The mistake Yamaha can’t afford to repeat with its satellite MotoGP deal
Japanese culture is marked by tradition, and this is perfectly palpable in MotoGP, where Yamaha and Honda have resisted as much as they could before surrendering to the cruellest evidence and concluding that their methods, infallible until just over five years ago, have become completely obsolete. Neither of them managed to register a single podium […]
Lawson gets new race engineer for 2025 F1 season
Red Bull has named Sergio Perez’s former performance engineer Richard Wood as the new race engineer for incoming Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in 2025. Wood garnered experience on the Red Bull pit wall several times during 2024 when Perez’s regular race engineer Hugh Bird was on paternity leave. A long-term Red Bull employee, Wood […]
‘Don’t fall into Marquez’s traps’
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has advised his protege Francesco Bagnaia to ‘not fall into Marc Marquez’s traps’ as the two pair up at the factory Ducati team this year. Double champion Bagnaia is set to face his biggest challenge in MotoGP in 2025, with former Honda star Marquez joining him as a team-mate after a starring […]
Red Bull to debut RB21 car at Bahrain filming day
Red Bull has set a date for the debut of its RB21 Formula 1 car, with Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson pressed into action at a filming day in Bahrain on Tuesday 25 February. Autosport understands Red Bull will shake down its 2025 challenger one day before the new season properly gets underway with three […]