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Ai Ogura has undergone surgery on the thumb he broke while training in Japan this week, the Trackhouse MotoGP team has announced.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Aprilia’s satellite squad revealed that Ogura was operated on by renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Xavier Mir in Barcelona. The procedure involved inserting a plate into his left thumb, where the fracture was detected.
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Formula 1 fans have shared their verdict on Lewis Hamilton's "sassy" team radio messages throughout the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
The seven-time champion vented his frustration to the Ferrari team when he felt he was being held up by his team-mate Charles Leclerc despite the Monegasque driver being on a different strategy.
He later asked if he was being used as a "guinea pig" when he ...Keep reading

Alpine has retained Franco Colapinto for the 2027 Formula 1 season, signing a new deal with the Argentinian for a second full-time campaign.
The 23-year-old will remain alongside Alpine’s lead driver Pierre Gasly, who has been Colapinto’s team-mate since he joined the French marque for round seven of 2025.
Colapinto faced a big 2026 season as he aimed to impress team executive Flavio ...Keep reading

McLaren has already successfully come through a 30-hour endurance simulation with the MCL-HY LMDh, as it gears up for its entry into the World Endurance Championship Hypercar ranks next season.
The British manufacturer has revealed that the new LMDh hybrid prototype, developed in conjunction with Dallara Automobili, completed more than 30 hours in the test designed to replicate the distance of ...Keep reading

Almost three months after the Monaco Grand Prix, the result of Formula 1’s most prestigious race is still not definitive.
Pierre Gasly’s time penalty for pitlane speeding was overturned in the week after the race, restoring him to third place at the expense of Isack Hadjar, but that was far from the end of the matter.
McLaren and Red Bull have since challenged the decision before the ...Keep reading

F1 TV analyst Alex Brundle has labelled the drive-through penalty handed to Arvid Lindblad at the Dutch Grand Prix as "harsh", arguing that drivers should not be punished for secondary overtakes while taking evasive action.
The race at Zandvoort was heavily disrupted on the opening lap when home hero Max Verstappen crashed at Turn 14. As Lindblad, who was one of the drivers behind the ...Keep reading

Ayao Komatsu has explained Haas’ approach to deciding their driver line-up for the 2027 season.

Pramac announced on Thursday that Jack Miller will leave the team following the MotoGP season, with the Australian now expected to complete his move to Yamaha’s factory WorldSBK team.
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At 31, the Australian rider will leave the MotoGP world championship 16 years after making his debut in ...Keep reading

2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg has lauded Nico Hulkenberg's "spectacular" reactions to avoid a high-speed collision with his Audi team-mate Gabriel Bortoleto during a chaotic opening lap of the Dutch Grand Prix.
While the rain had stopped before the start of the race, there were still some wet patches on the track. As Red Bull's Max Verstappen made his way around the banked final corner ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz says the Williams Formula 1 team now only leads Cadillac in terms of on-track performance, as team-mate Alexander Albon laments an excessive amount of blue flags.
F1’s new era started just about decently for Williams, which scored 11 points across the first six rounds of the season and lay eighth in the constructors’ standings following the Monaco Grand Prix.
But Sainz ...Keep reading

Aragon is one of Marc Marquez's strongest tracks on the MotoGP calendar, having won the MotorLand race seven times in the premier class - including twice aboard a Ducati.
However, it's Aprilia which heads to the Spanish venue leading the championship, after Raul Fernandez led a podium lockout for the Noale-based manufacturer at the British GP.
Fernandez and factory duo Jorge Martin and Marco ...Keep reading

George Russell detailed the defensive tactics that he had to deploy as he faced a late challenge from Lewis Hamilton for the podium in Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver qualified second for the Zandvoort race, but was passed on the opening lap by team-mate Kimi Antonelli. Russell made it ahead of the young Italian after the stops, but as the championship leader was on an ...Keep reading

Former Red Bull mechanic and current team ambassador Calum Nicholas has praised Liam Lawson's "absolutely brilliant" adaptation after the New Zealander stepped up to the Milton Keynes outfit at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Lawson was unexpectedly called up to the Red Bull seat to replace Isack Hadjar, who withdrew from the final Formula 1 event at Zandvoort due to a wrist injury. Despite the extremely ...Keep reading

The FIA’s ADUO announcement – the Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities for Formula 1 power units – had been a long time coming. In fact, after the results of the first period were shared with all teams and manufacturers at the Monaco Grand Prix, the press release was ready to go in exactly this form. The only thing missing was the sentence about the second period.
The long ...Keep reading

For the first time in several years, there isn’t a new buzzy thing on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.
The street course race at Naval Air Station North Island will return for a second consecutive season and the inability to close out a return to Grant Park in Chicago means that Chicagoland Speedway will return next season as well.
Additionally, there are no international venues or new ...Keep reading

Sammy Smith, 22, will not continue to drive the No. 8 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports (JRM) into the 2027 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series season. Smith previously drove for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), but joined JRM at the start of the 2024 season.
"New chapter, same mindset," Smith posted on social media. "After this season, I’ll be moving on from JR Motorsports and into a new chapter. I’m ...Keep reading

Lando Norris won in Hungary and the Netherlands to reduce his Drivers’ Championship deficit and put pressure on title favourite Kimi Antonelli.

Following a two-hour hearing on Wednesday at the Charles R. Jonas Federal Building, Judge Susan C. Rodriguez issued rulings on the motions from Joe Gibbs Racing to dismiss countersuits from Spire Motorsports and Chris Gabehart.
As is typical in such litigation, a lawsuit is followed by a countersuit of some kind, and this was no different with the defendants making a variety of counterclaims ...Keep reading

Why is Timo Glock once again getting nowhere against his team-mate Ben Dorr at the Dorr team this year? The former Formula 1 driver, who produced a combative Sunday race at the Nurburgring but, unlike the team owner's son, has nothing to do with the front, is pushing back against the prejudice that he is no longer the old Timo Glock. "Well, he's not gone," the 44-year-old becomes emotional with ...Keep reading

Honda's engine program has asserted absolute dominance over the IndyCar Series, securing a historic clean sweep of every street circuit race on the 2026 calendar following Kyle Kirkwood’s victory at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington D.C.
The triumph around the National Mall reinforces a decade-plus legacy of engineering performance, extending the Japanese brand’s streak of winning ...Keep reading