Motorsport

Denny Hamlin was a man of few words on Saturday morning at Kansas Speedway when asked about where things stand with Ty Gibbs and Joe Gibbs Racing after the much-ballyhooed incident last week at New Hampshire.
“I think (we’re) in a good place,” Hamlin said. “You know, we had some meetings this week. I thought they were productive meetings but obviously, the guts of that, were obviously ...Keep reading

The 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix marked Liam Lawson’s best results in his nascent Formula 1 career.
A fine Q3 lap on a damp Baku track propelled the Racing Bulls racer to third on the grid; he dropped behind both Mercedes in the race but pounced on Yuki Tsunoda for fifth as soon as the Red Bull driver came out of the pits.
Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane praised Lawson’s “20 ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen took an emphatic victory on his GT3 debut at the Nordschleife in the Nurburgring Endurance Series.
Driving a Ferrari 296 entered by Emil Frey Racing alongside team-mate Chris Lulham, Verstappen jumped from third to first at the start and proceeded to create a gap of approximately one minute at the front of the field over the first two hours of the race, with metronomic ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez has put in his first laps in the Cadillac Formula 1 simulator ahead of the American outfit’s debut in the championship in 2026.
After visiting the team's Charlotte base, the Mexican driver arrived at the Silverstone headquarters, which was unveiled in 2024. The squad, led by team principal Graeme Lowdon and CEO Dan Towriss, shared a behind-the-scenes look at Perez's visit to the ...Keep reading

The Miami Grand Prix has appointed Katharina Nowak as its new president, making her the youngest president yet of the event. The confirmation came from Tom Garfinkel, managing partner of the grand prix.
Nowak replaces Tyler Epp, who has overseen the substantial growth of the Miami Grand Prix since it joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2022. That year saw a sell-out attendance of 242,955 ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia’s dominant performance in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint is at least partly down to the changes Ducati made to his MotoGP bike in the Misano test.
Bagnaia had been lacking something on the GP25 since the very start of the 2025 MotoGP season, but his form plummeted further after the summer break, prompting questions about his very future at Ducati.
Both sides had tried ...Keep reading

Pirelli has admitted it was left with "little data" after rain disrupted its two-day tyre test at Mugello several times. Both the Ferrari and Haas teams attended to test the 2026 tyre compounds, with the programme focusing on the hardest compounds. Unfortunately, persistent rainfall forced the majority of running onto intermediates and even extreme wets. 
“Unfortunately, the weather didn’t ...Keep reading

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Yuki Tsunoda is set to get behind the wheel of Honda's first Formula 1-winning car, the Honda RA272, during the 2025 Mexican Grand Prix weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the Japanese marque's first victory in the championship.
“It is an honour to drive the RA272 at the special place where Honda achieved its first F1 victory," the Red Bull F1 driver explained ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta says he and KTM were able to “save the day” after suffering “problem after problem” on Saturday in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint race.
Having scored his maiden pole position at Motegi last year and finished second in practice on Friday, Acosta was a strong contender for a front-row spot in Saturday’s qualifying.
However, disaster struck at the start of Q2 as he began ...Keep reading

Pope Leo XIV has received a Formula 1 steering wheel used by Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc during a private event at the Vatican. He also received a scale model of an SF90 XX Stradale, presented by Ferrari chairman John Elkann.
A video published by Rome Reports shows Elkann, joined by his wife Donna Lavinia Borromeo, passing the steering wheel to the Pope, explaining that it is the real ...Keep reading

Hours after the Japanese Grand Prix sprint race crash triggered by reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin, Aprilia brought him together with Marco Bezzecchi to review the incident and smooth things over.
Reigning champion Martin fractured his right collarbone following a poorly-judged move at the start of the sprint, taking his team-mate Bezzecchi out of the race with him.
Read ...Keep reading

James Vowles believes Carlos Sainz's Azerbaijan Grand Prix podium finish is an important sign that the team is progressing, but not proof that the Grove outfit can immediately contend at the front of the grid next season.
Speaking in the team's post-race debrief, The Vowles Verdict, the Williams team principal urged for patience as he once again outlined the sheer scale of the task it is to ...Keep reading

Lando Norris has confirmed he would “love to” emulate Max Verstappen in contesting other racing series once he is done with Formula 1. 
A fortnight ago Verstappen raced a Porsche GT4 at the Nordschleife in the Nurburgring Endurance Series to obtain a licence which allows him to race GT3s at the ‘Green Hell’. 
On Saturday the four-time F1 champion will make his GT3 race debut at the ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has confirmed that the Woking outfit will not change its approach to managing Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the drivers' championship despite the threat of four-time champion Max Verstappen. 
The Dutchman heads to the Singapore Grand Prix after back-to-back wins in Italy and Azerbaijan. This, compounded by a seventh-place finish for Norris and a retirement ...Keep reading

Aprilia MotoGP rider Jorge Martin will undergo a surgery on the collarbone he broke during a nasty opening-lap crash in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint.
Starting from 17th on the grid, Martin got his braking wrong into Turn 1, after being squeezed out by his rivals and making contact with the Gresini Ducati of Fermin Aldeguer.
This sent him shooting into his team-mate Marco Bezzecchi, with ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is making his GT3 race debut at the Nordschleife today in the Nurburgring Endurance Series (NLS).
The four-time Formula 1 world champion is sharing a Ferrari 296 with Chris Lulham under the Emil Frey Racing banner for the four-hour race, which they will start from third on the grid.
Verstappen recently obtained the special licence allowing him to compete in GT3 at the ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez says he approached the Japanese Grand Prix sprint cautiously, as he now understands the value of a MotoGP title more than ever before.
The factory Ducati rider arrived in Motegi knowing he only needed to outscore his sole title rival Alex Marquez by three points over the weekend to wrap up the 2025 title.
Lining third on the grid, the elder Marquez lost a position to KTM’s ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia says it is “better late than never” that he has rediscovered his form in MotoGP, as he explained the key reasons behind his turnaround in the Japanese Grand Prix.
The factory Ducati rider dominated Saturday’s sprint race at Motegi from pole position, beating his team-mate Marc Marquez by almost two seconds to score his first victory since the Americas Grand Prix in ...Keep reading

Cadillac notched up its third front-row lock-out of the season in qualifying for this weekend’s Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship. 
Alex Lynn headed the times in Hyperpole qualifying in Japan from Jota team-mate Earl Bamber, following up on his poles at the Le Mans 24 Hours and Interlagos in June and July respectively. 
Lynn set two laps good enough for pole in the #12 ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati star Marc Marquez will mathematically become the 2025 MotoGP world champion this Sunday in the Japanese Grand Prix even if he concedes six points to his brother Alex Marquez, the rider closest to him in the championship fight.
The elder Marquez must leave Japan with a lead of at least 185 points in the standings to put the title beyond his rival's reach. After finishing second in ...Keep reading