July 25, 2025

Speaking to the media in a Saturday press conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Denny Hamlin revealed that his latest contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing might be his last.Hamlin signed a two-year deal to continue driving the No. 11 Toyota through the 2027 season, and while he wouldn’t say for certain, the 44-year-old indicated that it could be his final contract extension with …Keep reading

In modern NASCAR, it has become increasingly rare for Cup teams to get full practice sessions as part of three-day race weekends. The Brickyard 400 is one of those rare occasions, but thunderstorms forced NASCAR to cancel on-track activity for the Cup Series on Friday.However, in an attempt to get the teams some practice time, series officials have introduced a new session to be run on …Keep reading

Kyle Larson enters the Brickyard 400 as the defending winner of the event. However, it is also his first time racing at the historic oval since competing in the Indianapolis 500 this past May.Larson was attempting to complete the rare ‘Double’ after a failed attempt in 2024. And while he did take part in both races this time, he came several hundred miles short of running all the laps due to …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc was disappointed by a “huge” deficit to McLaren in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix sprint qualifying, despite being aided by Ferrari’s new rear suspension package.Championship leader Oscar Piastri took pole by almost half a second over Max Verstappen; despite running with more downforce than the Red Bull and thus losing time in the opening sector, Piastri got on level terms out …Keep reading

Mercedes equalled its worst-ever result in 350 Formula 1 qualifying sessions ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix sprint race, which George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli will start from 13th and 20th.The only time the Silver Arrows ever qualified so low on the grid coincidentally occurred at another sprint race, with Russell 15th and team-mate Lewis Hamilton down in 18th at the Red Bull Ring …Keep reading

A loss of nearly four tenths at the end of the second sector meant Max Verstappen failed to challenge Oscar Piastri in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix sprint qualifying.McLaren once again had the fastest car in all three segments of the session, though its drivers’ execution was far from perfect, which allowed Verstappen to grab second place every time.Piastri in particular only just …Keep reading

     2      Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1  Oscar Piastri (McLaren)       4      Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 3  Lando Norris …Keep reading

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri recovered from an early scare to take the sprint race pole at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.The championship leader scraped through in SQ2 due to a deleted lap time, but then set a 1m40.510s in the final segment of sprint qualifying to put almost five tenths on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, with Lando Norris a massive six tenths behind in third.”Sorry for the …Keep reading

After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.McLarenOscar …Keep reading