Ryo Hirakawa has earned a point on his Formula 1 debut for Haas following penalties for Oscar Piastri and both Alpine drivers after the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Funny Car championship contender Jordan Vandergriff closed in on points leader Matt Hagan in dramatic fashion on Sunday at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, defeating Ron Capps in the final round at the NHRA Las Vegas Nationals.

After Antonelli made F1 history Sunday, his engineer Pete Bonnington – who previously worked with seven-time champions Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – can see the 20-year-old Italian racking up similar numbers as his career continues.

Despite scoring a 10th-place finish on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, Christopher Bell all but conceded the Cup Series title to rival Kyle Larson heading into the season finale at Homestead-Miami. “Today we had a lot of positives, a lot of negatives, and it probably shook out where we should have,” Bell said. “We didn’t lose the championship by any means today. We lost the championship races earlier."

Team principal Fred Vasseur has accused Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton of a lack of respect for Ferrari’s staff and brand after failing to win the Mexico City Grand Prix.

Kyle Larson gladly took what Sunday ended up giving him and his Hendrick Motorsports team at Martinsville Speedway. “The day could have been a lot worse," he said after finishing ninth.

William Byron claimed his first victory of the season in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway while his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson put himself into prime championship position with one race to go in the 2026 season.

It was the same song, different verse yet again for Denny Hamlin on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Hamlin finished sixth and shrank the championship gap to leader Kyle Larson by only three points going into the Cup Series finale.

Kimi Antonelli’s sensational sophomore season has seen him crowned the youngest Formula 1 world champion in history. It’s a record that has only progressed through 10 different drivers, and at 16 years since the age was last lowered, Antonelli ends the second-longest gap between new benchmarks.

Kimi Antonelli became the youngest ever Formula 1 world champion after finishing third at the Mexico City Grand Prix behind winner Max Verstappen.