What happens when a 39-year-old Cup champion and a 41-year-old Truck Series veteran get together on a Saturday afternoon at Atlanta? A photo finish for the record books.
Kyle Busch was a dominant force during Saturday's race, trying to defend his victory from one year ago and collect a record-extending 67th career win. All those who moved ahead of him were swiftly passed back, but the last to ...Keep reading

Ford dominance in qualifying at drafting tracks isn't exactly breaking news — outside of Chase Briscoe's shock pole in the Daytona 500 for Toyota (later overshadowed by inspection issues found with the mounting of the rear spoiler), Ford has earned the top spot on the grid in ten of the last 11 drafting races.
This week, Ryan Blaney earned another pole position for the Blue Oval for ...Keep reading

The FIA has called for respect from fans after boos were heard during the F1 75 event in London on Tuesday, which launched the 2025 season.
During the ceremony, where all new F1 liveries and some novel cars were unveiled, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner and his driver Max Verstappen appeared on stage, which prompted some jeers from the mostly British crowd.
Verstappen and Red Bull ...Keep reading

Formula 1 2025 rookies Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman have shared amusing anecdotes about their adventures obtaining a road drivers' license.
F1 may be the pinnacle of motorsports, and one of the ultimate driving challenges, but one bizarre quirk is that drivers technically don't need a road drivers' license to be able to race in the series.
At 18, Mercedes debutant Antonelli is ...Keep reading

Pre-season testing at Sepang and Buriram has strengthened early predictions about 2025 being a walkover for Ducati in MotoGP.
Most analysts and experts point to the championship being a head-to-head battle between Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia, who are teaming up at the works Ducati squad this year. Together, Marquez and Bagnaia boast an impressive 11 titles - including eight in the ...Keep reading

The story of Ford's return to Formula 1, from Red Bull's point of view, is well known by now.
The Milton Keynes-based team held lengthy talks with Porsche to develop a works engine for the all-new 2026 power unit regulations, but those ultimately collapsed. The German sports car brand was keen on becoming an equal partner, including shares, but Red Bull feared losing control. And given the ...Keep reading

Just before the start of the 2025 season, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Busch, and Ryan Blaney all got together for a private theater screening of the documentary, “So Damn Close” about their history-making three-wide finish from the Atlanta race on February 25, 2024. Also in the room were the drivers’ crew chiefs and spotters involved in that fateful run to the checkered flag. NASCAR had brought them ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has dropped his lawsuit against the Haas Formula 1 outfit after the former team principal came to an agreement during mediation proceedings.
The 59-year-old initially sued Haas Formula, LLC in April of last year for what he claimed was money owed to him after his contract with the team was not renewed.
The case claimed Haas had built its success and fanbase largely on the ...Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem thinks Formula 1 should at least consider switching back to V10 engines in the future, running on sustainable fuel.
F1 is switching to fully synthetic fuel from next year as part of its change in engine formula, which will feature a near-50/50 split between output from a V6 internal combustion engine and a more powerful MGU-K electric motor, increasing the ...Keep reading

Pierer Industrie AG, which indirectly owns KTM, has avoided insolvency after undergoing restructuring.
On Thursday, creditors voted on the European restructuring plan (ReO) of Pierer Industrie AG at the regional court of Wels, in Upper Austria. This was the first time that this procedure was applied in Austria under the restructuring directive, which came into force on 17 June 2021.
In ...Keep reading

A Monaco Grand Prix in dry conditions most often is a straightforward affair.
In modern Formula 1, if you manage to top qualifying in the principality, then the road to victory looks uncomplicated: get a decent getaway to lead at Turn 1 (not the hardest thing to do, with just over 200m to go from pole position), and make sure you don’t get undercut – or overcut – by your rivals.
The ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc took Ferrari's new SF-25 out for a shakedown at the team's Fiorano track yesterday. While it doesn't look radically different from last year's car, the 2025 machine wears some major upgrades under the (not entirely exciting) livery, because the SF-24 had no more room to grow.
Complicating matters, team principal Fred Vasseur is keeping an eye on how ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris says he expects a team outside Formula 1's established top four to snatch a surprise win in the 2025 season.
The current rules cycle had long been dominated by Red Bull, but as the regulations matured the field tightened up significantly last year, with McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes all grabbing race wins, and McLaren breaking Red Bull's dominance by taking its first ...Keep reading

