Ford is setting up an in-house race team based in the UK to run its Hypercar programme in the World Endurance Championship from 2027.The USA manufacturer announced on Thursday that the race programme with a new LMDh developed together with ORECA will be operated by Ford Racing rather than inContinue Reading
Alex Marquez believes getting a factory-spec Ducati MotoGP bike is more of a reward for Gresini than him, saying the team doesn’t get the respect it deserves for its achievements in the paddock.Last week, it was announced that Ducati will expand its allocation of factory bikes from three to fourContinue Reading
Marc Marquez believes winning the 2025 MotoGP title would ‘close the circle’ for him after years of despair due to injuries and uncompetitive machinery.A crash at the start of the COVID-delayed 2020 season in Jerez forced Marquez to undergo four surgeries over the subsequent years and contemplate an early retirementContinue Reading
Francesco Bagnaia feels he has “thrown away” the 2025 MotoGP season, conceding that lacking solutions for his troubles on the Ducati GP25 left him powerless to challenge Marc Marquez for the title.While Marquez has been in dominant form ever since he jumped on the factory Ducati this year, Bagnaia hasContinue Reading
It’s amazing to think that the drag reduction system has been a part of Formula 1 for 15 seasons.Developed as a way to mitigate the chances of processional races, it’s become a part of the furniture – but in the eyes of many, only akin to a mismatched chair stuckContinue Reading
This week James Allen welcomes Manish Pandey, the film maker and master storyteller who shot to prominence with the award-winning 2010 documentary Senna, which he made with Asif Kapadia and James Gay Rees of Drive to Survive fame. Since then Manish has followed up, gaining exclusive access to F1’s ringmasterContinue Reading
Formula 3 will introduce a €1million prize fund to financially support drivers moving up the junior single-seater ladder.Starting with the ongoing 2025 season, the top five finishers in the championship will share the pot to help them progress to Formula 2.Under the arrangement, the title winner will receive €300,000, withContinue Reading
It has now been officially confirmed that Max Verstappen will make his GT3 race debut at the Nordschleife this weekend in the Nurburgring Endurance Series (NLS).The four-time Formula 1 world champion will share an Emil Frey Ferrari 296 with Chris Lulham for the four-hour race on Saturday.This comes just twoContinue Reading
Alex Marquez was just one step away from being forced out of MotoGP in 2023, with no options left on the table, until Nadia Padovani, owner of Gresini Racing, decided to take a gamble on him.Marquez’s path through the world championship has been a rollercoaster. An explosive start crowned himContinue Reading
Marc Marquez believes his younger brother Alex would get more recognition for his success in the 2025 MotoGP season if he didn’t carry the burden of the Marquez surname.Gresini rider Alex is enjoying a breakthrough campaign on last year’s title-winning Ducati GP24, winning two grands prix and bagging seven otherContinue Reading