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Marc Marquez has admitted he was briefly concerned that a charging Fermin Aldeguer might snatch victory from him late in MotoGP's Austrian Grand Prix.
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Gresini Ducati rider Aldeguer was running as low as ninth early in the race following a hairy moment at the Turn 2 chicane on the ...Keep reading

Nobody ever wants the wooden spoon in the Formula 1 world championship, for valid reasons – a crucial loss of prize money, and the mere incentive to do well – but if you’re ever going to come last then Alpine certainly is doing it right.
The Enstone-based outfit has already scored 20 points in the 2025 season, by far the most a last-placed team has ever collected – and that’s just ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez continued his march towards the world title with yet another MotoGP grand prix victory in the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The win represented another ‘double’ following Saturday’s sprint success and thus completed the factory Ducati rider’s sixth consecutive perfect racing weekend – a run stretching back to the Aragon Grand Prix in June.
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After earning his first win of the 2025 season at Richmond Raceway, Austin Dillon surprised those watching when he revealed in his winner's interview that he recently suffered a broken rib.
He later expanded on that in the post-race press conference. "I don't like to talk about it, but I fell off a ladder pulling my bow case off, getting ready for hunting season," explained Dillon. "Fell on ...Keep reading

MotoGP tyre manufacturer Michelin has found no issue with the rear tyre used by Francesco Bagnaia during his troubled sprint race at the Red Bull Ring yesterday.
Bagnaia complained of a mysterious issue at the rear of his Ducati during the race, which began with huge wheelspin when the lights turned green. He ultimately retired after dropping to last position.
After the race, he told ...Keep reading

Austrian Grand Prix polesitter Marco Bezzecchi hopes he can “find something more” in Sunday’s feature race after missing the podium in the sprint.
The factory Aprilia rider was unable to convert his pole in the sprint on Saturday, in which he finished a disappointing fourth behind the Marquez brothers and Pedro Acosta.
But the Italian was fastest in Sunday morning’s warm-up session ...Keep reading

“At the start, I didn’t like motorsport.” As soon as our chat with Leonardo Fornaroli begins, he candidly opens up.
The Piacenza native, born in December 2004 within 200km of both Monza and Imola, did grow up around racing. His father, Valentino Fornaroli, raced competitively from 2008 to 2015 – mostly in the Italian GT Championship, with a short foray into International GT ...Keep reading

Despite one of his strongest race showings of the season, Raul Fernandez cut a surprisingly disappointed figure after the sprint at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday.
The Trackhouse Aprilia rider believed he had the pace to challenge for a top-three position, but was forced to retire from sixth place when his ride-height device stuck in place.
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When Williams team principal James Vowles and his wife Rachel took to their annual New Year's tradition of setting themselves a challenge, the idea was to learn a new skill over the new year. Taking piano lessons, learning a new language; you get the idea.
But in 2020 Vowles set himself a slightly loftier target. Unbeknownst to his wife, the then Mercedes engineer embarked on secret helicopter ...Keep reading

Last year, the battle to become the regular season champion was incredibly close, with Tyler Reddick prevailing by a single point over Kyle Larson. There will be no such battle in 2025, as William Byron clinched the regular season title with one race to spare. He was helped by the fact that his closest competition [Chase Elliott] crashed out of the race, nearly taking Byron with him in a mid-race ...Keep reading

Alex Bowman will enter the regular season finale at Daytona in a very uncomfortable position: holding the 16th and final playoff spot. Any new winner at Daytona that comes from below the cut-line will automatically knock him out of championship contention.
At Richmond, he came just one position shy of a season-altering victory for himself. Despite the fact that he was gaining ground on ...Keep reading

Entering Richmond, there was a dark cloud over Austin Dillon as memories returned of the controversial 2024 finish, where he intentionally wrecked two cars on his way to winning the race. His actions then forced NASCAR to remove him from the playoffs, but this time, there was no drama for the No. 3 as he dominated the final stint of the race.
"Man, that feels good," said Dillon. "Got to thank ...Keep reading

Just a couple of laps short of the halfway point in Saturday night's NASCAR Cup race at Richmond Raceway, chaos broke out as drivers battled in the middle of the field.
After contact with Ross Chastain and Brad Keselowski, Busch dove to the bottom of the track in an effort to get under Chase Briscoe. Busch ran into the back of Briscoe instead, sending him spinning up the track. Justin Haley ...Keep reading

The Next Gen (or Gen-7) car has been the subject of countless debates in recent weeks, all focusing on its weaknesses. Road courses and short tracks seem duller than ever before, dirty air is extremely difficult to overcome, and the drivers feel stuck wherever they are running on the track. For example, at Iowa Speedway, the race leader clearly struggled to lap the back of the field.
Denny ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen is a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series, but he will enter the playoffs with four wins and over 20 bonus points -- something most of the field can only dream of.
And while there is another road course in the middle of the second round, his longevity in the playoffs will be mostly dependent on how much he can extract from each of the remaining oval races.
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RFK Racing's Ryan Preece is in a difficult position on Saturday night. He's starting from pole position for just the second time in his entire career with a legitimate shot of contending for the race win, but he has to pay close attention to gathering stage points for the battle around the playoff cut-line.
Preece has 211 starts in the Cup Series with zero race wins. He also enters this race 34 ...Keep reading

Tech3 KTM rider Maverick Vinales will prolong his absence from racing by at least another two races as he struggles to recover from the injuries sustained in his crash at last month’s German Grand Prix.
Having already missed the Czech Grand Prix a week after the Sachsenring accident, Vinales returned to riding his MotoGP bike at this weekend’s Austrian GP. But despite practicing on Friday ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia is mystified about the exact cause of the issue that caused him to retire his factory Ducati after a nightmare in the MotoGP sprint at the Austrian Grand Prix.
After an encouraging start to the weekend and qualifying third, ahead of his nemesis and team-mate Marc Marquez, Bagnaia got nothing but wheelspin as he tried to get the power down at the start of the race.
The lurid ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez kept up his phenomenal run of success in MotoGP with sprint victory at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday.
He headed his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati) home, with Pedro Acosta earning a third-place medal for the factory KTM team at its home track.
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella thinks some of the philosophies that made his 2025 F1 car so successful can be carried over to 2026's all-new regulations.
In 2026 F1 is moving away from a heavy reliance on ground effect, reverting to cars with a flat underfloor and reduced downforce levels, while using active aerodynamics on the straights to compensate for a near 50-50 split between the ...Keep reading