Alex Marquez rules himself out of MotoGP title battle already despite stellar 2025 start
Alex Marquez has said it’s “not possible” for him to challenge for the 2025 MotoGP title despite his brilliant start to the new campaign.The Gresini rider was rapid throughout winter testing and carried forward that pace into the season-opening Thai Grand Prix weekend, qualifying on the front row and finishingContinue Reading
Wittich breaks his silence on FIA exit: ‘No reason given to this day’
Former Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has spoken up about his dismissal from the FIA in his first public comments on the matter.It was announced on the eve of last November’s Las Vegas Grand Prix that Wittich will step down from his role at the FIA with immediate effect.Continue Reading
Lap times and mileage – all the data from Bahrain F1 pre-season testing 2025
Pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 campaign at the Bahrain International Circuit is now over, leaving vast data to analyse. Here are the fastest lap times and most distance covered by both teams and drivers. Fastest times in 2025 F1 Testing DRIVERCAR / ENGINE DAY 1TIME (TYRE)LAPS DAY 2TIME (TYRE)LAPSContinue Reading
MotoGP Thailand GP: Marquez claims dominant sprint victory, Bagnaia third
Factory Ducati rider Marc Marquez claimed a dominant lights-to-flag victory in the sprint race for the Thailand Grand Prix on Saturday, as team-mate Francesco Bagnaia held off Ai Ogura to finish third.Having claimed pole pole position by 0.146s in qualifying, Marquez was also untouchable in the half-distance race at Buriram,Continue Reading
MotoGP Thailand GP: Marquez claims emphatic pole on Ducati debut
Marc Marquez carried forward his scintillating pace from testing to claim pole position for the MotoGP season-opening Thailand Grand Prix.Making his debut with the factory Ducati team, Marquez posted a best time of 1m28.782s to beat his brother and Gresini rider Alex Marquez by a tenth-and-a-half in qualifying on SaturdayContinue Reading
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – who impressed at F1’s Day 3 Testing in 2025?
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording sit down and review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of testing comes to an end. Alex reviews the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day andContinue Reading
Autosport Podcast: The key talking points from F1 pre-season testing Day 3
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording review the action from Bahrain as the third and final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing comes to an end.Alex assesses the teams who didn’t leave a positive impression, including a U-turn on the state of Aston Martin after a difficult final day, as wellContinue Reading
Herbert hits back at Verstappens’ bias claims, accuses FIA of being “heavy-handed”
Sacked FIA race steward Johnny Herbert has taken aim at Formula 1’s governing body and hit back at accusations of bias.Herbert was dropped as an F1 steward one month ago after the FIA decided his “duties as a steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible”.The shock announcement cameContinue Reading
F1 Bahrain 2025 pre-season test: Russell pips Verstappen to go fastest on Day 3
George Russell gave Mercedes a positive end to the 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing as he beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to the top spot on the final day in Bahrain.Warmer conditions for day three at the Sakhir circuit meant even Russell’s leading time did not topple the lap setContinue Reading
Why Marc Marquez thinks Alex’s frontrunning pace is “no longer a surprise”
Marc Marquez said the Thai Grand Prix practice would not be the last time his young brother Alex will beat him in a session in the 2025 MotoGP season.The six-time MotoGP champion made those comments after the Gresini rider pipped him to the top spot in the hour-long session atContinue Reading