The winners and losers from MotoGP pre-season testing
Winners Ducati’s competitors Ducati has opted against installing the majority of its winter updates Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images The news about Ducati abandoning its 2025 engine in favour of its proven 2024 unit must have come as music to the ears of its rivals. In fact, Ducati is also set to […]
What McLaren’s “aggressive” approach says about its confidence to nail both 2025 and 2026
Every year, Formula 1’s teams have to make the decision when to end focus on the current season and pour all of its engineering resources into designing the next car. It’s an important thing to time correctly, and F1 is littered with examples of teams who either kept developing too late and started the next […]
Martin will “definitely” race in MotoGP’s Thailand GP
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin is set to return to action in the Thailand Grand Prix after missing almost all of pre-season testing, Motorsport.com understands. This Saturday marks one week since Aprilia’s new star rider was discharged by doctors following surgery on the right hand he broke at the start of the Sepang test. Over […]
“Messy” startline incident dents Fourmaux’s Rally Sweden victory bid
Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux has explained a bizarre “messy” startline issue that has severely dented his Rally Sweden victory hopes after starting stage 11 without his helmet properly fastened. Fourmaux had been in the thick of an intense five-way fight for victory, having started the day in fourth, 7.9s adrift of leader Toyota’s Elfyn Evans. Hyundai’s […]
Our writers’ left-field F1 2025 predictions
It’s customary to make the usual predictions ahead of a brand new Formula 1 season: who’s going to win the title, which team is going to be the constructors’ champion, yada and indeed, yada. In recent years, even a crystal ball from Temu would likely lead any clairvoyants on a budget to predict Max Verstappen […]
How Williams’ new F1 car build system works
It was a moment that caused jaws to drop aplenty in the 2024 Formula 1 season: Williams team boss James Vowles revealing he’d discovered his then still-fairly-new squad was using a single, gigantic, Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to itemise its entire car build package. The list ran to multiple thousands of cell entries – an approximate […]
Pitbull is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing
Armando Christian Perez, a.k.a. Pitbull, a.k.a. Mr. Worldwide, abruptly announced on social media today that he is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing. Pitbull joined Trackhouse Racing at the beginning of 2021, just ahead of the team’s foray into the NASCAR Cup series. He spoke enthusiastically about loving both music and motorsports, and wanting […]
Pitbull is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing
Armando Christian Perez, a.k.a. Pitbull, a.k.a. Mr. Worldwide, abruptly announced on social media today that he is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing. Pitbull joined Trackhouse Racing at the beginning of 2021, just ahead of the team’s foray into the NASCAR Cup series. He spoke enthusiastically about loving both music and motorsports, and wanting […]