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Welcome to Bowman Gray Stadium, a.k.a. the Madhouse, the new home of The Clash, NASCAR’s preseason tune-up. Drivers will need to leave their racing etiquette and good manners at the door, because there’s no place for either on this short, rowdy track — one that hasn’t seen a Cup race in more than half a century. It’s the motorsports equivalent of a Mad Max film, and this fury road takes no …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz’s impact is already being felt within the Williams Formula 1 squad, team principal James Vowles has stated.Sainz has moved to Williams alongside Alex Albon this year after racing for Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren and Ferrari during his first 10 seasons in F1, having been replaced by Lewis Hamilton at the Maranello-based outfit for the 2025 season.The veteran actually made his …Keep reading

Lucas Auer has taken pole position for the Bathurst 12 Hour for Mercedes.The Austrian, who took provisional pole in the split qualifying sessions, lapped the Mount Panorama track in a time of 2m01.2760s in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo he will share with Maximilian Gotz and Jayden Ojeda.After such a close first part of qualifying in which the top five cars were split by 0.136s, Auer’s gap of …Keep reading

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says Formula 1’s governing body the FIA was right to part ways with steward Johnny Herbert.On Wednesday the FIA stated that Herbert, a long-time driver steward as the veteran of 160 grand prix starts, would no longer act as a steward at grand prix weekends.The FIA felt Herbert’s media activities, especially those as a pundit for gambling websites, were …Keep reading

Honda has adopted a new colour scheme for the 2025 MotoGP season following the departure of long-time sponsor Repsol.Luca Marini and 2020 champion Joan Mir will sport a red, white and blue livery on their factory Honda RC213Vs this year, representing the corporate colours of HRC.The new paint job was revealed to the public in Jakarta on Saturday, with Honda describing the launch as the …Keep reading

The Clash, NASCAR’s pre-season showcase since 1979, has undergone a significant overhaul in recent years. Gone are the days of sprint races on the high banks of Daytona meant only for the previous season’s pole winners. The last three year’s saw NASCAR invite all its chartered teams to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for the unofficial opening of the season, but 2025 brings a new venue: Bowman …Keep reading

Tim Cindric, long considered the right hand of Roger Penske, will step back from day-to-day duties leading racing operations for the organization. Cindric, who was inducted into the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame just days ago, will remain as president of the team’s IndyCar’s efforts, and will also have oversight to the team’s racing archives and historical assets.Cindric first …Keep reading

“We wouldn’t be in existence now; we’d have gone out of business years ago.” During his tenure as CEO of Formula E, Jeff Dodds has never been afraid of pushing boundaries when it comes to the all-electric championship.Even before Dodds’ arrival in mid-2023, Formula E had garnered a reputation as a new and exciting motorsport series that defied general conventions, almost deliberately …Keep reading

The FIA and local organisers have made safety changes to Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit following heavy crashes in last year’s Australian Grand Prix.In the 2024 race, Russell was caught out by Fernando Alonso braking earlier than expected for Turn 6, leading to the Mercedes car going off and suffering a heavy crash before his car was spat back onto the racing surface.Turns 6 and 7, which …Keep reading

Toyota had to pull “some favours and tricks” to complete the almost “impossible” job of upgrading its World Rally Championship car following a late change in regulations for 2025.The reigning WRC manufacturers’ champion successfully debuted updates to its GR Yaris, which required spending three homologation jokers in Monte Carlo last week.A late change in the regulations last year to move …Keep reading