Twenty-two riders made up the cast of the 2025 Portuguese Grand Prix. But if we’re honest, 19 of them were mere extras in the piece. The drama that played out at Portimao was all about the three lead players. Three men, each of whom brought his own unique quest toContinue Reading
McLaren has signed the 2025 Formula Regional European runner-up Matteo De Palo to its driver development programme as part of an academy shake-up. The 18-year-old secured his best result since moving to single-seaters in 2023 by finishing second to FRECA champion Freddie Slater ahead of his graduation to Formula 3 withContinue Reading
Racing Bulls celebrated a return to points after three scoreless weekends with a double top-10 finish for Liam Lawson and Isack Hadjar in seventh and eighth at Interlagos – although the pair survived contact on the final lap to get there.Lawson made a bold one-stop strategy work but came underContinue Reading
A bit of tweaking of the Balance of Performance resulted in a sense of foreboding among Toyota’s rivals ahead of last weekend’s World Endurance Championship finale. “Unless they do something wrong they are going to finish 1-2,” reckoned a driver from one of those competitors in advance of the carsContinue Reading
McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella reckons Oscar Piastri received a “harsh” penalty during the Brazil Grand Prix – claiming Andrea Kimi Antonelli was equally to blame. Piastri was hit with an extra 10 seconds at Interlagos after knocking Antonelli into Charles Leclerc when he took second down the inside ofContinue Reading
Nicolo Bulega, the World Superbike rider substituting for Marc Marquez aboard the factory Ducati, has revealed the extent to which he had to adjust his riding for the Michelin tyre used in MotoGP.At the same time, he could be on the right side of that gulf when MotoGP switches toContinue Reading
Tech3 KTM stand-in rider Pol Espargaro says Franco Morbidelli’s field-scattering move on lap one of the Portuguese Grand Prix was ‘way too aggressive’.Morbidelli was the biggest loser in the Turn 5 incident, which ended with the VR46 Ducati rider on the floor and out of the race. But that didContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s progress from a pitlane start to the podium in the Brazil Grand Prix was remarkable, all the more so since Verstappen had been complaining about his car’s poor performance all weekend – even on his way to fourth in the sprint race.Changes to the car the team madeContinue Reading
Oliver Solberg will join Toyota’s World Rally Championship driver line-up for 2026, having secured a full-time drive with the Japanese manufacturer.The 24-year-old was named as part of Toyota’s five driver line-up for next year, alongside Elfyn Evans, Sebastien Ogier, Takamoto Katsuta and Sami Pajari, effectively filling the seat vacated byContinue Reading
When Lando Norris made his second stop of the Brazilian Grand Prix at the end of lap 50, it put Max Verstappen – who’d started from the pitlane – in the lead. Verstappen later made a final stop while just under seven seconds ahead, ceding the lead as Red BullContinue Reading