July 26, 2025

Chase Briscoe earns Brickyard 400 pole as Denny Hamlin wrecks hard

Indiana native Chase Briscoe rocketed to pole position for this year’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Earning his series-leading fifth pole of the 2025 season, Briscoe bested 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace and Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones.Wallace, who enters this race on the playoff bubble, was just 0.013s away from pole position.As for Briscoe, his season has included pole …Keep reading

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Alex Palou powers to fifth IndyCar pole of 2025 at Laguna Seca

Alex Palou’s back in charge after qualifying at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.The points leader laid down a 1:07.3413s lap to claim the pole for Sunday’s Java House Grand Prix of Monterey. It’s the Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) star’s fifth pole of the year and fourth on a road course, positioning Palou to add to his hefty championship advantage. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi …Keep reading

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The Red Bull gamble which gave Yuki Tsunoda a breakthrough in Belgian GP qualifying

Red Bull has handed Yuki Tsunoda a welcome boost to help turn his Formula 1 season around by upgrading him to the latest floor, with the Japanese driver qualifying seventh at the Belgian Grand Prix.Like drivers before him, Tsunoda has been struggling to gel with the difficult RB21 since taking over from Liam Lawson at April’s Japanese GP.Tsunoda’s calamitous points tally of seven in 10 …Keep reading

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Andrea Kimi Antonelli in confidence crisis after Q1 exit, set for F1 Belgian GP pitlane start

Andrea Kimi Antonelli is not having a good time in Formula 1.Mercedes’ 18-year-old wonderkid had a promising start to his maiden season as he took sprint pole in Miami and scored consistent top-six finishes over the first six grands prix.Yet in the latest six rounds, Antonelli scored points just once – his podium in Montreal – and was outqualified by team-mate George Russell every …Keep reading

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Red Bull sacrifices Max Verstappen’s top-speed advantage for wet F1 Belgian GP

Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Laurent Mekies says his squad has “significantly” increased its downforce levels to be more competitive if Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix turns out wet.Red Bull took a sprint race win with Max Verstappen in the dry on Saturday, as a low-downforce set-up allowed the world champion to pass polesitter Oscar Piastri on the Kemmel Straight and then made it impossible for …Keep reading

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George Russell laments Mercedes “big step backwards towards the midfield” in Belgian GP qualifying

Last year’s Belgian Grand Prix ended painfully for Mercedes’ George Russell when he was stripped of on-track victory for being underweight – but in 2025 the disappointments have been stacking up even before the lights go out.Russell qualified 13th for the sprint race, his worst grid position of the year, and spent the entire race in a DRS train behind Yuki Tsunoda’s Red Bull, finishing …Keep reading

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Lewis Hamilton holds hands up after ‘unacceptable’ qualifying at Belgian Grand Prix

The 40-year-old seven-time world champion, who was eliminated in first sprint qualifying on Friday when he spun at the chicane, repeated his disappointment as he qualified in a forlorn 16th place for Sunday’s race. ​The 40-year-old seven-time world champion, who was eliminated in first sprint qualifying on Friday when he spun at the chicane, repeated

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F1 Belgian GP: Lando Norris beats Oscar Piastri to pole, Max Verstappen only fourth

McLaren’s Lando Norris has struck back against team-mate Oscar Piastri by taking his fourth pole of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Belgian Grand Prix.Norris saw title rival Piastri take pole for the sprint at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit, and finished behind his team-mate during Saturday’s 15-lap contest, but the Briton then went on to clinch his first-ever Belgian pole in the …Keep reading

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