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World Superbike star Nicolo Bulega will replace Marc Marquez for the rest of the 2025 MotoGP campaign, Ducati has confirmed.  This year’s MotoGP champion has been sidelined since fracturing his shoulder at the Indonesian Grand Prix at the start of October and it was shortly announced afterwards that he would skip the rest of the season. There have been two rounds since Indonesia ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Ah7k5NP via IFTTT

Sepang International Circuit aims to wrap up negotiations and sign a new contract with MotoGP’s rights holder Dorna for the Malaysian Grand Prix by the beginning of next year.  The South East Asian nation has been a regular fixture on the MotoGP calendar since the early 1990s, with Shah Alam Circuit and Johar Bahru hosting the early rounds before the newly-built Sepang track made its debut ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SOC5ycM via IFTTT

Our headset crackles as the first radio message heralds the start of activity. "30 seconds", a voice on the other end says, before the start of the practice session is accompanied by "Cars on track". It's Friday afternoon in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, and we are standing on the outside at Turn 5 as cars start streaming by. "We" means ourselves and over a dozen officials donning orange ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ETX9v7u via IFTTT

Mexico’s motorsport federation has blamed Liam Lawson’s near-miss with marshals at Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix on his alleged failure to sufficiently slow down under a double yellow flag. The marshals’ intervention aimed at clearing debris from the collision between the Racing Bulls driver and Carlos Sainz on lap 1. The incident was not investigated by stewards during the race; the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BXY9m1N via IFTTT

Oliver Bearman provided the feel good story of Formula 1's Mexico Grand Prix with an opportunistic drive to fourth, but it would be too easy to ascribe his breakthrough result to a lucky break. Haas introduced late-season upgrades in Austin which were long in the making, breaking a midfield trend where most competitors have long been focused on 2026. According to team boss Ayao Komatsu, the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mAkI76Q via IFTTT

Supercars has announced a 14-round calendar for 2026, confirming a second round in New Zealand and a return to Queensland Raceway. The new schedule means that the teams and drivers will have the highest number of events since the pre-COVID series of 2019. The NZ sweep will start with the Taupō Motorsport Park event on 10-12 April, followed by the maiden event at Ruapuna Raceway near ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/16imGKw via IFTTT

“Yuki had his best weekend in a long time. We have said that a few times, but it is true.” An 11th-place finish by a top-team racer seldom draws plaudits, but Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies has expressed unabated satisfaction about Yuki Tsunoda’s Mexico Grand Prix drive. In a second Red Bull car that often looks like a poisoned chalice, Tsunoda has always struggled to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/o2ri0NO via IFTTT

Lando Norris’ dominance of the 2025 Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix stemmed from the track suiting his driving style, reckons McLaren team boss Andrea Stella.  The long-time McLaren racer never lost position to win from pole on Sunday at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, meaning he took the F1 2025 championship lead with four rounds remaining.  That is because erstwhile leader Oscar Piastri ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9pvzJgb via IFTTT

Kalle Rovanpera has completed his first outing in a Formula 2 car as the two-time World Rally champion gears up to make the switch to single-seater racing next year.  Rovanpera announced plans for a bold career switch last month, which will see the Finn leave the World Rally Championship at the end of 2025 to embark on a circuit racing career in single-seaters.  The 25-year-old has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/eRltdmZ via IFTTT

Cadillac Formula 1 test driver Colton Herta will race for the American manufacturer in three IMSA SportsCar Championship endurance contests next year.  Herta will dovetail his F1 duties and an F2 campaign driving for Hitech with appearances at the start-of-season Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours IMSA rounds, plus the season-closing Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta. They will come in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Go8iyUb via IFTTT

All 10 Formula 1 teams successfully obliged with the championship cost cap during the 2024 season with only Aston Martin found to be in a “procedural breach”, the FIA has confirmed.  F1 introduced a cost cap in 2021 to try and create a more level playing field between the top and bottom teams, as frontrunning outfits had significantly larger budgets than backmarkers.  The cap started ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KW7ZDEC via IFTTT

One may argue that no form of racing is inherently inferior to others, but George Russell branding his Formula 1 rivals’ driving standards in last week’s Mexico Grand Prix as lawnmower-worthy has raised an interesting point. He can hardly be blamed. When Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen (from inside to outside) went into Turn 1 four-wide, Verstappen locked up ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IEYhSGa via IFTTT

