Palou was told McLaren F1 deal "could happen", Brown denies stringing him along

Ott Tanak will use an older-specification Hyundai i20 Rally1 car at next week’s Central European Rally, with the 2019 world rally champion deeming it better suited.The decision follows a back-to-back test of the 2025-specification car and last year’s model, without the hybrid unit as per this year’s regulations, following last month’s round in Chile. Hyundai has so far struggled ...Keep reading

Ducati has announced that its test rider Michele Pirro will substitute for MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix.Pirro will ride for the factory Ducati squad at the Phillip Island event on 17-19 October, teaming up with three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia.This would be the Italian’s first start in MotoGP since last year’s Barcelona finale, when ...Keep reading

Ducati has announced that its test rider Michele Pirro will substitute for MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix.Pirro will ride for the factory Ducati squad at the Phillip Island event on 17-19 October, teaming up with three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia.This would be the Italian’s first start in MotoGP since last year’s Barcelona finale, when ...Keep reading

Ducati has named who will step in for Marc Marquez at the Australian MotoGP

Miguel Oliveira will replace Toprak Razgatlioglu at BMW in World Superbikes next year

Aprilia technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini says Marco Bezzecchi’s focus and methodical approach echo those of his mentor and seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi.Bezzecchi has been one of the standout performers of the 2025 MotoGP season, scoring six podiums, three pole positions and a memorable victory at the British Grand Prix.At Mandalika last weekend, he dominated ...Keep reading

Aprilia technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini says Marco Bezzecchi’s focus and methodical approach echo those of his mentor and seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi.Bezzecchi has been one of the standout performers of the 2025 MotoGP season, scoring six podiums, three pole positions and a memorable victory at the British Grand Prix.At Mandalika last weekend, he dominated ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc’s outspoken criticism of Ferrari’s 2025 F1 car has reportedly caused unrest within the team

Pedro Acosta assesses the pecking order relative to where KTM sits

Alex Palou has claimed that Zak Brown told him he could help find him a seat in Formula 1, but the McLaren Racing boss insists he never made any promises or misled the driver.The long-running dispute between Palou and McLaren reached the UK High Court this week, with the Woking-based squad suing the IndyCar star for over $20 million for breaching their contract.In July 2022, both Chip ...Keep reading

McLaren celebrate their back-to-back F1 constructors' triumph in Woking

After facing a well-publicised sputtering in its pipeline of young talent, such that it hired the experienced Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen for four seasons, Red Bull now has more Formula 1 prospects coming through its system.That, as ever, means peril for all the grand prix drivers on its books apart from Verstappen, since Dr Helmut Marko has always run the Junior Team on an ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo evaluates the idea of joining a satellite team in 2027

After facing a well-publicised sputtering in its pipeline of young talent, such that it hired the experienced Sergio Perez to partner Max Verstappen for four seasons, Red Bull now has more Formula 1 prospects coming through its system.That, as ever, means peril for all the grand prix drivers on its books apart from Verstappen, since Dr Helmut Marko has always run the Junior Team on an ...Keep reading

Is Christian Horner the person to save Ferrari?

Toyota’s GR Supra has made its long-awaited public debut with some demonstration laps at Supercars’ Bathurst 1000.The Walkinshaw Andretti United-built prototype was driven by retired driver and TV commentator Neil Crompton on Friday afternoon at the iconic circuit.The car, which is powered by a 5.2-litre version of Toyota’s quad-cam 2UR-GSE V8, completed a number of trouble-free laps ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki has put his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang on top of the time sheets in a riveting qualifying session for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.Kostecki, the defending race winner, set a final lap time of 2m04.0307s to edge this season’s qualifying king Broc Feeney by 0.0064s. The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver had looked to have taken pole before Kostecki ...Keep reading

Brodie Kostecki has put his Dick Johnson Racing Ford Mustang on top of the time sheets in a riveting qualifying session for this weekend’s Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama.Kostecki, the defending race winner, set a final lap time of 2m04.0307s to edge this season’s qualifying king Broc Feeney by 0.0064s. The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver had looked to have taken pole before Kostecki ...Keep reading