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Yamaha boycotts Qatar Grand Prix amid ongoing Middle East war

Yamaha will not travel to Doha to take part in next week’s Qatar Grand Prix amid the ongoing geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the Japanese manufacturer announced on Sunday. Both the factory team and its satellite partner Pramac will skip the 20th round of the season at the Losail International Circuit on 6-8 November. Yamaha Motor Company has a clause in its internal contracts ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/s7SJMuY via IFTTT

MotoGP Malaysian GP: Marc Marquez takes dominant win to inch closer to title

Marc Marquez scored a commanding victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix to move a step closer to sealing the 2026 MotoGP title, with Aprilia failing to finish on the podium. The factory Ducati rider gained the lead at the start and built a buffer in the first half of the race, aided by his younger brother Alex Marquez acting as a rear-gunner. While Pedro Acosta was able to pass the Gresini ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ugN3LJd via IFTTT

MotoGP riders step up pressure in final bid to avoid Qatar Grand Prix

Tensions between the majority of MotoGP riders and the championship organisers have reached new heights this weekend in the Sepang paddock, with the trip to Qatar fast approaching. Next Sunday's race was originally scheduled for mid-April but was postponed following the outbreak of war between the United States and Israel on one side, and Iran on the other. Although hostilities have eased ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BDKVuXU via IFTTT

Why tensions between MotoGP and riders have escalated amid Qatar row

The majority of MotoGP riders still prefers to avoid travelling to the Qatar Grand Prix amid the Iran war, but the balance of opinion has shifted considerably over the past few days. During meetings held at Phillip Island last weekend, three-quarters of the grid expressed their opposition to travelling to Doha. A week later, however, that number had fallen to just three riders, as became ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YcNfdax via IFTTT

Alex Marquez considering surgery next week, could miss Qatar GP

Alex Marquez is considering bringing forward an operation on his injured right collarbone, which he fractured in Barcelona, potentially ruling him out of next week's Qatar Grand Prix. The Gresini rider is “considering” travelling on Sunday night directly from Kuala Lumpur to Madrid, where he could undergo surgery on Tuesday to remove a plate from his right collarbone. The metal has been ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2rpCRvB via IFTTT

MotoGP Malaysian GP: Acosta beats Marquez in tense sprint

Pedro Acosta claimed his second career sprint victory with a win for KTM in an edgy Saturday race at Sepang. World championship leader Marc Marquez extended his advantage over the absent Jorge Martin to 19 points by taking second place. It was an intriguing contest, with ever-present rain drops threatening to gain in severity at any time. Several riders further down the pack did in fact ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zmlXrSV via IFTTT

Martin concedes 2026 MotoGP title is “already lost” after Malaysian GP withdrawal

Jorge Martin has admitted that his chances of winning the 2026 MotoGP title are over following his withdrawal from the Malaysian Grand Prix, although he remains determined to fight until the end of the season. The factory Aprilia rider attempted to race at Sepang just a week after breaking his right wrist in the Phillip Island sprint, but was ultimately forced to withdraw from the weekend ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/aQ13GIT via IFTTT

Why F1 teams and manufacturers face more unknowns in Mexico than ever

At 2,286 metres above sea level, the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is by far the highest-altitude venue on the Formula 1 calendar. This naturally means thinner air, which presents a unique challenge at the Mexican Grand Prix for teams and manufacturers in two ways. Firstly, the lower air density means that the power unit, and particularly the turbo, is put under considerable strain in Mexico ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HVZKgXQ via IFTTT

F1 stalwart Zehnder set for Audi exit

Audi has announced that former team manager Beat Zehnder is leaving the organisation at the end of the 2026 Formula 1 season after a 34-year stint at Hinwil. Zehnder was hired by founder Peter Sauber in 1988 as a mechanic for its sportscar programme and moved with Sauber to F1 at the start of the 1993 season, quickly becoming an integral part of the Swiss outfit. He became team manager the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/PusQvOf via IFTTT

MotoGP Malaysian GP: Marquez tops practice as Martin ends Friday early

Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez survived a fall to go fastest on Friday at the Malaysian Grand Prix, while his injured MotoGP title rival Jorge Martin curtailed his running and will have to navigate Q1 if he continues to compete on Saturday. The first half of the session was unremarkable in terms of the timesheets, with Fabio Di Giannantonio finding his way to the top of them early aboard the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9rPnc5S via IFTTT

