July 17, 2025

The courts have ruled against 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in their request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) as they seek a new preliminary injunction. The hope was that they would secure a TRO in order to prevent NASCAR from revoking their charters, but that has failed. They will compete as open entries at Dover Motor Speedway this weekend. 23XI fields the No. 23 of Bubba …Keep reading

In almost any other IndyCar season, Kyle Kirkwood would be a strong contender for the title heading into the final stretch, having scored three wins, five top-five finishes, and eight top-10s in 12 rounds. However, the driver of Andretti Global’s No. 27 car didn’t account for what is shaping up to be a historic run by Palou.Nevertheless, rather than being frustrated by what the Chip …Keep reading

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin revealed he doesn’t “regret” his contractual standoff with Aprilia having now dropped the saga. Martin joined Aprilia for 2025 on a two-year contract from Pramac Ducati, but in May confirmed his desire to trigger a contractual clause that allowed him to leave at the end of the season.The clause stated that if he was not in contention for …Keep reading

The World Rally Championship begins the second half of the campaign this weekend with the title race finely poised ahead of the first fast gravel rally of the year in Estonia.Hampered by starting first on the road on rough gravel rallies in Portugal, Sardinia and Greece, Toyota’s Elfyn Evans has witnessed his championship lead whittled down to nine points over team-mate Sebastien Ogier …Keep reading

Since the death of Dietrich Mateschitz, much has changed at Red Bull. In the aftermath of Christian Horner’s sacking as Red Bull Formula 1 team boss, focus on power and who holds control at the parent company has come into sharp focus.The mystery surrounding the 2% stake in Red Bull GmbH that changed hands on 31 May appears to be solved. An investigation by Motorsport.com sister site …Keep reading

Nolan Siegel missed Race 2 of the Iowa Speedway doubleheader after crashing during Saturday’s Synk 275.The 20-year-old lost control of his Dallara-Chevrolet exiting Turn 4 on lap 246 of 275 and hit the wall with enough force to suffer a mild concussion and punch a hole in the SAFER barrier.He was ruled out of Sunday’s Farm to Fresh 275 and scheduled for reevaluation later in the …Keep reading

Yamaha test rider Augusto Fernandez has claimed its V4 engine is “still not fast enough” with the Japanese marque hoping to use it for the 2026 MotoGP campaign. The organisation has been developing the new power unit since last year, with Yamaha being the only MotoGP manufacturer to use an inline four rather than a V4. That has seen a correlation with performance as Yamaha, a …Keep reading

Toyota has labelled this year’s World Endurance Championship as “boring” and made a thinly-veiled call for changes to the system of Balance of Performance to improve the spectacle.David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, bemoaned the quality of the on-track action in the WEC’s Hypercar division during 2025, labelling it “a sad season” and suggesting that it has …Keep reading

Some people think of Marseille as bandit country. There’s some justification for this. As a port it has many connections… some shady.Out in the bay lies the ancient French equivalent of Alcatraz, the Chateau d’If, where the fictional Count of Monte Cristo was incarcerated.A tangled knot of streets lead away from the famous Vieux Port, the natural harbour where Greek seafarers first …Keep reading