Aprilia fights to maintain MotoGP concessions status

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Born and raised in the UK to American parents, FIA presidential candidate Tim Mayer worked with the governing body between 2009 and 2024, but his connections with motor racing go much deeper than that. His father Teddy Mayer, who died in 2007, was one of the driving forces behind McLaren for almost two decades. From the company’s foundation in 1963, Mayer Sr provided the business acumen and ...Keep reading

Born and raised in the United Kingdom to American parents, FIA presidential candidate Tim Mayer worked with the governing body between 2009 and 2024 - but his connections with motor racing go much deeper than that. His father Teddy Mayer, who died in 2007, was one of the driving forces behind McLaren for almost two decades. From the company’s foundation in 1963, Mayer Sr provided the ...Keep reading

Bernie Ecclestone counts Christian Horner as one of his closest confidantes in the Formula 1 paddock, but the billionaire didn’t mince his words when asked about his friend’s firing from Red Bull Racing.Horner was the sport’s longest-tenured team principal when he was unceremoniously sacked earlier this week after 20 years in the role. It followed a high-profile sexting scandal that ...Keep reading

Bernie Ecclestone counts Christian Horner as one of his closest confidantes in the Formula 1 paddock, but the billionaire didn’t mince his words when asked about his friend’s firing from Red Bull.Horner was the championship’s active longest-tenured team principal when he was unceremoniously sacked earlier this week after 20 years in the role. It followed a high-profile sexting scandal ...Keep reading

For the longest time, NASCAR had just two road courses on the Cup schedule -- Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen.However, the series has rapidly expanded that number in recent years with Cup races at the Indianapolis Road Course, Daytona Road Course, Road America, Charlotte Roval, Circuit of the Americas, as well as events in Mexico City and on the streets of Chicago. Some of these tracks ...Keep reading

Martinsville Speedway is one of the oldest tracks on the NASCAR schedule, and it was part of the original eight-race season in 1949. The historic half-mile hosts two Cup races every year and is part of the Round of 8 playoff round.Since 1964, the track known as the 'paperclip' has given out a very special trophy to the winner -- a grandfather clock. The first recipient was Fred Lorenzen, who ...Keep reading

Incoming Red Bull F1 team boss Laurent Mekies has paid tribute to the ousted Christian Horner in his first interview in the new role.On Wednesday morning the news broke that long-time Red Bull chief Horner has been dismissed with immediate effect, ending a 20-year reign that saw the Milton Keynes squad claim six constructors' titles and eight drivers' championships.Horner appeared to have ...Keep reading

Incoming Red Bull F1 team boss Laurent Mekies has paid tribute to the ousted Christian Horner in his first interview in the new role.On Wednesday morning the news broke that long-time Red Bull chief Horner has been dismissed with immediate effect, ending a 20-year reign that saw the Milton Keynes squad claim six constructors' titles and eight drivers' championships.Horner appeared to have ...Keep reading

The current MotoGP concessions system has two deadlines which determine what level of concessions manufacturers will have in the following six months.One falls at the end of the 2025 season, while the other comes just before the annual summer break – which makes next weekend’s Czech Grand Prix the cut-off point.Ducati, the brand with the fewest concessions thanks to its ongoing ...Keep reading

Monoposto maestro George Line is up to second place in the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings after bagging another hat-trick at Thruxton last weekend.The Dallara F308 driver occupied his familiar position at the head of the single-seater series as the machines stretched their legs around the Hampshire speedbowl, taking his 2025 tally to 10 victories.Those triumphs have ...Keep reading

MotoGP title contender Alex Marquez has received the green light to take part in Free Practice 1 at the German Grand Prix this weekend.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is recovering from a hand injury sustained at Assen last time out, was passed fit for Friday morning by MotoGP’s medical team today (10 July).But the Spaniard will need to get through a further fitness test following the ...Keep reading

MotoGP title contender Alex Marquez has received the green light to take part in Free Practice 1 at the German Grand Prix this weekend.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is recovering from a hand injury sustained at Assen last time out, was passed fit for Friday morning by MotoGP’s medical team today (10 July).But the Spaniard will need to get through a further fitness test following the ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez gets the green light to start this weekend’s German MotoGP after Assen hand injury.

Luca Marini is back for the German Grand Prix

The V4-engined MotoGP bike that Yamaha is developing was two seconds a lap slower than its current inline-four racer in testing at Brno last week, according to factory rider Alex Rins.Last week, Rins and Pramac Yamaha racer Miguel Oliveira conducted a private test at the Brno circuit, where the Iwata-based manufacturer’s test team also worked on the V4 project with two of its test riders ...Keep reading

Emil Frey Racing boss Jurg Flach has revealed suspicions that rival DTM teams are heating tyres without permission.It is illegal in the German championship to use tyre blankets before a race with this seen as a move to save energy consumption and cost.But in the wake of last weekend’s Norisring round, Flach has launched these suspicions after watching Manthey Porsche driver Thomas ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo expects to ride Yamaha’s new V4 MotoGP prototype for the first time in September.