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Tyler Reddick enters the cut-off race at Darlington with a 17-point advantage over Kyle Larson in the battle to win the regular season title. Chase Elliott also lurks in the background, only 18 points behind. Whoever prevails will play a key role in how the standings will look when the points reset. After tonight, the 16 playoff drivers will have 2,000 points, plus any playoff bonus points they …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia has lashed out at Alex Marquez for their collision in the Aragon Grand Prix, claiming the Gresini Ducati MotoGP rider “didn’t stop accelerating until he threw me off”.Marc Marquez’s victory dominated the headlines in Spain on Sunday, but the fallout between his younger brother Alex and Bagnaia was also a major talking point after the race.Alex Marquez collided with the factory …Keep reading

Championship leader Alex Palou entered the race with a 43-point advantage over Will Power, but it all fell apart before the green flag flew. Palou stalled on track — unable to get rolling. The No. 10 was forced to go behind the wall while the Ganassi team scrambled to fix the car. Race strategist Barry Wanser noted that it was a hybrid issue initially, but it was later reported to be an issue …Keep reading

McLaren wants to review Oscar Piastri’s first-lap pass on Lando Norris in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix before deciding if it complied with its ‘Papaya Rules’ code of conduct.While Norris made a great getaway from pole position, his race turned at the second chicane when Piastri made an aggressive move around the outside – costing his team-mate momentum, which Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc …Keep reading

“You look at us coming in and being on the bubble – 21 points out with a ton of pressure and I think the pressure just switched,” said Wallace after earning his first pole of the 2024 season. “We’re not here to mess around.”Wallace is a driver who wears his heart on his sleeve and rarely holds back his emotions. After the race at Daytona, he called his own performance “unacceptable” and …Keep reading

Lando Norris feels his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri “got way too close for comfort” on his lap-one pass at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix.Norris started from pole ahead of Piastri but while defending his lead into the first chicane, the Briton’s compromised exit out of the corner left him vulnerable to Piastri on the run towards the second chicane.The Australian pulled off an audacious move …Keep reading

Max Verstappen warned “both championships are not realistic” now after Red Bull turned its once dominant Formula 1 car “into a monster”.Verstappen struggled to qualify higher than seventh on Saturday and failed to make much progress on Sunday, moving up just one position to finish ahead of Mercedes man George Russell in sixth.The Dutchman’s margin to victory was especially damning, conceding …Keep reading

Pierre Gasly called upon the Italian Grand Prix stewards to reverse Kevin Magnussen’s one-race Formula 1 ban after their incident led to the Dane reaching the maximum penalty points on his superlicence.The two made a small degree of contact after going into the Variante della Roggia side by side, which led to neither driver making the corner. Magnussen later passed Gasly on his run to ninth at the …Keep reading

Marc Marquez declared his first thoughts were to those who helped him through his darkest days when he considered quitting MotoGP after scoring a sensational victory in Aragon.Gresini rider Marquez celebrated his first win in over 1000 days by pulling a strongman pose as he took the chequered flag. It was apt given it was one of the greatest motorsport comebacks, as he displayed herculean …Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen is set for a Formula 1 ban after reaching 12 penalty points on his superlicence following his Italian Grand Prix clash with Pierre Gasly.The Dane was hit with a 10-second penalty for contact with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia chicane, as the stewards had deemed him wholly to blame for the incident.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Italian GP: Leclerc wins for Ferrari as …Keep reading