Lonato (ITA), 18.02.2025: Another significant success in participation marks the 20th year of WSK Promotion's activities. Its event reached the impressive group of 415 registered drivers from over 50 nations in the third round of the WSK Super Master Series, ready to take to the track from February 19th to 23rd at the South Garda Karting in Lonato.
In the 16th edition of the WSK Super Master ...Keep reading

Formula 1 and Motorsport Network have launched the 2025 Global F1 Fan Survey to hear your views on the series.
The Global F1 Fan Survey is the fourth edition that F1 and Motorsport Network have collaborated on, following previous surveys in 2015, 2017, and 2021. Each of these attracted over 200,000 respondents, helping F1 gain insights into fans’ viewing habits, experiences, and favourite ...Keep reading

"I don't want to keep saying that we're sacrificing this year for next year. But this year is definitely a time to do that."
This line pretty much sums up Alex Albon's thinking on Williams' upcoming campaign, highlighting the team's laser focus on catching the right wave in 2026 when F1 introduces all-new cars.
But that doesn't mean Williams is just throwing in the towel this year ...Keep reading

The new wearable-tech shirts designed to keep drivers cool in races in extreme heat will be optional for competitors in the 2025 Formula 1 season, Motorsport.com understands.
The devices are being introduced as part of the FIA’s response to the events of the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, where Logan Sargeant withdrew for Williams with heatstroke, then Alpine driver Esteban Ocon vomited in his helmet ...Keep reading

Ferrari and Toyota will go to the grid for this month’s Qatar World Endurance Championship season-opener significantly lighter than 12 months ago when they both proved uncompetitive. 
The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will race at a 1037kg minimum weight compared with 1075kg last year, and the Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH 1065kg, versus 1089kg at the Losail International Circuit in 2024.
For ...Keep reading

Chase Briscoe's Daytona 500 seemed like a strong start: in his first race for Joe Gibbs Racing, he took Toyota's first pole in the Daytona 500, then finished fourth in the race. Things are looking much worse for Briscoe and JGR, now, as NASCAR found illegal modifications to his car's rear spoiler. The result is staggering loss of both 100 driver and 100 owner points, as well as the loss of 10 ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has been left in no doubt that he has made the right decision to join Ferrari.
The seven-time world champion was speaking after his first drive in Ferrari’s challenger for 2025 at a shakedown run at the team’s test track in Fiorano.
Hamilton, who lit up the F1 75 livery launch in London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday evening, revealed he has tried to integrate himself into the ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has explained why he is so 'invigorated' by his move to Ferrari as he made his first UK appearance for the squad at Formula 1's season launch event.
When Hamilton was put on the spot to sum up his high-profile move to the Scuderia in one word, the seven-time world champion used "invigorating", feeding off the energy from the 15,000 fans in the arena that gave him the biggest ...Keep reading

There was a lot riding on F1's first foray into an arena concert entertainment spectacle. Before a wheel has been turned in anger, all teams temporarily buried the hatchet and agreed to launch their liveries in unison in front of a rapidly sold out 15,000 crowd. Each team was allocated seven minutes to showcase its new livery in any way it wanted, strung together by musical acts and British ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda insists his first priority is to remain a part of Red Bull’s Formula 1 programme in 2026 even if no vacancy opens up at its primary team.
Tsunoda is due to enter his fifth season in F1 with the squad now operating under the Racing Bulls banner, having made his debut with the team under its AlphaTauri guise in 2021.
However, Christian Horner warned in December that Tsunoda’s ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez believes he will continue to enjoy a harmonious relationship with Francesco Bagnaia after joining him at the factory Ducati team in MotoGP this year.
Marquez’s move to the Italian marque alongside two-time champion Bagnaia has created the kind of all-star line-up not seen in MotoGP since Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo teamed up at Yamaha in the early-to-mid 2010s.
Ducati is ...Keep reading

F1 75 Live at the O2 wouldn't have felt out of place in the Hunger Games universe — the sudden appearance of a face on a massive screen as thousands cheered or booed in equal volume. 
Instead of going into a dystopian thunderdome, though, the faces were there to show off their teams' liveries in all sorts of off-the-wall ways. From Williams' storm troopers to Sauber's powerful drum line, all ...Keep reading

