Motorsport

Fabio Quartararo has called for more consistency and better alignment with regard to push-starting MotoGP bikes following his clash with marshals at the recent French Grand Prix.
Despite his status as home hero at Le Mans, Quartararo’s race ended when he could not convince two marshals to agree to bump-start his Yamaha after his crash on lap four.
Speaking to media ahead of this ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso will not be racing in Formula 1's Monaco Grand Prix with a rabbit’s foot and clutching rosary beads having searched the green areas of Monte Carlo for a four-leaved clover, as he clarified his “unluckiest driver in the world” comments during the Imola race.
Still without a point in 2025, the two-time world champion qualified fifth for Aston Martin in Italy, giving him the ...Keep reading

Ducati racer Francesco Bagnaia waded into the Aprilia team's contract dispute with Jorge Martin, by telling the MotoGP world champion he should “respect” his contract with the team.
Motorsport.com exclusively revealed that Martin wanted to invoke a break clause in his contract to be released from the second year of his deal, which would mean that he could leave the Aprilia outfit at the end ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has explained why he skipped the private Formula 1 movie screening for the drivers ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.
On Wednesday night Formula One Management organised a private viewing of the upcoming F1: The Movie for all 20 F1 drivers and several senior figures in a movie theatre in Monaco, ahead of this weekend's grand prix.
In the end 18 out of the 20 drivers turned up for ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz believes the “lottery” of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix will only be made bigger this weekend following the introduction of a mandatory two-stop race.
In an attempt to spice up racing around the tight, twisty streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA World Motor Sport Council confirmed in February that each driver must make a minimum of two pitstops during the race.
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Aprilia has stood firm over Jorge Martin’s push to be released from his contract early and expects the defending MotoGP world champion to remain at the team at least until the end of 2026, it has said in a statement.
The Italian manufacturer has remained silent on the matter since Motorsport.com exclusively revealed Martin intended to invoke a clause in his contract to be released from the ...Keep reading

Japanese racer Yuki Tsunoda was promoted to Red Bull from Racing Bulls after just two grands prix in the 2025 Formula 1 season. His target was simple – score points and support the team in its fight against McLaren. But since making the move up, Tsunoda struggled to put together a clean race weekend, with crashes and disappointing finishes threatening his standing at the cut-throat ...Keep reading

When it comes to iconic NASCAR races, the 2005 running of NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 is up there as one of the wilded and most bizarre. It was May 29th, 2005, a few hours after Dan Wheldon had won his first Indianapolis 500 earlier in the day.
43 drivers took part in NASCAR's longest race and through 5+ hours of chaos, it came down to an aging champion searching for one last moment of glory and a ...Keep reading

Attempting to complete 1,100 miles in a single day of racing is quite the challenge (unless you're an endurance racing driver), but it's even more daunting when you're doing it in two wildly different race cars and at two race tracks that are multiple states apart.
That is what it means when a driver like Kyle Larson says they are attempting 'The Double.' They start their day at Indianapolis ...Keep reading

Any driver's weekend will always be defined by a heavy smash, and this is amplified if the driver in question is Franco Colapinto, who made a high-profile 2025 debut with Alpine after replacing Jack Doohan just six races into the Formula 1 season.
The Argentine was on his last lap at the end of Q1 when he drove onto the grass at the exit of the second turn at Tamburello. This sent him spinning ...Keep reading

Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan said his team is “not doing anything different” in its approach to this year's 109th running of the Indianapolis 500, despite its driver Pato O’Ward losing out to Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in the closing stages of the 2024 race.
Kanaan, who won the 500 in 2013, will lead McLaren’s four-car lineup at this year’s race, with O’Ward lining ...Keep reading

Ex-Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat believes Red Bull still has a “very quick car” that can take the fight to championship leaders McLaren despite the early deficit.
The Austrian squad is third in the standings, 148 points behind the leaders with only two victories compared to McLaren’s five. 
In many grands prix Red Bull has simply struggled to match McLaren’s pace as, in Bahrain for ...Keep reading

The consequences from Team Penske's Indy 500 qualifying scandal are still unfolding several days later. Josef Newgarden and Will Power have already been sent to the rear of the field, the team has been fined a total of $200,000, and race strategists for each driver were suspended.
Penske has now taken things a step further by announcing the departure of IndyCar team president Tim Cindric after ...Keep reading

Last week, someone named "Franz Hermann" drew significant attention during a GT3 test at the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Behind this alias was none other than four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, who got behind the wheel of the Ferrari 296 GT3 from Swiss outfit Emil Frey Racing during an official Nurburgring Endurance Series test.
The Red Bull F1 driver collaborates with Emil Frey Racing ...Keep reading

The start of the 2025 IndyCar Series season has been a very promising one for new Arrow McLaren star Christian Lundgaard.
Having claimed three podiums in the opening five rounds, he is third in the championship and sits just one point behind Kyle Kirkwood while Alex Palou is the runaway leader. 
Such form has led to Lundgaard labelling it as a “rocket start to the season”, with the ...Keep reading

Dozens of fans were chanting his name at Imola as their favourite Formula 1 driver climbed the pitwall after the race to greet them. But this was not a Ferrari driver celebrating, let's say, a podium on home soil. Instead, it was Alpine's Franco Colapinto, who had come home in 16th place after a muted first grand prix upon his F1 return last weekend.
The attention surrounding Colapinto beggars ...Keep reading

The fight at the top of the Formula 1 drivers’ standings is heating up in 2025, with the leading three separated by just 22 points.
First and second is held by McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris respectively, but could the team be better at handling the pair to boost its chances of winning a first double championship since 1998 - especially when title holder Max Verstappen remains in ...Keep reading

Opel has become the first manufacturer to develop an all-electric rally car built to the FIA’s new eRally5 regulations with the unveiling of its prototype Mokka GSE Rally.
The German manufacturer has been one of the leading marques in electric rally car production having enjoyed success with its Corsa Rally Electric, which is used in the ADAC Opel Electric Rally Cup, enjoying its fifth season ...Keep reading

Star MotoGP rookie Fermin Aldeguer is targeting a factory Ducati ride for 2027 but admits to being surprised to have already scored a maiden podium.
The Spaniard celebrated his first podium in the premier class two weeks ago at Le Mans, in just his sixth MotoGP Grand Prix.
However, it was a result that had been building for some time, as the Gresini rider had already impressed with a fifth ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has urged social media platforms to take further steps to curb online abuse after Yuki Tsunoda and Jack Doohan were on the receiving end of toxic comments.
Franco Colapinto's F1 return with Alpine has reignited a swell of passionate support from his Argentinian homeland, but over the past months a minority of fans have repeatedly crossed the line by harassing Doohan, who was ...Keep reading