In NASCAR, teams usually have little hope of overturning penalties issued by the sanctioning body, but it's not impossible. Richard Childress Racing is appealing last weekend's NASCAR Xfinity Series disqualification, aiming to get Jesse Love's Rockingham victory reinstated. Earlier this year, Joe Gibbs Racing successfully won an appeal that rescinded all penalties issued to Chase Briscoe after ...Keep reading

As soon as Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz became available for the 2025 season, Williams team principal James Vowles wanted him at Williams. It wasn't about the prestige of attracting a four-time race winner, but about acquiring a driver who offered a wealth of strategic and technical expertise.
This year's race in Saudi Arabia encapsulated that. When his team-mate Alex Albon had Isack Hadjar ...Keep reading

The main topic after Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was Max Verstappen’s penalty for overtaking Oscar Piastri off the track – with the Dutchman arguing he was pushed off the track and should have been given racing room by the polesitter, so Motorsport.com found Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko in the paddock to discuss the latest developments involving the energy drinks giant’s ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri received a surprise endorsement from Max Verstappen following the Australian’s win in Saudi Arabia. And world champion Verstappen knows he is in a fight to retain the title he has held for the past four seasons after Piastri won his third race of the season.
Piastri, 24, now leads the championship by 10 points from his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who had started the season ...Keep reading

Frankie Muniz's NASCAR journey has been far from easy, but the 39-year-old has remained committed to his goal of becoming a successful race car driver.
This year, he is competing full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series with Reaume Brothers Racing, driving the No. 33 Ford F-150. The year started on a positive note with an impressive top-ten finish at Daytona, but unfortunately, it's been mostly ...Keep reading

Toyota Gazoo Racing has released quite the commercial, but it's unlikely you've seen it unless you live in the island nation of Japan. The video, which has amassed 2.4 million views on YouTube at the time of writing this story, takes the viewer on quite the chaotic journey.
It begins with a NASCAR race and generic stock cars digitally added. Racing around Bristol Motor Speedway in what appears ...Keep reading

Jesse Love battled from third to first in an overtime restart to win last weekend's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham. After earning his third career win and his first at a non-drafting track, he was fired up in the post-race celebration that followed. Love climbed through the roof hatch, slid down the windshield and hood, and watched happily as his now-driverless car rolled away.
But the ...Keep reading

Three names will be chosen from the 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and will make up the 2026 class. Among them, 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kurt Busch and two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series Randy LaJoie join the Modern Era Ballot as new nominees. 'Suitcase' Jake Elder, a brilliant crew chief, is the newest name added to the Pioneer Ballot.
Other names featured on the Modern Era Ballot ...Keep reading

Currently competing as a rookie in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Nick Sanchez has his hands full as he gets acclimated with the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet. After ten races, he's crashed out of three races, but also has one top five and two top tens.
But on May 2nd at Texas Motor Speedway, he will return to a series he is very familiar with. Sanchez will run the NASCAR Truck race at Texas ...Keep reading

A Portuguese football team honored the 40th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s maiden Formula 1 victory with a special, one-off jersey in his signature colors. The late Brazilian legend celebrated his first Grand Prix win at the rainy 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix, and to commemorate the occasion, GD Estoril Praia donned a unique uniform during their match Saturday night. 
Fittingly, the club colors ...Keep reading

After their only off-weekend for the rest of the year, NASCAR's Cup Series teams will begin their 28-week trek to the championship with a visit to the intimidating Talladega Superspeedway.
The Cup field for the weekend ahead is one shy of being full with the usual 36 chartered teams, but three open entries as well. The three open entries are the No. 44 NY Racing Team with J.J. Yeley, the No. 62 ...Keep reading

The NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway will feature a name fans haven't seen on the track since February, 2023. Jesse Iwuji, 38, has entered the race as the driver of the No. 91 DGM Racing Chevrolet.
Iwuji is an officer in the US Navy Reserve with experience as a driver, team owner and even as a pit reporter in NASCAR. He ran 17 NASCAR Xfinity races between 2020 and 2023 ...Keep reading

