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For the longest time, NASCAR had just two road courses on the Cup schedule -- Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen.

Martinsville Speedway is one of the oldest tracks on the NASCAR schedule, and it was part of the original eight-race season in 1949. The historic half-mile hosts two Cup races every year and is part of the Round of 8 playoff round.

The V4-engined MotoGP bike that Yamaha is developing was two seconds a lap slower than its current inline-four racer in testing at Brno last week, according to factory rider Alex Rins.

Christian Horner became the youngest team principal in Formula 1 history when he took the reins at Red Bull in 2005. Two decades later, he departed as one of the championship’s longest-serving and most decorated leaders, having overseen eight drivers’ and six constructors’ world championships.

Laurent Mekies has big shoes to fill as Christian Horner's successor as Red Bull Formula 1 chief, after the former Racing Bulls, Ferrari and FIA man was confirmed in the role on Wednesday.

After a difficult start to the 2025 season, Marco Bezzecchi won the British Grand Prix from 11th on the grid, making it his first win in more than 600 days – after last taking to the top step of the podium at the 2023 Indian Grand Prix. 

It is the perfect time of year, in Britain at least, to have time on one’s hands to get all green-fingered. 

From day one at Red Bull Christian Horner was fully aware of the ruthlessness in F1. So perhaps Wednesday’s announcement that he was being “released from his operational duties” shouldn’t have come as such a bolt from the blue.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli may lack experience in Formula 1 – the teenager in his first season in the series and under the Mercedes microscope – but if he is concerned about a run of grands prix that has seemingly set him back, he has the right mentor and team principal…