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April 4, 2025

How advice from Marquez is helping Martin recover from injury

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin says input from rival Marc Marquez was significant in helping him not to rush his recovery or his return to action.
Having missed most of pre-season testing due to an accident in Sepang, Martin has also been absent from the first three rounds of the 2025 season following a training crash he described as “nasty”. Ahead of the Aprilia rider’s ...

April 3, 2025

Connor Zilisch to run NASCAR's longest race with backing from Red Bull

Connor Zilisch, who is just 18 years old, made his Cup debut earlier this year at the Circuit of the Americas. Trackhouse Racing Team, who signed the Red Bull athlete last year, put Zilisch in a fourth car for COTA.
He qualified 14th and showed impressive pace, but crashed out of the race when he collided with his spinning teammate, Daniel Suarez. He finished 37th, completing 49 of 95 ...Keep reading

April 3, 2025

How F1 drivers reacted to Lawson/Tsunoda swap

Lewis Hamilton believes it was “pretty tough” on Liam Lawson to be dropped by Red Bull after just two races – but said he was not surprised to see the team act so swiftly.
Lawson struggled to get to grips with the RB21 in both the Australian and Chinese grands prix and was ultimately demoted back to Racing Bulls as a result, with Yuki Tsunoda swapped in to replace the New ...

April 3, 2025

Sainz needs "five to 10 races" to unlearn his Ferrari habits at Williams

Williams driver Carlos Sainz says he is expecting to adapt to his new Formula 1 car within "five to 10" races while he tweaks his driving style.
Sainz joined Alex Albon at Williams after four years at Ferrari and has thus far had two low-key weekends for his new team in Australia and China, grabbing his first point of the campaign in Shanghai after others were disqualified.
A large part of ...

April 3, 2025

A challenging Suzuka corner’s hidden history

‘Spoon’, ‘130R’, ‘Hairpin’, ‘S Curves’. The corner names at Suzuka have prescriptive, unembellished quality. Except for… Degner.
For a brief time in the 1960s, Ernst Degner was a proverbial thorn in Honda’s side, helping Suzuki develop a series of 50cc racing motorcycle engines capable of screaming beyond 17,000rpm, and enabling Mitsuo Itoh to become the first (and so far ...

April 3, 2025

Piastri on how being “laser-sharp” on details has lifted one-lap F1 pace

Ever since Oscar Piastri made his Formula 1 debut for McLaren two seasons ago, it’s become almost a cliche to say that the main factor separating him from team-mate Lando Norris is his qualifying performance. A bald view of the statistics would appear to bear that out: in 2023 Norris outqualified Piastri for grands prix 15-7, in 2024 that gap widened to 20-4 – with the result that, barring a ...

April 3, 2025

Norris: McLaren has target on its back as rivals “talk crap” about team

“Nonsense”, “random” and “crap” – the three words Lando Norris used to describe recent comments made about McLaren by its rivals as the squad adjusts to life as the hunted rather than the hunter.
After ending a 26-year wait for a constructors’ championship last season, McLaren has continued where it left off – Norris winning in Australia before team-mate Oscar Piastri took ...

April 3, 2025

Verstappen: Red Bull's main issue is F1 car, not drivers

Max Verstappen has suggested his Red Bull Formula 1 team needs to focus on fixing its troubled 2025 car rather than worry about the identity of his team-mate.
After two difficult weekends alongside Verstappen, Red Bull has demoted Liam Lawson to Racing Bulls, with Yuki Tsunoda moving in the other direction from this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
While Red Bull has the remit to move its four ...

April 3, 2025

Haas fast-tracks floor update for F1 Japanese GP to fix aero issues

Haas has introduced a small upgrade to its VF-25 Formula 1 car's floor for the Japanese Grand Prix in a bid to solve its aero oscillation issue in high-speed corners, which emerged at the Melbourne season opener.
The team struggled at the season opener, with team principal Ayao Komatsu estimating that Haas was six tenths away from the rest of the field as it battled against bouncing in the ...

April 3, 2025

Leclerc: Ferrari’s China disqualification caused by “playing with the limit”

Ferrari aims to learn from the “pain” of having both its cars disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix but its key challenge is to make up the gap to McLaren, says Charles Leclerc.
While Leclerc’s team-mate Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race in Shanghai, Ferrari regards that result as an outlier and is expecting its form at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend to be more in line with ...

