Motor Sports

10/17/2025 |  Norris held accountable for McLaren’s scrap in Singapore that tightened up F1 title chase (Associated Press (AP)) AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — McLaren’s scrap in Singapore has been settled. It’s time to get the drivers back to chasing a Formula 1 championship.

Lando Norris said Thursday that the team determined he bore responsibility and the consequences for bumping into teammate Oscar Piastri at the start of the last race in Singapore two weeks ago. 

10/17/2025 |  pple’s Eddy Cue says sports streaming needs fixing as company nears F1 rights deal (CNBC Sports)

• Apple is about to announce a $140 million per year media rights deal with F1 for its U.S. rights, according to people familiar with the matter.
• Apple’s Eddy Cue said his company would like to buy more sports rights and would seek to change how broadcasts are done.
• “We’re not going to compromise,” said Cue. “We don’t have to do sports the way that they are. There’s plenty of people doing that. So the world doesn’t need us to do that.”

10/17/2025 |  'He's whipped my butt': Inside Kevin and Keelan Harvick's Racing Battles (Fox Sports) LAS VEGAS — It’s about 15 minutes before practice and Kevin Harvick doesn’t seem all that worried about getting ready to get in his car.
He’s sitting in a chair talking about a racing dynamic he never thought he would experience: Racing against his son in full-bodied stock cars.
His 13-year-old son, Keelan, has shown great promise as a race-car driver, potentially following his Cup champion father (and current FOX Sports analyst) as one of the great NASCAR talents. Time will tell, but Keelan's success on short tracks — it will be at least a couple of years before he can race major events on an oval bigger than a mile — indicate he has the tools.

10/17/2025 |  Top 10 Racing Video Games of All Time: From Daytona USA to Mario Kart 8 (Fox Sports) Gamers, start your controllers!
This week marks the long-anticipated return of simulation stock car racing with the release of NASCAR 25, developed by iRacing Studios. Get ready to compete for championship glory with the likes of Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Chase Elliott and all your other favorite NASCAR stars.

10/17/2025 |  Apple clinches exclusive US media rights for F1 races under five-year deal (Reuters Sports) Oct 17 (Reuters) - Apple has landed U.S. broadcast rights to Formula 1 in a five-year deal that would help the tech giant bolster its streaming service with one of the country's fastest-growing sports, following the success of its Brad Pitt-starrer "F1: The Movie".