As the curtain fell on the bombastic F1 75 event at the O2 Arena in London, all 10 liveries that Formula 1’s teams will use in 2025 were revealed over the course of the night – between various musical performances and distinctly varied presentations from each team. 
Everyone will have their own opinion on which (old spec) car was best dressed on the night, and the beauty of livery design ...Keep reading

All 10 Formula 1 teams have unveiled their liveries at the championship's 75th anniversary event in London's O2 Arena, showcasing their new colours in front of fans live at the venue.
This was F1's first collective launch event in history, with all teams in attendance to unveil the designs they will race with in 2025 - albeit on older machinery at the arena formerly known as the Millennium Dome ...Keep reading

For the first time ever all teams agreed to show off their new colour schemes collectively at F1's 75th anniversary launch event, held at London's O2 Arena.
In front of a capacity 15,000 crowd, the evening spectacle revealed all 10 liveries in the opposite order of the 2024 constructors' standings, with Sauber going first and McLaren being the last team to show its colours.

Kick ...Keep reading

Fans of off-track intrigue may have hoped for another chapter to F1's latest feud, but it appears Max Verstappen and George Russell have now poured cold water over the end-of-season row — at least in public.
The pair was embroiled in a spectacular spat at 2024's final two weekends in Qatar and Abu Dhabi, with Verstappen irate because he felt the Mercedes driving was trying to get him ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant has withdrawn from his planned commitments with the Genesis-backed IDEC Sport team in the European Le Mans Series this year.
The French outfit announced on Tuesday that Sargeant was “stepping away from the sport to pursue further interests” and would be replaced by another driver in the coming days.
The American was due to race one of the team’s ...Keep reading

The Monaco Grand Prix will get additional mandatory pitstops to promote more eventful racing during Formula 1 races at the principality, as the FIA ratified further new rules at its latest commission meeting.
The latest FIA commission meeting led to a number of resolutions across the championship's sporting, technical, and financial regulations, but also hosted discussions with regards to ...Keep reading

George Russell says his Mercedes Formula 1 team has taken great care to avoid falling into new traps in its development of the 2025 car.
Mercedes got out of bed on the wrong foot on the dawn of F1's latest ground-effect era in 2022, a misstep it never truly managed to recover from.
First, there was the dreaded bouncing - or porpoising - that derailed much of 2022 and took nearly 18 months to ...Keep reading

Alpine driver Jack Doohan has issued a firm response to questions about his long-term Formula 1 future after his team signed Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver.
Alpine made a move for Colapinto to bolster its future options, with the Argentinian one of three reserve drivers for this year alongside Paul Aron and Ryo Hirakawa.
Colapinto generally impressed on his nine-race stint for Williams ...Keep reading

Joan Mir feels it was tough for him to accept an uncompetitive bike at Honda because he had been “spoiled” by his early success in MotoGP with Suzuki.
Mir’s arrival at Repsol Honda in 2023 coincided with a slump in the Japanese manufacturer’s performance in the premier class, and he has since struggled to get the best out of the RC213V.
The Spaniard ended up 22nd and last in the ...Keep reading

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Formula 1 is about to host its first-ever season livery launch party in London. Technically the event is called "F1 75 Live at The O2" — landing, as it is, at the outset of the 75th season in the sport's history. At the centerpiece of the event, all 10 F1 teams will take their turn unveiling their car (or their car's main livery, at least) for the 2025 season — on a stage, in a massive arena ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin was on the cusp of a historic fourth victory in the Daytona 500. Austin Cindric had a chance to secure his second Harley J. Earl trophy in the last four years. Chase Briscoe and Cole Custer were fighting for what would have been the biggest win of their careers. And Corey LaJoie was within reach of an upset that would have stunned the NASCAR world.
Except, suddenly, all five ...Keep reading

When it came to the 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ market, James Vowles didn’t think twice.
Sainz officially became available on 1 February 2024 as Ferrari revealed it had signed seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton alongside Charles Leclerc, and the four-time grand prix winner’s services were coveted over the following months.
Alpine and Sauber in particular were hoping to secure the ...Keep reading

