Lap times revealed from Ducati’s Balaton Park test with MotoGP riders
Although Ducati chose not to reveal lap times from its private test in Hungary earlier this week, Pecco Bagnaia has shared his time aboard the Panigale V4 used on the day at Balaton Park. This turned out to be the fastest of the test, ahead of factory Ducati team-mate Marc Marquez’s best. Bagnaia posted on […]
Why exit clauses in F1 contracts are more important than money
To help James Allen go deep into F1 driver contracts is one of the best known and most successful driver managers in F1 history. Julian Jakobi has managed dozens of great names like Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Jacques Villeneuve, Juan Pablo Montoya and more recently Sergio Perez. He continues to manage a stable of drivers […]
What we know about Ducati’s Balaton Park test ahead of new MotoGP race
Ducati sent seven units of its Panigale V4 super sport bike to Hungary on Tuesday, so that its riders could learn the Balaton Park circuit, which makes its debut on the MotoGP calendar later this month. Despite comfortably leading all three world championships – riders’, teams’, and constructors’ – the Italian manufacturer is leaving nothing […]
Why Red Bull can’t fix F1 car problems by copying Racing Bulls
Red Bull team boss Laurent Mekies has stated his Formula 1 team’s struggles couldn’t be fixed simply by copying elements of a more consistent Racing Bulls car. Racing Bulls drivers have performed much better than the second Red Bull driver – regardless of the latter being Liam Lawson or Yuki Tsunoda – over the 2025 […]
USA misses out as WRC reveals 2026 calendar
The World Rally Championship will once again be contested over 14 rounds in 2026, although much anticipated plans to host a round in the USA have not come to fruition. Next year the schedule will begin in Monte Carlo in January and end in Saudi Arabia in November, but will undertake a slightly different complexion […]
Why Aston Martin’s Hungary F1 fightback is “concerning” to Alonso
Aston Martin had its most successful weekend of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but is at a loss to explain why it happened. One week prior, Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll locked out the back row at Spa-Francorchamps, but at the Hungaroring they claimed fifth and sixth on the grid […]