Fifteen years after witnessing his father win the Kent-engined section of the Formula Ford Festival, Jason Smyth became the first second-generation winner with a commanding performance at Brands Hatch’s 50th edition of the event. Team Dolan driver Smyth continued his dominance from the United Formula Ford Championship to win his heat, semi-final and the final. His Van Diemen RF00/JL12 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Nz1kTWv via IFTTT

This was Lando Norris’ sixth win of the season, but more importantly it was one he really needed; a first win since Hungary in the summer. Taking the weekend as a whole, it was one of his most dominant performances as a grand prix driver. Is he coming into form at just the right time?  We’ve talked quite a few times this season about the power of an athlete having that quality of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/AM2f3Yu via IFTTT

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has repeatedly referred to the Mexican Grand Prix as a “good reference point” for Red Bull’s driver choices across both teams. However, after the race was won by Lando Norris, the Austrian told Autosport that the timeline has been pushed back.  “We postponed our decision until the end of the season, because first we want to focus on the championship ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7y4S5WC via IFTTT

Francesco Bagnaia says he left the Malaysian Grand Prix more encouraged than after his dominant double MotoGP win in Japan, as he and Ducati made tangible progress in understanding his recent performance swings. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia topped qualifying, won Saturday’s sprint from pole and ran third for much of the grand prix at Sepang - before retiring late on with a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SPgcDuf via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton is plotting an "aggressive" start from third on the grid for the Mexico City Grand Prix as he sets his sights on a first Formula 1 pole for Ferrari. The Briton took his best grand prix qualifying result of the year at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, just under a tenth behind team-mate Charles Leclerc, as Ferrari uncovered good pace at the Mexican circuit - the site of its most ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/T21iNIE via IFTTT

Alex Marquez scored a commanding victory in MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday, while Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia endured a late-race heartbreak while running in third position. Having secured runner-up spot in the championship on Saturday, Marquez passed polesitter Bagnaia early on and then disappeared into the distance, proving why he was considered the pre-weekend favourite. Pedro ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DHVMt5G via IFTTT

Chaz Mostert has made it a double victory on the streets of the Gold Coast, taking his second win in two days in Sunday’s 250km Supercars race. A late-race Safety Car period closed up the pack and left the drivers with a four-lap sprint to the flag, in which the Walkinshaw Andretti United Ford driver had to fight off a determined Broc Feeney from Triple Eight. The two made contact with a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/efWukP2 via IFTTT

Moto3 riders Jose Antonio Rueda and Noah Dettwiler were evacuated by helicopter to a hospital near the Sepang Circuit after a brutal accident during the sighting lap ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Rueda came out of the third corner of the track on the outside and found the Swiss rider travelling at very low speed, presumably as a result of a problem with his motorcycle. The newly-crowned ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mNxsMk4 via IFTTT

While McLaren has long since abandoned the development of its 2025 car, Red Bull continues to bring updates. The Milton Keynes-based team introduced a new floor at Monza, followed by a new front wing in Singapore. In Mexico, Red Bull drew attention as the only team to bring an upgrade that is not track specific. Several teams made changes to help with cooling on high altitude, but Red Bull went ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MTDjc4B via IFTTT

Francesco Bagnaia returned to winning ways on Saturday at the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix, with a dominant sprint victory the latest in his series of wild form swings over the past few weeks. The factory Ducati rider led from start to finish, with Alex Marquez securing second place in the world championship – behind his injured brother Marc – with second place in the 10-lap race. Bagnaia ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/RdlLq7O via IFTTT

Four photographers have been hurt in a crash involving Brodie Kostecki at the Gold Coast 500 Supercars race at the Surfers Paradise street circuit. The 2023 Supercars title winner was on his second run in the second Qualifying session when his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang went straight on the first corner complex. The Ford struck a barrier nose-on, and four photographers standing behind the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UIYByKA via IFTTT

Ducati has arranged a test for Nicolo Bulega at Jerez next week, with a view to replacing world champion Marc Marquez at the final two races of the year. The Italian factory confirmed on Thursday that Marquez will not be able to return for the Portuguese and Valencian rounds that conclude the season, opening the door to the mooted Bulega race appearance, which has been a hot paddock topic for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1Xo7OSx via IFTTT

