Le Mans 24 Hours winner James Calado has signed a multi-year contract extension with Ferrari starting from next season’s World Endurance Championship. The 36-year-old’s deal was announced on Friday ahead of next week’s WEC 2025 finale in Bahrain, where Calado will arrive leading the standings with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro PierContinue Reading
Sepang International Circuit aims to wrap up negotiations and sign a new contract with MotoGP’s rights holder Dorna for the Malaysian Grand Prix by the beginning of next year. The South East Asian nation has been a regular fixture on the MotoGP calendar since the early 1990s, with Shah Alam CircuitContinue Reading
Our headset crackles as the first radio message heralds the start of activity. “30 seconds”, a voice on the other end says, before the start of the practice session is accompanied by “Cars on track”. It’s Friday afternoon in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, and we are standing onContinue Reading
The 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has hit back at suggestions Yuki Tsunoda has been performing better in Formula 1, suggesting Red Bull has been “overprotecting” him.Although he’s down 21-0 to Max Verstappen in their qualifying head-to-head, Tsunoda had one of his best performances so far at the Mexico GrandContinue Reading
Irish youngster Jason Smyth not only won the Formula Ford Festival last weekend, but he also hoisted himself to second in the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings. Smyth has had a super-successful season in Formula Ford 1600 in the UK as well as his native Kirkistown-based series. At Brands Hatch,Continue Reading
Alex Marquez says riding the Ducati GP26 will serve as a test of his own performance in MotoGP rather than an audition for a factory team seat in 2027.Ducati will increase the supply of factory bikes from three to four next year, with the Spaniard set to get the sameContinue Reading
As early as the eve of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella warned of the spectre of the inevitable Max Verstappen inserting himself into what looked like an intra-team Formula 1 title battle between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.Stella would soon be proved right, through a combinationContinue Reading
At just 21 years old, Pedro Acosta already knows what it means to become the centre of attention overnight; to be labelled as the next extraterrestrial to land in MotoGP from the same planet that once produced Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi; and to deal with the frustration of notContinue Reading
Mexico’s motorsport federation has blamed Liam Lawson’s near-miss with marshals at Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix on his alleged failure to sufficiently slow down under a double yellow flag.The marshals’ intervention aimed at clearing debris from the collision between the Racing Bulls driver and Carlos Sainz on lap 1. TheContinue Reading
Oliver Bearman provided the feel good story of Formula 1’s Mexico Grand Prix with an opportunistic drive to fourth, but it would be too easy to ascribe his breakthrough result to a lucky break.Haas introduced late-season upgrades in Austin which were long in the making, breaking a midfield trend whereContinue Reading