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NASCAR officials have responded publicly to the criticism of their handling of the race finish at Chicago, where they waited far too long to throw a caution for a severe accident that ultimately ended the race.Cody Ware was running 18th as race leader Shane van Gisbergen was approaching the white flag. But when a brake rotor exploded at one of the fastest parts of the circuit, Ware was just …Keep reading

When Trackhouse Racing entered NASCAR five years ago, they signed Daniel Suarez as their one and only driver. Since then, they’ve expanded with three full-time cars and a fourth, part-time entry.The organization has finished as high as second in the championship and won 11 races, but Suarez is only responsible for two of those victories. In 2025, he is the only one of their three drivers yet …Keep reading

Gresini Ducati rider Alex Marquez aims to take part in this weekend’s German Grand Prix despite the hand injury picked up in an accident at the last MotoGP race in the Netherlands.Marquez, who is his brother Marc’s nearest challenger in the 2025 MotoGP world championship points table, underwent surgery immediately after the crash at Assen.Now, following a period of recovery, his team …Keep reading

Granted, Scott Dixon’s win at The Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio likely wouldn’t have happened without Alex Palou’s rare mistake at Turn 9 while comfortably leading. However, full credit goes to the 44-year-old for being there to capitalize when his Chip Ganassi Racing teammate ran off course with just six laps to go.Qualifying didn’t go well for Dixon, who had to settle for ninth on the …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso was angry that Aston Martin opted against giving him the same strategy as team-mate Lance Stroll during the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.The double F1 world champion dropped two places to finish ninth at Silverstone, while Stroll climbed from 17th to seventh in the changeable conditions.Stroll was even third at one point, having benefited from two perfectly-timed early …Keep reading

Sometimes, you need to believe in fairy tales, even the ones that take the longest to come true, almost an entire career. On a rainy July afternoon soaked in magic, on a track steeped in legend, Nico Hulkenberg rewrote his story by stepping onto the Formula 1 podium for the first time.For years, it had remained just an elusive dream, a finish line never crossed. But at the British Grand Prix …Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem reiterated his support for F1 to move to much cheaper V8 engines as soon as the 2029 season and also weighed up the chances of a 12th team joining the Formula 1 grid.Speaking to Fleet Street journalists at last weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Ben Sulayem urged the series to move to a cheaper engine formula as soon as viable and thinks that move …Keep reading

Four-time WRC world champion and Toyota deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen will pilot the latest hydrogen-powered rally car from Toyota at Rally Finland. The GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept will make its debut on the Harju stage of the event, which runs from 31 July until 3 August.The car has been extensively developed at the Toyota WRC team’s headquarters in Jyvaskyla, Finland, and is based …Keep reading

Why did Thomas Preining stay in his cockpit after taking his third Norisring DTM victory on Sunday, then unsteadily limp to his father instead of jumping on the roof of his Porsche like he usually does?”Unfortunately, I injured my ankle while running in the woods at home three weeks ago, then there were two 24-hour races and now here,” the Manthey driver told ran.de, referring to his major …Keep reading

Ferrari will run at the Hypercar minimum power for the first time at this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos.The Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which is unbeaten in the WEC this year, will race at 480kW (644bhp) under the Balance of Performance for the Brazilian event on Sunday.That means it has lost 35kW (47bhp) since last month’s Le Mans 24 …Keep reading