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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc has retired from the 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix following contact on lap six of the Interlagos race. After sustaining heavy damage to the front-left corner of the car, the Monegasque was forced to stop.
This came just moments after Gabriel Bortoleto crashed, forcing a safety car, and Leclerc's team-mate Lewis Hamilton pitted after receiving damage when he hit the ...Keep reading

World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will get his first taste of MotoGP machinery at Aragon on Monday, when he is expected to ride Yamaha’s new V4 challenger.
As predicted by Motorsport.com, the Turkish rider is switching to MotoGP with the Japanese manufacturer next season, when he will appear for the satellite Pramac team.
The private test will be a low-key prelude to ...Keep reading

Sauber Formula 1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto crashed out of the Brazilian Grand Prix, resulting in a safety car. 
After starting from 18th on the grid, Bortoleto crashed on the opening lap of his first home race. It looked as though he was squeezed by Aston Martin's Lance Stroll before he dipped onto the grass, lost traction and crashed into the wall. 
 
The crash added to a torrid ...Keep reading

Porsche has singled out Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain as the ‘biggest disappointment” for its three-year 963 LMDh programme.
The German manufacturer bowed out of the Hypercar class of the WEC with a nightmare race in Bahrain, as its two factory Penske prototypes finished a lap down in 13th and 14th positions.
This marked the first time since 963’s debut in ...Keep reading

Hampus Ericsson and Danny Formal scored a sensational comeback victory in Race 2 of the Lamborghini World Finals, with the Wayne Taylor Racing duo claiming the Super Trofeo Pro Class title after winning the second race of the Pro and Pro-Am Final. 
Thanks to their 11th place overall, Shota Abkhazava and Egor Orudzhev took home the Pro-Am title, while the pairing of Andrzej Lewandowski and ...Keep reading

Antonio Felix da Costa topped the timesheets in his first public appearance as a factory Alpine driver in the World Endurance Championship’s Bahrain rookie test.
The former Porsche star, who joins the French squad next year as part of a dual WEC/Formula E programme, set a best time of 1m49.214s in the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh in the afternoon session.
He went 0.159s quicker than current Alpine ...Keep reading

Pietro Perolini and Massimo Ciglia triumphed at the end of Race 2 of the Lamborghini World Finals at Misano, becoming champions of the AM Class of the 2025 Super Trofeo.
Thanks to an eighth-place finish overall, Karim Ojjeh secured victory in the Lamborghini Cup category, taking home the title in a 50-minute race that was full of surprises.
The start was a smooth one, with Stephane Lemeret ...Keep reading

Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Portuguese Grand Prix for Aprilia on Sunday, leading throughout the race at Portimao.
The Italian tightened his grip on third in the world championship as he led home Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Pedro Acosta (KTM).
With nearest challenger Francesco Bagnaia falling, Bezzecchi stretched his advantage in third place to 35 points. That leaves Bagnaia with a ...Keep reading

Almost like a mantra, the name of one man was on the lips of throngs of Brazilian Formula 1 fans as they flocked to Sao Paulo's very own cathedral of speed. Bor-to-le-to.
For the first time in eight years, the Brazilians were able to cheer on one of their own again, an agonising wait to find a successor to Felipe Massa finally over. It was around the 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix that McLaren ...Keep reading

Hyundai had already been working on a “Plan B” for its 2026 World Rally Championship driver line-up should it lose Ott Tanak from its team. 
Tanak today announced plans to take a break from full-time rallying and leave the Korean brand following the Saudi Arabia season finale later this month. The 38-year-old stated that he wishes to spend more time with his family, but revealed that this ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen will start Formula 1’s 2025 Brazilian Grand Prix from the pitlane, following his poor qualifying result, Motorsport understands.
Verstappen was shockingly eliminated in Q1 in an unusually poor display from the four-time world champion and his Red Bull team. The latter failed to reach Q2 with any cars for the first time since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, with Yuki Tsunoda down ...Keep reading

Corvette driver Dani Juncadella has been hit with a €5,000 fine for showing his middle finger to BMW rival Augusto Farfus during the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.​Juncadella and Farfus were locked in a prolonged fight over fifth place in the LMGT3 category, with the pair making contact at Turn 10 as Juncadella attempted to overtake.​The Spaniard eventually completed the ...Keep reading

Ott Tanak will quit the World Rally Championship following the conclusion of the 2025 season, though he’s not ruling out competitive outings in the future.
The 38-year-old made the decision “as he chooses to dedicate more of his time to his family, business and life beyond rallying”, a Hyundai Motorsport press release reads.
“After many incredible years competing at the top of the ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained the reasons why Oscar Piastri has struggled to match team-mate Lando Norris at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
Having lacked pace for the past few rounds, Piastri was outqualified by Norris in all qualifying segments – sprint and regular alike – at Interlagos, with his deficit ranging from 0.043s in Q2 to 0.390s in Q1; he was 0.247s ...Keep reading

Toyota will head into the 2026 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up across its two factory Hypercar entries.
Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries will continue to share the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid next season, with Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa continuing in the sister #8 car.
The announcement was made shortly after Toyota ended its ...Keep reading

The WSK Final Cup will host its second round at Italy’s Cremona Circuit, with the finals taking place today at 13:30. America’s Wynn Godschalk currently leads the standings in the MINI U10 class ahead of the final.
Other categories in action today include MINI Gr.3, led by Victor Thomas Gorun; OK class, topped by Manuel Scognamiglio; OK-Junior, which is led by Noah Baglin; OK-N, with ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly was at a loss for words to explain how he enjoyed a surprisingly strong Saturday at the Formula 1 Brazil Grand Prix.
The Alpine driver started by scoring a point with eighth in the sprint race at Interlagos, before qualifying ninth for Sunday’s contest - Gasly was even just a tenth behind fourth-placed Oscar Piastri in Q3.
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Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais has lashed out at the stewards’ decision to penalise his team-mate Jenson Button in the World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.
One-time Formula 1 world champion Button, competing in his final professional race, was slapped with a 30-second stop/go penalty for causing a collision with the #54 Ferrari 296 GT3 of Thomas Flohr in the Bahrain 8 ...Keep reading

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier edged World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans to victory after an intense Rally Japan battle that ensured the title will be decided in the Saudi Arabia season finale.
Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais claimed their sixth win from a partial 2025 campaign by a margin of 11.6s from Evans after a thrilling battle across 20 challenging asphalt stages.
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Adrien Fourmaux has retired from third position after a wild moment in wet conditions at Rally Japan that resulted in the Hyundai World Rally Championship driver losing the passenger door from his i20 N.
Fourmaux had led Hyundai’s charge through what has been a difficult rally for the Korean brand but his fine drive came to an abrupt halt in treacherous wet conditions in stage 15 [Nukata 1 ...Keep reading