Two-time MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia made a striking admission last month when he revealed his race time in the Austrian Grand Prix was 12 seconds slower than in 2024. Remarkably, this year’s winner Marc Marquez completed the distance in exactly the same time Bagnaia had managed on his way toContinue Reading
There’s nothing unusual in drivers messing up the pre-race routine and getting punished for that.Lewis Hamilton himself picked up two penalties in Sochi, 2020 for misinterpreting then-race director Michael Masi’s instructions on practice starts, performing them in a place which the stewards deemed inappropriate – and therefore had to serveContinue Reading
In Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri achieved a feat that only 26 Formula 1 drivers had previously accomplished.The McLaren driver took pole position with just a 0.012s gap to team-mate Lando Norris, then led the whole race despite three safety car interventions jeopardising his lead.Piastri withstood Norris’ and MaxContinue Reading
Franco Morbidelli will remain at VR46 Ducati for a second consecutive season in MotoGP after signing a contract extension for 2026.Morbidelli’s journey with the squad owned by his mentor and seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi began at the start of this year after Pramac left Ducati’s camp to become a satelliteContinue Reading
Vision and images are circulating online of what appears to be a new Lancia rally car in development.The Italian car maker, a winner of a record 10 WRC constructors’ titles (1974-1976, 1983, 1987-1992), has returned to competitive rallying this year with its all-new two-wheel drive Ypsilon Rally4 car, which hasContinue Reading
Formula 1’s race for the drivers’ title took a dramatic twist at the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday as Lando Norris retired and lost 25 points to race-winning McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.The gap between the duo now stands at 34 points with nine rounds of the season remaining, with theContinue Reading
It’s flashback time…and let’s go back to the 1984 European Formula 2 Championship. This was the last season of the series before it was axed and replaced by Formula 3000. The Ralt team dominated, and the common consensus was that the Honda V6 engines that exclusively powered the Ralts were tooContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier says the pursuit of a ninth World Rally Championship title was behind a couple of gambles undertaken on his way to claiming a stunning Rally Paraguay victory. The Toyota driver managed to fight back from dropping to eighth after a stage two puncture to power to a fourth winContinue Reading
While Oscar Piastri had a perfect day in the Formula 1 title race, Isack Hadjar may well be the biggest winner of the Dutch Grand Prix.Hadjar claimed his very first podium finish – and did so in impressive fashion. To the surprise of many, the rookie put his Racing BullsContinue Reading
Enea Bastianini has urged MotoGP to make modifications to the new Balaton Park Circuit to prevent a potential tragedy, after suffering one of the most frightening crashes of his MotoGP career at the Hungarian venue.The Tech 3 rider was fortunate to escape unscathed in an opening lap shunt at theContinue Reading