Dakar announces Portugal and Morocco as 2027 host destinations

The 2027 Dakar Rally has been relocated to Portugal and Morocco, with the war in West Asia preventing Saudi Arabia from hosting the event as originally planned. Having been originally scheduled to begin on New Year’s Day, the 49th edition of Dakar will now run from 7-23 January and traverse two continents, bringing the marathon back to its roots in Europe and Africa. As per the new route ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/K85HjCe via IFTTT

Marquez wary of MotoGP title rival Martin at Sepang: "Adrenaline is the best painkiller"

MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez claims to be wary of Jorge Martin's potential if his rival is passed fit to race at Sepang this weekend.  Martin fractured his wrist in a heavy crash during the sprint race in Australia last weekend, falling 10 points behind Marquez in the championship. Factory Aprilia rider Martin has been declared fit to take part in Friday's opening session in Malaysia ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/At4I6ei via IFTTT

Martin braced for “really difficult, painful” MotoGP weekend with broken arm

Jorge Martin says he is pressing ahead with the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend despite expecting it to be “really difficult” and “really painful” to ride a MotoGP bike with a broken arm. The factory Aprilia rider followed an intensive recovery programme with his physiotherapist in the wake of his crash at last weekend's Australian Grand Prix, which left him with a fracture to the radius ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Zrkdq68 via IFTTT

F1 publishes first Social Impact Report; key student scholarship renewed

Formula 1 has published its first sport-wide Social Impact Report, with over half a million young people across the world having benefited from F1 programmes last year. In initiatives designed to educate, inspire and open pathways into the sport in 2025, youngsters from across 71 countries were able to take a step closer to F1. F1 has also renewed its now-established Engineering Scholarship ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LbFBUda via IFTTT

Norris' new junior team to enter F2 in 2027

Lando Norris' new race team LN4 Fusion has been granted a place on the 2027 Formula 2 grid. The squad has been selected as the only new team for the next three-year cycle, joining 10 incumbents from the beginning of next season. When it was announced that the team had been created in September, Formula 3 and Formula 4 campaigns were revealed, but LN4 Fusion still faced an application process ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ReE0XLy via IFTTT

The unusual Aston Martin, Honda and Red Bull Powertrains rumours put into perspective

One of the most remarkable moments on Sunday in Austin did not take place on the track itself, but rather in the Formula 1 paddock after the US Grand Prix. During the usual post-race media sessions, both Aston Martin and Red Bull’s representatives were asked about a subject that had very little to do with the race at the Circuit of the Americas – quite the opposite, in fact. Both Aston ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/oSaLETw via IFTTT

FIA announces new partnership to help drive future F1 regulations

The FIA has announced a wide-ranging partnership with Amazon Web Services as it aims to upgrade its digital capabilities. AWS will join as its Official AI and Cloud Computing Partner, as the governing body will use AWS's suite of AI tools to improve its capability to produce future technical regulations. The FIA also runs its aerodynamic simulations on AWS’s High Performance Computing ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QNHh31C via IFTTT

The role Friday practice played in Hamilton failing to achieve a podium at the US GP

Lewis Hamilton has explained the reasons why the podium narrowly eluded him in Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver started from fifth on the grid and jumped Isack Hadjar for fourth at lights out, despite being the only driver on used (soft) tyres for the opening stint. But Hamilton lost 0.277s per lap to team-mate Charles Leclerc during that stint, as well as 0.422s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/idDfUC4 via IFTTT

Morrow edges Grant as older Formula Fords entertain in Festival support contests

Supporting last weekend’s Formula Ford Festival knock-out events at Brands Hatch was a schedule that included three races for older FF1600 machines, but this was reduced to two when worsening Saturday weather made it unsafe for single-seaters to venture out. The lost race was for pre-1982 cars, and its extended single replacement in Sunday sunshine seemed ill-fated when Rick Morris’ Royale ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ehi6vQ5 via IFTTT

Red Bull explains why Verstappen and Hadjar's 'silly' problems won't all be fixed in 2026

Although Max Verstappen once again secured a podium finish, something that seemed to be the maximum achievable for much of this Formula 1 season, there was certainly little satisfaction in the Red Bull hospitality on Sunday evening. Several team members acknowledged in the paddock that Kimi Antonelli's race pace was impossible to match, although both Red Bull drivers were frustrated that the team ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/red-bull-explains-why-verstappen-and-hadjar-silly-problems-wont-be-fixed-in-2026/10868779/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-ALL&utm_term=News&utm_content=uk via IFTTT