Ducati announces injured Marc Marquez’s stand-in for Australian GP
Ducati has announced that its test rider Michele Pirro will substitute for MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix. Pirro will ride for the factory Ducati squad at the Phillip Island event on 17-19 October, teaming up with three-time world champion Francesco Bagnaia. This would be the Italian’s first start in MotoGP […]
«We have to win» in F1, says Ferrari on costly Capital Markets Day
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna reaffirmed the manufacturer’s desire to end its Formula 1 title drought after presenting the marque’s economic targets on Capital Markets Day. The Italian outfit, which is historically F1’s most successful team, has not won the constructors’ championship since 2008, with its last drivers’ title coming via Kimi Raikkonen in 2007. That […]
Repsol set to return to world championship after Honda MotoGP split
Repsol is preparing to make its return to the MotoGP world championship next season as the exclusive lubricant supplier for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes, Motorsport.com has learned. In May 2024, Motorsport.com revealed that the Spanish energy company would not renew its long-standing partnership with the factory Honda MotoGP team. The collaboration began in 1995, […]
Ott Tanak reverts to older-spec Hyundai for WRC’s return to asphalt
Ott Tanak will use an older-specification Hyundai i20 Rally1 car at next week’s Central European Rally, with the 2019 world rally champion deeming it better suited. The decision follows a back-to-back test of the 2025-specification car and last year’s model, without the hybrid unit as per this year’s regulations, following last month’s round in Chile. Hyundai […]
Marco Bezzecchi tops practice, Marc Marquez in Q1 for first time
Marco Bezzecchi ended an unpredictable and crash-filled opening day of the Indonesian Grand Prix weekend on top, while newly-crowned 2025 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez missed out on Q1 for the first time this year after crashing twice. Luca Marini set the pace early for Honda in the hour-long practice session on Friday afternoon, immediately dipping […]
Sainz slams TV focus on “celebrities and girlfriends”, F1 responds
Carlos Sainz believes that FOM should change its approach to the Formula 1 broadcast in order to “respect the competition” rather than “exaggerating” the coverage by featuring «celebrities and girlfriends”. In recent days, many fans and experts have shared their complaints on social media about the lack of coverage given by FOM to the battles […]
Jorge Martin to make MotoGP return in Malaysia at the earliest
Aprilia boss Paolo Bonora has confirmed that injured factory rider Jorge Martin will miss the Australian Grand Prix in two weeks. Martin’s latest injury drama began in the sprint race in Japan last weekend, when he lost control under braking, clattered into team-mate Marco Bezzecchi and broke his collarbone. He subsequently missed the rest of […]
Ducati “surprised” by VR46 claims over Francesco Bagnaia’s GP24 test
Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi is “surprised” by Uccio Salucci’s comments about Francesco Bagnaia’s Misano test, as the factory team continues to insist on a vague line about the Italian having ridden a VR46 GP24 that day. The test preceded a return to form for Bagnaia, who dominated the subsequent round in Japan. But if […]
Pirelli plans C6 tyre changes after Verstappen criticism
After Pirelli introduced the C6 tyre in Formula 1 this season, Max Verstappen and some of his colleagues weren’t too impressed with the compound, which has moved the Italian manufacturer to be open to discuss its shortcomings. During the C6’s last outing in Azerbaijan Grand Prix – where many drivers preferred to save the mediums for […]