This comes following reports this morning, first from Gazzetta dello Sport, that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team seat for 2025.Ducati had already outlined this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix as the place to make its decision, though said earlier this week that it wouldn’t makeContinue Reading
The Australian has endured a difficult opening third of the 2024 season, in which his only points came through finishing fourth in the Miami Grand Prix sprint.This leaves him 14 points short of RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, who has impressed thus far in his fourth season with the team, andContinue Reading
The early running in 2024 seemed to indicate a relatively clear pecking order. Red Bull is on top, followed by Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren. Aston Martin was the clear fifth-best team, not quite able to hang with the rest of the top five on race pace, but still easily clearContinue Reading
On Thursday, Gazzetta dello Sport reported that the Borgo Panigale brand has finally decided on the Spaniard to join Francesco Bagnaia in the company’s official garage, starting next season.Talks have intensified in recent days with Albert Valera, Martin’s agent, who will be at the Italian Grand Prix this weekend –Continue Reading
This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello has always been earmarked by Ducati management as the moment it wants to finalise its factory team line-up for 2025.However, earlier this week it told Autosport that it would not make the official announcement on its decision at Mugello.The race for the secondContinue Reading
Grand Prix racing’s key stakeholders have begun discussions to frame the next Concorde Agreement, the document by which F1 is run, that is set to cover the period 2026 to 2030.History has shown that the Concorde discussions are often extremely fraught, as teams vie for greater commercial rights income fromContinue Reading
At the Spanish Grand Prix this year, Marc Marquez scored his first grand prix podium aboard the Gresini-run 2023-spec Ducati he ditched the factory Honda for.As the Italian GP approaches, a sequence of win milestones throughout Ducati’s history corresponding to rider numbers could be added to by Marquez.Back at theContinue Reading
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Castroneves will pilot the Honda-powered No. 66 entry for this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix and the following race at Road America on June 9th.The decision, according to an MSR press release, was mutual between both the team and Blomqvist for him to “step aside” for theContinue Reading
The German manufacturer took the covers off the facelifted version of its GT3 challenger at the Nurburgring on Wednesday night, just days before the circuit is due to host its annual 24-hour enduro on 1-2 June.The M4 GT3 has received a midlife refresh just three years after the car wasContinue Reading
Autosport had mixed feelings following last weekend’s Monaco GP. On the one hand, it was fantastic to see Leclerc emotionally end his ‘jinx’ at his home circuit, particularly given the remarkable fact that he’d not won a GP since July 2022.But, on the other, it was hard not to thinkContinue Reading