Sho Tsuboi to make second F1 test outing with Haas at Silverstone
Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi is set for his second Formula 1 test outing at the wheel of a Haas VF-23 next month at Silverstone. Toyota-contracted Tsuboi had his first taste of grand prix machinery when he took part in a specially-organised TPC test at Fuji Speedway in Japan in early August. The 30-year-old […]
Alex Marquez down in Q1 for first time in MotoGP 2025, boosting Marc’s title hopes
Alex Marquez failed to earn a direct passage into Q2 for the first time in the 2025 MotoGP season, boosting his brother Marc Marquez’s chances of sealing the title in this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Marquez brothers had been the only riders this season to safely reach the second leg of qualifying at each […]
Grosjean on Haas F1 test: «They made me cry!»
Five years on from his Formula 1 career-ending Bahrain Grand Prix accident, Romain Grosjean made an emotional return to F1 in a Mugello test. A Haas driver from 2016 to 2020 before he moved on to IndyCar, Grosjean got the chance to drive the team’s VF-23 car from the 2023 campaign alongside F1 TV pundit […]
Marco Bezzecchi explains how he went from crashing twice to topping Motegi practice
Aprilia MotoGP star Marco Bezzecchi says he was feeling confident from his very first lap at Motegi, as he bounced back from two early crashes to top Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Bezzecchi went down at Turn 11 just minutes into the start of FP1 at Motegi, severely damaging his primary Aprilia RS-GP. […]
Francesco Bagnaia “threw away” 2025 MotoGP season as Marc Marquez closes in on title
Francesco Bagnaia feels he has “thrown away” the 2025 MotoGP season, conceding that lacking solutions for his troubles on the Ducati GP25 left him powerless to challenge Marc Marquez for the title. While Marquez has been in dominant form ever since he jumped on the factory Ducati this year, Bagnaia has had a much more […]
Leclerc dismisses reverse grids, backs V8 push
Charles Leclerc feels Formula 1 has found its right number of sprint races but is against adding reverse-grid elements, while he has thrown his support behind the V8 push. F1 introduced sprint races in 2021 to increase the spectacle on offer over a grand prix weekend and provide a more compelling product to TV viewers […]
Marc Marquez targets ‘closing the circle’ with comeback MotoGP title
Marc Marquez believes winning the 2025 MotoGP title would ‘close the circle’ for him after years of despair due to injuries and uncompetitive machinery. A crash at the start of the COVID-delayed 2020 season in Jerez forced Marquez to undergo four surgeries over the subsequent years and contemplate an early retirement from MotoGP. But the […]
Why Pirelli is already doing what Verstappen told it to do with the C6 F1 tyre
When Pirelli announced the arrival of a new member of its tyre-compound family pre-season, Singapore and Las Vegas was on the list of possible venues where the ultra-soft C6 tyre could be used. This plan had been dropped even before Max Verstappen made a remarkable outburst after qualifying for the Azerbaijan GP. «You’re really better […]
First factory Ducati a long-overdue reward for underrated Gresini
Alex Marquez believes getting a factory-spec Ducati MotoGP bike is more of a reward for Gresini than him, saying the team doesn’t get the respect it deserves for its achievements in the paddock. Last week, it was announced that Ducati will expand its allocation of factory bikes from three to four for the 2026 season, […]