How Red Bull’s previous mid-season F1 driver swaps worked out
Red Bull’s impending swap between Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda feels particularly brutal coming just two grands prix into the 2025 Formula 1 season – but history shows the company is not shy of shaking up its driver line-ups.Not counting its agreement with Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi in itsContinue Reading
MotoGP race winner Pedrosa to return to KTM for Misano test
The 31-time grand prix winner Dani Pedrosa is preparing to return to MotoGP action in a private test for KTM in mid-April.Pedrosa will test for KTM over two days between 8-11 April, depending on weather conditions, before the Spaniard joins the rest of the MotoGP grid at the first officialContinue Reading
Autosport 75: Jordan – Formula 1 with a human face
Late last summer I had lunch one day with a publisher in London. It was hot, if you can remember that, and we discussed a possible synopsis for a book, the cool Chablis slipped down very readily.What were they like, these Formula 1 people? Well, I said, they’re a mix,Continue Reading
International view: Is Red Bull right to replace Lawson with Tsunoda after just two races?
The change is all but confirmed. As Autosport revealed on Sunday, Red Bull began considering a change to its driver line-up even before the Shanghai race – with Yuki Tsunoda emerging as the frontrunner to replace the struggling Liam Lawson. Discussions have since progressed following meetings in recent days, withContinue Reading
How did Hadjar compare to Tsunoda in first F1 race start at Shanghai?
For Isack Hadjar, Australia doesn’t count.In our analysis of rookie debuts, thanks to the bumper crop of newcomers trickling into the field across the past six months, there’s been a lot to discuss. Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Gabriel Bortoleto got their appraisals last week but, given Hadjar registered a DidContinue Reading
Lawson’s Red Bull future in doubt as team eyes Tsunoda swap for Japan
Yuki Tsunoda is in line for a call up to Red Bull’s F1 team for next week’s Japanese Grand Prix – just as Autosport exclusively reported last Sunday.Liam Lawson has come under pressure after making a difficult start to the season, crashing out of the Australian GP and was aContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon expresses support for Alex Bowman: “This is our guy”
Alex Bowman put together a near-perfect race at Homestead-Miami Speedway as he continues a very strong start to his 2025 season. Watching from atop the No. 48 pit box was NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon, who currently works as the vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports.Bowman earned pole position and was aContinue Reading
How a “worried” Red Bull plans to rebound after glum start to F1 2025
If Formula 1’s mixed-weather opener in Australia could mask Red Bull’s ails, thanks in no small part to Max Verstappen’s exquisite driving, then Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix really set the alarm bells ringing.Verstappen rallied to finish fourth with a strong second stint on the hard tyres, but the preceding stintContinue Reading
IndyCar sees 50% viewership drop on FOX after going head to head with NASCAR
Every IndyCar race will be featured on the primary FOX network this year and with heavy promotion, the series opened its new season with 1.417 million viewers for St. Petersburg. This was an impressive 45% jump from the previous year on NBC.Unfortunately, that momentum did not carry over into Thermal,Continue Reading
Ryan Vargas reveals his future NASCAR plans
24-year-old Ryan Vargas has 71 starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series but in recent years, he’s been branching out beyond the second-tier division of the sport. In 2023, he ran seven Truck Series races, scoring a top-ten finish in just his second start. Last year, he ran the full EuroNASCAR scheduleContinue Reading