Imagine turning off the television after watching your favourite football club celebrate a victory only to see in the newspaper the next morning that they actually lost. Ridiculous, right? Well, that scenario is becoming an all-too-common occurrence in Formula One. At Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo crossed the line fifth and was disappointed to miss out on one of the best podium ceremonies of the year in front of a packed, enthusiastic crowd. "The outcome was a bit of a shame," the Aussie lamented in a post-race interview on Sky Sports. "I really wanted to be on the podium." As it turns out, though, Ricciardo should have been on the podium, in third place, rather than Sebastian Vettel (himself only having replaced R...

Lewis Hamilton claimed his eighth victory of the 2016 Formula One season in Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. After returning to winning ways at the recent United States GP, the Mercedes driver took a dominant pole-to-flag win—his first in Mexico—to cut Nico Rosberg's championship lead to 19 points with just two races remaining. Joining Hamilton on the podium were Rosberg, who salvaged another strong result from a challenging weekend, and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who was later demoted to fifth after incurring a post-race penalty following a late-race scuffle with Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, who inherited the position. With a look at a day to forget for the home heroes, Sergio Perez and ...

A year ago, Jeff Gordon won for the ninth time at Martinsville Speedway punching his ticket to Homestead. A year later, Jimmie Johnson won for the ninth time at Martinsville Speedway punching his ticket to Homestead—this time racing for a special seventh championship. Johnson can no longer ignore it. NBCSN’s Kyle Petty, whose father Richard Petty has seven titles, said: "If you want to ignore it, just don’t win six. You can’t ignore it. Jimmie Johnson is in that rarified air since he won that sixth championship. When you look at what he’s done, he deserves to be there. He goes in week in, week out, he’s that kind of driver. This is history-in-the-making of our sport." Johnson’s fate, for the time, i...

The 2016 Formula One world championship title fight will continue for at least another fortnight after Lewis Hamilton beat standings leader Nico Rosberg for first place in Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix. Max Verstappen initially finished third in the race, but Formula One promoted fourth-place finisher Sebastian Vettel after giving the former a penalty for an incident on the first lap: Hamilton led from the front after Rosberg collided with Red Bull's Verstappen at Turn 1 of the opening lap, and despite going across the grass in that hiccup, the Briton recovered to claim the victory. Rosberg retains a 19-point lead at the top of the standings heading into the Brazilian Grand Prix on Nov. 13, when the German could...

The Round of 8 for NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup got underway Sunday afternoon at Martinsville Speedway, and Jimmie Johnson made a statement at the famed short-track course with his fourth win of the season.  The win catapulted Johnson to the top of the Chase standings. Martinsville Speedway's Twitter account relayed video of the No. 48 car in Victory Lane:  NASCAR on Twitter posted another angle of Johnson soaking in the win:  Brad Keselowski finished second, while Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch rounded out the top five.  Here's a look at the top finishers from Sunday's race, with complete results available at FoxSports.com:  And here's an overview of the updated Chase standings followin...

One spot in the Championship 4 is set, but we are still a few weeks from deciding the Sprint Cup title. Jimmie Johnson clinched his spot in the final Chase for the Cup race with his win Sunday in the Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. He can now relax heading into the next two events as the rest of the seven remaining drivers battle to stay alive for a championship. Here is a look at the latest standings with three races remaining in the 2016 season: Two more spots can be secured with wins in the next two events, leading to the championship event. While points will help earn a spot in the final round, you can be certain most of the Chase drivers will be doing what they can to win a race in the next two weeks. This is the o...

Jimmie Johnson is going to race for a record-tying seventh Sprint Cup Championship in three weeks at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Johnson captured the ninth checkered flag of his legendary career at Martinsville Speedway in Sunday afternoon's Goody's Fast Relief 500 to advance to the final round of the 2016 Chase for the Sprint Cup.  He led 92 laps on the tricky half-mile paper clip and outdueled the Joe Gibbs Racing trio of Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch. Brad Keselowski finished second. Hamlin, Kenseth and Busch rounded out the top-five finishers.  Jeff Gordon, who won this race last season and made what is likely his final start of the season and possibly the last of his career in place of the injured Dale Earnhardt Jr....

Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso grabbed his first MotoGP win since 2009 on Sunday, beating Valentino Rossi of Movistar Yamaha to the finish line at the 2016 Malaysia Grand Prix. Dovizioso was the fastest man in a rain-soaked race that saw both world champion Marc Marquez and Andrea Iannone crash out of the front group after impressing early. Jorge Lorenzo was the main beneficiary of those crashes, as he was able to limit the damage in the overall standings. It wasn't good enough to keep the race for second place alive, however, as Rossi's second-placed finish in Malaysia means the veteran's lead in the standings can no longer be bridged with just one race left. Here's a look at the results from Sunday's race: The current MotoGP standings: As sh...

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton will start the 2016 Mexican Formula 1 Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, while team-mate Nico Rosberg will start in second place. The championship leader salvaged the spot on his final run on Saturday after being well behind Hamilton's pace throughout the practice sessions. Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo will start from the second row, and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg beat out Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel to fifth place. Verstappen was the fastest man during the final practice session, beating Hamilton and Ricciardo. The final simulation runs were heavily affected by traffic, keeping the likes of Rosberg and Vettel from posting sharp times on the supersoft tyres. Ro...

Eight drivers remain in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Chase going into Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. In a shocking turn of events, the current Chase format showcased some serious flaws last week in Talladega when both Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski kissed the Chase goodbye after car malfunctions. Joey Logano was another notable name on the bubble with those two, but he seized the checkered flag to advance to the most diverse round of the Chase. This round features another three races, halves the Chase itself and features two ovals and a speedway. Here's a look at everything to know about Sunday's event.      Viewing Details Where: Martinsville Speedway When: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET Watch: NBC...