Motorsport

While Alex Marquez maintains the stance that he “understands” why Ducati is not giving upgrades to his MotoGP bike, his brother Marc contends that at Aragon the bikes were “identical".
Marc Marquez made his debut on a Ducati GP23 with the Gresini team last season, alongside Alex. While factory riders Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini, Jorge Martín and Franco Morbidelli received upgrades ...Keep reading

Ferrari has outlined an intent to go into its 2026 World Endurance Championship campaign with an unchanged roster of drivers in the two factory 499P Le Mans Hypercars.
Antonello Coletta, the Italian manufacturer’s sportscar racing boss, has again stressed the importance of stability in the AF Corse-run works Hypercar team’s line-up.
“There is no intention to change anybody, so I hope ...Keep reading

Sebastien Buemi has claimed the current Le Mans 24 Hours safety car rules ‘take merit away’ from the best competitors, while fellow event veteran Sebastien Bourdais reckons they’re an improvement on the previous iteration.
Since 2023, all cars have been gathered behind a single safety car and the race leader, while there previously were three safety cars around the 13.6km track ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has long been fueled by high-octane egos and explosive rivalries. Fiery outbursts have practically become a prerequisite for greatness in the series, which is why the rise of Oscar Piastri - disarmingly calm and cool under pressure - feels like such a departure. While other drivers air their frustrations over team radio or let adrenaline get the better of them, the 23-year-old McLaren ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix is set for lights out at 2pm local time on Sunday, June 15th where Max Verstappen returns following his victory in Montreal in 2024.
The Red Bull driver however, comes into the race following a controversial Spanish Grand Prix where he was penalised with a 10-second time penalty for clashing with Mercedes’ George Russell.
The incident also netted the ...Keep reading

When you go to the Le Mans 24 Hours as a journalist, there’s a list of evergreen topics that come up every year: traffic, rain, nighttime driving, traffic again… and sleep.
The schedule can be gruelling for drivers, with practice running until 12am on Wednesday and Thursday nights, and media commitments in the morning. On Saturday and Sunday, it’s easy for the 24-hour race to turn into a ...Keep reading

Thursdays always traditionally mark the start of a Formula 1 grand prix weekend – there might be no action on the track, but the entertainment can be found by popping in and out of team hospitality blocks to hear from the drivers throughout the media day.
This week in Canada, all 20 drivers will speak to the assembled press either in sessions held in their team’s respective motorhome or, if ...Keep reading

Toyota ended up fastest in second free practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the customer AF Corse 499P Le Mans Hypercar lost its best time for pitlane speeding.
Sebastien Buemi sat second in the Free Practice 2 classification for this weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship until the fastest time set by Robert Kubica was scrubbed out as the chequered flag ...Keep reading

Mexico City is a big opportunity for several drivers hunting their first win of the 2025 season. There's home hero Daniel Suarez, Supercars ace Shane van Gisbergen, and road course specialist A.J. Allmendinger who can all realistically win on Sunday.
Only three drivers taking part in this weekend's Cup race raced at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez when the Xfinity Series visited there between ...Keep reading

Alex Lynn set the fastest time in qualifying for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, with his Cadillac clocking a 3m22.847s that was four hundredths quicker than Dries Vanthoor's BMW.
In hot evening temperatures at 31C, the first lap times of the session showed Ferrari’s strength with Yifei Ye setting the pace in 3m23.994s with the #83 car, three tenths faster than Alessandro Pier Guidi’s #51 entry ...Keep reading

With Toprak Razgatlioglu’s much-anticipated debut in MotoGP announced for next season, it’s time to assess the consequences his arrival will have - both for Yamaha and for the championship as a whole.
The Turkish rider’s signing is far from an ordinary move by Yamaha — the brand with which he claimed the WorldSBK title in 2021, before moving to BMW, where he also won last season’s ...Keep reading

Cadillac has set the pace in the first official practice session for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours with Sebastien Bourdais only lapping half a second slower than last year's pole.
The Hypercar crews were setting a blistering pace right from the very start of the three-hour session with Antonio Fuoco's #51 Ferrari 499P LMH clocking a 3m25.302s with his first flying effort - a time that was almost a ...Keep reading

The most recent Spanish Grand Prix showed Liam Lawson's trademark aggression is not going away. Is it starting to pay off?
It is fair to sayLawson has forged an elbows out reputation over his first 20 races in F1. Over his second, six-race stint in 2024 the New Zealander drew the ire of Fernando Alonso in Austin, and the following week that of then-Red Bull seat rival Sergio Perez.
Lawson's ...Keep reading

Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll will return to the wheel of the AMR25 at his home Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal after a successful procedure to treat a hand injury.
After qualifying for the Spanish GP two weeks ago, Stroll decided to withdraw from the event after recurring pain in his right hand significantly worsened and left him to seek medical treatment.
Stroll has undergone ...Keep reading

One of the most high-profile rookies at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Pascal Wehrlein feels adequately prepared for the demanding French classic.
The former Formula 1 driver, DTM champion and reigning Formula E world champion took sixth on his endurance racing debut at the Daytona 24 Hours alongside Bryce Aron, Gianmaria Bruni and Tijmen van der Helm, then ninth ...Keep reading

Ferrari had the fastest car at the Le Mans 24 Hours test day with an advantage that may be difficult to overcome, Toyota drivers reckon.
Brendon Hartley gave Toyota the quickest time on Sunday with a 3m26.246s lap in the afternoon session, just over half a second faster than the #51 Ferrari then driven by James Calado.
Toyota promptly played down the significance of the result, with its ...Keep reading

Toyota has unveiled a hydrogen-powered prototype test car as the next step on the road to racing with the alternative fuel at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
A car Toyota is calling the GR LH2 Racing Concept was unveiled at Le Mans on Wednesday and is designed to advance its understanding and knowledge of running an internal combustion engine fuelled by liquid hydrogen.
The GR LH2 has been built at ...Keep reading

Iron Dames driver Michelle Gatting has explained the freak pitlane incident during the Le Mans 24 Hours Test Day that left her with a broken foot and unable to race.
Gatting was due to be the gold-rated driver among the all-female Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R line-up but will now be replaced by Silver-graded Sarah Bovy, who had stepped away from competing in the World Endurance Championship ...Keep reading

Schubert BMW driver Marco Wittmann has discussed the penalty he received at the end of race two during DTM’s Zandvoort weekend. 
The two-time series champion finished behind team-mate Rene Rast despite a post-race five-second penalty, which left him just 0.005s ahead of third-placed Thomas Preining. 
Wittmann, who started third, was penalised for allegedly pushing Jack Aitken’s Ferrari ...Keep reading

The 93rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours is taking place this week, starting on Wednesday and Thursday with free practice and qualifying, before the race runs from Saturday 4pm to Sunday 4pm (local time).
When to watch it (all times CET)
Wednesday 11 June

2pm-5pm – Free Practice 1
6:45pm-7:15pm – LMP2/LMGT3 qualifying
7:30pm-8pm – Hypercar qualifying
10pm-12am – ...Keep reading