It's almost here — American's favorite racing month — the Month of May. And as teams and drivers gear up for the annual Open Test and Rookie Orientation Program leading into the rest of the Indianapolis 500 May traditions, so comes the announcements of some special one-off liveries. One you might not expect though, is from the Arrow McLaren garage, who won't be sporting its iconic Papaya ...Keep reading

Williams boss James Vowles has outlined how spreading income and expenditure across different currencies has protected the team from the global financial uncertainty created by the recent tariff announcements from Donald Trump.
The United States president doled out higher tariffs on 57 countries on 2 April – ranging from 11% to 50% - before pausing them for all nations except China for at ...Keep reading

Welcome back to the F1 Hangover. This is a mini edition of the series, which takes you inside the off-track happenings during a race weekend. I wasn’t on the ground in Saudi Arabia, but I’ll be returning to form in Miami early next month, so mark your calendars. 
In the meantime, let’s look back on the week in Jeddah. It’s no secret that the Saudis are paying big bucks to attract ...Keep reading

The decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage – by cutting Turn 2 to keep the lead against Oscar Piastri – resurfaced the debate over racing rules in Formula 1.
But whichever side of the fence you sit on, it was apparent that it was the latest incident to place the spotlight on F1’s racing guidelines and what drivers can and ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar says his Racing Bulls Formula 1 team-mate Liam Lawson has had a smooth adaptation back to the Faenza-based squad following his Red Bull demotion - which the New Zealander agrees on.
Lawson outqualified Hadjar for the first time at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, outpacing the rookie by 0.010s in Q1 and 0.227s in Q2.
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The Formula 1 Commission is set to discuss further tweaks to the energy deployment of the 2026 power units, which has not gone down well at Mercedes.
Based on unease from certain parties over the side effects of F1's 50/50 split between internal combustion power and the electric element, the F1 Commission will discuss further tweaks to the engine regulations on Thursday.
Fears are that with ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship with his third victory of the Formula 1 season, but perhaps McLaren’s advantage is deceptive.
More to the point, could it be that Red Bull is not as far off the pace as it has been presented?
Much has been made of McLaren’s impressive resurgence, and the Woking team has built upon its excellent 2024 season ...Keep reading

Winner: Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri, McLaren
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images

Easy as you like? Well, no. Not only was the Jeddah race a brutal 50-lap sprint, but the lower-than-expected tyre wear also seemed to prevent McLaren from flexing its muscle. It meant Piastri had to work harder for his third win of the campaign than in China and Bahrain, especially after ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff was left furious believing the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the “worst performance of the year so far” for Mercedes.
The Silver Arrows finished fifth (George Russell) and sixth (Andrea Kimi Antonelli) in Jeddah, as it significantly lagged behind rivals McLaren, Red Bull and Ferrari.
Wolff was confused as to why Mercedes lacked pace, especially when it has had a strong start to ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly have both refused to accept the blame for causing a race-ending crash for each driver in Jeddah.
Tsunoda’s Red Bull made contact with the Alpine of Gasly at Turn 4 on the opening lap of the race.
It was one of a series of exciting manoeuvres on lap one, with race winner Oscar Piastri tangling with Max Verstappen at the front, earning the Dutchman a five-second ...Keep reading

Red Bull boss Christian Horner has said the team is unlikely to protest the penalty decision that cost Max Verstappen his victory at the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The reigning, four-time world champion started on pole, but finished runner-up to McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after receiving a five-second penalty for a lap one incident.
Piastri attacked down the inside of Turn 1 and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen refused to talk about the first-lap incident that cost him a shot at winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, claiming he could end up in hot water with the FIA and that “people can’t handle the truth”.
The Red Bull driver had started on pole position in Jeddah but was challenged off the line by eventual race winner Oscar Piastri and cut Turn 2, leading to the stewards handing ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton was in no mood for questioning after a disappointing Saudi Arabian GP where he finished seventh.
After the highs of winning the sprint race in China last month, the seven-time world champion came into the race in Jeddah saying he needed “a brain transplant” in order to understand his new Ferrari F1 car.
Despite the win in Shanghai, Hamilton has largely struggled with his ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was ultimately decided by events at the first corner.
Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen arrived side by side, with Piastri asserting himself on the inside line, leaving Verstappen with two options: back off or take to the run-off area on the outside.
Verstappen chose the latter and rejoined the track in the lead, incurring a five-second time penalty ...Keep reading

