Francesco Bagnaia grabbed an unexpected first victory of 2025 at a dramatic MotoGP Americas Grand Prix, the win fortuitous in that his factory Ducati team-mate Marc Marquez crashed out of a healthy lead, gifting the race to Bagnaia.At a circuit where Marquez had traditionally excelled and Bagnaia had not yetContinue Reading
What began as a rainy race weekend at the Circuit of Americas morphed into an insightful, albeit chaotic event for MotoGP. Perhaps all set off on race day by Marc Marquez’s sudden sprint off of the grid, which led to the rest of the field abandoning their bikes, aborting theContinue Reading
The man himself frames it as fate. After an often frustrating four-year Formula 1 apprenticeship with Red Bull’s junior team, during which the prospect of promotion diminished and then seemed to vanish entirely, Yuki Tsunoda is now where he thinks he always should have been.Trouble is, that’s what the driverContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier will contest the Rally Islas Canarias later this month as Toyota will field five cars at the next round of the 2025 World Rally Championship season.The eight-time world champion is undertaking a partial campaign and the Spanish asphalt rally will be his second start of the year inContinue Reading
Victor Martins has joined the Williams Racing Driver Academy following his recent exit from Alpine’s counterpart.Martins had been part of the Enstone-based programme in 2018-19, then from 2021-24, with a one-year hiatus when he narrowly lost the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup title – and his spot in the academy –Continue Reading
Aston Martin is set to sell a stake in the Aston Martin Formula 1 team in order to commit an extra £52.5million into the car business.The company cut 170 jobs last month after fewer cars were sold in 2023. This was put down to production delays and it eventually ledContinue Reading
Having ended 2024 on a high, Chris Ryan carried over his winning form into the new year at Brands Hatch last weekend as the Equipe Classic Racing season got under way.Ryan was never headed in the opening Equipe GTS encounter on Saturday as he scored a commanding victory at theContinue Reading
A near dead-heat in the GT Cup enduro and fabulous action from the Caterhams and Legends ensured a fine weekend of racing on the Donington Park Grand Prix circuit.In a new trial format, the GT Cup contenders had two sprint races on Saturday and a 100-minute enduro on Sunday. SaturdayContinue Reading
There’s another common denominator beyond Lando Norris on the first two grand prix podiums of 2025: George Russell. He was third in both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix – and yet, as with Orson Welles in The Third Man, the spotlight has flitted over him briefly before alighting onContinue Reading
Erik Jones finished 24th in Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville, one lap down. Thanks to a fifth-place finish in the opening stage, he managed to score a total of 19 points. Unfortunately for Jones, he will now leave Martinsville with just a single point due to problems in post-raceContinue Reading