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Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi smashed the all-time circuit record at Ricardo Tormo to claim pole position for MotoGP’s 2025 season-ending Valencia Grand Prix.
Having dropped to ninth on the timesheets following an off-track excursion at Turn 2 on his first flying lap, Bezzecchi bounced back strongly on his second run to set a blistering lap time of 1m28.809s.
Although all his rivals got at ...Keep reading

Germany's motorsport federation is changing access regulations for the DMSB Permit Nordschleife (DPN) and, for the first time, takes sim racing into account after Max Verstappen’s incredible performance in September.
For the DPN level B, candidates will now be able to count participation in official sim racing competitions of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). This adjustment applies ...Keep reading

Lando Norris is openly expecting McLaren to struggle again at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, as the team gets a first chance to seal the Formula 1 drivers’ championship.
Norris leads third-placed Max Verstappen by 49 points in the standings and needs to bring that gap to 58 points after the Las Vegas race for his Red Bull rival to be out of contention for the title.
But the Nevada track ...Keep reading

Freddie Slater stormed to a dominant victory in the qualifying race for the Macau Grand Prix, but was later fined €300 for speeding in the pitlane prior to the start.
The recently crowned Formula Regional European champion made a better getaway than polesitter Theo Nael and powered ahead into the Reservoir Bend left-hander that began the lap.
He was untroubled from there, blasting into an ...Keep reading

Factory Ferrari driver Antonio Fuoco secured victory in the qualifying race for the FIA GT World Cup in Macau.
Starting from pole, the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours winner delivered a controlled lights-to-flag performance in the #50 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 over twelve laps and was never seriously threatened.
At the start, Fuoco immediately broke clear of the #83 Harmony Ferrari of fellow Ferrari ...Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel was back in the paddock at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix to launch a new ‘F1FOREST’ initiative with the support of F1 and all 20 current drivers. Around a busy schedule of appearances, F1.com caught up with the four-time World Champion to discuss the idea and his ongoing quest to inspire change, as well as how much he is enjoying the 2025 season and the chances of him one day returning to the sport in another role…

Chaz Mostert has thrown down the gauntlet in the chase for the 2026 Supercars crown after taking his third straight win in the opening race at Sandown Park near Melbourne.
The Walkinshaw Andretti United took the lead at the first corner and thereafter was headed only by his team-mate Ryan Wood, who virtually waved him past and later played the role of tailgunner.
Already eliminated from ...Keep reading

Six-time Bathurst 1000 winner Garth Tander has announced his retirement from Supercars as a driver.
At Sandown on Saturday, Tander confirmed that last month's Mount Panorama event - where he won the race with Matthew Payne - was his final appearance in the category.
“I hadn’t fully made my mind up [at Bathurst], but it was great to have the kids there,” Tander said on Supercars’ ...Keep reading

JR Motorsports (JRM), co-owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. and sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, is going Cup racing again next year.
The highly successful NASCAR Xfinity Series team (soon to be rebranded as the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) made its Cup debut in the 67th running of the Daytona 500, earlier this year.
Justin Allgaier, who won the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series ...Keep reading

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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has confirmed the Woking outfit will not let emotion change its approach in the drivers' championship fight despite the rising pressure. 
McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, along with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, are all still in contention for the drivers' title with three rounds remaining. Norris currently leads by 24 points over his team-mate, who ...Keep reading

NASCAR issued a series of technical changes in a scheduled rule book update on Friday afternoon that included which tracks would formally utilize the 750-horsepower tapered spacer and language that paves the way for an additional manufacturer.
This was previously announced but Bristol Motor Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Dover Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway and World Wide Technology ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has insisted that the relationship with his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris is "probably better than it has been" amid the closely contested championship fight.
Both McLaren drivers are fighting for their first drivers' championship. With three rounds of the 2025 season remaining, which will include three grands prix and one sprint race, Norris leads the standings by 24 points over ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has confirmed that world-renowned DJ David Guetta will headline the 2026 British Grand Prix. 
Taking place on the Thursday evening, the performance will form part of the Frenchman's global MONOLITH tour next summer, and will also be his only UK performance.
Guetta said: “I’ve played some incredible shows around the world, but performing at Silverstone during the British Grand ...Keep reading

The fourth and final meeting of the Formula 1 Commission in 2025 took place on Friday, with key topics discussed including refinements to the 2026 regulations.

Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner called out Ferrari chairman John Elkann for his public criticism of Formula 1 drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
Following a disappointing Brazilian Grand Prix, which resulted in the Maranello outfit slipping from second to fourth in the constructors' standings, Elkann told Sky Sports Italy that Hamilton and Leclerc needed to spend more time ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez sampled a 2025-spec Ducati aero package in practice for MotoGP’s Valencia Grand Prix, ahead of his first outing on the new GP26 in Tuesday’s post-season test.
The Gresini rider has been racing the year-old GP24 this season, but ventured on track on Friday with a visibly revised bike.
The younger Marquez spent a large portion of the day testing the upgrades, the same aero ...Keep reading

A highly polarising proposal to make two pitstops per race mandatory has been escalated to the Formula 1 commission and debated - but with no clear outcome except an agreement not to dismiss the idea out of hand.
The fourth and final F1 Commission meeting of the year was held in the FIA offices in London today (Friday 14 November), and chaired by FIA single-seater director Nikolas ...Keep reading

MotoGP comeback man Jorge Martin has admitted it will be a “disaster” if he crashes at this weekend’s Valencian Grand Prix.
Friday saw him return to the track since his accident at the Japanese Grand Prix in September, but the returning factory Aprilia rider says he is far from fully fit and is taking an ultra-safe approach to the weekend.
Martin even delivered on his Thursday promise ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta’s chart-topping time in Friday practice for the Valencia Grand Prix has once again raised hopes that the KTM sensation could finally break through for his maiden MotoGP win.
The Spaniard has been fielding questions about that elusive first victory for much of his sophomore campaign, and they only grew louder when Gresini rookie Fermin Aldeguer scored an impressive victory in ...Keep reading