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Jake Dixon Replaces Joan Mir at Honda for MotoGP Qatar. Here’s What It Fixes, and What It Doesn’t Jake Dixon leaning a motorcycle through a corner at the 2017 British Superbike test in Cartagena, Spain

Jake Dixon leaning a motorcycle through a corner at the 2017 British Superbike test in Cartagena, Spain

Jake Dixon Replaces Joan Mir at Honda for MotoGP Qatar. Here’s What It Fixes, and What It Doesn’t

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Honda has confirmed Jake Dixon will replace Joan Mir at MotoGP Qatar. What is confirmed, what it...

Stat of the Day: Mercedes Needs Just 3 Points More Than Ferrari at Interlagos to Win the Constructors’ Title Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes F1 car during qualifying at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli in the Mercedes F1 car during qualifying at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Stat of the Day: Mercedes Needs Just 3 Points More Than Ferrari at Interlagos to Win the Constructors’ Title

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Mercedes leads Ferrari 630-504, but with 172 points left the constructors' title can be clinched in Brazil...

Alan Jones Turned Williams Into a Team That Wins. 1980 Was Just the Receipt Alan Jones smiling in his Williams race suit during practice for the 1980 Dutch Grand Prix

Alan Jones smiling in his Williams race suit during practice for the 1980 Dutch Grand Prix

Alan Jones Turned Williams Into a Team That Wins. 1980 Was Just the Receipt

Lauren Miller November 5, 2026

Alan Jones, Williams’ first world champion, has died at 80. Why his 1980 title mattered more than...

Mercedes Calls Antonelli’s Cracked Sump ‘Kimi’s Year.’ It Should Call It a Warning Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli celebrating in Mercedes overalls after winning the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Mercedes Calls Antonelli’s Cracked Sump ‘Kimi’s Year.’ It Should Call It a Warning

Kyle Matthews November 5, 2026

Antonelli clinched the F1 title in Mexico with a cracked sump. Mercedes calls it destiny, but reliability...

Today in Motorsport History, November 5: Boutsen Won a Flooded 1989 Australian Grand Prix as Prost Quit and Senna Hit Brundle Williams FW12C Formula 1 car in Thierry Boutsen's livery, the Renault-powered car that won the 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide

Williams FW12C Formula 1 car in Thierry Boutsen's livery, the Renault-powered car that won the 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide

Today in Motorsport History, November 5: Boutsen Won a Flooded 1989 Australian Grand Prix as Prost Quit and Senna Hit Brundle

EL Puckett November 5, 2026

On November 5, 1989, Thierry Boutsen won a flooded Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide after Alain Prost...

Gran Turismo 7 Is Still Full Price. The Best PlayStation Racing Deals Come From Everyone Else Three road cars racing across a coastal bridge in The Crew Motorfest on PlayStation 5

Three road cars racing across a coastal bridge in The Crew Motorfest on PlayStation 5

Gran Turismo 7 Is Still Full Price. The Best PlayStation Racing Deals Come From Everyone Else

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Sony opened its Black Friday sale on PlayStation Store this week, promising up to 75% off thousands...

Two $50,000 Fines Didn’t Change Carson Hocevar. So Spire Took Away the Seat for Homestead. Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chili’s Chevrolet running on track at Talladega Superspeedway

Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chili’s Chevrolet running on track at Talladega Superspeedway

Two $50,000 Fines Didn’t Change Carson Hocevar. So Spire Took Away the Seat for Homestead.

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Spire suspended Carson Hocevar for the Homestead finale after Martinsville. Two $50,000 fines did not change him,...

Cadillac F1 Sale Talk Misses the Point: The Asset Is the 2029 Engine Sergio Perez in the Cadillac MAC-26 during qualifying for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Sergio Perez in the Cadillac MAC-26 during qualifying for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix

Cadillac F1 Sale Talk Misses the Point: The Asset Is the 2029 Engine

EL Puckett November 4, 2026

Sale talk around Cadillac F1 is unconfirmed. The asset that matters is the 2029 GM engine program.

Hocevar Called It ‘Fun.’ Cindric Lost His Car. NASCAR’s Reply Was a Data Segment. Carson Hocevar’s No. 77 Chili’s Chevrolet running on track at Talladega Superspeedway

Hocevar Called It ‘Fun.’ Cindric Lost His Car. NASCAR’s Reply Was a Data Segment.

Shawn Henry November 4, 2026

Carson Hocevar’s own explanation, in the words NASCAR used to title his post-race video, was that he...

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: Interlagos Rain, Yamaha’s Empty Garage and a Monza Finale Green and black open-wheel race car cornering on a damp circuit under grey skies

Green and black open-wheel race car cornering on a damp circuit under grey skies

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: Interlagos Rain, Yamaha’s Empty Garage and a Monza Finale

Kyle Matthews November 4, 2026

Nothing is on track today, and nothing will be inside the next 24 hours. The first engine...

Backfire Racing

Jake Dixon Replaces Joan Mir at Honda for MotoGP Qatar. Here’s What It Fixes, and What It Doesn’t

Stat of the Day: Mercedes Needs Just 3 Points More Than Ferrari at Interlagos to Win the Constructors’ Title

Alan Jones Turned Williams Into a Team That Wins. 1980 Was Just the Receipt

Mercedes Calls Antonelli’s Cracked Sump ‘Kimi’s Year.’ It Should Call It a Warning

Today in Motorsport History, November 5: Boutsen Won a Flooded 1989 Australian Grand Prix as Prost Quit and Senna Hit Brundle

Gran Turismo 7 Is Still Full Price. The Best PlayStation Racing Deals Come From Everyone Else

Two $50,000 Fines Didn’t Change Carson Hocevar. So Spire Took Away the Seat for Homestead.

Cadillac F1 Sale Talk Misses the Point: The Asset Is the 2029 Engine

Hocevar Called It ‘Fun.’ Cindric Lost His Car. NASCAR’s Reply Was a Data Segment.

What the Paddock Is Waiting On This Week: Interlagos Rain, Yamaha’s Empty Garage and a Monza Finale

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