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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

McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks Lando Norris’ Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri has actually helped his confidence as the two team-mates battle for the Formula 1 world title.In June’s Montreal race Norris clattered into the back of Piastri in the fight for fourth, his biggest setback so far as he aims to overhaul his Australian team-mate for a drivers’ championship that they are all …Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen remains near-unstoppable on the streets of Chicago. In five starts between the Xfinity and Cup Series, he has won four of them. The only race he attempted but didn’t manage to win was the Cup race in 2024, and that’s because he got wrecked out of the event.With his latest victory, he joins Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Christopher Bell as the only drivers with multiple Cup …Keep reading

It was another wild Cup race at Chicago with non-stop action from start to finish. While Shane van Gisbergen sweeping the weekend was a rather predictable outcome, it didn’t take away from the fact that the race was full of storylines. In fact, there were so many winners and losers, we can’t possibly mention them all here.There was Kyle Busch, who came back from a lap down to score a top five …Keep reading

McLaren’s Formula E team is set to be closed down at the end of the current season as efforts to find a buyer for the outfit have proven unsuccessful, Motorsport.com understands.Following its decision to enter the World Endurance Championship with a Hypercar chassis for 2027, McLaren elected to withdraw from Formula E after three seasons in the all-electric championship and redirect its …Keep reading

Nico Hulkenberg shrugged off the unwanted record of having the most Formula 1 starts without a podium by taking third at the 2025 British Grand Prix.The shock result came at the German’s 239th grand prix start, as the Sauber driver benefited from correctly timed pitstops while rivals faltered with strategy at a wet Silverstone.It was a long time coming for Hulkenberg, who joined F1 with …Keep reading

While Shane van Gisbergen was once again the driver to beat on Sunday, his closest competition never got a fair shot in the end due to some mechanical gremlins.Michael McDowell started from the outside of the front row at the Chicago Street Course and took the lead from SVG on the opening lap. He went on to win Stage 1 and appeared to be a real threat for the win. The Spire Motorsports driver …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has cut a forlorn figure after most Formula 1 races this year, and this again was true following the British Grand Prix.The Ferrari driver equalled his best Sunday result of the year in fourth, ending a four-race streak of being beaten by team-mate Charles Leclerc, after outqualifying the Monegasque for a third time in four rounds.However, despite looking more comfortable at …Keep reading

The improbable march of Ty Dillon continues as the bottom seed in NASCAR’s new $1 million in-season tournament advances once again. Dillon has now dispatched both Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski as he moves into Round 3 in the five-week challenge.At Sonoma, Dillon will have another David vs. Goliath battle on his hands as he faces Alex Bowman, the lone remaining Hendrick Motorsports driver in …Keep reading