Lando Norris’ and Oscar Piastri’s Austrian waltz flattened any hope that McLaren could still be caught in the 2025 Formula 1 championship, but the result flattered its actual dominance and doesn’t rule out further race-by-race challengers.Red Bull was particularly despondent after being thumped at its home race, figuratively in termsContinue Reading
Alex Marquez has successfully completed surgery following his accident during last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix at Assen.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is second in the MotoGP championship, fractured his left hand after colliding with Pedro Acosta’s KTM on lap six of Sunday’s race.Marquez’s Gresini team posted on social media thatContinue Reading
Twice Ott Tanak had been denied by Sebastien Ogier in successive World Rally Championship rounds in Portugal and Sardinia – but as they say, third time’s a charm.The third instalment of the Tanak versus Ogier trilogy at Acropolis Rally Greece went the way of Tanak, who delivered a sublime driveContinue Reading
The British Grand Prix is set to be packed to the rafters as nearly 500,000 fans are expected to descend on Silverstone across this weekend.Lando Norris is going in search of back-to-back wins after his victory in Austria last weekend, which saw him slice Oscar Piastri’s lead in the championship toContinue Reading
The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen will be remembered for many reasons, although most of them were only loosely connected to the sporting action. Marc Marquez made it clear that only he can throw away his shot at a seventh MotoGP crown with a stunning sprint and grand prix double,Continue Reading
Kirkistown may not be the most historically significant circuit in the world. But the Northern Irish venue does have history, and a couple of unique items in its backstory that bear repeating and were relevant to last weekend’s event.For one thing, Kirkistown is now the only club-owned and operated circuitContinue Reading
To say that the package of Marc Marquez aboard the factory Ducati has been dominant in MotoGP 2025 is to wallow in understatement. Ten rounds into the year, the sight of him winning is all too familiar. Yet no two grand prix wins have been the same.The six-time premier classContinue Reading
The injured reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been medically cleared to test his Aprilia bike – but will miss the German Grand Prix in two weeks’ time.Martin, who is currently locked in a contractual dispute with the Italian team, has been authorised to test on Thursday or FridayContinue Reading
Alpine has signed an agreement with Sauber to loan out reserve driver Paul Aron, with the Estonian taking part in FP1 for Sauber in Silverstone and Budapest.Sauber doesn’t have any designated reserve drivers this year, and it still needed to find a rookie driver to run in two of theContinue Reading
“We still have some updates for the next two races, but a performance like this forces us to write off the championship,” said Helmut Marko after the Austrian Grand Prix.“A performance like this” referred to McLaren’s dominance, but Marko’s words could easily apply to Red Bull itself. The team’s showingContinue Reading