Lando Norris admits he is making hard work of his F1 title challenge.
After starting the season as the favourite to win the championship, and his victory in the Australian GP, Norris has slipped behind his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the pecking order.
Piastri has now taken two back-to-back wins in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to move to the top of the table and got 10 points clear of ...Keep reading

Helmut Marko disagreed with the stewards’ decision to hand Max Verstappen a five-second penalty for passing Oscar Piastri off-track in the first lap of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
“I think the race was lost at the start. And really, where was Max supposed to go?” he told Sky Germany.
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“I look at this as a blank canvas”, Reema Juffali says when she discusses not only helping to bring through the next generation of Saudi women racers but increasing motorsports participation in the region as a whole.
She is clearly passionate about the subject as she talks with vigour – but she has not been all talk and no action, launching her own team, Theeba Motorsport, and now working ...Keep reading

Piastri will be hard to beat this year
There's a certain logic in the fact that Oscar Piastri took the championship lead so unspectacularly, after a measured and controlled drive, delivering everything he needed.
Yes, Verstappen took pole, but Piastri did enough to force him to defend in Turn 1 - and ultimately earn his rival a penalty. After that, all he needed to do was stay close enough ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri took victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to move into the lead of the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.
The McLaren man sealed his third win of the season, going back to back after taking the chequered flag in Bahrain last week as he benefitted from an early penalty against polesitter Max Verstappen.
Having qualified first, reigning champion Verstappen was not as quick off ...Keep reading

As the lights went out at Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri hooked up faster from second on the grid than polesitter Max Verstappen, and the McLaren and Red Bull headed into Turn 1 side by side.
Piastri had the inside line even though his car wasn’t significantly ahead, but Verstappen released the brakes and unloaded the steering to let his car run over the kerb and ...Keep reading

Ferrari came out on top at the end of a thrilling race on home ground at Imola to claim its second victory of the 2025 World Endurance Championship season.
James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi triumphed aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by only 8.4s at the end of a race they threatened to dominate.
Two full safety cars and two of the virtual kind turned the ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has seen a safety car intervention after just one lap due to a collision between Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda, while polesitter Max Verstappen was penalised.
Starting in eighth and ninth respectively, Tsunoda and Gasly tangled at Turn 4 as Gasly attempted to pass the Red Bull driver around the outside.
Tsunoda's front-right corner made contact with ...Keep reading

Injured MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been released from hospital in Qatar as plans for a return to Europe take shape.
In a statement from his Aprilia team on Sunday, it was announced that Martin “has been discharged from Hamad General Hospital and will remain in Qatar for a few more days until his medical condition stabilises.
“As soon as his condition allows, an assisted ...Keep reading

Jeddah's fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position.
At the front there is Red Bull's pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is Lando Norris - starting 10th after his Q3 crash - who is behind the likes of Williams' Carlos Sainz ...Keep reading

The Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix presents an intriguing race for Williams, with one driver planning to err on the side of caution and the other looking to rein in his own perceived over-confidence.
Carlos Sainz will start a season-best sixth on the grid at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Sunday, while team-mate Alexander Albon will set off down in 11th having just missed out on joining the ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen says he is "not very confident" of beating McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Jeddah on Sunday. The reigning world champion's Red Bull claimed pole by a mere 0.010s after the McLarens had looked faster all weekend, with Piastri joining him on the front row. The other McLaren of Lando Norris is starting from 10th after the Briton crashed on his first Q3 lap.
Compared to last weekend's ...Keep reading

