On this day: When Alonso won his maiden F1 world title
Two decades ago, Formula 1 seasons ended in October, and the world champion was sometimes crowned early in the fall. Fernando Alonso clinched his maiden world title on this day in 2005, weeks before the Flavio Briatore-run Renault outfit prevailed in the constructors’ championship, ending Michael Schumacher’s and Ferrari’s early-2000sContinue Reading
Marquez targets ‘closing the circle’ with comeback MotoGP title
Marc Marquez believes winning the 2025 MotoGP title would ‘close the circle’ for him after years of despair due to injuries and uncompetitive machinery.A crash at the start of the COVID-delayed 2020 season in Jerez forced Marquez to undergo four surgeries over the subsequent years and contemplate an early retirementContinue Reading
Alex Marquez: First factory Ducati a long-overdue reward for underrated Gresini
Alex Marquez believes getting a factory-spec Ducati MotoGP bike is more of a reward for Gresini than him, saying the team doesn’t get the respect it deserves for its achievements in the paddock.Last week, it was announced that Ducati will expand its allocation of factory bikes from three to fourContinue Reading
Marc Marquez targets ‘closing the circle’ with comeback MotoGP title
Marc Marquez believes winning the 2025 MotoGP title would ‘close the circle’ for him after years of despair due to injuries and uncompetitive machinery.A crash at the start of the COVID-delayed 2020 season in Jerez forced Marquez to undergo four surgeries over the subsequent years and contemplate an early retirementContinue Reading
Bagnaia: I “threw away” 2025 MotoGP season as Marquez charges to title
Francesco Bagnaia feels he has “thrown away” the 2025 MotoGP season, conceding that lacking solutions for his troubles on the Ducati GP25 left him powerless to challenge Marc Marquez for the title.While Marquez has been in dominant form ever since he jumped on the factory Ducati this year, Bagnaia hasContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia “threw away” 2025 MotoGP season as Marc Marquez closes in on title
Francesco Bagnaia feels he has “thrown away” the 2025 MotoGP season, conceding that lacking solutions for his troubles on the Ducati GP25 left him powerless to challenge Marc Marquez for the title.While Marquez has been in dominant form ever since he jumped on the factory Ducati this year, Bagnaia hasContinue Reading
Grosjean to make Haas F1 return in TPC outing at Mugello
Romain Grosjean will drive Haas’ 2023 Formula 1 car at Mugello on Friday, marking his first run in F1 machinery since his horrific Bahrain Grand Prix accident in 2020.A stalwart of the team in its early years, Grosjean joined Haas in 2016 and scored 104 points during his five seasonsContinue Reading
Why DRS has been even more ineffective at Monza and Baku in F1 2025
It’s amazing to think that the drag reduction system has been a part of Formula 1 for 15 seasons.Developed as a way to mitigate the chances of processional races, it’s become a part of the furniture – but in the eyes of many, only akin to a mismatched chair stuckContinue Reading
NASCAR TV ratings from New Hampshire
National Football League TV ratings continue to set what the networks state as records on Sundays, three weeks into the 2025 season, and NASCAR continued a corresponding swoon.The Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday drew an average of 1.29 million viewers for a 0.70 share onContinue Reading
‘More to life’ than Cup for Rodney Childers in JR Motorsport move
This past summer has been a sort of personal revelation for Rodney Childers.When the veteran crew chief parted ways with Spire Motorsports and driver Justin Haley after just nine races in April, Childers felt like getting back to the Cup Series and winning races and contending for the championship wasContinue Reading