April 3, 2025

Hamilton explains why Ferrari's F1 form has been inconsistent

Lewis Hamilton says having to gain a deeper understanding of Ferrari's car set-ups is the main factor behind his up-and-down form as he starts his stint with the Italian Formula 1 powerhouse.
Hamilton and Leclerc both struggled for pace in Australia's Q3 shoot-out despite looking strong earlier on, and the pair also had a mixed weekend in China where Hamilton won the sprint from pole but was ...

April 3, 2025

Tsunoda: Not hearing from Marko on Red Bull F1 promotion is "very unusual"

Yuki Tsunoda had detailed the timeline of his Red Bull Formula 1 promotion ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, revealing he has yet to speak to his mentor Helmut Marko.
Shortly after the Chinese Grand Prix Red Bull took the ruthless decision to swap Tsunoda with Liam Lawson after two difficult weekends for the New Zealander aboard the Red Bull RB21, with Tsunoda stepping into the seat for Japan ...

April 3, 2025

Lawson not focused on potential Red Bull F1 return after “unexpected” demotion

Liam Lawson admits he was not expecting to be dropped by Red Bull after just two rounds and will be aiming to prove he belongs in Formula 1 – even if he does not know where his long-term future lies.
The New Zealander has been demoted to Racing Bulls following a disastrous spell at Red Bull, with Yuki Tsunoda swapping into his seat with the senior team from this weekend’s Japanese Grand ...

April 3, 2025

Rick Ware Racing calls LMC lawsuit a "misguided attempt to tarnish our reputation"

On April 1st, Legacy Motor Club (LMC) -- co-owned by seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson -- filed a lawsuit against Rick Ware Racing regarding a charter dispute. And RWR has already come out swinging in response.
The suit claims RWR agreed, in writing, to sell one of its charters to LMC but is now trying to back out of the deal. LMC, which already fields full-time entries for ...

April 3, 2025

Zak Brown says McLaren took advantage of ‘destabilized’ Red Bull during Christian Horner’s texting scandal 

McLaren boss Zak Brown was one of Christian Horner’s biggest critics during an investigation into the Red Bull chief’s texting scandal in early 2024. However, Brown said his team took advantage of their rival’s internal “instability” as they began their campaign to win the constructor’s title for the first time in over two decades. 
“Our sport, perhaps more than others, has a ...

April 3, 2025

Two out of three: The Japanese F1 drivers who scored a home podium

It’s been a long time since a Japanese driver had a seat at a top team, let alone a proper top team. When Satoru Nakajima drove for Lotus in 1987 and 1988, it was in the middle of a decade-long decline; in 2004 Takuma Sato finished on the podium in the US GP at Indianapolis, but his BAR team didn’t register a victory that season. Now Yuki Tsunoda finds himself in that one-of-a-kind position ...

April 3, 2025

Audi puts LMP1, DTM cars up for sale

Audi is offering LMP1 prototype and DTM touring car machinery from its back catalogue for sale to collectors in full running condition for the first time.
The newly created ‘racing legends project team’ within Audi Sport is restoring cars formerly raced under the German manufacturer’s factory racing programmes that the new owners can drive in anger on the circuit.
It will offer full ...

April 3, 2025

The difficult transition from Indy NXT to IndyCar is on full display

Louis Foster is hoping to be the latest British racing driver to shine in IndyCar and there is good reason to hype him up. Foster dominated the 2024 Indy NXT season, winning eight of 14 races on his way to collecting the championship by a clear margin. Meanwhile, the Indy NXT championship runner-up, Jacob Abel, was the only driver besides Foster to win multiple races (winning three total) last ...

April 2, 2025

10 years on: Honda's "GP2 engine" humiliation to F1 redemption

The start of the 2025 season may not have gone to plan at Red Bull HQ, but it will still celebrate its successful partnerships with Honda in style at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix before the two parties go separate ways.
Marking the 60th anniversary of Honda's first grand prix win – achieved by Richie Ginther at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix – Red Bull's RB21 is donned in a one-off ...

April 2, 2025

Kyle Larson's McLaren-Hendrick paint schemes revealed for Indy 500/Coke 600 double

After a failed attempt in 2024, Kyle Larson is coming back in 2025 hungrier than ever as he seeks to finally become the fifth driver (and the first since 2014) to complete 'The Double' by running the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day.
Larson will pilot his usual No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet at Charlotte while driving the No. 17 Chevrolet at Indy, which is being ...

