The 67-time BTCC race winner was competing in a Paul Sheard-prepared car and managed to come away with a best result of 12th in the third and final race.Turkington, who is expected to race in the BTCC this season with Team BMW once again, told Autosport he was there purelyContinue Reading
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia kicked off his title defence in fine style by winning the Qatar Grand Prix earlier this month, beating KTM’s Brad Binder and 2023 rival Jorge Martin (Pramac).Marc Marquez finished fourth on his first outing with Gresini Ducati, while Pedro Acosta ran on the cusp of the podiumContinue Reading
The Panigale V2 was the dominant package in the World Supersport Championship in 2023 with Nicolo Bulega and Aruba.it Racing, while Ben Currie took his Oxford Products Racing-run bike to the British Supersport crown.Former World Superbike racer Xavi Fores also won the Supersport title on the V2 in the MotoAmericaContinue Reading
Resta has been signed as strategic development director and will work directly with technical director James Allison to push forward with car-related projects.Also joining Mercedes is Enrico Sampo, who is joining as head of performance software applications.Sampo has been Ferrari’s driver simulator team leader for the past few years, andContinue Reading
In an interesting twist, Mercedes has captured two senior Ferrari staff members, Simone Resta and Enrico Sampo. Coupled with Ferrari’s recent 2025 signing of Lewis Hamilton, and potentially any team members he brings with him, it’s a curious development for team members to be switching both ways between the teamsContinue Reading
The biggest issue I found with Sunday’s tire conversation-dominated event was who to thank for it because still today, nobody seems to know the exact reason how it came about.A tire combination used last fall at Bristol with no problems on the same cars suddenly decided this spring not toContinue Reading
When teams embark on such a change of direction, it is inevitable that they endure a learning phase in understanding how to extract pace out of their new platform.In Alpine’s case, however, the revamp for this year has not yet delivered any of the progress hoped for – and hasContinue Reading
Aston Martin came out of the gates flying last year, with Fernando Alonso scoring six podiums across the first eight grands prix in a car that raced better than it qualified.The team then found it harder to keep up the development of its 2023 machine compared to the steeper curveContinue Reading
After a week’s break, Formula 1 trades the desert for the land down under, racing in Australia’s Albert Park. After two dominant Red Bull one-two wins, there can be little doubt who the favourite to win is, but who will be best of the rest? Will it be Ferrari again,Continue Reading
After Ducati dominated the opening round of the season in Qatar with Jorge Martin winning the sprint and reigning double world champion Francesco Bagnaia taking the spoils in the grand prix, Portugal presents a new challenge for the Italian marque.The unique conditions of the Qatar race coupled with the factContinue Reading