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FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026

Motorsports — Weekend of March 6-8, 2026

Formula 1

Qatar Airways Australian Grand Prix

Winner: George Russell

Sat, Mar 7, 2026

Race Results

FIN	ST	NO	DRIVER	CONSTRUCTOR	LAPS	PITS	GAP	PTS
1	1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	58	1	1:23:06.801	25
2	2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	58	1	+2.974	18
3	4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58	1	+15.519	15
4	7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	58	1	+16.144	12
5	6	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	58	2	+51.741	10
6	20	3	Max VerstappenFL	Red Bull	58	2	+54.617	8
7	12	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas	57	1	+1L	6
8	9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	57	1	+1L	4
9	10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	57	2	+1L	2
10	14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	57	1	+1L	1
11	13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas	57	1	+1L
12	15	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	57	2	+1L
13	8	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	57	2	+1L
14	16	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	56	2	+2L
15	21	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	56	3	+2L
16	18	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	55	2	+3L
17	22	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	43	4	DNF
18	17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	21	3	DNF
19	19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	15	1	DNF
20	3	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	10	—	DNF
21	—	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	—	—	DNF
22	11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	—	—	DNF

58 laps, 306 km. Fastest lap: Max Verstappen 1:22.091 (Lap 43). Pole: George Russell 1:18.518. Margin: 2.974s.

Qualifying

POS	NO	DRIVER	CONSTRUCTOR	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:19.507	1:18.934	1:18.518
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:20.120	1:19.435	1:18.811
3	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:20.023	1:19.653	1:19.303
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.226	1:19.357	1:19.327
5	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:19.664	1:19.525	1:19.380
6	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:20.010	1:19.882	1:19.475
7	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:19.811	1:19.921	1:19.478
8	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:20.491	1:20.144	1:19.994
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:20.409	1:19.971	1:21.247
10	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:20.495	1:20.221	—
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:21.024	1:20.303	—
12	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas	1:21.247	1:20.311	—
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas	1:20.759	1:20.491	—
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:21.138	1:20.501	—
15	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:21.051	1:20.941	—
16	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	1:21.200	1:21.270	—
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.969	—	—
18	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	1:22.605	—	—
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	1:23.244	—	—
20	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	0.000	—	—
21	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	0.000	—	—
22	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0.000	—	—

NASCAR Cup Series

Phoenix

Winner: Ryan Blaney

Sun, Mar 8, 2026

Starting Grid

POS	NO	DRIVER	TEAM
1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske
2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick
3	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske
4	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire
5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske
6	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing
7	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire
8	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI
9	24	William Byron	Hendrick
10	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers
11	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs
12	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs
13	60	Ryan Preece	RFK
14	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs
15	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club
16	71	Michael McDowell	Spire
17	17	Chris Buescher	RFK
18	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing
19	88	Connor Zilisch	Trackhouse Racing
20	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs
21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty
22	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota
23	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig
24	38	Zane Smith	Front Row
25	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress
26	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick
27	33	Austin Hill	Richard Childress
28	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI
29	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress
30	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row
31	48	Anthony Alfredo	Hendrick
32	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club
33	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig
34	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware
35	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row
36	41	Cole Custer	Haas
37	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK

Race Results

FIN	ST	NO	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPS	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	5	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	312	Running	28	65
2	12	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs	312	Running	176	54
3	2	5	Kyle Larson	Hendrick	312	Running		36
4	14	54	Ty Gibbs	Joe Gibbs	312	Running	12	36
5	11	11	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs	312	Running	5	47
6	28	23	Bubba Wallace	23XI	312	Running		37
7	9	24	William Byron	Hendrick	312	Running	1	32
8	8	45	Tyler Reddick	23XI	312	Running		39
9	16	71	Michael McDowell	Spire	312	Running		28
10	32	43	Erik Jones	Legacy Motor Club	312	Running		27
11	18	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Trackhouse Racing	312	Running		26
12	30	34	Todd Gilliland	Front Row	312	Running		26
13	13	60	Ryan Preece	RFK	312	Running	4	24
14	17	17	Chris Buescher	RFK	312	Running		30
15	37	6	Brad Keselowski	RFK	312	Running		22
16	25	3	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress	312	Running		21
17	29	8	Kyle Busch	Richard Childress	312	Running		20
18	22	35	Riley Herbst	Toyota	312	Running		19
19	23	16	AJ Allmendinger	Kaulig	312	Running		18
20	7	77	Carson Hocevar	Spire	312	Running		21
21	27	33	Austin Hill	Richard Childress	312	Running
22	21	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	JTG Daugherty	312	Running		15
23	26	9	Chase Elliott	Hendrick	312	Running		14
24	34	51	Cody Ware	Rick Ware	312	Running		13
25	15	42	John Hunter Nemechek	Legacy Motor Club	312	Running		12
26	33	10	Ty Dillon	Kaulig	311	+1L		11
27	24	38	Zane Smith	Front Row	294	+18L		10
28	6	1	Ross Chastain	Trackhouse Racing	286	+26L		10
29	19	88	Connor Zilisch	Trackhouse Racing	281	+31L		8
30	4	7	Daniel Suarez	Spire	254	DNF		11
31	1	22	Joey Logano	Team Penske	253	DNF	73	23
32	10	21	Josh Berry	Wood Brothers	253	DNF	13	5
33	31	48	Anthony Alfredo	Hendrick	217	DNF
34	3	2	Austin Cindric	Team Penske	216	DNF		13
35	36	41	Cole Custer	Haas	159	DNF		2
36	35	4	Noah Gragson	Front Row	155	DNF		1
37	20	19	Chase Briscoe	Joe Gibbs	131	DNF		1

312 miles, 312 laps. Margin of victory: 0.339s. Caution flags: 12 for 86 laps. Pole speed: 135.537 mph.

NTT IndyCar Series

Grand Prix of Phoenix

Winner: Josef Newgarden

Sat, Mar 7, 2026

Starting Grid

POS	NO	DRIVER	TEAM
1	12	David Malukas	Team Penske
2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske
3	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman
4	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman
5	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske
6	20	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter
7	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren
8	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger
9	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren
10	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi
11	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti
12	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger
13	66	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi
14	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti
15	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi
16	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman
17	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren
18	21	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter
19	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi
20	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne
21	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt
22	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne
23	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt
24	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank
25	26	Will Power	Andretti

Race Results

FIN	ST	NO	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPS	STATUS	LED	PTS
1	2	2	Josef Newgarden	Team Penske	250	Running	8	51
2	11	27	Kyle Kirkwood	Andretti	250	Running	47	41
3	1	12	David Malukas	Team Penske	250	Running	73	39
4	7	5	Pato O'Ward	Arrow McLaren	250	Running	10	33
5	13	66	Marcus Armstrong	Chip Ganassi	250	Running	8	31
6	6	20	Alexander Rossi	Ed Carpenter	250	Running		28
7	15	9	Scott Dixon	Chip Ganassi	250	Running	12	27
8	5	3	Scott McLaughlin	Team Penske	250	Running		24
9	3	15	Graham Rahal	Rahal Letterman	250	Running		22
10	19	8	Kyffin Simpson	Chip Ganassi	250	Running		20
11	21	14	Santino Ferrucci	A.J. Foyt	250	Running		19
12	24	60	Felix Rosenqvist	Meyer Shank	250	Running		18
13	17	7	Christian Lundgaard	Arrow McLaren	250	Running	8	18
14	18	21	Christian Rasmussen	Ed Carpenter	250	Running	69	17
15	22	19	Dennis Hauger	Dale Coyne	250	Running	3	16
16	25	26	Will Power	Andretti	249	+1L	10	15
17	14	28	Marcus Ericsson	Andretti	249	+1L	2	14
18	4	47	Mick Schumacher	Rahal Letterman	248	+2L		12
19	23	4	Caio Collet	A.J. Foyt	248	+2L		11
20	9	6	Nolan Siegel	Arrow McLaren	247	+3L		10
21	12	77	Sting Ray Robb	Juncos Hollinger	246	+4L		9
22	8	76	Rinus VeeKay	Juncos Hollinger	245	+5L		8
23	16	45	Louis Foster	Rahal Letterman	140	DNF		7
24	10	10	Álex Palou	Chip Ganassi	21	DNF		6
25	20	18	Romain Grosjean	Dale Coyne	—	DNF		5

250 miles, 250 laps. Pole speed: 175.383 mph.

