Why the conflict between Martin and Aprilia has entered a new dimension

Lando Norris' and Oscar Piastri's Austrian waltz flattened any hope that McLaren could still be caught in the 2025 Formula 1 championship, but the result flattered its actual dominance and doesn't rule out further race-by-race challengers.Red Bull was particularly despondent after being thumped at its home race, figuratively in terms of pace and quite literally as Andrea Kimi Antonelli ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez has successfully completed surgery following his accident during last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is second in the MotoGP championship, fractured his left hand after colliding with Pedro Acosta’s KTM on lap six of Sunday’s race.Marquez’s Gresini team posted on social media that his injury had been addressed as planned, with an ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez has successfully completed surgery following his accident during last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is second in the MotoGP championship, fractured his left hand after colliding with Pedro Acosta’s KTM on lap six of Sunday’s race.Marquez’s Gresini team posted on social media that his injury had been addressed as planned, with an ...Keep reading

Lando Norris' and Oscar Piastri's Austrian waltz flattened any hope that McLaren could still be caught in the 2025 F1 championship, but the result flattered its actual dominance and doesn't rule out further race-by-race challengers.Red Bull was particularly despondent after being thumped at its home race, figuratively in terms of pace and quite literally as Kimi Antonelli torpedoed an unlucky ...Keep reading

Enea Bastianini calls Dutch MotoGP one of his best KTM races, but clear air exposed ongoing issues.

Twice Ott Tanak had been denied by Sebastien Ogier in successive World Rally Championship rounds in Portugal and Sardinia - but as they say, third time’s a charm.The third instalment of the Tanak versus Ogier trilogy at Acropolis Rally Greece went the way of Tanak, who delivered a sublime drive in arguably the most difficult set of conditions the WRC has witnessed in recent years. It was a ...Keep reading

“It was Leclerc in Montreal, Lewis Hamilton this time, this is a little bit odd.”

The British Grand Prix is set to be packed to the rafters as nearly 500,000 fans are expected to descend on Silverstone across this weekend.Lando Norris is going in search of back-to-back wins after his victory in Austria last weekend, which saw him slice Oscar Piastri’s lead in the championship to just 15 points. Norris is yet to win his home race; could he do so in 2025?One driver who ...Keep reading

The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen will be remembered for many reasons, although most of them were only loosely connected to the sporting action. Marc Marquez made it clear that only he can throw away his shot at a seventh MotoGP crown with a stunning sprint and grand prix double, Diogo Moreira delivered Brazil its first-ever victory in Moto2 and Jose Antonio Rueda took another step toward clinching a ...Keep reading

Jack Miller became “stuck” in the Dutch MotoGP traffic, watched closely as Fabio Quartararo also failed to breakthrough.

Kirkistown may not be the most historically significant circuit in the world. But the Northern Irish venue does have history, and a couple of unique items in its backstory that bear repeating and were relevant to last weekend’s event.For one thing, Kirkistown is now the only club-owned and operated circuit in the UK – a fact of which the 500 Motor Racing Club of Ireland, which found it ...Keep reading

The British Grand Prix is set to be packed to the rafters as nearly 500,000 fans are expected to descend on Silverstone over the race weekend.Lando Norris is going in search of back-to-back wins after his victory in Austria last weekend, which saw him slice Oscar Piastri’s lead in the championship to just 15 points. Norris is yet to win his home race; could he do so in 2025?One driver ...Keep reading

“You're left with an undriveable car that nobody can score any points in.”

To say that the package of Marc Marquez aboard the factory Ducati has been dominant in MotoGP 2025 is to wallow in understatement. Ten rounds into the year, the sight of him winning is all too familiar. Yet no two grand prix wins have been the same.The six-time premier class world champion has shown off a broad range of skills as he has racked up the victories. Each time he has found a new way ...Keep reading

The injured reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been medically cleared to test his Aprilia bike - but will miss the German Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Martin, who is currently locked in a contractual dispute with the Italian team, has been authorised to test on Thursday or Friday this week.Aprilia, however, says it will make no decision about a test until after a further ...Keep reading

The injured reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been medically cleared to test his Aprilia bike - but will miss the German Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Martin, who is currently locked in a contractual dispute with the Italian team, has been authorised to test on Thursday or Friday this week.Aprilia, however, says it will make no decision about a test until after a further ...Keep reading

Alpine has signed an agreement with Sauber to loan out reserve driver Paul Aron, with the Estonian taking part in FP1 for Sauber in Silverstone and Budapest.Sauber doesn't have any designated reserve drivers this year, and it still needed to find a rookie driver to run in two of the four required FP1 sessions across the 2025 season.The future Audi squad has now signed a deal with Alpine ...Keep reading

Martin has been out since the Qatar Grand Prix