Toprak Razgatlioglu braced for tough rookie season in MotoGP

Mercedes will retain George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli as its drivers for the 2026 Formula 1 season, the team has announced.A product of the brand’s young driver programme, Russell will compete in his eighth F1 season – his fifth as a Mercedes racer.The 27-year-old Briton currently lies fourth in the drivers’ championship and, alongside seventh-placed Antonelli, has highly ...Keep reading

Mercedes will retain George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli as its drivers for the 2026 Formula 1 season, the team has announced.A product of the brand’s young driver programme, Russell will compete in his eighth F1 season – his fifth as a Mercedes racer. The 27-year-old Briton currently lies fourth in the drivers’ championship and, alongside seventh-placed Antonelli, has highly ...Keep reading

Mercedes end the long-running saga surrounding George Russell and Kimi Antonelli's F1 futures.

Mercedes end the long-running saga surrounding George Russell and Kimi Antonelli's F1 futures.

Rinus VeeKay has signed with Juncos Hollinger Racing for the 2026 IndyCar season, marking his third team in as many years following a 2025 stint with Dale Coyne Racing and five years with Ed Carpenter Racing.The 25-year-old finished 14th in the standings with DCR last season, with a second-place finish in Toronto as his best result. He is now joining a team that finished as high as 18th in ...Keep reading

Zak Brown has rubbished IndyCar champion Alex Palou’s claim that he did not have a say in Oscar Piastri joining McLaren for the 2023 Formula 1 season.During proceedings in the UK High Court, Palou alleged that Brown told him that then-McLaren team principal Andrea Stella singlehandedly signed 2021 F2 champion Piastri to replace Daniel Ricciardo three years ago.The remark was seen by ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is often regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, with high-tech equipment like wind tunnels used to refine designs, complex processes such as computational fluid dynamics used to create intricate wings, and sensors across the cars capturing terabytes of data over a race weekend. Why, then, do teams still rely on rudimentary pitboards to share vital information with their ...Keep reading

Former F1 driver Nicholas Latifi makes his first public statement in more than two years.

Formula 1 is often regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, with high-tech equipment like wind tunnels used to refine designs, complex processes such as computational fluid dynamics used to create intricate wings, and sensors across the cars capturing terabytes of data over a race weekend. Why, then, do teams still rely on rudimentary pitboards to share vital information with their ...Keep reading

Toprak Razgatlioglu says he is prepared for a “tough” first year in MotoGP in 2026 as he makes the transition from the World Superbike Championship at the age of 29.The Turkish rider will make his highly anticipated debut in MotoGP next year, partnering four-time grand prix winner Jack Miller at the Pramac Yamaha team.Razgatlioglu has enjoyed immense success since he stepped up to the ...Keep reading

The 2026 MotoGP grid was finalised this Tuesday following the official confirmation of Diogo Moreira's debut with the LCR Honda team, a move first reported by Autosport back in August.The other mystery, concerning Yamaha's Pramac team, was resolved a couple of weeks ago when Jack Miller’s renewal was confirmed, effectively pushing Miguel Oliveira out of MotoGP. As for the factory teams ...Keep reading

George Russell won from pole last time out at the Singapore Grand Prix, but it was McLaren who stole the headlines as it clinched the 2025 Formula 1 constructors’ championship.Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri finished third and fourth respectively to seal a consecutive title for McLaren, but it was always a foregone conclusion ever since it had the quickest car at the Melbourne ...Keep reading

Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell says he’s heard nothing from Fernando Alonso regarding a potential plan to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2026 season.Alonso is a two-time world champion and the most experienced F1 driver in history with 419 grand prix starts, but has been on a 218-round winless streak.The 44-year-old has been thinking about his future and, against all ...Keep reading

Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell says he’s heard nothing from Fernando Alonso regarding a potential plan to retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2026 season.Alonso is a two-time F1 world champion and the most experienced F1 driver in history with 419 grand prix starts, but has been on a 218-round winless streak.The 44-year-old has been thinking about his future and, against all ...Keep reading

Jack Miller and Pramac optimistic the Yamaha M1 will shine at Phillip Island as he returns home for the Australian MotoGP.

Marco Bezzecchi has described the contact that resulted in Marc Marquez’s Indonesian MotoGP shoulder injury.

The estimated recovery time for Marc Marquez's right shoulder injury suggests he may not race again this season.

With the 2026 MotoGP grid complete, this is the current situation for 2027 rider contracts.