April 2, 2025

Lawson on “shock” Red Bull demotion: “It’s not something I saw coming”

Liam Lawson has revealed his demotion to Racing Bulls, after just two grands prix at Red Bull in the 2025 Formula 1 season, came as a surprise.
After Lawson struggled at both Melbourne and Shanghai – including qualifying 20th twice in China – Red Bull decided the situation called for an immediate driver swap, giving Racing Bulls driver Yuki Tsunoda a long-awaited chance in the main ...

April 2, 2025

How much does Red Bull depend on Verstappen – now and for the future?

“I think I can probably win the constructors’ championship on my own right now”, Max Verstappen smiled during a Dutch media session ahead of the 2023 British Grand Prix. He said it jokingly, but there was truth in his comments on two fronts. At the time, Red Bull’s dominance was such that Verstappen individually scored more points (575) than the second team in the constructors’ ...

April 2, 2025

Why Bottas has the edge over Perez in 2026 F1 return race

The best visualisation of just how different Formula 1 life has become for Valtteri Bottas was formed in 2025 Bahrain pre-season testing, when Motorsport.com found him, wheel gun in hand, in the Mercedes pitbox.
But the Finn wasn’t starting a new role as a mechanic for the Silver Arrows squad; it’s just that as Mercedes’ 2025 test and reserve driver, filming social media skits is part of ...

April 2, 2025

Le Mans gets new MotoGP deal to host French GP

Le Mans is set to host MotoGP’s French Grand Prix until 2031 at the earliest, after a multi-year extension was signed with Dorna Sports.
The French GP has taken place at Le Mans Circuit Bugatti on 11 occasions from 1969 to 1995, then every season since 2000.
“Our contract as promoter ends in 2026 […] but I’m extremely pleased, honored and proud to announce that it has been extended ...

April 2, 2025

Race our writers! – Will F1 Fantasy players follow Red Bull’s lead and switch drivers?

Log in to your F1 Fantasy account this week and you will be greeted with a warning message prompting changes to your team.
“Action required: Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson have changed race teams. If you currently have either driver in your team you will need to use your transfer allowance to avoid "inactive driver" penalties.”
No one wants to be hit with penalties in F1, just ask the ...

April 2, 2025

Tsunoda insists he can tame Red Bull’s unruly F1 car

New Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda doesn’t expect the tricky characteristics of the team’s Formula 1 car to be a problem for him.
Tsunoda has earned promotion to Red Bull’s main outfit from the Japanese Grand Prix onwards after Liam Lawson spectacularly failed to get up to speed with the delicate RB21 machine, while the Japanese racer had a convincing first couple of F1 rounds with Racing ...

April 2, 2025

Interview: Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu as you've never known him

“I’ll probably go tonight.” Ayao Komatsu glances at his watch as we sit down in the Haas hospitality suite at the Shanghai circuit. “There’s a new place about half an hour from the hotel. It’s a new climbing gym, apparently. My good friend is a climbing coach and he happens to be out here coaching local guys.”
For Haas’ Formula 1 team principal, climbing gyms around the world ...

April 2, 2025

Honda won’t “interfere” with Tsunoda’s F1 future amid Red Bull split

Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe says Yuki Tsunoda’s Formula 1 future at Red Bull lies in his own hands, with the Japanese brand undertaking a new project with the Aston Martin outfit in the world championship.
Tsunoda has received a long elusive promotion to Red Bull’s main team for the Japanese Grand Prix; the Milton Keynes-based squad made the drastic call of an early ...

April 2, 2025

Albon meets Thai PM to show support for F1 race in Bangkok

The chances of a Formula 1 race in Thailand continue to improve as Williams driver Alex Albon became the latest representative of the series to meet with the country’s prime minister.
Hopes of a grand prix around the streets of Bangkok have existed for some time but the process was stepped up last month when F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali held positive talks with prime minister Paetongtarn ...

April 2, 2025

Legacy Motor Club's "patience has run out", filing lawsuit against Rick Ware Racing

With the highly contentious legal battle between 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports and NASCAR over the 2025 Charter Agreement ongoing, yet another lawsuit relating to charters has arisen. However, this is very different from the 23XI/FRM vs. NASCAR situation, which claims the sanctioning body violated antitrust laws.
This lawsuit, filed in Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Courts on April ...