McLaren was at the forefront of Formula 1 media day ahead of this weekend’s Mexico Grand Prix as Oscar Piastri revealed it had removed the ‘repercussions’ given to Lando Norris. It came after Norris collided with Piastri on lap one of the Singapore Grand Prix, whilst he was making an overtake on his F1 title rival and team-mate for third at Marina Bay. McLaren reviewed the incident ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/u2SjV39 via IFTTT

Pedro Acosta topped a chaotic practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix on Friday, as both Marco Bezzecchi and Francesco Bagnaia were relegated to Q1. Rain briefly struck the Sepang Circuit with around 15 minutes remaining, prompting riders to retreat to the pit lane and seemingly bringing the session to an early close. However, the conditions never worsened, and as the track dried ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/V37Rhgj via IFTTT

Charles Leclerc has questioned whether Max Verstappen can complete his 2025 Formula 1 championship recovery to snatch the world title away from McLaren. The Woking-based outfit dominated the campaign until the summer break – and even beyond, as Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix that followed, bringing his advantage over Verstappen to 104 points. The reigning, four-time world champion ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/sniCSPY via IFTTT

Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says he is prepared to take “risks” in this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, but downplayed suggestions that he is the outright favourite for victory. At the last round in Phillip Island, the Spaniard eased off in the final stages to consolidate fourth place, prioritising the bigger picture in the championship. However, with second place in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zTL1xX2 via IFTTT

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes there is a “psychological advantage” to being an underdog in the fight for the Formula 1 title. His comments came as Max Verstappen once again slashed his points deficit in Austin, picking up wins in both the sprint and grand prix. The 2025 F1 drivers’ championship looked certain to go McLaren’s way before the summer break, but momentum has shifted ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/PUiGAuR via IFTTT

KTM factory rider Pedro Acosta reckons he may have been trying too hard aboard the RC16 before he found consistency in recent races. Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix, the Spaniard expanded on his recent improvements as a rider, particularly on the mental side. He had already touched on the subject in Indonesia three weeks ago, when he said he was “a more mature ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/FWTKotl via IFTTT

Fabio Quartararo says he wants a “winning bike” from Yamaha in 2026 after years of “struggling” on uncompetitive machinery in MotoGP, as he raises expectations for the Japanese manufacturer’s ambitious V4 project. Yamaha is in the advanced stages of developing an all-new V4-powered prototype, marking a significant shift from the inline-four engine layout it has raced with throughout ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8ZM3poJ via IFTTT

1. Lola Cars - Archivist - Silverstone Join Lola Cars as an Archivist. One key aspect of this role is to oversee the relocation of the Lola archive to the new facility, as well as conducting thorough research to respond to internal and external enquiries using the Lola archive. You will be degree-level educated or have the equivalent work experience. Project and database management ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ImP4U5s via IFTTT

Despite several challenging seasons in MotoGP, Raul Fernandez has always had the support of his bosses Massimo Rivola and Davide Brivio. When results weren’t going his way last year, both Rivola and Brivio kept their faith in him, and offered him a new two-year contract through 2026. However, when Fernandez only came away with a sixth-place result in Indonesia earlier this month, despite ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VamWy84 via IFTTT

McLaren team boss Andrea Stella is upbeat about Oscar Piastri's and Lando Norris' chances of fending off Max Verstappen and Red Bull over the remaining Formula 1 races. Piastri and Norris were beaten by Verstappen in the upgraded Red Bull in each of the last four races, including in Singapore where the Dutch driver finished second ahead of Norris and Piastri in third and fourth respectively ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/oY5tEyP via IFTTT

Antonio Felix da Costa will return to the World Endurance Championship in 2026 as part of Alpine’s factory squad in the Hypercar class. As reported by Autosport last month, da Costa will join a revamped line-up at the French car manufacturer after ending a three-year spell with Porsche during which he primarily competed in Formula E. The Portuguese will combine his new WEC commitments with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/uXrWnRq via IFTTT

Developing a brand new car to compete under the World Rally Championship’s new 2027 technical regulations remains the priority for M-Sport , rather than upgrading its Rally2 car.  The WRC is gearing up to introduce a new ruleset for 2027, which is designed to be more affordable and flexible in a bid to attract more manufacturers and teams.  Built to a €345,000 cost cap, the new WRC27 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/U9vpiHu via IFTTT

Yamaha's MotoGP test rider Augusto Fernandez will compete in this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix with the aim of boosting the Iwata-based manufacturer's new V4 engine project. The constant pressure Fabio Quartararo is putting on Yamaha to make progress in the development of its new V4-powered bike has led the Japanese manufacturer's engineers to enter Fernandez in the Malaysian event. The ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ieLYVfW via IFTTT

