(CNN) — Lando Norris won the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, cutting teammate Oscar Piastri’s lead at the top of the drivers’ championship to three points.

“It feels amazing,” Norris told broadcaster Sky Sports after the race. “It’s a long, grueling race, but good fun.”

“Amazing weekend, with pole, with today. This is what I did dream of when I was a kid. So I achieved one of my dreams,” he added.

The British driver began in pole position having put up a record lap in qualifying, and managed to hold onto his lead with Charles Leclerc lurking despite his tires locking up going into the first corner.

It was the closest anyone would come to overtaking Norris, even if a late fightback from the Monégasque driver meant that Norris’ win was not as comfortable as it had looked like it might be for much of the race.

“The last quarter was a little bit nervous, with Charles close behind and Max (Verstappen) ahead. But we won in Monaco, so it doesn’t matter how you win, I guess,” said Norris.

The victory means that the Englishman is the first McLaren driver to win in Monaco since Lewis Hamilton in 2008. The 25-year-old’s previous best finish on the historic track came in 2021, when he placed third.

Leclerc finished second in his home race, with Piastri completing the podium. Verstappen came in fourth, one place ahead of Lewis Hamilton in fifth.

Taking place on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, in easy view of the luxury yachts moored in the harbor, the Monaco Grand Prix has become synonymous with the glitz and glamor associated with F1 – Kylian Mbappé, Jeff Bezos and Naomi Campbell were among the celebrities in attendance on Sunday.

This year’s Monaco Grand Prix saw new rules designed to liven up a race which, in recent years, has often not lived up to the spectacle surrounding it.

Drivers must now pit at least twice, a ruling which aimed to avoid the kind of procession many fans complain can occur on the narrow, twisiting Monégasque roads on which overtaking is difficult.

In reality, the rule’s main effect was that there was as much attention on how quickly drivers were able to pit as there was on the race itself.

It also affected each driver’s race strategy; Verstappen, for example, waited until the very last moment to box for the second time in case there was a safety car, meaning he wouldn’t lose time in the pits and could hang on to his lead.

As it was, there were no such incidents and he only succeeded in slowing down the race so the field bunched behind him.

Further down the rankings, Isack Hadjar, Esteban Ocon, and Liam Lawson all did well to finish sixth, seventh and eighth respectively. Hadjar, in particular, benefited from teammate Lawson slowing down to hold off the chasing pack.

This story has been updated with additional developments.

INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou has become the first driver from Spain to win the Indianapolis 500 by holding off former Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson over the closing laps Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Palou, who has won three IndyCar titles in four years — including the last two, came to the speedway with four wins through the first five races. But it was No. 6, “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,” that he had circled on his calendar. Without an Indy 500 win, Palou said his career resume would never be complete.

Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 winner, finished second for Andretti Global in a 1-2 finish for Honda. David Malukas was third for A.J. Foyt Racing and the highest-finishing Chevrolet.

Josef Newgarden’s bid to win three consecutive Indy 500s ended with a fuel pump issue.

Palou started the race tied with Pato O’Ward as the co-favorites, listed at +500 by BetMGM.

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Originally Published: May 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM MDT

CONCORD, N.C. — The NASCAR Cup Series celebrates one of its most prestigious races with tonight’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Here are a few things to keep an eye on in tonight’s race, which marks the midpoint of the regular season:

Kyle Larson double

Kyle Larson looks to complete the quest started last year when he made his first attempt to run in the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in the same day. Rain thwarted that attempt. That shouldn’t be an issue Sunday.

Larson seeks to become only the fifth driver to compete in both races in the same day. Only one, Tony Stewart, completed all 1,100 miles.

Larson qualified second at Charlotte and will be among the favorites in tonight’s race. Larson’s three wins, eight top-five finishes, nine top-10 results and 817 laps led this season are his most through 12 races in a season.

Larson has a chance to add to his legacy today in a significant way.

Is Denny Hamlin the luckiest driver?

After qualifying 20th for the Coca-Cola 600, Denny Hamlin walked into the media center and lamented the pit stall he was likely to have. Cup teams pick their pit stalls based on how they qualify. That meant Hamlin would not have one of the better pit stalls. And likely would have either a good car ahead of him or behind him that would make it harder to get into his pit stall or exit it, costing him time.

In last year’s 600, Hamlin got blocked in by Chris Buescher on pit road and lost spots on pit road on each of the caution pit stops last year.

Hamlin worried he was in for a similar night until his luck changed Saturday.

