Quartararo to debut Yamaha V4 MotoGP engine in Barcelona test

Brad Binder led a KTM 1-2 on Friday in Barcelona

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia was left scratching his head after finishing near the bottom of the timesheets in practice for the Catalan Grand Prix on Friday.Bagnaia endured a woeful opening day of track running in Barcelona, finishing more than a second off the pace in 21st place, only ahead of Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori, Tech3 returnee Maverick Vinales and LCR rookie Somkiat ...Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia was left scratching his head after finishing near the bottom of the timesheets in practice for the Catalan Grand Prix on Friday.Bagnaia endured a woeful opening day of track running in Barcelona, finishing more than a second off the pace in 21st place, only ahead of Aprilia wildcard Lorenzo Savadori, Tech3 returnee Maverick Vinales and LCR rookie Somkiat ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris topped second practice at F1's Italian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari hero Charles Leclerc. Norris, who is looking to start clawing back a 34-point championship deficit to team-mate Oscar Piastri after a costly retirement in Zandvoort, led the early medium-tyre running from the Australian at a sunny Monza circuit. The second practice session was interrupted by a ...Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris has topped second practice at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari hero Charles Leclerc.Norris, who is looking to start clawing back a 34-point championship deficit to team-mate Oscar Piastri after a costly retirement in Zandvoort, led early medium-tyre running from the Australian at a sunny Monza circuit.The second practice session was interrupted ...Keep reading

Full results from Friday practice at the Italian Grand Prix, Round 16 of the 2025 F1 world championship.

Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha V4 MotoGP debut will be earlier than expected.

Alex Marquez was third fastest on Friday at the Catalan GP

MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo will debut the V4 engine Yamaha has been developing for several months in a private test in Barcelona on Monday, it has been confirmed.The Iwata-based brand initially announced last month that Augusto Fernandez would be racing the V4-powered M1 at the San Marino Grand Prix on 14 September. It was expected that on the following Monday, factory riders ...Keep reading

Another tough day for Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes

Red Bull Formula 1 chief Laurent Mekies admitted that his team's decision to build its own power units for 2026 is "as crazy as it gets", but feels this is why it fits Red Bull's DNA. Under Mekies' predecessor Christian Horner, Red Bull went all-in on its own engine programme for the new regulations, developed and built with help from Ford at Red Bull Powertrains at its Milton Keynes ...Keep reading

Red Bull Formula 1 chief Laurent Mekies admitted that his team's decision to build its own power units for 2026 is "as crazy as it gets", but feels this is why it fits Red Bull's DNA. Under Mekies' predecessor Christian Horner, Red Bull went all-in on its own engine programme for the new regulations, developed and built with help from Ford at Red Bull Powertrains at its Milton Keynes ...Keep reading

“To your point, we don’t plan to change during the season.”

In 1995, the McLaren F1 GTR of JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya beat the odds (and its fellow F1 GTR runners) to take a surprise Le Mans 24 Hours victory. That car, entered by Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing and run by Paul Lanzante, was only ever meant to run as a test car as McLaren scaled up its F1 road car into an endurance racing machine. After winning Le Mans, this version of the ...Keep reading

Ferrari explain why they chose not to fight Lewis Hamilton's grid penalty for the Italian Grand Prix.

Brad Binder led a KTM 1-2 in Practice at Barcelona

Martin Brundle has his say on Lewis Hamilton's grid penalty for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix

Toto Wolff revealed he would “vacate the spot immediately” as Mercedes Formula 1 boss should the ideal successor arise. Wolff has run the Silver Arrows since 2013, during which time he has led Mercedes to a record-breaking eight consecutive constructors’ titles, plus seven drivers’ crowns.But the introduction of ground-effect cars in 2022 brought tougher times for Mercedes, which ...Keep reading