Fabio Quartararo feeling “worse” on Yamaha’s V4 MotoGP bike: It won’t solve all our issues

The post-qualifying fuel weights ahead of the European Grand Prix this weekend suggest that Sebastian Vettel should be worried, that Rubens Barrichello is arguably in the box seat - and that Jenson Button could just be about to get his faltering championship challenge back on-track under the Spanish sun.

It's that time of year again. The F1 circus is off sunning itself on its mid-summer break, drivers and teams alike are taking a much-needed and well-deserved breather from the frenetic nature of one grand prix after another - and everybody seems to be talking about who will be driving where in 2010. Here at Crash.net there is no exception, so we have put together a list of likely options and moves between this season and next, who is in favour and who is likely heading out of the door. The drivers have been listed in order of present championship position.

Global music superstars Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Simple Minds, ZZ Top and N.E.R.D have all been lined up by F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to rock the weekend of the Singapore Grand Prix next month - though ticket sales for the island city-state's second race are still struggling to get off the starting grid.

BMW has dropped hints that it may be willing to follow fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz in supplying 'customer' versions of its engines to other F1 teams - with suggestions the Bavarian marque has Red Bull Racing as its prime target.

Flying in the face of the opinions expressed by both Ferrari and BMW over the past week, Ross Brawn has thrown his support behind the FIA's new optional ?40 million budget cap in Formula 1, warning that without it the top flight risks 'turning [engineers] into Swiss watchmakers' - but equally underlining that it will only be workable if it is embraced by all.

Tom Ingram is at the top of his game. The 2022 British Touring Car champion did not need to hound down 2012 world champion Rob Huff – stymied by a 10.75-second penalty for too short a pitstop – in torrential rain, but pure racer’s instinct kicked-in at the 27th Goodwood Revival meeting’s RAC TT Celebration’s climax.Equally, Huffy yearned to be first past the chequered flag and just ...Keep reading

Pedro Acosta was felled by a broken chain in the San Marino GP

Aston Martin's recent progress has left Fernando Alonso encouraged.

Fabio Quartararo says Yamaha’s V4-powered M1 won’t solve all its troubles in MotoGP after admitting that he feels “worse” on the new bike than its predecessor.The 2021 world champion made the comment after finishing 17th in the morning test session in Misano, just over a second off the pace of Gresini’s Alex Marquez.This was Quartararo's second outing on the new V4 bike Yamaha ...Keep reading

By the time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been and gone, commenters in Formula 1 will have found something else to poke fun at, or become incensed by, as the Monza affair fades into obscurity.McLaren's enforced swap between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri became the subject of memes, ire, and light mockery as the team restored the order between its drivers to what it was before its pitstops, as ...Keep reading

By the time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been and gone, commenters in Formula 1 will have found something else to poke fun at, or become incensed by, as the Monza affair fades into obscurity.McLaren's enforced swap between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri became the subject of memes, ire, and light mockery as the team restored the order between its drivers to what it was before its pitstops, as ...Keep reading

By the time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been and gone, commenters in Formula 1 will have found something else to poke fun at, or become incensed by, as the Monza affair fades into obscurity.McLaren's enforced swap between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri became the subject of memes, ire, and light mockery as the team restored the order between its drivers to what it was before its pitstops, as ...Keep reading

Ai Ogura has suffered multiple bruised bones after a crash at Misano

Aston Martin reserve Felipe Drugovich set to move to Formula E.

Brad Binder believes that striking Misano’s high kerbs at the wrong moment may have caused the unusual chain failures that struck both him and KTM MotoGP team-mate Pedro Acosta over the San Marino Grand Prix weekend.KTM endured one of its worst-performing weekends of the 2025 MotoGP season at Misano, with Binder ending up as the only rider from its four-strong stable to finish the race and ...Keep reading

The Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi in two weeks will represent Marc Marquez’s first opportunity to seal the 2025 MotoGP world championship.The Spaniard’s title has looked inevitable since the beginning of the season, but only now can he mathematically put the matter beyond doubt.Should the factory Ducati rider confirm his seventh championship in Japan, he would take the crown with five ...Keep reading

Cadillac's preparations for their maiden F1 season in 2026 are ramping up.

Here’s what McLaren need to seal the F1 2025 constructors’ title in Baku.