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Marc Marquez says the most positive thing about his Italian Grand Prix sprint race was being able to write his post-race notes by hand.
While the comment was a light-hearted one, the factory Ducati rider said the fact that he could hold a writing implement after returning to the pits was a sign that the nerve damage in his troubled right arm was healing.
Marquez is returning to MotoGP ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi feels his chances of a strong result in the Italian Grand Prix sprint were already over at the first turn, as he conceded more points to Jorge Martin in the MotoGP standings.
Bezzecchi impressed in Saturday morning’s qualifying session at Mugello, guiding his factory Aprilia to pole position ahead of Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez and team-mate Martin.
It represented a ...Keep reading

2024 F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling has made history, becoming the first female driver to win a GB3 Championship race.
The British driver successfully converted a historic pole position into a commanding lights-to-flag victory at Spa-Francorchamps. Following persistent heavy rain that forced the race to be rescheduled, Pulling lined up in P1 approximately five hours later. 
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Two-time MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has cast doubt on the safety amendments mentioned by MotoGP boss Carlos Ezpeleta on Friday at the Italian Grand Prix.
Clearly prompted by the controversial, accident-marred Catalan Grand Prix two weeks earlier, in which Alex Marquez and Johann Zarco sustained serious injuries, chief sporting officer Ezpeleta was 'interviewed' on MotoGP's ...Keep reading

Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft has praised Max Verstappen's "refreshing" and consistent stance on the new regulations, which were introduced in 2026.
The championship made a move away from the ground effect era in 2026 with the introduction of the new regulations. The main changes included an almost fifty-fifty split between internal combustion and electric power, Overtake ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin says his early status as a MotoGP title contender left him more “tense than necessary”, prompting him to change his mindset.
The factory Aprilia rider has emerged as one of the early favourites for the championship this year, having recovered from an injury-hit 2025 season to capitalise on a vastly-improved RS-GP.
Although his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi started the campaign ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi will start the Italian Grand Prix from pole position after Aprilia locked out the front row for the first time in MotoGP history.
The championship leader set the fastest lap in Saturday's qualifying session at Mugello, beating the Trackhouse-entered RS-GP of Raul Fernandez to the top spot.
Jorge Martin backed up their performance with third-place in qualifying, setting up an ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo believes Yamaha has slipped backwards at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, insisting his goal now is to simply avoid getting injured.
The 2021 MotoGP champion has endured a torrid weekend at Mugello so far, qualifying almost a full second down in 18th and struggling to a distant 14th-place finish in the sprint. 
In both cases, he was not even the fastest rider within the ...Keep reading

Aprilia is the new holder of the MotoGP top speed record - until Sunday at the very least.
When Jorge Martin rocketed up Mugello's main straight at 368.6km/h during Saturday morning's Free Practice 2 session, KTM's year-old record was no more. The previous mark of 366.1km/h had been set by Brad Binder and Pol Espargaro at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Italian Grand Prix ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 regulations are still being fine-tuned, and the new LED light system is a step being made towards safety.
Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, the FIA and manufacturers approved technical updates, taking into account driver feedback, after F1 racers raised concerns regarding the way the electric motor’s status is signalled.
Rear LED lights have taken on a much broader and more ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has issued a strong warning to Esteban Ocon, suggesting the Frenchman will lose his seat by the end of the season unless he can "change something drastically".
Speaking during The Red Flags Podcast after Ocon’s 14th-place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix, Steiner claimed: "I think he’s gone by the end of the year. He’s not back next ...Keep reading

Trackhouse’s Raul Fernandez beat factory Aprilia rider Jorge Martin in a straight fight to score his maiden sprint victory in the Italian Grand Prix.
Still fighting to secure his future in MotoGP, Fernandez grabbed the lead on the opening lap and fended off a late attack from Martin to take the top spot in the Saturday race at Mugello.
The result occurred less than a fortnight after the ...Keep reading

Three-time W Series champion and Sky Sports Formula 1 pundit Jamie Chadwick believes George Russell's untimely retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix likely saved Mercedes from bitter intra-team fallout.
Russell and his team-mate Kimi Antonelli had been battling for the lead for 30 laps before the Briton was forced to retire from the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. 
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Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has revealed the story of how a chance encounter with a young Takuma Sato and a borrowed quad bike ultimately led to his career in F1.
During his university days, Komatsu was starting out in grassroots British motorsport, helping to run a British Saloon Car Championship team for local driver Andrew Deahanti. At a race meeting at Silverstone, Komatsu ...Keep reading

Oliver Solberg dismissed suggestions that he was taking too much risk ahead of his premature exit from the Rally Japan victory fight.
The Toyota World Rally Championship driver had been reeling in rally leader Elfyn Evans when he slid wide in a left-hander in Stage 10. The loss of control resulted in an impact with a tree, which caused terminal damage to his car’s right-rear ...Keep reading

World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans leads Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier by 17.8s into the final day of Rally Japan after Oliver Solberg crashed out of victory contention.
Evans headed into the longest leg of the rally with a 15.6s advantage over Solberg, but soon came under severe pressure from the Swede, who reduced the margin to 10.6s by midday.
Solberg however was unable to add ...Keep reading

Mercedes is no longer pursuing a minority stake in the Alpine F1 team after disagreeing with Otro Capital's asking price.
Mercedes, which is already supplying power units and gearboxes to Alpine, had been interested in acquiring Otro Capital's 24% stake, and the manufacturer had agreed in principle with majority owner Renault to buy them.
However, as first reported by the BBC and verified by ...Keep reading

Factory Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi led an Aprilia 1-2-3 in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix as MotoGP returned to something approaching normality following the bizarre Catalan GP two weeks ago.
It was almost a perfect return to form for the Noale factory, with Bezzecchi leading Trackhouse rider Raul Fernandez and his team-mate Jorge Martin. Only Ai Ogura's failure to make it through Q1 ...Keep reading

Haas team-mates Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman recently took on the Hot Ones Versus challenge. In an entertaining appearance on the popular YouTube series, the Formula 1 duo had to answer difficult questions to avoid eating a fiery hot wing. 
The questions included ranking current and former team-mates, choosing who on the current grid is most likely to retire at the end of the season and ...Keep reading

Back at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton took his first of a record 105 grand prix victories in Formula 1.
Hamilton had taken the F1 world by storm on his debut with McLaren, taking only podium finishes in his very first five outings; he won a chaotic Montreal race from pole position, only briefly ceding the lead after his first pitstop. 
The rookie had come into the race on ...Keep reading