Motorsport

George Russell says the new layout of the Singapore Grand Prix has improved racing and, combined with the higher pitlane speed limit for 2025, could introduce a number of varied strategies this weekend.
Talking ahead of the race weekend, the Mercedes Formula 1 driver commented on the changes that took place in 2023.
“I think the biggest thing for Singapore that's improved the race is ...Keep reading

Mercedes star George Russell reckons all Formula 1 drivers are “pretty jealous” of Max Verstappen and his successes away from the championship.
The four-time world champion won on his GT3 debut last weekend after contesting a four-hour race at the Nordschleife in the Nurburgring Endurance Series.
It was all part of Verstappen’s desire to attempt other forms of motorsport, with it long ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly has confirmed talks with Alpine to take an opportunity at Le Mans as he shared his support for four-time champion Max Verstappen's recent win on his GT3 debut at the Nordschleife in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie.
The Dutchman took the victory during the break between the Azerbaijan and Singapore grands prix. He raced alongside British driver Chris Lulham, who has been a ...Keep reading

Fernando Alonso says he will be taking 2026 "day by day" as speculation regarding his retirement in the next few years continues. The Aston Martin driver has reiterated that he will continue to support his team, and is in close contact with team owner Lawrence Stroll as the regulations change in 2026. 
“Since I don't have a crystal ball, I gave an answer that will be valid forever," Alonso ...Keep reading

F2 frontrunner Alex Dunne's surprise exit from McLaren's junior programme paves the way for employment elsewhere on the F1 grid, but rumours of an imminent Red Bull deal appear premature at this stage.
Red Bull's driver advisor Helmut Marko has been scouring the junior paddocks for the next big talent, as he has done for decades, and it is no secret Dunne has been one of the drivers the ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon has backed Lisa Billard, who has secured the wild card entry for this weekend's F1 Academy round in Singapore.
The all-female racing series announced Billard's entry on 1 October. The 16-year-old, who will represent Gatorade in the race, will become the youngest wild card driver in the championship.
Fellow French driver Ocon shared his support for Billard ...Keep reading

Liam Lawson had an impressive Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend but hasn’t since spoken to Helmut Marko, who only calls “after the bad ones”, amid doubts over his Formula 1 future in the Red Bull fold.
The Racing Bulls driver scored his best result of 2025 by qualifying third in Baku before finishing fifth to put a positive spin on an otherwise disappointing season.
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McLaren Racing has ended its contract with its Driver Development Programme member and Rodin Motorsport Formula 2 driver Alex Dunne with immediate effect.
In a brief statement, the team announced: “McLaren Racing has ended its contract with McLaren Driver Development Programme member Alex Dunne. It has been a pleasure to work with Alex over the last year and to have been able to contribute ...Keep reading

McLaren CEO Zak Brown took home a hefty £37.3million ($50.3million) paycheque after the Woking outfit claimed its first Formula 1 constructors' championship title since 1998, according to Bloomberg.
Accounts filed at the UK registry Companies House show that the American earned £26.4million ($35.6million) in the previous year, meaning the constructors' title saw a pay increase ...Keep reading

KTM young gun Pedro Acosta insists he isn’t frustrated by the lack of a race win as he nears the end of his second season in MotoGP.
Acosta was hailed as the next big star when he made his MotoGP debut at the age of just 19 in 2024. Since then, he has scored seven podiums and one pole position, and comfortably outperformed his more experienced KTM stablemates, but a victory has remained ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia has stopped short of confirming rumours that testing a VR46 GP24 Ducati prompted last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix victory – but admitted that ‘items used in the past’ led to the dramatic turn in form.
While it is clear that Bagnaia’s breakthrough came at the Misano test on the Monday following last month’s San Marino Grand Prix, speculation as to its nature ...Keep reading

Barely a week passes without some new rumour connecting former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to a new job somewhere within the Formula 1 firmament. And it is well known that Horner does not consider himself "done" with F1.
The questions remain: where would he go? And what role would he fill?
Aston Martin is a name which crops up regularly in paddock gossip, for several reasons ...Keep reading

For Carlos Sainz, 2025 has been one of the "toughest" parts of his career after several difficult weekends with the Williams Formula 1 team.
Speaking ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix race weekend, the Spaniard looked back over his season with the Grove team, admitting that while his success at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has boosted his morale, this season has been a brutal challenge. 
When ...Keep reading

Miguel Oliveira says the door on a possible MotoGP test role in 2026 is not closed, despite the news that he will be racing in WSBK next year.
Oliveira had lost his Pramac Yamaha MotoGP race seat for next season, following the extension of Jack Miller’s contract and the signing of Toprak Razgatlioglu. That led to the Portuguese rider signing a one-year deal with the factory BMW team in ...Keep reading

MotoGP promoter Dorna has shut down “completely unfounded” rumours suggesting Moto2 and Moto3 could be relegated to a secondary role in the future.
Marc Marquez's celebration of his seventh MotoGP title in Japan uncovered a strategy conceived by the promoters at the beginning of the season, but one that was not communicated to the fans immediately. 
The idea is to separate premier-class ...Keep reading

The FIA will trial faster pitlane speeds in free practice at Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix in a bid to open up more strategic options for the teams.
Singapore is one of several circuits on the calendar, including Monaco and Zandvoort, that has usually had a stricter pitlane speed limit of 60km/h instead of the usual 80km/h, implemented due to safety reasons given the tightness of those ...Keep reading

Singapore has long been the most physically taxing Formula 1 race of the year thanks to a combination of a challenging stop-start circuit and high levels of heat and humidity. Now this year's weekend in the city-state has become the subject of F1's official Heat Hazard. The ambient temperature is expected to reach 31C on both Saturday and Sunday, which is the FIA's threshold for declaring a Heat ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez has explained why he thinks Valentino Rossi didn’t include him among his biggest rivals, stating that they never fought against each other for a MotoGP title.
Earlier this week, nine-time world champion Rossi revealed the main opponents he faced during his illustrious career in MotoGP, but he conspicuously left out long-time foe Marquez.
“I had a lot of great rivals in my ...Keep reading

Ducati star Marc Marquez says it is possible for him to break his own record for most grand prix wins in a MotoGP season, but insists he is not putting “pressure” on himself to do so.
Marquez won 13 out of 18 races in his sophomore MotoGP campaign with Honda in 2014, en route to his second premier-class title. That haul eclipsed Mick Doohan’s tally of 12 victories from 1997, when there ...Keep reading

Trackhouse Aprilia MotoGP rider Ai Ogura will miss this weekend’s Indonesian Grand Prix, following his heavy crash two races ago at Misano.
The accident occurred at the start of the Sunday race and was estimated at 260 km/h, with the Japanese rookie coming away with a right-wrist injury.
Although he arrived for his home race at Motegi last weekend saying he was at 90% capacity, Ogura ...Keep reading