Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi instructed Francesco Bagnaia to stop being a gentleman during the 2024 MotoGP season, a new documentary released by the Italian manufacturer has revealed. Despite being on the back foot for almost the entire year, Bagnaia continued to show respect to Pramac rival Jorge Martin in the title run-in, with the two never trading blows on track or engaging in ... Keep reading
The first F1-sanctioned TV drama series is in development, and it sounds a lot like another non-sanctioned project in the works at a rival studio. Felicity Jonesis attached to star in and executive produce the drama, which has landed atAmazon MGM StudiosforPrime Video, Variety reports. Much like Brad Pitt's and Jerry Bruckheimer's creatively-titled upcoming movie "F1", the series in ... Keep reading
Silly season is a common term in F1 referring to the time of year in which many teams announce their driver line-up for the following season. It usually takes place during the summer as thats when the market is at its most frantic, with driver changes causing doubt over the futures of others. But, silly season started a lot earlier this year due to Lewis Hamilton announcing his move ... Keep reading
Kalle Rovanpera will kick off the 2025 season by making his 24 hour endurance racing debut in the Dubai 24 Hours ahead of the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo. The two-time WRC champion will drive a Porsche 911 GT3 R for the Proton Huber Competition squad alongside fellow Finns Jukka Honkavuori and Jani Kakela, 2012 German rally champion Mark Wallenwein and Joel Monegro. The ... Keep reading
The host track of NASCAR's finale changed often in its early years. It really wasn't until the 1970s when the series began to see some sort of consistency, with Ontario Speedway hosting the final race from 1974 to 1980, and then Riverside International Raceway until 1986. From 1987 through the year 2000, the season concluded at Atlanta Motor Speedway. 2001 would be an outlier year due to the ... Keep reading
Hyundai Motorsports World Rally Championship programme manager Christian Loriaux has left the team ahead of the 2025 season. Loriaux has played a critical role within the Korean marque since first joining the operation in 2021 as a technical consultant, before graduating to the role of WRC programme manager. Shock news of Loriauxs departure arrives after a 2024 season where Hyundai ... Keep reading
While Formula 1 continues to make good gains in improving its sustainability, one of the most obvious areas of wastage clearly still needs addressing. With the quest to reduce environmental impact being all about marginal gains rather than delivering a silver bullet solution, it is quite remarkable that F1 finds itself left with so many unused tyres over the course of a season. The reality ... Keep reading
The Dakar Rally returns to provide one of motorsport's toughest tests for human and machine in January, with Saudi Arabia again hosting the challenge. It may not be the event it once was when run through Africa to the Senegalese capital [the event's name gives it away] but the test remains one that requires ultimate performance and robustness to overcome. Relevance remains for manufacturers ... Keep reading
In Formula 1, regulations cover everything from the flexibility of wings, to how long mechanics should spend at the track, to how much time teams spend in the wind tunnel. Once the cars are racing, the regulations continue to pile on from track limits to moving for slower cars for which the rule-breakers often need to serve their time during the race or suffer a more serious penalty, such ... Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas has been signed by Mercedes to be its third driver for the 2025 Formula 1 season, after he missed out on keeping his seat at Sauber. The Finnish racer scored 10 grand prix wins with the Silver Arrows in a 100-race stint between 2017 and 2021 when he was partnered with Lewis Hamilton. He was dropped from the team ahead of 2022 as team boss Toto Wolff opted to promote long-time ... Keep reading
Almost half of the Formula 1 grid in 2025 will have come from the Red Bull Junior Team, making it one of the most successful academy programmes in motorsport. Jack Doohan, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson and reigning world champion Max Verstappen have all come through the Red Bull ranks. Each team in F1 has its own driver academy; for example ... Keep reading
The 2025 MotoGP season will be upon us within a few weeks. And while cost-saving regulations limit bike development for most of the motorcycle manufacturers, fuel suppliers are relishing the chance to chase even more performance in year two of the renewable fuels era. 2024 was a significant year for the fuel companies involved, which include French giant TotalEnergies. In line with the global ... Keep reading
The World Rally Championship could benefit from hosting exhibition-style events such as the Monza Rally Show, according to Toyota team principal Jari-MattiLatvala. All three WRC Rally1 teams attended a revived Monza Rally Show earlier this month, which acted as a celebration of the 2024 season, while also paying tribute to Pirellis four-year stint as the championships control tyre ... Keep reading
