Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner is finalising the purchase of the Tech3 MotoGP team, Autosport has learned.Sources close to both parties estimate the deal, involving the structure founded in 1990 by Herve Poncharal and Guy Coulon, at just over €20million.Tech3 made its debut in the premier classContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanperä has explained the factors behind new speed that elevated the Toyota driver to the lead of a World Rally Championship gravel event for the first time in almost a year.The two-time world champion has been renowned for his impressive pace on loose surface rallies particularly when the conditionsContinue Reading
Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera emerged from an intense multi-crew fight with a slender Rally Finland lead after battling through tricky changeable conditions on Friday. There were question marks over the two-time World Rally Championship champion’s form having struggled on gravel this year, and despite not being overly comfortable with his “flat out”Continue Reading
Max Verstappen has said “nothing really works” on his Red Bull Formula 1 car as he finished the Hungarian Grand Prix’s Friday sessions adrift of the frontrunners.Verstappen finished the afternoon’s FP2 session in a lowly 14th position, 1.1s adrift of leader Lando Norris and behind cars from Haas, Aston MartinContinue Reading
Fernando Alonso is confident of completing the remainder of the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix weekend after missing first practice due to a back muscle injury.On Friday morning, Aston Martin announced the two-time F1 world champion would skip the first practice session with reserve driver Felipe Drugovich standing in forContinue Reading
Lando Norris closed out Friday’s Formula 1 practice sessions with the fastest time in FP2, finishing 0.291s ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Hungarian Grand Prix.The Briton had led the times after the opening set of exploratory runs on medium tyres, setting a benchmark of 1m16.525s on theContinue Reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes the relationship between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris “keeps improving” despite the pair fiercely battling for the Formula 1 title.The Woking squad’s two drivers have been the key championship protagonists in 2025, and this has cultivated comparisons to previous championship duopolies held by theContinue Reading
Fernando Alonso sat out FP1 for Aston Martin at the Hungarian Grand Prix due to a “muscular injury in his back” which developed after the Belgian GP, but will return in FP2.In a statement from the Silverstone-based team, it confirmed that the two-time F1 world champion’s part in the weekend isContinue Reading
Alex Marquez is having his best season since stepping up to the MotoGP premier class in 2020 — the year of the COVID-19 pandemic and the start of injury saga that almost ended his brother’s career.After a gruelling spell with the factory Honda team and LCR, Alex’s move to GresiniContinue Reading
Lando Norris drew first blood at the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, headlining Formula 1’s opening free practice session by a scant 0.019s over championship leader Oscar Piastri.Norris set a 1m16.052s with his first lap on the soft tyres, having already set a somewhat competitive time on the medium-compound Pirellis amidContinue Reading