Ryan Hunter-Reay Gets One More Shot at the Speedway He Cannot Quit
Ryan Hunter-Reay is 45 years old, working a desk job at Arrow McLaren as sporting director, and he still cannot walk away from the one…
Why Pecco Bagnaia’s Final Ducati Season Doubles as His First as a Father
The News That Arrived at Half Distance Pecco Bagnaia was fourth at Assen, freshly clear of a three-way scrap with Ducati teammate Marc Marquez and…
Marcus Armstrong Turns Road America Heartbreak Into a New Meyer Shank Deal
The Engine That Died at Turn 6 Marcus Armstrong had the win. Not a share of it, not a chance at it, the actual thing,…
Why George Russell Says Growing Up Working Class Still Shapes Him in F1
“I grew up working-class. I didn’t have fancy cars or private jets.” George Russell said it plainly, in an interview with the Daily Mail, without…
Fabio Di Giannantonio Breaks Down Thanking the Team That Rebuilt His Career
“I really thought it would be easier.” That is the sentence Fabio Di Giannantonio got out before his voice failed him entirely. The Italian rider…
Rinus VeeKay Has a Pretty Good Idea Where He Will Race Next Year
Rinus VeeKay watched two dominoes fall in the space of 24 hours this week. Scott Dixon left the only IndyCar team he had ever known….
Alex Bowman Insists He Is Not Racing for His Job at Hendrick
Alex Bowman sat on a Tuesday teleconference ahead of the eero 400 at Chicagoland Speedway and said the sentence that every driver in his position…
What Charles Leclerc’s Silverstone Win Reveals About a Mentally Challenging Season
Charles Leclerc had not stood on top of a Formula 1 podium in 624 days. Two crashes in three race weekends, a teammate suddenly out-driving…
Pedro Acosta Races Through a Wrist Injury He Hid for a Year
Pedro Acosta had been losing feeling in his right hand for more than a year before he finally said something. He kept racing through it,…
Christopher Bell Calls Himself Not Good Enough After His Fourth Runner-Up
Christopher Bell climbed out of his No. 20 Toyota at Chicagoland Speedway, walked to the right-front fender to inspect the damage, then returned to the…
Why Ganassi’s Search to Replace Scott Dixon Keeps Circling Back to Lundgaard
Christian Lundgaard did not get angry when Arrow McLaren told him his services would no longer be needed. He got specific. “At the end of…
Max Verstappen’s Silverstone Crash Just Activated His Red Bull Exit Clause
Max Verstappen called the part “super-dangerous” before he even climbed out of the gravel. His Red Bull had snapped into a spin at Stowe in…
Why Carson Hocevar Refuses to Apologize for Being NASCAR’s Newest Villain
Bubba Wallace did nearly all the talking. Carson Hocevar stood there, nodded, offered a few smiles, and at one point patted Wallace on the shoulder….
Pato O’Ward Beats the Teammate McLaren Already Replaced to End His Winless Run
Pato O’Ward waited for Christian Lundgaard to make a mistake, and on lap 42 at Mid-Ohio, his teammate gave him one. Lundgaard ran wide out…
What Kimi Antonelli Learned From a Silverstone Pole That Ended in Nothing
Kimi Antonelli led his home continent’s biggest race, at the fastest circuit on the calendar, with the championship lead in his pocket and two Ferraris…
Marco Bezzecchi’s Assen Cartwheel Ends His Grip on the MotoGP Championship Lead
Marco Bezzecchi went into Turn 15 at Assen holding fourth place and came out of it cartwheeling through a gravel trap at close to 200…