The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has confirmed Red Bull junior Isack Hadjarwill partner Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, as the starting grid for the new season is now set. Hadjarwill take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose own move to the main Red Bull squad as Sergio Perez's replacement was announced on Thursday. Read Also: Formula 1The complications and negotiations behind ... Keep reading
Trackhouse RacingsRaul Fernandezhas said he doesnt want to go through a bike change in the middle of the season again in MotoGP. Fernandezwas the only rider within the Aprilia contingent to start the 2024 season with a year-old RS-GP, as the Noale-based brand could only build limited examples of its overhauled MotoGP contender. It wasnt until after the summer break at ... Keep reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella revealed the Formula 1 constructors' champions were "impressed even more" than expected by former Red Bull engineer Rob Marshall. Marshall joined the Woking-based outfit as technical director, engineering & design in January after 17 years with Red Bull, with his arrival coinciding with a number of key hires in the past 18 months that have helped see McLaren ... Keep read
ValtteriBottasmay be excited about whats next for him in Formula 1, but there is no hiding the disappointment about how a worst-case scenario left him on the sidelines. Having had high hopes about what a move to Alfa-Romeo Sauber in 2022 then under the leadership of Fred Vasseur could bring him, Bottas was ultimately denied the progress he hoped for by a change at ... Keep reading
RB Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies has said the team has collectively taken responsibility for failing to make Daniel Ricciardo's final stint at the squad a success. Last summer Ricciardo was given a second chance by Red Bull as an experienced back-up option to potentially replace Sergio Perez at the main team. His initial RB cameo in 2023, in place of underperforming Nyck de Vries ... Keep reading
Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel believes that the spectacular 2024 season ranks as probably the best in the championships history. With a title battle that went down to the wire, 18 different race winners and, for the first time in history, all teams taking at least one victory, it is very easy to get caught up in the hype. Asked by Motorsport.com to assess the first season with the new ... Keep reading
Factory HRC rider JoanMirfeelsconcessionsbrought no notable improvement in results for Honda in MotoGP this year. MotoGP revamped its concession system in 2024 to help Honda and Yamaha close the gap to European manufacturers, with the two fallen Japanese giants having slipped away considerably from competition the previous year. Read Also: MotoGPAleix Espargaro gets ... Keep reading
Clips from fans of Aston Martins Fernando Alonso stretching the legs of a very special, screaming V10 McLaren have been circulating on socials as of late. The occasion? The two-time world champion and former McLaren driver reunited with his former boss, Zak Brown for a very special track day, with Alonsos father, Jose Luis Alonso, in tow. The Papaya boss extensive car collection is ... Keep reading
Maverick Vinales has revealed he asked Aprilia to introduce only incremental updates to its MotoGP contender in 2024 instead of instigating a major overhaul. The Noale-based brand debuted a heavily-revised version of the RS-GP at the start of the year with an increased focus on aerodynamics as it set about closing the gap to Ducati and KTM. The strategy appeared to pay dividends when Vinales ... Keep reading
In the wake of last years Qatar Grand Prix, where drivers suffered in the heat and humidity, the FIA responded with the introduction of new rules to improve cockpit cooling. The first step happened this year with teams allowed to add another opening on top of the chassis, so that on hot weekends the drivers could have more fresh air in the cockpit. This was a simple solution that was also ... Keep reading
George Russell never expected to have so much on my hands and for it to be so political in his Formula 1 role as a Grand Prix Drivers Association director. Since the start of the 2021 season, Russells third in F1, the Mercedes driver has been a director of the drivers body, as he replaced Romain Grosjean following the Frenchmans exit from Haas and the championship. When ... Keep reading
Another loss for NASCAR on Monday when Judge Kenneth D. Bell of the US District Court denied the series' request to delay the transfer of the Stewart-Haas Racing charter to Front Row Motorsports. The request was in response to last week's ruling, when Judge Bell hadgranted a preliminary injunction to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports that will allow them to keep their charters, while the ... Keep reading