Exclusive: Honda agrees deal with Fabio Quartararo for 2027 MotoGP season
Honda’s factory MotoGP team has agreed a deal with Fabio Quartararo for the next two seasons, Motorsport.com has learned.The 26-year-old Frenchman will leave Yamaha after agreeing a deal with HRC for 2027 and 2028, bringing to an end his association with the manufacturer, which handed him his MotoGP debut in 2019Continue Reading
Norris: “Surreal” to see number 1 on my car as McLaren kicks off F1 2026 testing
Lando Norris says driving around as the reigning Formula 1 world champion was a “surreal” feeling as he took to the track in Barcelona for a day of discovering his 2026 McLaren MCL40.McLaren delayed its start to pre-season testing until Wednesday, the third of five shakedown days at the CircuitContinue Reading
Josh Berry looking for consistency more than speed in 2026 Cup season
On one hand, the 2025 season was a success for Josh Berry, in that it produced his first Cup Series victory and for the Wood Brothers no less. On the other hand, there were also stretches where a lot was left on the table and left them wondering what couldContinue Reading
What happened on day three of F1’s secretive 2026 shakedown
There was a lot more action on the third day of Formula 1’s pre-season shakedown which, as is common knowledge by now, is taking place behind closed doors in Barcelona.Six out of 11 teams took to the track, including McLaren, which skipped the first two days but is planning toContinue Reading
Williams missed Barcelona F1 test due to production delays, denies significant weight issue
Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says it is “incredibly painful” for his squad to miss out the Barcelona shakedown test this week, but denies rumours the team’s car will be significantly overweight.Last week Williams abandoned its plans to attend F1’s first testing opportunity of the 2026 pre-season inContinue Reading
Why Neuville struggled in “most difficult” Rally Monte Carlo
Thierry Neuville has previously conquered Rally Monte Carlo twice, but a fundamental lack of confidence to push his Hyundai to the limit left the 2024 world champion on the back foot.Neuville had flagged even before last weekend’s season opener that he would be “lying a bit” if he said heContinue Reading
Ferrari tested wet-weather active aerodynamics in F1 Barcelona shakedown
Although only two teams took to the track on the second day of Formula 1’s five-day ‘shakedown’ behind closed doors at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, there was plenty of material for analysis.During the morning, as Ferrari focused on data collection and logging mileage on its first proper day of runningContinue Reading
Why Hadjar’s Red Bull testing crash doesn’t mean a Gasly 2019 repeat
Seven years ago, Red Bull signed sophomore Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly as Max Verstappen’s new team-mate following the Frenchman’s convincing rookie season, forgoing a more experienced option in Carlos Sainz – but Gasly crashed twice at Barcelona in pre-season testing and was demoted to Toro Rosso after a nightmareContinue Reading
MotoGP Sepang shakedown test: Schedule, riders and how to follow
After a two-month winter break, MotoGP bikes will return to the track this week for the first official test of the year. While the entire grid won’t be in action until the main Sepang test, all five manufacturers will be present in some capacity for what is officially labelled theContinue Reading
Why KTM thinks it “hasn’t done enough yet” to retain Pedro Acosta in MotoGP
KTM boss Pit Beirer has admitted the manufacturer has not yet “done enough” to convince Pedro Acosta to stay beyond 2026, but is confident it can show significant progress on track this season.Acosta was groomed by KTM through the junior ranks and has become a central figure in its MotoGPContinue Reading