Motor Sports

6/11/2025 |  Verstappen needs to stay out of trouble in Canada (Reuters Sports) , opens new tab
MONTREAL, June 11 (Reuters) - Max Verstappen will have to keep out of trouble as he chases an unprecedented fourth Canadian Grand Prix win in a row this weekend, with only a penalty point between the Formula One champion and a race ban.
The Red Bull driver has won for the last three years in Montreal, the last time after starting alongside Mercedes' pole-sitter George Russell -- the same rival he clashed with two weekends ago -- in a qualifying draw.

6/11/2025 |  2026 Formula One Race Schedule Released (SportsTravel) A new Madring street circuit in Madrid will debut on the Formula 1 schedule in September 2026, replacing the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola in Italy.
Spain gets two races in 2026 as Barcelona stays on the calendar for the final year of its contract before Madrid’s race on September 13. F1 has said Madrid’s race will be known as the Spanish Grand Prix; the schedule doesn’t specify a new name for Barcelona’s race, which has been known as the Spanish Grand Prix since 1991.

6/10/2025 |  Imola axed from 2026 F1 calendar, two races in Spain (Reuters Sports)

• Madrid to debut in September as second Spanish race
• Imola out of contract and falls off
• Australia opens season on March 8
• Abu Dhabi the finale on December 6

June 10 (Reuters) - Formula One will have two races in Spain next season with Madrid's new street circuit making its debut in September and Italy's Imola dropping off the 24-round calendar, F1 and the governing FIA announced on Tuesday.

6/10/2025 |  Monaco move, Madrid addition highlight 2026 Formula 1 schedule (United Press International (UPI)) June 10 (UPI) -- A new date for Monaco and the addition of the Madrid Grand Prix highlight the 2026 Formula 1 schedule, which was released Tuesday.
The 24-race campaign will start in Melbourne with the March 8 Australian Grand Prix and end with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Dec. 6 at Yas Marina Circuit. The full 2026 schedule is listed below. 

6/9/2025 |  Denny Hamlin wins Michigan, taunts crowd while awaiting third child (Fox Sports) BROOKLYN, Mich. — Denny Hamlin could feel nerves during the race Sunday at Michigan International Speedway. His fiancée, Jordan Fish, was six days past due with their third child and Hamlin and his team had decided if they got past Lap 50 of the 200-lap race, he wouldn’t be told if she went into labor.