Ott Tanak opened up a 43.6s lead over Sebastian Ogier heading into the final day of the Acropolis Rally Greece, as Hyundai edged closer to a first win of the 2025 World Rally Championship season. Tanak delivered a dominant drive claiming five of Saturday’s six rough gravel stages, held once againContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 qualifying session for the Austrian Grand Prix was hampered significantly when Pierre Gasly spun ahead of him on his last lap – but believes Red Bull’s performance had already waned amid the changing conditions.After FP3, Verstappen was only 0.2s behind Lando Norris’ top-line pace and lookedContinue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner dismissed ongoing speculation linking Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen with a seat at Mercedes as “a lot of noise”.Horner’s Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff has long targeted a move for Verstappen and flirted with the Dutchman last season before opting to put rookie AndreaContinue Reading
MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says he will need to race cautiously in Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix given the injuries he picked up in practice on Friday.Although the 32-year-old produced another sprint race victory on Saturday, he admitted to feeling the effects of the two big crashes he suffered onContinue Reading
Marc Marquez racked up yet another 2025 MotoGP sprint race win as he led home his brother Alex at Assen on Saturday.Pole position man Fabio Quartararo held onto the lead from the start, but was quickly demoted to fourth place and later crashed out of the race.The French Yamaha riderContinue Reading
Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has admitted that the probability of four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen signing with the Brackley outfit is low. There has been a lot of talk at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix about discussions between Wolff and Verstappen, while George Russell’s Mercedes contract remains up in theContinue Reading
Thierry Neuville has said the World Rally Championship’s Hankook control tyres are “not on the level” they should be after suffering a series of problems during Acropolis Rally Greece. The reigning world champion cut a frustrated figure on Friday after suffering punctures in back-to-back stages, resulting in the Belgian dropping fromContinue Reading
Lando Norris was again the benchmark during final practice for the Austrian Grand Prix as the McLaren Formula 1 squad showed its domination in Spielberg.Having sat out FP1, Norris set the pace in FP2 and again in FP3, his time of 1m04.324s enough to beat team-mate and championship leader OscarContinue Reading
Fabio Quartararo delivered the return to form he promised ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, scorching to a fourth MotoGP pole position of the year at Assen on Saturday.Francesco Bagnaia and Alex Marquez join the Frenchman on the front row of the grid for the MotoGP classic, with worldContinue Reading
Ott Tanak produced an impressive drive across Saturday morning’s three stages to extend his Acropolis Rally Greece lead after Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux lost time after clipping a bank.Tanak took a three-second lead into the day’s action and increased his advantage by winning stage eight by 6.7s from Toyota’s SebastienContinue Reading