Spanish superstar Marc Marquez grabbed his third MotoGP world title on Sunday, winning the Grand Prix of Japan while top rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi failed to finish. Lorenzo crashed out five laps before the end of the race, all but handing a rampant Marquez the title. Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso finished in second place, ahead of Maverick Vinales of Suzuki. For Marquez, it's his fifth overall title and his third in MotoGP, after his triumphs in 2013 and 2014. As shared by MotoGP's official Twitter account, the Honda man was as shocked as anyone when he realised he had won the title: Per Crash.net, he couldn't help but think of his grandmother, who died toward the tail end of the 2015 season: It's an amazing feeling. I didn't e...

Kyle Busch's NASCAR Xfinity Series dominance continued Saturday at Kansas Speedway, as he won the Kansas Lottery 300 for his ninth victory of 2016 in just 16 starts. Busch led 150 of 200 laps en route to taking the checkered flag, beating out second-place finisher Elliott Sadler.   Here is a rundown of the top 10 finishers courtesy of NASCAR.com: While Busch stole the show by extending his career record for most Xfinity Series triumphs to 85, the race was huge for Xfinity regulars since it marked the first event in the Chase's Round of 8. Sadler will enter Texas with the lead, while Daniel Suarez, Blake Koch and Justin Allgaier are currently the others in line to race for a title at Homeste...

The most important race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Chase arrives Sunday at Kansas Speedway, when Jimmie Johnson and crew suit up for the Hollywood Casino 400. Every race in the Chase is important, sure, but none play the final act before an elimination round at the dreaded Talladega. Such is the plight of bubble drivers such as Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano and others heading into Kansas. No driver wants to head into Talladega needing a certain finish, and definitely not a win, to stay alive and advance. With heavyweights such as Johnson and Martin Truex Jr. cruising, an automatic bid isn't even assured to those in need. Here's a look at what is sure to be one of the most dramatic events of the postseason.   Viewing De...

Force India would never have expected to be forced into this. Not now, anyway. Throughout the summer, the team fought ever so hard to keep Sergio Perez, the most successful driver in their history, who—despite signing a contract extension for the 2017 Formula One season—was still at risk of being taken away by his personal sponsors. When Perez's future was finally resolved at the recent Malaysian Grand Prix, it seemed Force India would have the stability they required ahead of next year's major regulation changes, only for their other driver to suddenly head for the exit door. Nico Hulkenberg's surprise switch to Renault has plunged Force India back into the depths of the transfer market, with the team now looking for a sui...

Two races remain in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chase's Round of 12, and on Friday, the field was set for the first of those, which is Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas Speedway.  Matt Kenseth took the pole as he will lead a field that looks like this: The win was Kenseth's 18th career pole in the Sprint Cup Series, via the NBC Sports telecast, as he sits second in the Chase standings. However he was just able to hold on to the top spot as he edged Kyle Busch by one one-thousandth of a second.  With the Chase field being cut from 12 to eight after the Alabama 500 from Talladega on on Oct. 23, only Jimmie Johnson is safe, as his win at Martinsville clinched his spot in the next round. So his 21st standing in qualifying is...

Marc Marquez can win his third MotoGP championship on Sunday at the 2016 Grand Prix of Japan. The Repsol Honda man has a 52-point lead over second-placed Valentino Rossi. If the Italian finishes 15th or lower, and his Movistar Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo places outside the top four, Marquez will be crowned champion once again having previously won the title in 2013 and 2014. The Grand Prix is also the first of three flyaway races in as many weekends, with the Grands Prix of Australia and Malaysia soon to follow. Here's the full schedule for the race. Read on for a closer look at the riders to watch on Sunday: Live streaming can be found at the BT Sport website (UK), beIN Sports CONNECT (...

So who is responsible for Ferrari's forgettable 2016 Formula One season? Those behind the SF16-H car, which has been left behind by the Red Bull RB12 and the Mercedes W07? The brains on the prat perch, who threw away potential victories in Australia and Canada with questionable strategy calls? Or maybe the drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen, who have made too many errors for a couple of world champions? Former employee Luca Baldisserri has offered his opinion on why the Prancing Horse is stumbling, revealing why the gruesome twosome—chairman Sergio Marchionne and team principal Maurizio Arrivabene—are to blame for sucking the life out of Ferrari. Nico Hulkenberg is set to inject new life into his F1 career by leaving F...

Now that the clouds have risen from Charlotte Motor Speedway and Jimmie Johnson emerged victorious for the first time in 25 races, we can turn our canny eye toward America’s breadbasket: Kansas. Your correspondent ranked Johnson somewhere near the bottom of the most recent power ranking in spite of the recent speed Hendrick Motorsports has shown as a collective since the Chase for the Sprint Cup started. "Nobody ever gave up, we know what a champion Jimmie is," said team owner Rick Hendrick, per Holly Cain’s NASCAR.com story, "I've never taken the champagne bath in 30-something years, so it was like our first race (victory) again." Which invites the question, tangential as it may be, what was Hendrick doing during those lush Jef...

Despite his talent behind the wheel, Nico Hulkenberg has spent his entire Formula One career making lateral move after lateral move—from Williams to Force India, to Sauber and back to Force India. Now it seems the door is open for what looks, on the surface, like yet another move to a midfield team, albeit one that will finish the season some 150 points behind his current team. And yet, this is a move Hulkenberg needs to make. Renault are interested in signing the 29-year-old German, according to Autosport's Ian Parkes. Having lost Romain Grosjean at the end of last season, when the French manufacturer bought the team, Renault are eager to bring in another top-flight driver. Force India sit fourth in the constructors' champi...

Nico Rosberg became the first Formula One driver to be interviewed over pit-to-car radio at last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. The German produced an almost faultless lap to claim pole position at the Suzuka circuit, moving ever closer to his maiden world championship. But before he could celebrate the feat with his Mercedes team, Rosberg first had to answer questions posed by three-time grand prix winner and Sky Sports television pundit Johnny Herbert on his cool-down lap. It was the first time in recent memory a driver has been interviewed during or immediately after an official session and, if F1 know what's good for it, it should be the last. With a look at Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton feeling the blues, Nico Hulkenberg flauntin...