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Just under six tenths of a second separated Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Yuki Tsunoda in the first segment of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix – but it was enough for the Japanese Formula 1 driver to be eliminated in last.It was another miserable afternoon for Tsunoda, who said after Friday’s practice sessions “I have no idea why I am slow”. What was more baffling for him after …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton believes it was “a waste of money” to force the teams to develop new wings despite a minor difference in balance, following Formula 1’s introduction of more stringent wing flex tests at the Spanish Grand Prix.Prior to the Barcelona weekend, there were myriad suggestions that the likes of McLaren and Mercedes would be much closer to the likes of Red Bull and Ferrari with the …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has defeated McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix.Piastri made the difference in the final run of Q3, putting two tenths on Norris after the pair had been closely matched before.On the first run in the top-10 shootout Piastri opened with a 1m11.836s lap, with team-mate Norris replying with an effort of 1m11.819s, just 0.017s quicker than …Keep reading

Formula E will see a change to its planned Shanghai E-Prix schedule on Sunday, as heavy rain poses a threat to the running of the second race of the weekend.In Saturday’s race, the first round of its double-header weekend in China, Maximilian Guenther secured his second victory for DS Penske in an action-packed race at the Shanghai International Circuit, with his team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has handed McLaren a clean sweep of Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix practice by comfortably topping FP3 in Barcelona.Saturday’s final practice session got off to a sluggish start, with little meaningful running early on in the searing midday heat.Carlos Sainz drew applause from his Spanish fans as he led the early running aboard the Williams, which hadn’t looked at its very best …Keep reading

It’s no secret that Max Verstappen dreams of competing in the Le Mans 24 Hours. And now, after his GT3 test with Emil Frey Racing at the Nurburgring-Nordschleife – where he drove under the pseudonym Franz Hermann – there is growing speculation that the Nurburgring 24 Hours is also on his wishlist.A specific FIA license is required for these kinds of endurance races, and Verstappen has …Keep reading

“It clearly slowed McLaren down a lot,” said Mercedes’ George Russell, voice freighted with sarcasm. “So, yeah, good news.” Ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix the issue of aero-elasticity had acquired so much momentum that it was virtually the only show in town. To look out on the panoramic vista of the pitlane from the media centre on Friday morning was to see TV …Keep reading

Rajah Caruth has earned his first victory of the 2025 season and just the second of his career, fending off both Corey Heim and Layne Riggs in the closing laps at Nashville.Driving the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Caruth grabbed the lead on pit road at the end of the second stage. The driver made the most of what his pit crew did for him, never surrendering the race lead. “I didn’t …Keep reading

Welcome to Detroit, where the story so far this weekend is “The Taming of the Slippery Track Surface” for both the IndyCar and IMSA Weathertech Sportscar series. Every track session is luckily adding a little more rubber to the track, with hopes there might be enough to lessen the slips and slides that have plagued every practice and qualifying session thus far and provide a little forgiveness on …Keep reading

13 races down, 13 races to go in the regular season for the NASCAR Cup Series. At the halfway point, there have been eight different winners with Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing [JGR] taking the lion’s share of victories.Those fortunate eight are William Byron [Hendrick], Kyle Larson [Hendrick], Christopher Bell [JGR], Denny Hamlin [JGR], Joey Logano [Penske], Austin Cindric …Keep reading