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Official race results: IndyCar 2026 at Nashville

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Nashville
Official race results: IndyCar 2026 at Nashville

Alex Palou beats three Penske drivers to win IndyCar race at Nashville

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Shane van Gisbergen's hilarious reaction as he set new personal record for oval laps led

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North Wilkesboro
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Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad surprise fans on easyJet flight after Belgian GP

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Belgian GP
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Winners and losers from a clean and green NASCAR Cup race at North Wilkesboro

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North Wilkesboro
Winners and losers from a clean and green NASCAR Cup race at North Wilkesboro

Underdog Todd Gilliland to face Ryan Blaney for $1 million In-Season Challenge prize

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What makes Kimi Antonelli such a good F1 driver now, as per Toto Wolff

Formula 1
Belgian GP
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Ferrari should have signed Gianpiero Lambiase for Lewis Hamilton, says F1 broadcaster

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Belgian GP
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Ferrari using STR to test engines - report

Toro Rosso is being used by Ferrari as a sort of Formula One 'B-team', according to a report in the German press. Auto Motor und Sport magazine claims the Faenza based team has been asked all season to use progressively ageing engines throughout ...

Toro Rosso is being used by Ferrari as a sort of Formula One 'B-team', according to a report in the German press.

Auto Motor und Sport magazine claims the Faenza based team has been asked all season to use progressively ageing engines throughout the three hours of free practice on Fridays.

It is suggested that Ferrari, the supplier of customer engines to the Red Bull sister team, is using the arrangement to test the longevity of its 2.4 litre V8s.

The problem for Toro Rosso, however, is that the engines used in Turkey by Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastien Buemi were each six Fridays old, and therefore 15kmh slower than the majority of the rest of the field.

This meant that, on Saturday with fresher engines fitted, the drivers encountered vastly different motor cars, whose Friday set up work was largely irrelevant.

Auto Motor und Sport said STR's Friday engines had 2,500 kilometres on the odometer.

"After 1400 kilometres, the power diminishes dramatically," team boss Franz Tost is quoted as saying.

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