Motorsport

Aprilia technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini says Marco Bezzecchi’s focus and methodical approach echo those of his mentor and seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi.
Bezzecchi has been one of the standout performers of the 2025 MotoGP season, scoring six podiums, three pole positions and a memorable victory at the British Grand Prix.
At Mandalika last weekend, he dominated ...Keep reading

Alex Palou has claimed that Zak Brown told him he could help find him a seat in Formula 1, but the McLaren Racing boss insists he never made any promises or misled the driver.
The long-running dispute between Palou and McLaren reached the UK High Court this week, with the Woking-based squad suing the IndyCar star for over $20 million for breaching their contract.
In July 2022, both Chip ...Keep reading

After facing a well-publicised sputtering in its pipeline of young talent, such that it hired the experienced Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen for four seasons, Red Bull now has more Formula 1 prospects coming through its system.
That, as ever, means peril for all the grand prix drivers on its books apart from Verstappen, since Dr Helmut Marko has always run the Junior Team on an ...Keep reading

Toyota’s GR Supra has made its long-awaited public debut with some demonstration laps at Supercars’ Bathurst 1000.
The Walkinshaw Andretti United-built prototype was driven by retired driver and TV commentator Neil Crompton on Friday afternoon at the iconic circuit.
The car, which is powered by a 5.2-litre version of Toyota’s quad-cam 2UR-GSE V8, completed a number of trouble-free laps ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki has put his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang on top of the time sheets in a riveting qualifying session for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.
Kostecki, the defending race winner, set a final lap time of 2m04.0307s to edge this season’s qualifying king Broc Feeney by 0.0064s. The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver had looked to have taken pole before Kostecki ...Keep reading

Jeremy Mayfield, over a decade and a half after his suspension from NASCAR, continues to race in whatever platforms will have him.
This past week, the now 56-year-old celebrated his championship in the Grand National Super Series, a Mid-Atlantic touring series that features old Cup Series, Xfinity Series, ARCA and Pro Cup cars racing against each other under a combined rules package.
This is ...Keep reading

We now know every driver rating for the all-new NASCAR racing game, NASCAR 25, developed by iRacing studios.
As previously revealed, cover driver William Byron is the only Cup star with a perfect '100' rating. Each driver metric is broken down into several categories, featuring superspeedways (SSW), speedways (SW), intermediate (INT), short intermediates (S.INT), concrete (C), and road courses ...Keep reading

Three-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick believes Racing Bulls could opt for an all-new driver line-up for 2026.
Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda's contract currently expires at the end of 2025, and it is understood that Racing Bulls rookie Isack Hadjar could earn a promotion to the Milton Keynes outfit for next year, alongside four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen.
Red Bull junior ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff was recognised at the NIKI Awards gala, named after three-time Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda, on Wednesday 8 October, as he received the Special Award.
Joining Wolff in receiving the prestigious award, which was presented by Lauda’s sons Mathias and Lukas, were fellow Austrians Gerhard Berger and Helmut Marko.
The awards at the Lotteries Sports ...Keep reading

Hitech GP F1 Academy driver Aiva Anagnostiadis, backed by TAG Heuer, has shared an injury update after a fractured foot saw her replaced for the sixth round of the championship in Singapore.
F1 Academy announced in the lead-up to the race weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit that Anagnostiadis would be replaced by Megan Bruce after sustaining a fracture to her left foot during ...Keep reading

Petronas president and group CEO Tan Sri Tengku Muhammad Taufik has issued an apology after joining in with the champagne celebrations on the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix podium.
Mercedes driver George Russell won the race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit after starting from pole position. As the race closest to a home grand prix for the Brackley outfit's title sponsor, Petronas, the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has announced a Lewis Hamilton Las Vegas Grand Prix ticket package ahead of the Saturday night race on the Strip in November.
The three-day ticket, which runs from Thursday to Saturday, gives fans access to assigned seats in the Lewis Hamilton Grandstand located in the West Harmon Zone for all on-track sessions (including the season finale of the F1 Academy), plus interactive fan ...Keep reading

It's already public knowledge that William Byron, who is on the cover of the game, was given a perfect rating of 100. In a video posted on Thursday, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Ryan Blaney, Carson Hocevar, Noah Gragson, and Austin Cindric were brought in to figure out which ratings go with some other drivers.
Kyle Busch was the first driver presented, and Hocevar contested the veteran ...Keep reading

Pirelli introduced the C6 compound to Formula 1 for the first time this season. The softest tyre in the range was primarily intended for street circuits, but Max Verstappen and some of his colleagues weren't too impressed. Now, the Italian manufacturer says it is prepared to discuss the compound’s shortcomings with Verstappen.  
During the C6’s last outing in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco revealed he held a meeting with Honda and his LCR team during the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend to address his struggles with the marque’s updated MotoGP bike.
The introduction of an updated RC213V after the summer break, featuring a new chassis, swingarm and improved aero, helped Honda’s factory team move closer to the front, with Joan Mir finishing on the podium in the ...Keep reading

Guenther Steiner has urged the McLaren Formula 1 team to back Oscar Piastri in the drivers' championship.
The Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit resulted in the Woking outfit clinching the constructors' title after Lando Norris and Piastri finished the race in third and fourth, respectively. With the back-to-back constructors' championships secured, Steiner believes that the ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has announced a four-part YouTube original series called Passenger Princess, hosted by Amelia Dimoldenberg, and in partnership with her production company, Dimz Inc.
Dimoldenberg rose to fame with her YouTube interview series Chicken Shop Date, which McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris appeared on in March 2024. The idea for the show began as a column written by the 31-year-old during her ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo believes Yamaha hasn’t made any “big steps” with its MotoGP bike since the Barcelona test at the end of last year.
The 2021 champion feels that the M1’s performance tailed off as Yamaha hasn’t been able to bring meaningful upgrades to the bike since the early part of the season.
Quartararo enjoyed an incredible run of form in the summer, scoring three consecutive ...Keep reading

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes George Russell has more leverage over Mercedes in the ongoing contract negotiations for a 2026 seat.
The British driver, who has been with the Mercedes F1 team since 2022 and a Mercedes junior driver since 2017, is yet to secure a 2026 contract with the Brackley outfit despite securing two grand prix wins so far this year in Canada ...Keep reading

The occasional friction between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and their McLaren team, last year was a mere taster for what has already transpired in 2025 – and what is still to come. Max Verstappen might be creeping up incrementally, but the battle for the Formula 1 drivers' title is the McLaren drivers' to lose.
So, unlike last year, where Norris was chasing down Verstappen's lead in the ...Keep reading