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Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez will sit out the next two MotoGP rounds in Australia and Malaysia after medical examinations in Madrid revealed the full extent of injuries sustained during his crash in Indonesia.
According to a statement released by Ducati on Monday, Marquez suffered a fracture at the base of the carcoid process and a ligament injury to his right shoulder following his ...Keep reading

As a history lesson, the name 'World of Outlaws' referenced the type of national traveling racer that would come into a local big money Sprint Car show back in the day and take their money and leave town.
They were literal outlaws.
Thus, when Ted Johnson founded a true national tour in 1978, he called it the 'World of Outlaws' because it featured all the outlaws that traveled to local big ...Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen's road course win streak is now at five after winning by over 15 seconds in Sunday's Round of 12 elimination race at the Charlotte Roval. While Trackhouse took home the checkered flag, it wasn't all celebrations for the organization as Ross Chastain faced a chaotic battle to transfer into the next round.
After two unforced errors on pit road, it still came down to just one ...Keep reading

Of all the things Marc Marquez said just over a week ago, when he achieved his goal of reclaiming the MotoGP world title, there was one comment that may not have made the headlines, yet probably best summarised what the Spaniard went through during the darkest period of his sporting career.
“The help I received is what allows me to be here now. It wasn’t that I fell to the ground — I was ...Keep reading

In contrast with the majority of the Formula 1 grid, Red Bull Racing continues to introduce notable upgrades to its RB21 – with Max Verstappen admitting that a new floor rolled out in Monza “definitely helped”. However, the short-term gains could impact Red Bull’s long-term ambitions with its 2026 project.  
Chief engineer Paul Monaghan explained that Red Bull had found just enough ...Keep reading

The Williams Formula 1 team has launched a new merchandise collection centred on the now-viral ‘Sparkles’ sticker that Carlos Sainz received from a fan ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. With some of the collection already sold out, the team has confirmed that a portion of the proceeds from the sales will go to the family of the fan, Thea.
Sainz and his team-mate Alex Albon responded to ...Keep reading

The thrilling duel between Ayhancan Guven and Marco Wittmann on the final lap of the DTM decider at Hockenheim was the race’s big talking point that sparked heated debate.
Just a few corners before the finish, Wittmann took the lead from Guven and seemed to be on his way to victory. But the Manthey Porsche driver struck back just seconds later, reclaiming the top spot with a controversial ...Keep reading

The Indonesian Grand Prix was something of a lost opportunity for Honda and Yamaha to score a MotoGP podium, given the pace they both enjoyed in the run-up to the race.
With the factory Ducati squad enduring a torrid weekend during which it wrapped up the teams’ title, the race looked like the golden opportunity for Honda and Yamaha to capitalise on the situation and score some big ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri voiced his annoyance at both Lando Norris and McLaren following the clash on the opening lap of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix – but were his complaints justified?
The F1 world championship leader was barged by Norris into Turn 3 on the opening lap and wasn’t given sympathy from the McLaren pitwall when he let his feelings know.
Did Piastri have grounds for complaints? ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has predicted that the 2026 regulation changes will show Lewis Hamilton “either at his best or a Lewis that’s maybe going to walk away”.
Hamilton made the blockbuster move from Mercedes to Ferrari at the start of 2025 after a successful 12-year stint with the Brackley outfit, which resulted in six of his seven championship titles and eight ...Keep reading

Martin Brundle has issued an apology to singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi after an awkward interaction during the Singapore Grand Prix grid walk.
As the clock was counting down to the Singapore national anthem, the former Formula 1 driver quickly approached who he thought was the award-winning artist. “Lewis, wonderful to see you…” he said before realising it was Capaldi's brother ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc says he and Lewis Hamilton are “passengers” of Ferrari’s Formula 1 car, as they can’t outperform it to get back to the podium positions.
Ferrari has had tough weekends in Baku and Singapore, where the top five eluded the Scuderia in both qualifying and the race, with the lack of pace compounded by significant braking issues at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
“From ...Keep reading

The 2025 Indonesian Grand Prix will be remembered for a long time, for reasons both good and bad. First, a rookie who had shown so much promise over the season was finally able to score his maiden win - and in commanding fashion. Then, the race itself delivered so much action to the point you could have mistaken it for a Moto3 contest.
However, all that drama and excitement was partly ...Keep reading

George Russell celebrated his Formula 1 victory in Singapore with a tribute to his Mercedes predecessor Lewis Hamilton – and shared a story that goes back seven years. 
The Mercedes driver recreated Hamilton’s famous winner’s photo from the 2018 Singapore Grand Prix after triumphing at Marina Bay in 2025. 
Just like Hamilton back then, Russell sat cross-legged on the asphalt of the ...Keep reading

On 6 October 1985, Alain Prost won the Formula 1 championship for the first time in his career, at 30 years of age.
Ahead of the European Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, McLaren’s Prost enjoyed a 16-point gap over his only remaining rival, Ferrari’s Michele Alboreto, and needed to bring his lead to 18 points at the English circuit in order to be out of reach.
Prost had practically always ...Keep reading

Ducati MotoGP team boss Davide Tardozzi believes Marco Bezzecchi “was in too much of a rush” in the Indonesian Grand Prix after an ill-judged move on the opening lap sent them both out of the race.
Bezzecchi had claimed pole position by over four tenths of a second in the Aprilia rider’s most competitive showing of 2025, but a poor launch left him in eighth place and with a lot of ground ...Keep reading

Toto Wolff says the current generation of Formula 1 cars being a “surprise box” means results like George Russell’s shock Singapore Grand Prix victory have become a feature of the era.
In the ground-effect era, Mercedes has arguably experienced more ups and downs than any other team in the paddock, with streaks of frustrating mediocrity punctuated by rare - yet often dominant - ...Keep reading

Last year's Singapore Grand Prix proved to be Daniel Ricciardo's last race in Formula 1, as the Australian was replaced at the RB team by Liam Lawson for the final six races of the year.
In 2023, Lawson had been installed as a substitute for Ricciardo following the latter's hand fracture at the Dutch Grand Prix, after just two rounds into Ricciardo's comeback to F1 as a successor to Nyck de ...Keep reading

It’s the tiniest, almost unnoticeable details that sometimes tell you the most about someone. Whenever you see Andrea Stella in the paddock on a race Sunday, wearing team kit – a papaya-coloured jacket or a polo – you may spot a pin badge on his chest, always on the left-hand side. It’s a Gil de Ferran helmet.
“Gil was the first person I talked to when the proposal to become team ...Keep reading

Dear readers, I know that Oscar Piastri already had trouble sleeping after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. But, just as my colleague Christian Nimmervoll thought this after Baku, I feel the same way now after Singapore: Piastri will have had another very restless night. His cautious, reserved demeanour in the media rounds doesn’t change that. 
No question: something is brewing inside ...Keep reading