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What we learned about the 2025 MotoGP season from COTA's rainy Friday

A new surface, wet-to-dry conditions, and a few humbling/unexpected rider moments paints a remarkably different portrait of what to expect this 2025 season

Motorsport

Cindric penalized, but avoids suspension for intentional wrecking

It's no stretch to say that Austin Cindric has had a rough start to the 2025 season. He was wrecked out of the lead while leading on the final lap of the Daytona 500, and again while leading with three laps to go at Atlanta. COTA provided no relief as…

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Kyle Busch leads 42 laps yet extends winless streak to 60 races at COTA

No active full-time driver has more NASCAR Cup Series wins than Kyle Busch, but it's now been 60 races since the future Hall of Famer last visited Victory Lane. He did everything he could to change that fact Sunday at Circuit of the Americas but once again, he came up…

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Zilisch focused on gaining respect and minimizing nerves in NASCAR Cup debut at COTA

To say that there is some hype around Connor Zilisch would be quite the understatement. Considered one of if not the top prospects in NASCAR, he has a lot of pressure to live up to the expectations thrust upon him. These expectations didn't come from nowhere, as Zilisch has consistently…

Motorsport

Reddick and Wallace claim dominant front row lockout for 23XI at COTA

Before qualifying was over, 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace were worried that they had ruined each other's laps, but in fact, their timing was perfect. Tyler Reddick earned pole position, just ahead of teammate Bubba Wallace who followed in his tire tracks around the updated 2.40-mile circuit.

Motorsport

Don't lock in a leader yet: When to expect NASCAR's title contenders to emerge

There's a saying that has floated around NASCAR for ages: "The actual season starts after Daytona" or something to that effect. This is partly due to Daytona being its own animal with its own rules and prestige, but also due to the simple fact that it's a superspeedway race --…

Motorsport

Sacked F1 race steward Mayer takes aim at FIA president

Sacked F1 race steward Tim Mayer has taken aim at FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in a series of claims.

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From period poverty to gender-based violence: how women refugees in Uganda are standing up for their rights

International charity ActionAid has been working with women and young activists in refugee settlements who are advocating for their communities, fostering leadership skills and creating economic opportunities

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FIA and Austin discussing Austria-style track limits solution to curb controversies

The FIA and the Austin race promoter are in discussions over installing adjustable gravel traps for Formula 1's 2025 United States Grand Prix, Motorsport.com understands.

Motorsport

Exclusive: FIA and Austin discuss Austria-style track limits fix to curb controversies

The FIA and the Austin race promoter are in discussions over installing adjustable gravel traps for Formula 1’s 2025 United States Grand Prix, Autosport understands.

Autosport

Verstappen: 'McLaren complains a lot' after Norris battle issue at US GP

Max Verstappen has insisted he has no sympathy for McLaren arguing he pushed Lando Norris off at Turn 12 in Austin, saying Red Bull's rival has been "complaining a lot recently".

Autosport

The strategies to watch out for in the F1 US GP

Off the back of an eventful sprint race, Formula 1 teams are braced for high tyre-wear race at the United States Grand Prix.

Autosport

How stars like Taylor Swift and Eminem ended up at the F1 race in Austin

The idea of having a concert at a Grand Prix is certainly not new, but the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) brought this concept to a whole new level when it introduced the Super Stage in 2015. Since that year, visitors of the F1 race in Austin have been treated…

Autosport

The factors that make the US GP weekend crucial to F1's fight at the front

After four weeks away, Formula 1 returns for a frantic six-race run in eight weeks, with the United States Grand Prix a crucial weekend across the grid as 2024's final upgrades emerge.

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How Austin has gone from lagging ticket sales to potentially breaking F1’s sprint race record

With the post-Covid bounce over, and household budgets ever tighter, Formula 1 race promoters know that sellouts are not guaranteed if they do not go the extra mile.

Motorsport

Austin F1 ticket sales "took off" since Verstappen stopped winning

Organisers of Austin's United States Grand Prix say ticket sales swung upwards in recent weeks as the 2024 Formula 1 season became more competitive, and they are banking on a rare crossover of F1 and college football to draw in new fans.

Motorsport

NASCAR reveals full Cup schedule for 2025, shaking up the playoffs

On Thursday, NASCAR officially released its 2025 schedule, highlighted by the first-ever Cup race in Mexico, which will replace one of the two Richmond races on June 15. The international race at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez was revealed earlier this week, and before that, NASCAR also announced Bowman Gray Stadium as…

Motorsport

COTA: F1 and MotoGP double-header possible but not probable

Earlier this month it was announced that Liberty Media, the American entertainment company which also owns F1, acquired an 86% stake in Dorna Sports, valuing the MotoGP, WorldSBK and MotoE promoter at €4.2 billion.

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2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Americas GP

The Pramac Racing rider stood on the podium in the opening two grands prix including a victory in Portugal as well as the Qatar sprint race.

Motorsport

Why MotoGP’s COTA thriller was just what Liberty wanted to see

A staple of American sports is the ‘Make Some Noise Meter’ on Jumbotron TVs inside their stadiums – a clearly-faked decibel level monitor that encourages the excitable home fans to whoop even more loudly, which is usually employed to put off the opposition on a third down or a free throw.

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Red Bull KTM’s Jack Miller and GasGas’ Pedro Acosta Dish On the Challenges of MotoGP

We sat down with Red Bull KTM's Jack Miller and GasGas' Pedro Acosta to talk about the modern era of MotoGP, training, and F1's acquisition of the series.

Autosport

MotoGP field will “have a problem” with Marquez in COTA – Bastianini

Eight-time grand prix world champion Marquez is the most successful rider on the grid at Texas’ Circuit of the Americas.

Motorsport

Byron holds off late charge from Bell to win NASCAR Cup race at COTA

Byron, who was fastest in practice on Saturday and won the pole, dominated Sunday’s race, leading five times for 42 of the 68 laps on his way to his second win of the 2024 season.

Motorsport

Austin Cindric looking to hit the "reset button" at COTA

Although he has three top 10 starts in five races this season, Cindric's fourth place finish at Atlanta is his only finish better than 22nd and finds himself mired in 21st in the series standings.

Motorsport

Connor Zilisch adds Truck races to his 2024 NASCAR schedule

Zilisch, 17, will compete in next Saturday’s race at COTA in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. He will also drive the No. 7 in the fall race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.

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