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur revealed the statement of support from chairman John Elkann was aimed at a “third party” amid rumours of Christian Horner joining the Scuderia.  Elkann said Ferrari has “full confidence” in the Frenchman “and in the work he is carrying out” ahead of last weekend’s United States Grand Prix, where Ferrari finished third and fourth.  It came ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/98MPyw7 via IFTTT

Rick and Joe Willmott proved to be the fastest family pairing in the first-ever Generations Trophy contest at Silverstone during last weekend’s Motor Racing Legends meeting in an event that included former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond. The new series required two generations of the same family to share a 1960s MGB, with Hammond partnering his daughter, Izzy, but the duo struggled in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/y8QFHoD via IFTTT

Following the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Red Bull was fined €50,000, of which €25,000 was suspended for the remainder of the Formula 1 season, when a crew member tried to return to the grid against marshals' instructions after the formation lap had begun. It has been confirmed to Autosport by multiple sources that the purpose of the invasion was to remove a vertical strip of duct ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HoF1ROr via IFTTT

Martins Sesks will contest next month’s World Rally Championship season finale in Saudi Arabia as part of an expanded four-car M-Sport-Ford operation that includes multiple Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyah. The WRC rising star joined M-Sport for a six-round WRC programme this year after delivering a series of impressive performances driving the team's Ford Puma last season. The Latvian ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NbqQCYV via IFTTT

Aprilia MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi says he never bought into the narrative that he could win the Australian Grand Prix after receiving a double long-lap penalty on Thursday. Bezzecchi was always going to face an uphill battle at Phillip Island, having been penalised at the start of the weekend by the stewards for causing a collision with Ducati’s Marc Marquez in Indonesia. But the Aprilia ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jNU5oSk via IFTTT

Raul Fernandez dominated the Australian Grand Prix to score his maiden MotoGP victory, as pre-race favourite Marco Bezzecchi salvaged a podium finish after his penalty. Trackhouse rider Fernandez emerged on top in an early battle with Pedro Acosta and then capitalised on Bezzecchi’s double long lap penalty to take the chequered flag with a 1.4s at Phillip Island.  VR46’s Fabio di ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/RcH3xjt via IFTTT

Ducati MotoGP star Francesco Bagnaia endured another miserable afternoon in the Australian Grand Prix sprint, finishing more than 30 seconds off the lead with no clear answers for his lack of pace. Bagnaia started 11th on the grid but quickly fell back, dropping to 19th by lap four. He lost another position to LCR rookie Somkiat Chantra, only to regain a spot late when Gresini’s Fermin ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IgKcDBC via IFTTT

Yamaha MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo believes he made a mistake by opting for the medium front tyre after finishing a distant seventh in the Australian Grand Prix sprint. Quartararo scored his fifth pole position of the season in qualifying earlier on Saturday morning, but his race unravelled immediately at the start as he made a poor launch and dropped to fifth on the opening lap. He lost ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/eV7ln9J via IFTTT

Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi bounced back from a costly first-lap mistake in Indonesia to claim an emphatic victory in the sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix. Bezzecchi passed the Trackhouse Aprilia of Raul Ferandez with three laps to run and then escaped into the distance to score his third sprint win in four weekends. Fernandez held on to second, with Pedro Acosta completing the podium ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/162KBT3 via IFTTT

Aprilia feels it would be “very difficult” for Marco Bezzecchi to win the Australian Grand Prix with a double long lap penalty, despite him showing record-breaking MotoGP pace in practice. Having been in dominant form all weekend in Indonesia earlier this month, Bezzecchi carried that form into Phillip Island, as he led a 1-2 for the Noale-based marque on Friday afternoon. With more than ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8V4IWfE via IFTTT

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia is leading calls for MotoGP to move the Australian Grand Prix to Saturday amid concerns over strong winds forecast for Sunday at Phillip Island. Bagnaia said he plans to raise the issue with the safety commission, as wind is expected to reach up to 50km/h on race day. There is precedent for such a move, with MotoGP having advanced the Melbourne race to Saturday ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kHX0hJZ via IFTTT

