The curse of number one in MotoGP – will Martin’s choice backfire?
Aprilia revealed its 2025-spec MotoGP bike on Thursday, but its launch event in Milan was also significant because of an important announcement from new star signing Jorge Martin.The Spaniard had previously been secretive about the number he was going to race with this season after beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia toContinue Reading
Dakar 2025, Stage 11: Ekstrom tops penultimate day as Al-Rajhi closes in on victory
Ford driver Mattias Ekstrom was fastest in the penultimate stage of Dakar Rally on Thursday, while Overdrive’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi took a decisive lead over factory Toyota rival Henk Lategan.In what was the last major test of the 2025 Dakar, competitors had to traverse 275km of dunes through the famous EmptyContinue Reading
Fourmaux already feeling ”quite comfortable” in Hyundai WRC car
New Hyundai signing Adrien Fourmaux has said he already feels “quite comfortable” within his new World Rally Championship surroundings heading into next week’s Monte Carlo season opener. Fourmaux emerged as the key player in the driver market after deciding to move from M-Sport-Ford to Hyundai, where he will pilot the Korean marque’sContinue Reading
Martin chooses #1 for MotoGP title defence as Aprilia unveils 2025 bike
New Aprilia signing Jorge Martin has decided to carry the number one plate on his MotoGP bike after defeating Francesco Bagnaia to the title last year.Martin announced his decision to use the number plate reserved for the reigning champion during Aprilia’s 2025 MotoGP launch in Milan on Thursday.The 26-year-old hadContinue Reading
Le Mans via the scrapyard: South Korea’s forgotten project Genesis will hope to surpass
Genesis, you might think, will become the first South Korean manufacturer to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours when its forthcoming LMDh takes to the grid in 2026. But you’d be wrong. Thirty years before the Hyundai brand’s intended arrival there was another campaign at Circuit de la SartheContinue Reading
Podcast: The best F3000 non-champions with David Sears
For almost 20 years, International Formula 3000 served as the main training ground for Formula 1 before it was replaced by GP2 for 2005.During that time, the likes of Jean Alesi and Juan Pablo Montoya clinched the title before forging respectable careers in the top-flight of single-seater racing, yet manyContinue Reading
Hitting their stride – Miami Grand Prix going from strength to strength after hat-trick year
For Miami Grand Prix president Tyler Epp, 2024 was the year which saw the event blossom into what race organisers had always hoped it would be.A harsh spotlight had shone on the previous races at the Miami International Autodrome following its high-profile inclusion on the 2022 Formula 1 calendar but,Continue Reading
Alpine’s Colapinto deal is a pressure cooker for Doohan, but is it fair to him?
There’s one significant detail about Franco Colapinto’s move to Alpine – and that’s his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.“If Franco is not in a racing seat next year, we’ll have a historic car, two-year-old car,” Colapinto’s now formerContinue Reading
Dale Jr. calls choosing Justin Allgaier ‘continuation’ of championship celebration
Dale Jr. describes what it means to him to field a Cup car in the 2025 Daytona 500 and having Justin Allgaier as the driver. SourceContinue Reading
Watch official Dale Earnhardt Jr.-Chris Stapleton announcement on Daytona 500 bid
Watch the official JR Motorsports announcement as Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Chris Stapleton announce their partnership in a bid for the Daytona 500. Video courtesy of Dirty Mo Media and JR Motorsports. SourceContinue Reading