Motorsport

Marc Marquez claims he set the same lap time on the 2024-spec and 2025-spec Ducatis at the Misano test on Monday – simply by adjusting his riding style.
The comments by the world champion-elect cast further doubt on the notion that factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia’s ongoing struggles on the GP25 have anything to do with the newer bike.
“I will answer honestly,” said Marquez ...Keep reading

Sprint races are a bit like Marmite: you either love them or you hate them. Because of this, the format will always divide opinion across the Formula 1 paddock. 
Max Verstappen is probably the most vocal opponent of the format, as the four-time world champion - who has the most sprint victories with 12 - previously said he gets “no satisfaction” from winning them. 
Lance Stroll ...Keep reading

McLaren's Lando Norris topped Friday's curtailed first practice at Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.  
Norris topped team-mate Oscar Piastri and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in a two-part session that saw a lengthy interruption for kerb issues. 
On the streets of the Azeri capital, championship leader Piastri soon had to halt his run plan due to power unit issues on his McLaren ...Keep reading

Azerbaijan might have been on the Formula 1 calendar for almost a decade, but this weekend is likely to throw up many unknowns. One of those is caused by Pirelli’s decision to bring tyre compounds a step softer than last year, as it has already done for several races this season in an effort to steer teams away from defaulting to a one-stop strategy. One of the compounds it is bringing to Baku ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has been struggling since his promotion to Red Bull Racing, picking up just nine points since making the step-up. The Japanese driver is now under pressure, and Helmut Marko has named the Mexican Grand Prix at the end of October as a reference point – meaning the next three race weekends will be ‘crucial’, according to Tsunoda. 
Isack Hadjar currently stands on pole-position ...Keep reading

Probably the most important thing you need to know about Formula 1’s Driving Standards Guidelines is written in a bold typeface, with selective capitalisation, at the top of the document: “These are GUIDELINES and NOT REGULATIONS”. 
This cuts to the essence of the difficulty in giving clarity to drivers and stewards alike of what is acceptable conduct on track and what isn’t. To list ...Keep reading

Casey Mears has 491 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, but by the end of the year, he will be up to 494. 
The 47-year-old will run the final three races of the year with MBM Motorsports' Garage 66 Ford Mustang, competing at Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway, and the season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
Mears has already made two starts this year in the No. 66 car, finishing 35th at ...Keep reading

RFK Racing has named Chip Bowers as the president of its NASCAR operations, which includes three full-time Cup teams -- the No. 6 of Brad Keselowski, the No. 17 of Chris Buescher, and the No. 60 of Ryan Preece.
Bowers has three decades of experience across the NBA, WNBA and MLB, Bowers brings with him plenty of knowledge. He has worked as the President of Business Operations for the Miami ...Keep reading

After an unpredictable Bristol Night Race that saw the return of the 'chaos tire,' the first four drivers were eliminated from the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff fight: Alex Bowman, Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Dillon, and Josh Berry.
The series now heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which returns to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season. Christopher Bell, who just completed ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen reckons it can be ‘dangerous’ to only focus on Formula 1 after the four-time world champion’s endurance racing adventure at the Nordschleife. 
Last weekend Verstappen raced a Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 CS in the four-hour ADAC ACAS Cup to obtain a GT3 licence for the ‘Green Hell’ - a mission that proved successful as he obtained the permit via committee decision.
And it ...Keep reading

Rajah Caruth, who is currently competing for the 2025 NASCAR Truck Series title for Spire Motorsports, will make his third NASCAR Xfinity Series start of the year at Kansas Speedway.
The 23-year-old has 21 starts in the Xfinity Series, placing as high as 12th at Martinsville in 2022. At Kansas, he will drive the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the second time in his career, and for ...Keep reading

On Thursday, Team Penske confirmed David Malukas as the new driver of the No. 12 for next season, signing the 23-year-old to a multiyear deal with the organization. 
Malukas will replace Will Power, who competed as a Penske driver for 17 years. Power will replace Colton Herta at Andretti Global in 2026, as Herta chases the F1 dream as a Cadillac test driver and F2 competitor.
“We are ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says the criticism McLaren has received for allowing him past Oscar Piastri in Monza is "not our problem" and vowed the Formula 1 team will stick to its racing principles.
McLaren caused a stir when it ordered Piastri to let Norris retake second place at the Italian Grand Prix after a botched pitstop for the Briton, with Norris having agreed to reverse the usual pit sequence and ...Keep reading

Even in 2025, the seat next to Max Verstappen remains a headache for Red Bull. After the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, the team decided to swap Liam Lawson for Yuki Tsunoda, but that has not proven to be the solution yet. Since his promotion, the Japanese driver has only scored nine points and sits 19th in the championship standings, with only Franco Colapinto and Jack Doohan behind him.
At the ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc has revealed that “no matter how long it takes” he only wants to become Formula 1 world champion with Ferrari due to his love for the historic Scuderia.
The 27-year-old joined the Ferrari academy in 2016 before being promoted to its F1 squad three years later, where he has since won eight grands prix and finished as high as second in the standings. 
Leclerc’s lack of a ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff remains one of his protege Andrea Kimi Antonelli's biggest cheerleaders, but he was unequivocal in describing his Italian Grand Prix performance as "underwhelming".
This despite Antonelli finishing in the points – a rarity since Imola – and qualifying less than half a tenth off team-mate George Russell. Antonelli agrees.
"I think I understand this ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez will be given a fourth current-spec MotoGP Ducati in 2026, joining Marc Marquez, Francesco Bagnaia and VR46's Fabio Di Giannantonio with this top-tier status.
Next season, the final one under the current technical regulations before MotoGP undergoes major changes in 2027, Ducati will expand to four latest-spec bikes, from three for this year. Despite speculation that it might ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has insisted he and Lando Norris are still free to "control our own destiny" as they contest the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, but said McLaren has further clarified its disputed position swap in Monza.
Two weeks ago Norris and Piastri were on course to finish second and third at the Italian Grand Prix behind Red Bull's dominant winner Max Verstappen, until McLaren - with ...Keep reading

A delegation from Liberty Media and members of an auditing firm attended the San Marino Grand Prix which has outlined the new strategy for MotoGP following its takeover.
It has been three months since the European Commission authorised Liberty Media’s acquisition of 84% of Dorna. Three months - or slightly less, if we take the completion of the deal in July as the starting point - during ...Keep reading

"I guess now if I'm on the outside I'll just go for it, no?" Oliver Bearman was in combative rather than apologetic mode in Baku when asked to reflect on the Monza penalty which has left him on the cusp of a one-race suspension.
Bearman was judged to have given Carlos Sainz insufficient room when the Williams driver made a dive around the outside at the Variante della Roggia chicane on lap 41 ...Keep reading