With Marc Marquez unlikely to return at the Portuguese Grand Prix in three weeks, Ducati is considering giving its World Superbike Championship rider Nicolo Bulega a chance in the MotoGP. Bulega signed a two-season contract with Ducati in May this year as a WSBK rider and MotoGP tester, leveraging his experience with Pirelli tyres, which will be introduced to the premier class in 2027. With ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/e1j4mVD via IFTTT

Apple senior vice president of services Eddy Cue has responded to the rumours about Apple acquiring the Formula 1 broadcasting rights in the United States during the Autosport Business Exchange New York. With the current deal with ESPN coming to a close at the end of 2025, the doors opened for other broadcasters to enter a bid as the Disney-owned broadcaster decided not to fight for a renewal ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/elsL6Vc via IFTTT

Eddy Cue, the the Vice President of Services for Apple, was speaking at the Autosport Business Exchange (ABX) in New York City on Wednesday, focusing the growing interest in Formula 1 stateside as the event celebrates the rise of racing in America. "The athletes, they're incredible athletes," remarked Cue. "What they can do, very few other athletes can do... you have those incredible brands and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wCon0aZ via IFTTT

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insists there was one reason why it was never a risk in replacing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton with Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli. That reason, he said, is George Russell. Both Russell and Antonelli were announced as continuing as Mercedes teammates for 2026 ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, ending a summer ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BEGuaK8 via IFTTT

Marco Bezzecchi says he is still in a “lot of pain” as he returned to the MotoGP paddock at the Australian Grand Prix and explained the crash that took both him and Marc Marquez out of the Indonesian race. Having made a poor launch from pole position and tumbling down the order, Bezzecchi tangled with the factory Ducati of Marquez at Turn 7 in a rough opening lap at the Indonesian Grand ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/nT7yrMa via IFTTT

The 2026 MotoGP grid was finalised this Tuesday following the official confirmation of Diogo Moreira's debut with the LCR Honda team, a move first reported by Autosport back in August. The other mystery, concerning Yamaha's Pramac team, was resolved a couple of weeks ago when Jack Miller’s renewal was confirmed, effectively pushing Miguel Oliveira out of MotoGP.  As for the factory teams ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7ZiT8zC via IFTTT

Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell says he’s heard nothing from Fernando Alonso regarding a potential plan to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2026 season. Alonso is a two-time F1 world champion and the most experienced F1 driver in history with 419 grand prix starts, but has been on a 218-round winless streak. The 44-year-old has been thinking about his future and, against all ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/r7GVLOI via IFTTT

Once the dust settles from a chaotic Formula 1 qualifying session, the driver on pole gets bragging rights over the rest of the field and a small tyre that's presented by Pirelli. But what is the tiny tyre, why is it handed out and what happens to it once the driver on pole has posed with it in parc ferme? The tyre in question is Pirelli’s Pole Position award, which is a relative newcomer to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/h0i69L4 via IFTTT

Before Christian Horner’s Red Bull exit, Max Verstappen’s future was one of the main talking points in the Formula 1 paddock. Amid Red Bull’s early-season struggles, the performance clauses in the world champion's contract came under scrutiny. Verstappen ultimately couldn’t activate them, since he was in the top three of the drivers’ championship at the beginning of the summer ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ugd6oqp via IFTTT

Hyundai Motorsport has appointed former FIA Road Sport Director Andrew Wheatley as its World Rally Championship sporting director with immediate effect. Wheatley will take up a newly created role within the Korean marque’s WRC operation for the remainder of the 2025 season and next, reporting to Hyundai president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul. “Wheatley will support the senior ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gVvhBDn via IFTTT

Diogo Moreira will make his MotoGP debut in the 2026 season with the LCR team, Honda confirmed on Tuesday. First reported by Autosport last August, the news finalises next year’s grid for the premier class. Moreira will join Johann Zarco at LCR, replacing Somkiat Chantra, whose rookie MotoGP season has fallen well short of expectations. Chantra is moving to Honda’s World Superbike outfit ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KHSntUA via IFTTT

Any Formula 1 driver can rightfully say they didn’t quite have the same childhood as regular kids, but that’s even truer as far as Esteban Ocon is concerned. Ocon’s parents ran his early karting career on a tight budget; they even had to sell their house and automobile repair shop and live in a caravan to make ends meet, with father Laurent his mechanic and engineer. While the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/aknDO1R via IFTTT

