Miguel Oliveira took a shock maiden MotoGP victory on the last corner of a red-flagged Styrian Grand Prix after Jack Miller and Pol Espargaro ran wide on the final lap. Suzuki’s Joan Mir grabbed the holeshot for the first start, though had to relinquish his lead to Pramac’s Jack Miller […]
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Ott Tanak took a relatively untroubled home victory on Rally Estonia to record his first World Rally Championship win for Hyundai since joining this season – ahead of team-mate Craig Breen. Tanak and Breen merely had to minimise the risks in the six final stages as they held first and […]
Robin Frijns passed Loic Duval to claim his maiden DTM win in front of his home crowd at Assen, as Audi dominated proceedings to monopolise the top five spots. Polesitter Duval got away cleanly to retain his lead into Turn 1, with Ferdinand Habsburg moving up to second after rocketing […]
Nobuharu Matsushita pulled off a strategy masterclass in the FIA Formula 2 feature race at the Barcelona circuit to score an unlikely victory after starting only 18th. The Japanese driver bolted for a second set of soft tyres during a safety car period to climb 14 places before then passing […]
Rising star Devlin DeFrancesco will start on pole position for today’s Indy Pro 2000 Oval Challenge of St. Louis Presented by Cooper Tires. In preparation for only his second ever race on an oval, the 20-year-old Italian-Canadian from Toronto, Ont., this afternoon was the only driver to turn two laps […]
World Rallycross returnee Johan Kristoffersson netted his second series victory in a week, winning the third round at Kouvola in Finland ahead of local star Juha Rytkonen. Kristoffersson dominated proceedings on his first ever visit to the Finnish venue, the double-header introduced into the schedule at short notice to embellish […]
The all-new 5-seater Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport takes the winning formula of the 7-seater Atlas—ample interior space, plus a host of comfort and technology features at an attractive price—and adds bolder design, as well as advanced connectivity and new driver-assistance features. Assembled in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Atlas Cross Sport combines […]
Takuma Sato won his second Indianapolis 500 after a huge late accident for Spencer Pigot brought about an early end to the 104th running of the race. Sato, who also won in 2017 for Andretti Autosport, was leading with five laps of the scheduled 200 left to run, fighting through […]
Johann Zarco took a shock MotoGP pole position for Avintia Ducati at the Czech Grand Prix after a late crash for Fabio Quartararo, while Andrea Dovizioso was only 18th. Zarco put the KTM on the front row at Brno one year ago in wet conditions, but a week later had […]
Marco Andretti took pole position for the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500, which will go green this Sunday, August 23rd, at 2:30 p.m. ET. Andretti, the grandson of 1969 Indianapolis 500 winner Mario Andretti and son of Michael Andretti, beat eight of his rivals in the Fast Nine Shootout […]
Haas Formula 1 boss Guenther Steiner has downplayed the dramatic swing in the team’s form over the Spanish GP weekend, saying it should be taken “with a pinch of salt”. Romain Grosjean was as high as fifth in FP2 in Barcelona on Friday, but the Frenchman slipped to 17th in […]
The Hellcat-powered Ram 1500 TRX is here. After a few concepts, a few auto shows and a few false starts the Ram TRX—it lost the Rebel name in transit—arrives in the fourth quarter of 2020. © Ram The Baja-inspired street truck market just doubled in size with the addition of […]
CLOSE Join motor sports insider Nathan Brown as he recaps the final day of qualifying for the Indianapolis 500. Indianapolis Star INDIANAPOLIS – Marco Andretti was not crying. He wants you to know that. His eyes looked red, but he’d just rocketed four times around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, hitting speeds […]
For the first time since 1987, an Andretti will lead the Indianapolis 500’s famous three wide start. © Chris Graythen – Getty Images A spectacular run by Andretti places him on the front row with Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato Marco Andretti, who led both Friday’s practice session and yesterday’s […]
An impressively consistent run from Takuma Sato saw him go a tad faster on the second lap than on his first and all his laps stayed in the 230mph bracket. Rahal Letterman Lanigan teammate Graham Rahal had to pedal the car at Turn 1 on his final lap and lost […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has reverted to a previously used power unit after Honda discovered an “anomaly” in the data of his Formula 1 car. Under parc ferme conditions Verstappen has swapped back to a previously used V6, turbo, MGU-H and MGU-K. No penalties are associated with the changes. A […]
Ferrari junior Callum Ilott strengthened his position at the head of the Formula 2 drivers’ standings with his third pole position of the 2020 season at Barcelona. llott was second-fastest in the opening runs of the 45-minute session, falling just 0.025s shy of the early benchmark set by Prema’s Robert […]
Kevin Harvick fended off an attack from Brad Keselowski in overtime to seal victory in the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series double-header at Michigan. Harvick’s Stewart-Haas Racing machine was dominant throughout the eventual 161-lap encounter around the 2.0-mile Michigan oval, scooping all three stages in his Ford Mustang […]
2013 British Touring Car champion Andrew Jordan made a winning return to a BTCC event at Brands Hatch last weekend, racing a Mini Miglia in one of the support categories. Jordan was due to drive for West Surrey Racing in this year’s BTCC but was unable to drive for the […]
An angry Felipe Massa says he ‘doesn’t understand the inconsistent’ Formula E stewards and has criticised his Venturi Racing team for mixing up its Berlin E-Prix strategy. The 11-time Formula 1 race winner was handed a drivethrough penalty in the third FE race in the German capital after he was […]