There’s a noticeable shift in the F1 Academy paddock in Jeddah this weekend: Formula 1 drivers and team leaders are finally showing up - publicly and proudly - for the series.
While the all-female F1 Academy has run alongside F1 for the past two seasons, it has largely operated on the fringes, with limited crossover with the wider F1 world. Until recently, meaningful support from drivers and ...Keep reading

Aston Martin likes to emphasise that its Formula 1 team is in a rebuilding phase at the moment after the latest management and technical restructure.
Its performance in practice and qualifying for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix demonstrated the challenges that lie immediately ahead.
Lance Stroll was eliminated in Q1 and Fernando Alonso used three sets of new soft tyres just to progress to ...Keep reading

Dandelion Racing extended its winning streak in Super Formula as Kakunoshin Ohta led another one-two finish for the Honda-powered team at Motegi on Sunday.
Ohta was the major beneficiary of a first-lap safety car period that prompted the majority of the field to pit immediately and clear their mandatory stops, having started second on the grid behind poleman Kenta Yamashita.
Kondo Racing’s ...Keep reading

A chaotic NASCAR Xfinity race isn't done delivering unexpected moments, even several hours after the event ended. Jesse Love captured the checkered flag in his No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, but he'll have to give both that flag and the winner's trophy back.
The RCR driver's car failed post-race inspection after an issue was found involving the rear suspension. As a result, Love has ...Keep reading

UPDATE: Jesse Love disqualified after failing post-race inspection. Sammy Smith has been declared the race winner.
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After an action-packed race, slowed by 14 cautions, two red flags, and an overtime — Jesse Love became the lucky driver to take the No. 2 Richard ...Keep reading

Following Lando Norris' Jeddah qualifying shunt, McLaren team boss Andrea Stella says his driver is still not able to drive his 2025 car instinctively.
Norris crashed on his first Q3 flyer, losing control over his McLaren as he drifted across the unsettling Turn 4 kerbs, veering into the wall.
It relegated the Briton from the fight for pole to 10th on the grid, while Red Bull's Max ...Keep reading

Kasey Kahne's anticipated return and Katherine Legge run ended early, and quickly Satuday as the two came together just over 50 laps into Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity race at Rockingham, leaving both with significant damage.
Kahne, a highly successful Cup driver who was making his first NASCAR start in nearly seven years, ran near the front of the field from the drop of the green flag. He briefly ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure after he qualified down in seventh place for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Since winning the Shanghai sprint race on the second weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign, Hamilton is struggling for form and fighting to get to grips with this year’s Ferrari.
After another disappointing result in qualifying, and seeing his team-mate Charles Leclerc qualify ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc was pleased with his performance in qualifying ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but the Ferrari driver said his SF-25 still wasn't where he wants it to be.
“I’m not happy, I’m really not happy,” Leclerc told reporters including Motorsport.com after qualifying fourth at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit.
“Finishing P4 in qualifying is really good, I put everything ...Keep reading

Momentous events can result from small decisions and it was Max Verstappen’s race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, known to the world as ‘GP’, who made the call.
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Lando Norris had just asked too much of his MCL39’s front axle on the approach to the Jeddah Corniche circuit’s ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda lost out to Max Verstappen in Jeddah, qualifying P8 for the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix while his teammate claimed pole. The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said he isn’t “struggling,” but emphasized how tricky the RB21 is to drive. 
“I had a massive snap in turn 4. When I push more, this unpredictable snap keeps happening and it’s just really hard to reach the ...Keep reading

Lando Norris is standing by his own harsh analysis after he crashed out of qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and called himself a “fucking idiot” for doing so.
Having looked on the pace all weekend despite admitting to lacking confidence heading to the fifth round of the season, Norris’ hopes of hanging on to his championship lead took as big a dent as his McLaren did at Turn 5 ...Keep reading