Jorge Martin is in a bullish mood as he heads into the penultimate race of the 2024 MotoGP season.The championship leader has a 17-point advantage over the current world champion Francesco Bagnaia going into this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix.Last year, he arrived at the season finale trailing Ducati’s Bagnaia by 21Continue Reading
Formula 1 teams and tyre supplier Pirelli have arrived at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix braced for a more unpredictable weekend than normal.While the track layout itself is unchanged from previous years, what is different is the asphalt – which has been completely resurfaced since last year’s event.Newly laid tracksContinue Reading
BMW topped the times in second free practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship curtain-closer in Bahrain.Dries Vanthoor posted the fastest time in Free Practice 2 at the wheel of the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh run by the WRT squad.He set his session best of 1m48.257s early onContinue Reading
Last year, Netflix released its first season of “NASCAR: Full Speed,” a docuseries following the 2023 Cup Series. The film crew zeroed in on potential championship contenders, planning to shadow the eight drivers they expected to make it to the end. When Christopher Bell made the top eight, they broughtContinue Reading
Factory Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi has insisted that Enea Bastianini will not be expected to help team-mate Francesco Bagnaia win the MotoGP riders’ championship over the final two weekends of the season.While Bagnaia could certainly use support in his quest to overhaul a 17-point deficit to Pramac Ducati’s JorgeContinue Reading
Liam Lawson insists his attitude to racing in Formula 1 will not change and he does not believe the Red Bull hierarchy will call for him to alter his approach despite his incident with Sergio Perez at the Mexico Grand Prix.Lawson, in his second race since his promotion to theContinue Reading
Kevin Magnussen’s pace has been transformed recently, with Mexico seeing him produce his best qualifying and Formula 1 race result of the season.Critically, that showing was not the result of some freak circumstance, as it came from some pretty impressive pace that even meant he was faster than Red Bull’sContinue Reading
Ducati says Andrea Iannone’s comeback outing in this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix is a reward for what he missed in MotoGP during his four-year ban from competition.The Borgo Panigale manufacturer wants Iannone to just have fun and not put any pressure on himself as he joins the VR46 team onContinue Reading
Among some motorsport fans, Formula E has been dismissed as insignificant. But maybe that’s missing the point, for perhaps it’s a championship that’s not really meant for traditionalists, instead belonging to future generations. Formula E CEO Jeff Dodds, who’s now 18 months into the role, is relaxed and engaging as AutosportContinue Reading
Whatever way you slice many of the controversial overtaking clashes in Formula 1 of late – particularly those involving Max Verstappen – there’s one element that cannot be denied.When it comes to drivers fighting hard, title rivals going toe to toe, the best racing machines on the planet being thrownContinue Reading