Alpine loans F1 reserve Aron to Sauber for FP1 outings

Jack Miller became “stuck” in the Dutch MotoGP traffic, watched closely as Fabio Quartararo also failed to breakthrough.

Kirkistown may not be the most historically significant circuit in the world. But the Northern Irish venue does have history, and a couple of unique items in its backstory that bear repeating and were relevant to last weekend’s event.For one thing, Kirkistown is now the only club-owned and operated circuit in the UK – a fact of which the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland, which found it ...Keep reading

The British Grand Prix is set to be packed to the rafters as nearly 500,000 fans are expected to descend on Silverstone over the race weekend.Lando Norris is going in search of back-to-back wins after his victory in Austria last weekend, which saw him slice Oscar Piastri’s lead in the championship to just 15 points. Norris is yet to win his home race; could he do so in 2025?One driver ...Keep reading

“You're left with an undriveable car that nobody can score any points in.”

To say that the package of Marc Marquez aboard the factory Ducati has been dominant in MotoGP 2025 is to wallow in understatement. Ten rounds into the year, the sight of him winning is all too familiar. Yet no two grand prix wins have been the same.The six-time premier class world champion has shown off a broad range of skills as he has racked up the victories. Each time he has found a new way ...Keep reading

The injured reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been medically cleared to test his Aprilia bike - but will miss the German Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Martin, who is currently locked in a contractual dispute with the Italian team, has been authorised to test on Thursday or Friday this week.Aprilia, however, says it will make no decision about a test until after a further ...Keep reading

The injured reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been medically cleared to test his Aprilia bike - but will miss the German Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Martin, who is currently locked in a contractual dispute with the Italian team, has been authorised to test on Thursday or Friday this week.Aprilia, however, says it will make no decision about a test until after a further ...Keep reading

Alpine has signed an agreement with Sauber to loan out reserve driver Paul Aron, with the Estonian taking part in FP1 for Sauber in Silverstone and Budapest.Sauber doesn't have any designated reserve drivers this year, and it still needed to find a rookie driver to run in two of the four required FP1 sessions across the 2025 season.The future Audi squad has now signed a deal with Alpine ...Keep reading

Martin has been out since the Qatar Grand Prix

Sauber and Alpine have reached an interesting agreement...

“We still have some updates for the next two races, but a performance like this forces us to write off the championship,” said Helmut Marko after the Austrian Grand Prix.“A performance like this” referred to McLaren’s dominance, but Marko’s words could easily apply to Red Bull itself. The team’s showing at its home track in Spielberg was not what it had hoped for. Or, as ...Keep reading

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“We still have some updates for the next two races, but a performance like this forces us to write off the championship,” said Helmut Marko after the Austrian Grand Prix.“A performance like this” referred to McLaren’s dominance, but Marko’s words could easily apply to Red Bull itself. The team’s showing at its home track in Spielberg was not what it had hoped for. Or, as ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton's radio message at F1 Austrian GP explained

The 2026 Formula 1 calendar has been tweaked with the Azerbaijan Grand Prix moving forward “to accommodate a national day”.It means the Baku race will now take place on Saturday 26 September, and not Sunday 27, while remaining as round 17 of the 24-race calendar having moved back a week from its 2025 slot.The decision comes “following a request from the Azerbaijan promoter and ...Keep reading

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“I won’t go into the detail, but the lift and coast was a little bit frustrating.”

Bernie Ecclestone was part of the post-race celebrations in Austria on Sunday.