After qualifying, crew chiefs pick their pit stalls. Hamlin’s crew chief, Chris Gayle, selected pit stall 10. The crew chiefs for the two cars starting in the next-to-last row each picked around Hamlin. That put Derek Kraus in the No. 44 car in the stall ahead of Hamlin. Josh Bilicki in the No. 66 car will pit in the stall behind Hamlin.

That’s significant because both cars are not likely to be on the lead lap for much of the race. Hamlin should have an open entry and open exit to his pit stall most of that race. That could help him gain spots on pit road.

Can Tyler Reddick’s team bounce back?

Tyler Reddick enters today’s race having finished outside the top 10 in five of the last six events.

He starts 12th and this is a key race for Reddick and the No. 45 team, according to team co-owner Denny Hamlin.

“The 45 team in specific needs a reset,” Hamlin said. “They need to get back to the basics and not chase a bunch of things. Certainly, with the success that kind of the 20 and the 11 have on intermediates, I think that sometimes you can get caught kind of focusing on the wrong things.

“ … Both of them are all talented enough, the driver, the crew chief, the team. The cars, I know, have absolute speed in them. They just are struggling to find the balance right now.”

Whose mistakes will cost them?

In a 600-mile race, it’s as much avoiding mistakes as having the best car.

Drivers can overcome mistakes, just as William Byron did in Saturday’s Xfinity race. Byron won both stages but was caught speeding on pit road at the start of the final stage. Byron rallied to win in overtime.

Have a penalty or lose time on pit road can be overcome but it becomes harder in the Cup Series with so many good teams and drivers. Sometimes it’s not who wins a race but who loses it.

The Borg-Warner Trophy will be on the line today in the 109^th running of the Indianapolis 500. Thirty-three drivers will take the green flag in the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” at Indianapolis Motor Speedway hoping to win the one of the most famous races in motor sports.

Nothing could keep William Byron from collecting a trophy at his home track on Saturday. Byron overcame a mid-race penalty for speeding on pit road, avoided trouble in a spate of late-race cautions and rallied in the final two laps to pass Justin Allgaier and win the BetMGM 300 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Byron – a Charlotte, North Carolina, native – is still in search of his first Coca-Cola 600 victory. On Saturday, though, the driver of the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet made sure that momentum had shifted in his favor for the weekend’s marquee event on Sunday. Byron was penalized at the end of Stage 2 for speeding on pit road and was forced to drop to the rear of the field.

He methodically made his way back to the front, utilizing fresher tires than Allgaier to chase down the JR Motorsports driver on the race’s penultimate lap, clear him for the lead and speed to victory by 0.302 seconds over Connor Zilisch.

Nick Sanchez finished third with Allgaier fourth and Sammy Smith fifth.

Byron led 71 laps in his final scheduled Xfinity Series start of the year. Allgaier paced the field for 103 of 205 circuits, but stayed out on a Lap 180 caution period and was left to fend for the win on tires much older than his opponents.

A green-white-checkered restart after a multi-car crash proved to be Allgaier’s undoing and Byron’s golden opportunity.

Allgaier tried to block Byron’s hard-charging No. 17 car, but as the leaders approached the white flag, Byron swept past Allgaier’s No. 7 machine on the outside and was never challenged over the final 1.5 miles.

“This one’s on my shoulders,” said Allgaier, the 2023 race winner. “This team gave me a great race car. I’m so proud of everybody. Memorial Day weekend means a lot. I wanted to win today.

“I would’ve won, had we just pitted with the field, and it’s my daughter’s birthday. She wanted a trophy for today so I’m disappointed. I’ll go back and kick myself on this one. It’s just really frustrating.”

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 17 HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET (Race Winner): “Once I sped, it was just playing catch-up from there out. We were never really on offense until we got new tires with 20 laps to go. I knew Justin was going to stumble on those old tires (on the final restart), so I was just waiting to make a move, sizing up where I could get him in (Turns) 3 and 4. (This win) means more to me for a couple of reasons. Winning in the No. 17 is cool. I’ve been close to winning in the 17, but I still hadn’t done it. The big one is winning here at Charlotte, my family’s home track. We’ve been to this track a lot as fans. This was where the dream really started for me. I put a lot of pressure on myself to get a win at Charlotte. Hopefully, this takes a little pressure off and tomorrow we can go after winning the race and running the way we want.”

CONNOR ZILISCH, NO. 88 JR MOTORSPORTS CHEVROLET (Runner-Up): “Second place is never fun, but I’m very grateful for my entire JRM Chevrolet team. The car was as fast as Xfinity Mobile. We just didn’t have enough on that last restart. We had a tire rub, we had a motor that was stumbling all day long. To come away second with a bunch of stage points is a really good day, but you always want more.”

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