The 2025 Daytona 500 turned into another wild season-opener for the NASCAR Cup Series, kicking off the 77th season with the kind of insanity the race is known for, en route to William Byron winning for the second year in a row.
But before Byron lifted the Harley J. Earl Trophy, chaos reigned. A roughly three-hour rain delay turned into an omen of the messiness to come: eight cautions, three red ...Keep reading

In July of last year, Jack Miller had all but admitted that his MotoGP career was coming to an end. A bruising year and a half at KTM had forced the Austrian manufacturer to go back on its word and not offer him a new deal for 2025. With no real options elsewhere on the grid, it seemed MotoGP’s most outspoken rider was going to have to consider a move to the World Superbike Championship or give ...Keep reading

Williams driver Carlos Sainz says the FIA's clampdown on swearing is "too much" and thinks it would be bad for Formula 1 if drivers were no longer allowed to show emotion inside the car.
Last month, F1's governing body issued an update to its Sporting Code, featuring a series of stewards' penalty guidelines to handle swearing or other sporting code violations. The new guidelines suggest much ...Keep reading

William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, is now just one of five drivers to go back-to-back in the Daytona 500, taking the win only after five leaders tangled on the backstretch in a mad dash to the checkered flag. He held off Tyler Reddick in second and Jimmie Johnson in third in the final running order.
After a slow start with over three hours worth of rain ...Keep reading

It was not a first time for Ryan Preece to go airborne at Daytona, but hopefully Sunday night's was his last.
With just 15 laps of the Daytona 500 to go, Christopher Bell was turned from the lead and came skidding back down the track. Eventual race winner William Byron narrowly avoided him, but the car directly behind -- Preece, was not so fortunate. The No. 60 Ford immediately went up into ...Keep reading

History was made tonight as William Byron accomplished the improbable, and in the most unconventional of ways. At 27 years old, he joins four other illustrious names in racing, becoming the fifth driver to successfully defend their Daytona 500 victory — winning back-to-back.
Those watching the late-running race were still reeling from the terrifying airborne crash of Ryan Preece (who ...Keep reading

Threats of weather have been top-of-mind for NASCAR officials coming into Sunday's Daytona 500. Enough that Friday, they announced an hour earlier start time for the race. While that allowed them to see the green flag wave at Daytona International Speedway, the storms also didn't want to miss the action, arriving shortly after. Showers, combined with a high wind warning throughout the day have ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux has been fined €10,000 and hit with a further suspended €20,000 fine for using “inappropriate language” during a World Rally Championship television interview.
The Hyundai driver’s comments following the end of stage 18 at Rally Sweden have been deemed to have breached FIA Article 12.2.1.l of the 2025 FIA International Sporting Code.
Fourmaux was asked for a summary ...Keep reading

Claire Schonborn has claimed a fully funded drive in the Junior World Rally Championship after winning the Beyond Rally Women’s Driver Development Programme shootout at Rally Sweden.
The WRC conducted a global search to unearth the next female rally star last year with the programme reaching its culmination in Sweden.
A group of 15 finalists were whittled down to three, featuring Schonborn ...Keep reading

The odds for a repeat Daytona 500 win in 2025 for William Byron are incredibly slim. Only four drivers in the 67-year history of the 500 have ever won it back-to-back: Richard Petty did it first in 1973-1974, followed by Cale Yarborough in 1983-1984, Sterling Marlin in 1994-1995, and most recently Denny Hamlin in 2019-2020.
The defending Daytona 500 champion could become the fifth driver to ...Keep reading

Welcome to the 77th NASCAR Cup Series season, kicking off with the 67th running of the Daytona 500. What you'll want to know going into Sunday's race: This year's field for the 200-lapper features eight former winners of the race and nine NASCAR Cup Series champions, with drivers on the grid representing the countries of US, Mexico, New Zealand and Brazil — who are also all running with ...Keep reading

When it comes to Formula 1 driver line-ups, top teams are always faced with a dilemma.
Is it better to have a clear number one driver who will lead the squad’s effort, or two competitive racers who may bring out the best in each other but also occasionally compete for the same positions and therefore lose points to one another – on top of which fierce rivalries, as scarce as they may be ...Keep reading