Autosport has already picked out the top 10 F1 title deciders but not all championship showdowns have been so glorious.From on-track clashes to strange calls from race control, F1 has had its fair share of dubious finales.Here are the times things went bad, with some non-F1 misdemeanours too.6. 1964 Mexican GP –Continue Reading
McLaren will be itching to set the record straight at this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix after a poor performance in Azerbaijan for Formula 1’s otherwise dominant outfit.The championship-leading team scored just six points in Baku as Lando Norris finished seventh, while drivers’ title favourite Oscar Piastri crashed out on lapContinue Reading
Aprilia has announced that 2024 MotoGP champion Jorge Martin underwent surgery on the collarbone that he broke during a crash in the Japanese Grand Prix sprint.The operation was carried out on Tuesday at Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona by a team headed by renowned specialist Dr. Xavier Mir.Aprilia said thatContinue Reading
After several months away, the old Francesco Bagnaia turned up at the Japanese Grand Prix. Following some of the most miserable races of his career, Ducati’s two-time MotoGP champion suddenly found his form, producing a dominant weekend at Motegi.While it’s always dangerous to declare a rider is ‘back’ on theContinue Reading
Joan Mir says it is “easy to hide behind the phone” and criticise MotoGP riders after securing his maiden podium with Honda in last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.Mir finished third behind factory Ducati duo Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez at Motegi, ending a 1,422-day drought stretching back to his lastContinue Reading
Toyota will introduce the first update of its GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for four years in time for the start of the 2026 World Endurance Championship campaign. Kazuki Nakajima, vice-chairman of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, confirmed that there will be an upgrade of its Hypercar class contender introduced in 2021Continue Reading
Honda will be contesting the 2026 Super GT season with a new GT500 car after revealing the Prelude-GT on Tuesday.Based on the Prelude sports coupe that was launched at the start of the month, it will replace the Civic Type R-GT that has been in service since the start ofContinue Reading
The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) is back for a second season and promises more cars, more advanced tech, more thrills, more spills, and more… everything. The follow up to 2024’s groundbreaking first season aims to build on what’s come before.A2RL, for the uninitiated, is a race like noContinue Reading
There are those who say that one or other of the McLaren drivers should have the 2025 Formula 1 world championship in the bag by now.Within that group it has been claimed that Oscar Piastri’s peculiar off-weekend in Azerbaijan – shunting in qualifying, getting the start wrong, then crashing onContinue Reading
Aprilia MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi has revealed how badly he was hurt after being taken out by team-mate Jorge Martin on the opening lap of the Japanese Grand Prix sprint.Last year’s champion Martin made a rapid launch from 17th on the grid and found a gap on the inside heading intoContinue Reading