Explained: What really happens during F1’s summer shutdown?

In an attempt to make the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix more exciting for fans, the FIA introduced a new rule this year mandating two compulsory pitstops.With overtaking virtually impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the idea was to at least add some more strategic intrigue.In practice, however, the new rule led to unexpected consequences.Teams such as Racing Bulls and Williams ...Keep reading

A team radio call between Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton is singled out

Nigel Mansell won’t be driving a Williams-Renault in 1991 because Ayrton Senna might be. After mulling it over for a week, allowing the hysteria surrounding his forthcoming retirement [following his Ferrari’s failure in the 1990 British Grand Prix] to subside, I can only conclude, sadly, that Mansell has been driven from Formula 1 by the politics and dithering chicanery which are endemic to ...Keep reading

“Well,” Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff told reporters after the Hungarian Grand Prix, “that rear axle will be ending up in a bin somewhere, I guess…”The trend line of Mercedes’ mid-season slump in performance is more obvious if you discount the outlier result of the Canadian Grand Prix, where George Russell won and Kimi Antonelli became the youngest-ever driver to stand on a grand ...Keep reading

“Well,” Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff told reporters after the Hungarian Grand Prix, “that rear axle will be ending up in a bin somewhere, I guess…”The trend line of Mercedes’ mid-season slump in performance is more obvious if you discount the outlier result of the Canadian Grand Prix, where George Russell won and Kimi Antonelli became the youngest-ever driver to stand on a grand ...Keep reading

Giancarlo Minardi claims Lewis Hamilton is unhappy with "things that were promised"

Ai Ogura gives tough assessment of rookie MotoGP campaign

Alex Rins reveals four Yamaha riders "aligned" in their feedback

Reports in Italy suggest a MotoGP rider said no to WorldSBK move

Jack Miller picks dream MotoGP front two rows

Crash.net experts mention MotoGP boss who won't sleep soundly during the summer

Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month.Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the Italian manufacturer is leaving nothing to chance. Hence the private test with its ...Keep reading

BMW has been linked to MotoGP for some time

BMW has been linked to MotoGP for some time

Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month.Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the Italian manufacturer is leaving nothing to chance. Hence the private test with its ...Keep reading

Pecco Bagnaia reveals how quickly he tackled Balaton Park

Franco Colapinto crashed Alpine’s A525 Formula 1 car in a Pirelli test at the Hungaroring on Wednesday.The Italian tyre supplier has been running regular tests, like this two-day session following the Hungarian Grand Prix, to prepare its 2026 F1 compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of the world championship’s new technical rules.Three 2025-spec cars were on track ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto crashed Alpine’s A525 Formula 1 car in a Pirelli test at the Hungaroring on Wednesday.The Italian tyre supplier has been running regular tests, like this two-day session following the Hungarian Grand Prix, to prepare its 2026 F1 compounds. The new tyres are smaller and narrower as part of the world championship’s new technical rules.Three 2025-spec cars were on track ...Keep reading