A new expanded behind the scenes documentary series covering the 2025 World Rally Championship will hit screens next month.  Following the successful debut of the More than Machine series that followed M-Sport-Ford’s 2024 WRC campaign, a second series has been commissioned that will follow M-Sport as well as rivals Toyota and Hyundai.  The new seven-part series produced by Superlative ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H4Lb5zj via IFTTT

Marc Marquez has successfully undergone an operation on his right shoulder after the 2025 MotoGP world champion sustained a fracture during the Indonesian Grand Prix on 5 October. The factory Ducati rider’s Mandalika race lasted just seven corners after Marco Bezzecchi misjudged his braking and collided with the back of the GP25 sending both into the gravel trap. Initial checks at the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/pU4EVjC via IFTTT

As May's Spanish Grand Prix gets underway, a team of around 60 engineers is manning the battle stations in mission control, keenly observing how its car is performing. Except the car isn't on the Formula 1 grid in Barcelona. It's in a simulator in Charlotte, while the squad is divided into two ops rooms in North Carolina and Silverstone in the UK. This isn't your usual race support team. But ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xMtFQh6 via IFTTT

Aprilia is interested in bolstering its MotoGP test line-up with Miguel Oliveira next year, but says such a move would require the blessing of his new employer BMW. After losing his Pramac MotoGP seat for 2026, Oliveira accepted an offer from the German manufacturer to join its World Superbike Championship squad as a factory rider, teaming up with fellow ex-MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci. The ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ptG5dxg via IFTTT

Matt Payne and Garth Tander gave Grove Racing and Ford a dramatic victory in a 2025 Bathurst 1000 that was hit with mixed conditions at Mount Panorama on Sunday.  A race that started under brilliant blue skies became a fight for survival when bad weather rolled in, turning the 6.213km circuit into an ice rink. After six safety car interventions, the race came down to a three-car train, sliding ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/90dLyat via IFTTT

Now that Red Bull has passed the high-downforce test in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, it’s clear that its progress over recent weeks hasn’t been limited to just one type of circuit. Of course, the Circuit of the Americas up next will pose a completely different challenge with its many medium-speed corners – the very type of corners that team boss Laurent Mekies pointed out to at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rWzkfgx via IFTTT

Factory Honda MotoGP rider Luca Marini says development on next year’s RC213V is progressing strongly and that it is already better than the current prototype. The Japanese marque is enjoying its best season in MotoGP since 2021, having scored one victory and two other podiums in the first 18 rounds of the 2025 campaign. While Zarco’s Le Mans victory and second-place at Silverstone ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rSl2Xnp via IFTTT

With less than two months until the fire-up of Cadillac's first Formula 1 car, the series' 11th squad is currently resorting to the virtual world to both develop its maiden challenger and prepare its trackside team. Cadillac recently announced a full complement of simulator drivers, with 2016 IndyCar champion Simon Pagenaud, Corvette works driver Charlie Eastwood and two-time F1 starter Pietro ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/q0Bp7xv via IFTTT

Defending winner Brodie Kostecki will start from pole position for Sunday’s Supercars Bathurst 1000 after snatching the fastest time in the Top 10 Shoot Out on Saturday. Kostecki headlined a Ford lockout of the first two rows, when he steered his Dick Johnson Racing Mustang around the track in 2m04.0413s, just 0.01s down on the time he set in Friday’s qualifying session, in which he also ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QBzW5RP via IFTTT

Sacha Fenestraz was declared the winner of Saturday’s Super Formula race at Fuji Speedway, which was abandoned after 14 laps amid poor weather conditions. TOM’S driver Fenestraz claimed his second career win, and his first since returning to Super Formula at the start of the year, in a race that was red-flagged twice due to the amount of standing water and poor visibility on a day of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/FQ1p62G via IFTTT

Alex Palou has claimed that Zak Brown told him he could help find him a seat in Formula 1, but the McLaren Racing boss insists he never made any promises or misled the driver. The long-running dispute between Palou and McLaren reached the UK High Court this week, with the Woking-based squad suing the IndyCar star for over $20 million for breaching their contract. In July 2022, both Chip ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4g0NwQ3 via IFTTT

After facing a well-publicised sputtering in its pipeline of young talent, such that it hired the experienced Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen for four seasons, Red Bull now has more Formula 1 prospects coming through its system. That, as ever, means peril for all the grand prix drivers on its books apart from Verstappen, since Dr Helmut Marko has always run the Junior Team on an ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/an3IBmN via IFTTT

