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At a circuit packed with medium speed corners, where downforce is king, it would have been silly to bet against one of the McLarens grabbing a comfortable pole. Silly… yet correct. Until Q2, though, the prospect of a McLaren defeat looked remote. Lando Norris headed Oscar Piastri by half a tenth, with a surprisingly quick Aston Martin of Lance Stroll third. The two McLarens were the only …Keep reading

Thierry Neuville says any hope of defending his World Rally Championship title are “lost” after a puncture derailed his shot of a podium in Rally Finland.The reigning world champion felt a strong result on Finland’s fast gravel roads would be crucial in closing the gap to his title rivals, now sitting 48 points behind leader and Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak with six rounds …Keep reading

NASCAR Truck Series veteran Stewart Friesen was involved in an airborne crash while taking part in a Super DIRTcar Series event, driving a big block dirt modified at Autodrome Drummond in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada.The car flipped after contact with the outside wall, slamming back down onto the ground before being struck by oncoming traffic. The 42-year-old suffered a fractured pelvis and …Keep reading

During Group A practice at Iowa Speedway for the NASCAR Cup Series, two-time NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch was looking strong in the No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. He was sitting second on the overall speed carts, but disaster struck with just under nine minutes left in the session.Busch entered the weekend on the back of a 79-race winless streak, but Busch will have to come from …Keep reading

Aston Martin is a rare sight in Q3 this season. Until this weekend, Fernando Alonso had reached the final phase of a 2025 Formula 1 qualifying session just four times, team-mate Lance Stroll only once.Only at Imola back in May have both cars started in the top 10. In Spa the Aston Martins were slowest of all in qualifying, both eliminated in Q1, and Stroll only started from 16th because four …Keep reading

Toyota is on course for a Rally Finland top-five lockout after Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and Adrien Fourmaux witnessed their World Rally Championship victory hopes vanish following punctures.Kalle Rovanpera benefited from the drama that hit his nearest rivals Neuville and Fourmaux, who were sitting second and third respectively in the rally, to open up a 36.1s lead over Toyota team-mate …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton reckons Ferrari needs to “change driver” after his early exit in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix while Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole.The seven-time world champion will start 12th for Sunday’s contest at the Hungaroring, while Ferrari stablemate Leclerc stormed to pole with his final lap in Q3.It continues a very disappointing 2025 campaign so …Keep reading

Max Verstappen has lamented the regression Red Bull has taken compared to last year’s Hungarian Grand Prix as he qualified only eighth for Sunday’s Formula 1 contest – claiming “nothing works”.The reigning, four-time world champion qualified third at the Hungaroring last year, but has been far from the frontrunners this weekend and was three tenths off polesitter Charles Leclerc in …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc was left distinctly flabbergasted by his own run to a “most surprising” Formula 1 pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix, having claimed that qualifying had felt “horrible” until he’d managed to reach Q3.The Monegasque was on the cusp of the drop zone during Q2, but managed to dig out a lap good enough to progress to the final stage – just as team-mate Lewis Hamilton fell out of …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