Leading MotoGP riders including Marc Marquez have said there is no need for the kind of contract arbitration authority seen in Formula 1.The topic has surfaced in the light of Jorge Martin’s attempts to get out of his current Aprilia contract early – a deal the Italian factory claimed onContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton might be considering trading the paddock for the red carpet in the next chapter of his career, but admitted he was “nervous” about the rest of the Formula 1 grid watching the finished F1 film.“I’ve seen it like 20 times already – at least,” Hamilton told reporters on Thursday,Continue Reading
Pierre Gasly revealed his early ambitions to become a professional football player, after captaining one of the teams in the traditional Nationale Piloti charity match on the eve of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.A co-owner of French Championnat National club FC Versailles, the Alpine driver was given the honourContinue Reading
With nearly every MotoGP rider being grilled for his opinion about Jorge Martin attempting to escape his current deal with Aprilia, Maverick Vinales responded to the question with an unexpected reference to his sudden departure from Yamaha in 2021.“It’s none of my business,” was the initial response by Tech3 KTMContinue Reading
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta will miss the MotoGP British Grand Prix this weekend after undergoing surgery for a spinal injury.The Silverstone event will mark the first grand prix the MotoGP boss has missed since Dorna Sports took over the championship in 1992.The Spaniard has long suffered from a spinal conditionContinue Reading
Fernando Alonso will not be racing in Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix with a rabbit’s foot and clutching rosary beads having searched the green areas of Monte Carlo for a four-leaved clover, as he clarified his “unluckiest driver in the world” comments during the Imola race.Still without a point inContinue Reading
Portugal will continue to host a round of the World Rally Championship until 2028 at least after signing a new multi-year contract.Rally Portugal is one of the founding members of the WRC hosting a round since the inaugural championship season in 1973, and has only been absent from the scheduleContinue Reading
Ducati racer Francesco Bagnaia waded into the Aprilia team’s contract dispute with Jorge Martin, by telling the MotoGP world champion he should “respect” his contract with the team.Autosport exclusively revealed that Martin wanted to invoke a break clause in his contract to be released from the second year of hisContinue Reading
Fabio Quartararo has called for more consistency and better alignment with regard to push-starting MotoGP bikes following his clash with marshals at the recent French Grand Prix.Despite his status as home hero at Le Mans, Quartararo’s race ended when he could not convince two marshals to agree to bump-start hisContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has explained why he skipped the private Formula 1 movie screening for the drivers ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix.On Wednesday night FOM organised a private viewing of the upcoming F1: The Movie for all 20 F1 drivers and several senior figures in a movie theatre in Monaco,Continue Reading