Official: Alex Marquez gets factory Ducati for MotoGP 2026

Full results from Friday practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Round 17 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

Alex Marquez’s 2026 Ducati upgrade will not affect Fabio di Giannantonio, with VR46 also keeping its factory-supported MotoGP status.

McLaren given warning as they try to retain harmony amid intra-team F1 title battle.

Liberty Media’s influence is already starting to be felt in the MotoGP paddock. And while change will only be a good thing for the series in the long-term, current short-term shifts are creating an identity crisis. Reports of an erasure of MotoGP history, however, are a major worry…

Azerbaijan might have been on the Formula 1 calendar for almost a decade, but this weekend is likely to throw up many unknowns. One of those is caused by Pirelli’s decision to bring tyre compounds a step softer than last year, as it has already done for several races this season in an effort to steer teams away from defaulting to a one-stop strategy. One of the compounds it is bringing to Baku ...Keep reading

Azerbaijan might have been on the Formula 1 calendar for almost a decade but this weekend is likely to throw up many unknowns.One of those is caused by Pirelli’s decision to bring tyre compounds a step softer than last year, as it already has done for several races this season in an effort to steer teams away from defaulting to a one-stop strategy.Read Also:Formula 1Three ...Keep reading

Red Bull offered advice on their F1 2026 driver dilemma.

Sergio Perez will be on track in an F1 car very soon

Possible explanation for Lewis Hamilton's adaptation woes at Ferrari has been shared.

Live text coverage of the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku

Yuki Tsunoda has been struggling since his promotion to Red Bull Racing, picking up just nine points since making the step-up. The Japanese driver is now under pressure, and Helmut Marko has named the Mexican Grand Prix at the end of October as a reference point – meaning the next three race weekends will be ‘crucial’, according to Tsunoda. Isack Hadjar currently stands on pole-position ...Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda has been struggling since his promotion to Red Bull Racing, picking up just nine points since making the step-up. The Japanese driver is now under pressure, and Helmut Marko has named the Mexican Grand Prix at the end of October as a reference point – meaning the next three race weekends will be ‘crucial’, according to Tsunoda. Isack Hadjar currently stands on pole-position ...Keep reading

Probably the most important thing you need to know about Formula 1’s Driving Standards Guidelines is written in a bold typeface, with selective capitalisation, at the top of the document: “These are GUIDELINES and NOT REGULATIONS”. This cuts to the essence of the difficulty in giving clarity to drivers and stewards alike of what is acceptable conduct on track and what isn’t. To list ...Keep reading

Almost two weeks on from McLaren's decision to ask Oscar Piastri to wave Lando Norris through in Monza, following the Briton's slow pitstop in the closing stages of the race, both drivers have now had the benefit of various debriefs and debates about the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix's chain of events.Let's recap, for anyone who's been living under a rock: Norris and Piastri were running second ...Keep reading

Casey Mears has 491 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series, but by the end of the year, he will be up to 494. The 47-year-old will run the final three races of the year with MBM Motorsports' Garage 66 Ford Mustang, competing at Talladega Superspeedway, Martinsville Speedway, and the season finale at Phoenix Raceway.Mears has already made two starts this year in the No. 66 car, finishing 35th at ...Keep reading

RFK Racing has named Chip Bowers as the president of its NASCAR operations, which includes three full-time Cup teams -- the No. 6 of Brad Keselowski, the No. 17 of Chris Buescher, and the No. 60 of Ryan Preece.Bowers has three decades of experience across the NBA, WNBA and MLB, Bowers brings with him plenty of knowledge. He has worked as the President of Business Operations for the Miami ...Keep reading

RFK Racing has named Chip Bowers as the president of its NASCAR operations, which includes three full-time Cup teams -- the No. 6 of Brad Keselowski, the No. 17 of Chris Buescher, and the No. 60 of Ryan Preece.Bowers has three decades of experience across the NBA, WNBA and MLB, Bowers brings with him plenty of knowledge. He has worked as the President of Business Operations for the Miami ...Keep reading

After an unpredictable Bristol Night Race that saw the return of the 'chaos tire,' the first four drivers were eliminated from the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff fight: Alex Bowman, Shane van Gisbergen, Austin Dillon, and Josh Berry.The series now heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which returns to the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season. Christopher Bell, who just completed ...Keep reading