Aprilia has emerged as Ducati’s most consistent challenger – some argue its equal – since the middle of the MotoGP season, but it took until the Portuguese Grand Prix for its factory team to score a 2025 Sunday victory entirely on merit.Read Also: MotoGPMotoGP Portuguese GP: Bezzecchi powers to PortimaoContinue Reading
World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu will get his first taste of MotoGP machinery at Aragon on Monday, when he is expected to ride Yamaha’s new V4 challenger.As predicted by Autosport, the Turkish rider is switching to MotoGP with the Japanese manufacturer next season, when he will appear for the satelliteContinue Reading
Antonio Felix da Costa topped the timesheets in his first public appearance as a factory Alpine driver in the World Endurance Championship’s Bahrain rookie test.The former Porsche star, who joins the French squad next year as part of a dual WEC/Formula E programme, set a best time of 1m49.214s inContinue Reading
Marco Bezzecchi dominated the Portuguese Grand Prix for Aprilia on Sunday, leading throughout the race at Portimao.The Italian tightened his grip on third in the world championship as he led home Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Pedro Acosta (KTM).With nearest challenger Francesco Bagnaia falling, Bezzecchi stretched his advantage in thirdContinue Reading
Hyundai had already been working on a “Plan B” for its 2026 World Rally Championship driver line-up should it lose Ott Tanak from its team. Tanak today announced plans to take a break from full-time rallying and leave the Korean brand following the Saudi Arabia season finale later this month. TheContinue Reading
Ott Tanak has announced plans to step down from full-time rallying at the end of the 2025 World Rally Championship. The Hyundai driver had been tight-lipped on his future prior to this week’s Rally Japan, where he finished a distant fourth behind the Toyota trio of Sebastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans andContinue Reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has explained the reasons why Oscar Piastri has struggled to match team-mate Lando Norris at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix.Having lacked pace for the past few rounds, Piastri was outqualified by Norris in all qualifying segments – sprint and regular alike – at Interlagos, withContinue Reading
Toyota will head into the 2026 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up across its two factory Hypercar entries.Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries will continue to share the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid next season, with Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa continuing in the sister #8Continue Reading
Pierre Gasly was at a loss for words to explain how he enjoyed a surprisingly strong Saturday at the Formula 1 Brazil Grand Prix.The Alpine driver started by scoring a point with eighth in the sprint race at Interlagos before qualifying ninth for Sunday’s contest – Gasly was even justContinue Reading
Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier edged World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans to victory after an intense Rally Japan battle that ensured the title will be decided in the Saudi Arabia season finale.Ogier and co-driver Vincent Landais claimed their sixth win from a partial 2025 campaign by a margin of 11.6s fromContinue Reading