Standings

F1 Drivers Championship

POS	DRIVER	PTS
1	Kimi Antonelli	340
2	George Russell	238
3	Lewis Hamilton	229
4	Max Verstappen	221
5	Charles Leclerc	215
6	Lando Norris	201
7	Oscar Piastri	138
8	Isack Hadjar	97
9	Liam Lawson	75
10	Pierre Gasly	41
11	Arvid Lindblad	38
12	Franco Colapinto	27

POS	DRIVER	PTS
13	Oliver Bearman	23
14	Nico Hülkenberg	13
15	Gabriel Bortoleto	10
16	Esteban Ocon	7
17	Fernando Alonso	7
18	Carlos Sainz	7
19	Alexander Albon	5
20	Yuki Tsunoda	1
21	Lance Stroll	0
22	Valtteri Bottas	0
23	Sergio Pérez	0

F1 Constructors Championship

POS	TEAM	PTS
1	Mercedes	578
2	Ferrari	444
3	McLaren	339
4	Red Bull	332
5	Racing Bulls	100
6	Alpine	68
7	Haas	30
8	Audi	23
9	Williams	12
10	Aston Martin	7
11	Cadillac	0

NASCAR Cup Series

POS	DRIVER	PTS
1	Kyle Larson	2370
2	Christopher Bell	2365
3	Chase Briscoe	2346
4	Denny Hamlin	2339
5	Ryan Blaney	2330
6	Joey Logano	2326
7	Tyler Reddick	2314
8	Austin Cindric	2240
9	Ty Gibbs	2238
10	Chase Elliott	2221
11	Carson Hocevar	2212
12	Bubba Wallace	2208
13	Daniel Suarez	2182
14	William Byron	2180

POS	DRIVER	PTS
15	Chris Buescher	2166
16	Ryan Preece	2159
17	Shane van Gisbergen	729
18	Brad Keselowski	683
19	Ross Chastain	673
20	Michael McDowell	616
21	Erik Jones	607
22	Josh Berry	584
23	Todd Gilliland	582
24	AJ Allmendinger	574
25	Austin Dillon	540
26	Zane Smith	523
27	Alex Bowman	512
28	John Hunter Nemechek	503

POS	DRIVER	PTS
29	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	481
30	Riley Herbst	470
31	Noah Gragson	430
32	Cole Custer	407
33	Connor Zilisch	360
34	Ty Dillon	352
35	Cody Ware	237
36	Casey Mears	13
37	Kevin Magnussen	11
38	Jimmie Johnson	9
39	Katherine Legge	8
40	B.J. McLeod	8

NTT IndyCar Series

POS	DRIVER	PTS
1	Álex Palou	631
2	Kyle Kirkwood	545
3	Christian Lundgaard	535
4	Pato O'Ward	522
5	David Malukas	514
6	Scott McLaughlin	482
7	Marcus Ericsson	429
8	Josef Newgarden	423
9	Felix Rosenqvist	412
10	Rinus VeeKay	378
11	Will Power	368
12	Scott Dixon	331
13	Kyffin Simpson	327
14	Marcus Armstrong	320
15	Alexander Rossi	307
16	Graham Rahal	302
17	Santino Ferrucci	280

POS	DRIVER	PTS
18	Louis Foster	267
19	Romain Grosjean	259
19	Nolan Siegel	259
21	Christian Rasmussen	245
22	Dennis Hauger	228
23	Mick Schumacher	213
24	Caio Collet	203
25	Sting Ray Robb	182
26	Conor Daly	24
27	Takuma Sato	20
28	Jack Harvey	8
29	Jacob Abel	6
30	Helio Castroneves	5
30	Ryan Hunter-Reay	5
30	Ed Carpenter	5
30	Katherine Legge	5