Pedro Acosta: “It’s a shock for everyone”, “touch to accept” for KTM

McLaren's partnership with engine-supplier Mercedes-Benz - believed to have been on rocky ground for some time - could culminate in divorce as soon as the end of the 2009 F1 World Championship campaign, it has been rumoured, with reports that BMW is set to fill the breach.

Formula 1's inaugural night race in 2008 was widely-regarded as one of the success stories of the season, and as the travelling circus returns there this weekend for the second edition of the Singapore Grand Prix in the Far Eastern city-state, hopes are high for a similar spectacle.

With the annual Formula 1 silly season getting increasingly into full swing, three names are being mooted as the most likely candidates for a drive at Manor Grand Prix in 2010 - out-of-work Super Aguri F1 refugee Anthony Davidson, current BMW-Sauber reserve driver Christian Klien and reigning A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Champion Adam Carroll.

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.

Marco Bezzecchi suffered leg, hand and back injuries in the Motegi Sprint crash with team-mate Jorge Martin before salvaging fourth on Sunday.

Pedro Acosta called KTM’s Japanese MotoGP “a shock for everyone”, team manager Aki Ajo: “We need to deeply analyse" what happened.

Joan Mir ends a near four-year MotoGP podium drought with his best Honda result.

With just over 50 laps to go in the scheduled distance, the sixth caution of the race flew just seconds into a restart. NASCAR officially listed eleven cars as part of the incident: Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Noah Gragson, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Joey Logano, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Gibbs, and Carson Hocevar.The incident essentially forced Cindric into ...Keep reading

With just over 50 laps to go in the scheduled distance, the sixth caution of the race flew just seconds into a restart. NASCAR officially listed eleven cars as part of the incident: Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Noah Gragson, Kyle Busch, Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Joey Logano, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Gibbs, and Carson Hocevar.The incident essentially forced Cindric into ...Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia said “maybe we could’ve done it earlier” after Ducati changes helped him dominate the Japanese MotoGP with pole, Sprint and Grand Prix wins.

History will remember that as one of the great playoff era finishes, no matter what NASCAR ultimately decides to do with its championship format next year and beyond.Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick each effectively needed nothing short of a victory on Sunday at Kansas Speedway to stave off elimination. Denny Hamlin needs every single playoff point he can get to reach the Final Four in just ...Keep reading

Entering Sunday's race, Shane van Gisbergen knew he was going to have a lot of work to do from the start. Due to an unapproved adjustment on Saturday, his usual crew chief Stephen Doran was ejected, and SVG owed NASCAR a stop-and-go penalty after the green flag.He went a lap down and spent most of the race trying to make that ground back up. However, once he did get back on the lead lap, SVG ...Keep reading

Former Haas team chief Guenther Steiner believes that some of the Ferrari team regret replacing Carlos Sainz with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.The Spaniard found himself on the hunt for a new team after being replaced by the Briton after a four-year stint with Ferrari. After ultimately securing a multi-year contract with Williams, Sainz clinched his first podium finish for the team at ...Keep reading

Chase Elliott entered this race just 14 points above the cutline, but he leaves Kansas locked into the next round.It was a wild race, and Bubba Wallace nearly won his way into the Round of 8, but a run-in with team owner Denny Hamlin on the final lap cleared a path for Elliott to take the win.Joey Logano, who entered this race +24, leaves on the bubble and at +13 after being involved in a ...Keep reading