Two days after his MotoGP debut for 2026 was officially confirmed, Diogo Moreira has revealed that he sought advice from Marc Marquez during the decision-making process, and that the world champion encouraged him to sign with Honda.Honda’s announcement on Tuesday had a double impact on the championship. On one hand,Continue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has admitted he initially was skeptical about Netflix’s hit docuseries Drive to Survive, due to factual inaccuracies.While Drive to Survive has been a major factor in the sport’s remarkable growth stateside, Wolff wasn’t convinced it was a decent product; Mercedes actually declined to participateContinue Reading
Apple senior vice president of services Eddy Cue has responded to the rumours about Apple acquiring the Formula 1 broadcasting rights in the United States during the Autosport Business Exchange New York.With the current deal with ESPN coming to a close at the end of 2025, the doors opened forContinue Reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insists there was one reason why it was never a risk in replacing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton with Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.That reason, he said, is George Russell.Both Russell and Antonelli were announced as continuing as Mercedes teammates for 2026 ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, ending a summer …Keep readingContinue Reading
Marco Bezzecchi says he is still in a “lot of pain” as he returned to the MotoGP paddock at the Australian Grand Prix and explained the crash that took both him and Marc Marquez out of the Indonesian race.Having made a poor launch from pole position and tumbling down theContinue Reading
Aprilia rider Marco Bezzecchi will have to serve a double long lap penalty in this Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix for causing a collision with MotoGP champion Marc Marquez in Mandalika.Bezzecchi had made a poor launch from pole position in the Indonesian Grand Prix a fortnight ago, leaving him in theContinue Reading
The Racing Bulls F1 squad will contest this weekend’s United States Grand Prix with a one-off tortoise livery.At the Anglo-Italian team, Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson will run a VCARB 02 car dressed in a pearlescent black and brown tortoise shell pattern with gold detailing, complementing its usual white livery.The liveryContinue Reading
This week we have the latest in our series of Formula 1 team principal interviews as we sit down with Sauber boss Jonathan Wheatley.He has been in F1 since 1991 and contributed to eight world constructors’ championships and 153 grands prix victories in various roles with Benetton, Renault and RedContinue Reading
Zak Brown has rubbished IndyCar champion Alex Palou’s claim that he did not have a say in Oscar Piastri joining McLaren for the 2023 Formula 1 season.During proceedings in the UK High Court, Palou alleged that Brown told him that then-McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl singlehandedly signed 2021 F2 champion PiastriContinue Reading
When Lewis Hamilton announced his bombshell news to move to Ferrari for 2025, Mercedes eventually turned to its own ranks by effectively handing George Russell the role of leading the team forward, while the squad accelerated its programme around junior phenom Andrea Kimi Antonelli to prepare the Italian teenager forContinue Reading