Why Martin is a double-edged sword for Aprilia in MotoGP 2025
Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that’s when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that […]
Who should GM sign for Cadillac’s F1 entry? Our writers have their say
Formula 1’s driver market for 2026 is expected to be a lot less lively than the seat-swapping antics that spanned the entirety of last season, as many of the championship’s key players are locked in for the advent of F1’s new regulatory overhaul. That said, there’s one key destination that many of those left out […]
Who is Dakar winner and Saudi billionaire Yazeed Al-Rajhi?
The Dakar Rally has been held in several countries since its inaugural edition in 1979, but no driver had managed to lift the Touareg trophy on home soil until Yazeed Al-Rajhi this year. The Saudi driver won an atypical 2025 event in which a number of favourites fell by the wayside early on, with Carlos […]
Vowles believes Williams attempted too much change in 2024
Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted his approach to restructuring the Grove-based outfit always risked being detrimental in the short-term. The former strategy director of Mercedes joined Williams two years ago, with some of the infrastructure famously described as dating back to the “Ming Dynasty” and an Excel spreadsheet used to track all car parts, […]
Ekstrom tops penultimate day as Al-Rajhi closes in on victory
Ford driver Mattias Ekstrom was fastest in the penultimate stage of the 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 Empty Quarters in Saudi […]
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 had previously been coy […]