Brodie Kostecki has put his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang on top of the time sheets in a riveting qualifying session for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. Kostecki, the defending race winner, set a final lap time of 2m04.0307s to edge this season’s qualifying king Broc Feeney by 0.0064s. The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver had looked to have taken pole before Kostecki ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NhlYRLW via IFTTT

The occasional friction between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and their McLaren team, last year was a mere taster for what has already transpired in 2025 – and what is still to come. Max Verstappen might be creeping up incrementally, but the battle for the Formula 1 drivers' title is the McLaren drivers' to lose. So, unlike last year, where Norris was chasing down Verstappen's lead in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IuCJ5hW via IFTTT

They say Suzuka is a drivers’ track, and if that’s the case, then Kimi Raikkonen certainly proved his worth on 9 October 2005. Coming into the Japanese Grand Prix, 25-year-old Raikkonen had already lost the drivers’ title, with his deficit on new world champion Fernando Alonso having reached 23 points with two races remaining. Read Also: Formula 1On this day: When Alonso won ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NWKJGgB via IFTTT

The lure of competing at the highest level possible in circuit racing and the chance to do something ”really unique” are behind Kalle Rovanpera’s decision to leave the World Rally Championship for Super Formula. The two-time world rally champion will next year make the rare switch from rallying to single-seaters, beginning with a two-year stint in Japan’s Super Formula, in a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kd6ySuV via IFTTT

Kalle Rovanpera will switch from rallying to circuit racing next year after confirming plans to leave the World Rally Championship for Japan’s Super Formula single-seater series.   The move will see the two-time world champion leave the WRC at the end of the season after six years competing in rallying’s top tier with Toyota, beginning in 2020. The 25-year-old will continue his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/w5QvbOE via IFTTT

Thierry Neuville is convinced Hyundai’s upgraded 2025 World Rally Championship challenger has more potential than its predecessor despite struggles unlocking its speed this season. The reigning world champion admitted he was worried by the gap in performance between Hyundai and Toyota after Rally Chile, where Neuville revealed that the team had tried several set-ups, but was ultimately unable ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H1TxN82 via IFTTT

Only the eagle-eyed may spot it amid all the human drama in the factory Ducati team pit, but there’s a little technical ritual every time one of its MotoGP bikes returns to the garage. As quickly as possible after the rider dismounts, a cable hanging from the roof gets plugged into the thoroughbred GP25 in question. It’s a tiny but critical piece of the jigsaw puzzle that made up the Ducati ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HQtAPWi via IFTTT

While Aston Martin continues to endure a difficult 2025 campaign, the team’s full focus behind the scenes is on 2026. That includes, unsurprisingly, the work of Adrian Newey. Since joining Aston Martin in March, the legendary designer has been focused entirely on the upcoming regulations, apart from some “lunch break meetings” with technical personnel about this year’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TO3kKxt via IFTTT

On 8 October 2000, Michael Schumacher won Ferrari’s first Formula 1 drivers’ title in over two decades. The tifosi had been biding their time since Jody Scheckter’s successful 1979 campaign, with Schumacher coming close to the title for Ferrari in 1997 and 1998 against Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Hakkinen, while team-mate Eddie Irvine led the fight against Hakkinen until the last race in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ptiLsSI via IFTTT

KTM team leader Pedro Acosta says he is a more mature rider as he approaches the end of his second season in MotoGP. This follows a smart run to second place in the Indonesian Grand Prix last weekend.  While the Spaniard’s raw speed has once again been plain for all to see since KTM’s resurgence began at the Czech Grand Prix in July, he has fallen at inopportune moments and struggled with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7EoCZPd via IFTTT

Nick Percat has surprised the Supercars paddock by announcing he will retire at the end of the 2025 campaign. The 37-year-old will make his last start as a full-time Supercars driver at the Adelaide 500 on 27-30 November, driving his Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro. Percat has won six championship races since making his Supercars debut in 2010, winning for the Holden Racing Team, Lucas ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KwxzG0u via IFTTT

Yuki Tsunoda's bid to become a consistent Red Bull performer has hit a snag with a mystifying qualifying slump followed up by a shocking first lap at Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix. With Red Bull picking up its performances in recent races, Tsunoda's own contributions are under the spotlight as the organisation's 2026 driver decision nears. World champion team-mate Max Verstappen took two ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9NOkaSI via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/a7dA8Xt via IFTTT

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 - victories ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JUAp0NR via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/osnB1vX via IFTTT

MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez has picked up a fracture in his accident at the MotoGP Indonesian Grand Prix. The factory Ducati rider was taken out by sprint race winner Marco Bezzecchi at high speed on the opening lap of the race, and landed awkwardly on his right arm, which has a long history of injury. MotoGP medical director Dr Angel Charte told DAZN: “Marquez is fine, with slight ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/enHYlyh via IFTTT

For Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing, the qualifying session in Singapore has gone according to plan – and given recent history at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, perhaps even better than expected. Just like last year, the Dutchman secured second place on the grid under the floodlights, although the feeling is different this time. Red Bull has made progress, and this weekend provides ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZYlz0D7 via IFTTT

KTM Ajo star Jose Antonio Rueda recovered from a poor opening lap to win a truncated Moto3 race in Indonesia and clinch the 2025 title.​Rueda arrived this weekend with a 93-point lead in the championship over his closest rival Angel Piqueras, and needed to extend that advantage to over a 100 to wrap up the title with four rounds to go.​The 19-year-old finished second on the road in Indonesia ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6PJ3LYq via IFTTT

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has given purists cause to chafe of late, mooting changes in race formats such as more sprint weekends and reverse grids. Not only this, the sands are shifting beneath the venues themselves.  In an interview with the Italian Passa dal BSMT podcast this week he has now returned to the subject of so-called "historic" tracks and what they have to do to merit a place on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qQipnH1 via IFTTT

New Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen says the team is still "a few races away" from making a decision on its drivers for 2026, as it looks to decide whether to retain Franco Colapinto for next year. Colapinto is looking to make his case to stay in the frame at the team, and has outqualified Pierre Gasly - who recently signed a longer term extension to his deal - in three of the last four ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/U2LwJPs via IFTTT

Maverick Vinales will sit out the remainder of the Indonesian Grand Prix to recover from the shoulder injury he sustained in July, Tech3 KTM has announced. The decision was made after Saturday morning’s qualifying at Mandalika, where he finished 120th and last on the RC16 with a time that was 1.376s off the ultimate pace. “Maverick Vinales will withdraw from the Indonesian Grand Prix. It ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wA4lNdR via IFTTT

Max Verstappen reckons he has “nothing to lose” in the 2025 Formula 1 drivers’ championship battle as he joked about having a “50%” chance of clinching the title. The reigning, four-time world champion has put himself on the cusp of the championship fight by winning the last two races, Monza and Baku, leaving him 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri.  He is third in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lfdiKOw via IFTTT

George Russell will be a Mercedes Formula 1 driver next season, but is still in negotiations over a new deal as he seeks a "mutually beneficial" contract for 2026 and potentially beyond. While the cynic's view of the situation would be that Russell is looking to massage a few more millions out of Mercedes, and take advantage of a season in which he has demonstrated a strong performance ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lBc3E82 via IFTTT

VR46 team director Uccio Salucci has confirmed that Francesco Bagnaia rode Franco Morbidelli’s Ducati GP24 at last month’s Misano test. After weeks of speculation and rumors that had not been confirmed by either Ducati or Bagnaia himself, Salucci has stepped in to shed some light on the situation and reveal what Ducati was trying to hide. In search of a solution to the headaches that had ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/M8qzhNe via IFTTT

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 from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cICthwB via IFTTT

Autosport has already picked out the top 10 F1 title deciders but not all championship showdowns have been so glorious. From on-track clashes to strange calls from race control, F1 has had its fair share of dubious finales. Here are the times things went bad, with some non-F1 misdemeanours too. 6. 1964 Mexican GP – Hill vs Bandini Lorenzo Bandini leads Graham Hill at the 1964 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JIS90Zk via IFTTT

McLaren will be itching to set the record straight at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix after a poor performance in Azerbaijan for Formula 1’s otherwise dominant outfit. The championship-leading team scored just six points in Baku as Lando Norris finished seventh, while drivers’ title favourite Oscar Piastri crashed out on lap one. It was only the second time McLaren has finished off ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3DzMLlA via IFTTT

McLaren had its first chance to be crowned Formula 1 world constructors’ champion at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but endured its worst weekend of the 2025 season – by far – in Baku, scoring a meagre six points. As a consequence, the title is yet to be decided, but the upcoming Singapore GP will likely prove decisive. Having taken 12 victories, including seven 1-2s, in 17 grands prix so ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1Eernxg via IFTTT