer, foreshadowed what would be a messy one-hour session.Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc went quickest in …Keep reading

McLaren has produced a new iteration of its front wing for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix, as five teams registered changes to their technical package for Montreal.At the Spanish Grand Prix, all 10 teams needed to run with a revised front wing package to meet the tighter regulations on flex; a maximum deviation of 10mm was permitted from the application of a 1000N load – down from …Keep reading