Marquez ‘doesn’t feel guilty’ for Pramac/Ducati MotoGP split
Marc Marquez says he ‘doesn’t feel guilty’ about Pramac leaving Ducati for Yamaha for the 2025 MotoGP season because he feels “I didn’t do anything”.On Friday afternoon at the Dutch Grand Prix, Pramac confirmed Autosport’s earlier reports that it would be ditching Ducati for Yamaha from 2025.The move comes inContinue Reading
Rowland to miss Portland Formula E races due to illness
Nissan Formula E driver Oliver Rowland will miss this weekend’s Portland E-Prix double-header due to an illness.The announcement came on Friday morning in America ahead of track running, with the Briton’s spot set to be taken by Nissan’s reserve and simulator driver Caio Collet.A statement from Nissan said: “Oliver RowlandContinue Reading
Leclerc explains issue that led to setting no time in SQ3 in Austria
Charles Leclerc’s failure to set a lap time in Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint SQ3 was caused by an anti-stall problem aboard his Ferrari cutting its engine.Leclerc pulled out of the queue for sprint qualifying’s top 10 runners as they massed at the end of the pitlane with theContinue Reading
Yamaha debuts new engine in Assen MotoGP practice
Yamaha debuted a new MotoGP engine on Friday at the Dutch Grand Prix, but Fabio Quartararo doesn’t believe it is helping much at the flowing Assen track.The Japanese marque has utilised its concession benefits to develop and test the new engine with its race riders prior to this weekend’s DutchContinue Reading
2024 F1 Austrian GP sprint qualifying results: Verstappen takes sprint pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for Saturday’s Formula 1 sprint at the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix in the Red Bull Ring. Verstappen will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after the qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knockedContinue Reading
F1 Austrian GP: Verstappen pips Norris to sprint race pole
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to top sprint race qualifying at Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix – the Dutchman satisfied his car was “really nice to drive” in the contracted sprint format.After the SQ3 drivers had waited for almost all the finalContinue Reading
Horner accuses Wolff of distraction tactics over Verstappen F1 talk
Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has accused Toto Wolff’s pursuit of Max Verstappen as a “distraction tactic” to cover up Mercedes’ on-track problems.Horner’s comments came after world champion Verstappen said that he would remain with Red Bull next season.Verstappen has been an optimistic target for Wolff as aContinue Reading
Pramac announces Ducati split, move to Yamaha MotoGP structure
Pramac has announced that it will part ways with Ducati at the end of the current MotoGP season to become a satellite Yamaha team in 2025.As revealed by Autosport on Thursday, the Italian outfit will bring the curtain down to a relationship that began almost two decades ago in 2005Continue Reading
MotoGP Dutch GP: Bagnaia breaks lap record to top second practice
The hour-long qualifying group-deciding session proved to be a tense affair, with just 0.673 seconds covering the top 10.Bagnaia set the pace with a 1m31.340s, posted with just over 10 minutes to go, and proved strong enough for the world champion to box early at the end of the session.Aprilia’sContinue Reading
RB plans Ricciardo or Lawson call over F1 summer break
Red Bull and its RB sister Formula 1 team are set for a “quiet discussion” during the summer break as they decide between retaining Daniel Ricciardo or promoting Liam Lawson.With more and more drivers signed up for 2025 and beyond, and RB confirming in Canada that Yuki Tsunoda will stayContinue Reading