April 2, 2025

NASCAR penalizes Sammy Smith for intentional wrecking at Martinsville

Sammy Smith driving into the final corner at Martinsville from several car lengths back in order to intentionally wreck Taylor Gray for the NASCAR Xfinity Series win didn't work out for him, Gray or the rest of the field [besides race winner Austin Hill]. It turns out the chaos Smith's driving has backfired on the driver of the No. 8 car for JR Motorsports.
There have been calls by various ...

April 2, 2025

Jack Doohan announces special Miami GP collaboration with Selling Sunset reality star

Alpine rookie Jack Doohan will be sporting a new lid for the Miami Grand Prix, courtesy of Selling Sunset star Jason Oppenheim. The realtor-turned-reality star found fame when his Netflix smash hit debuted the same month as Drive To Survive, and he’s since become a Formula 1 obsessive. The Oppenheim Group owner started attending races in 2023 and quickly struck up a friendship with members of ...

April 2, 2025

Amazon documentary to follow Kyle Larson in his attempt to complete 'The Double'

Kyle Larson hopes to become just the fifth driver to ever complete 'The Double' -- a coveted achievement where a driver runs both the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's longest race [the Coca-Cola 600] on the very same day.
Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, John Andretti, and Kurt Busch have all successfully done it before. Larson was set to join this elite group last year, but shockingly failed in his ...

April 2, 2025

Jorge Martin sets sights on MotoGP return in Qatar after passing medical exa

After traveling to the United States to support his team from the pit box for the first time this season at the MotoGP Americas Grand Prix at COTA, Jorge Martin received a positive medical check-up with hopes to return to the track as soon as Qatar.
The check-up was conducted Tuesday morning by Dr. Xavier Mir and the surgical team responsible for the World Champion's procedure on February 25 on ...

April 2, 2025

Checkers or wreckers: When NASCAR drivers take ‘win or bust’ too far

NASCAR has a well-earned reputation of being a full-contact sport on the race track with drivers given far more leeway than they are in most other racing series. However, there are still times when a driver crosses some unspoken line, leading to widespread condemnation throughout the garage and even penalties from the sanctioning body.
With the fallout from last weekend’s controversial NASCAR ...

April 2, 2025

Denny Hamlin calls on NASCAR to act after "horrible driving" in Xfinity race

Though Denny Hamlin won Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Martinsville in dominant fashion, leading 274 of 400 laps, with a clean 75-lap run to the finish — the Xfinity race was a very different story. With just 100 laps to go, the drivers managed to earn nine cautions, all culminating in a last-lap melee at the front of the field. Sammy Smith came from several car lengths back, intentionally ...

April 1, 2025

What if Red Bull solved its second-car problem with a paint job?

The saga surrounding Yuki Tsunoda’s promotion and Liam Lawson’s demotion to Racing Bulls is thus: for years now, around and through Max Verstappen’s multiple world titles, Red Bull has been a one-car Formula 1 squad.
Since Daniel Ricciardo’s exit from the peak of his F1 career in 2018, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Sergio Perez and now Lawson have tried and failed to cope with driving a car ...

April 1, 2025

Does Alex Marquez have a "mental block" when fighting brother Marc in MotoGP?

On the evidence of the first three MotoGP weekends in 2025, it’s easy to conclude that Alex Marquez has a mental barrier to conquer when it comes to beating his brother Marc.
After all, Marc is a six-time MotoGP world champion, while Alex is still waiting patiently for his first race win in the top category.
At this stage of the season, however, Alex Marquez has established himself as the ...

April 1, 2025

Behind the scenes: Inside Antonelli's Formula 1 debut

Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s smartphone pings to signal the arrival of his Thursday schedule. As with all things Mercedes, its promptness is matched by its detail: a little over 24 hours remain until his first race-weekend track session as a fully-fledged Formula 1 driver, but he has already been in Melbourne for several days to align his body clock with the local timings.
"Are we really going to ...

April 1, 2025

Doohan replaced by Hirakawa at Alpine for Suzuka FP1

Ryo Hirakawa will drive Jack Doohan’s Alpine in opening practice for this weekend’s 2025 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.
The Toyota World Endurance Championship champion has joined Alpine as a reserve driver for the season after fulfilling the same role at McLaren last year.
Hirakawa made his F1 weekend debut at the 2024 Abu Dhabi GP, replacing Oscar Piastri in a McLaren ...

April 1, 2025

Video - Watch Marquez's strategy talks with Ducati ahead of Americas GP

Marc Marquez has settled into life as a factory Ducati rider perfectly well, having won five (three sprints and two grands prix) of the opening six races in the 2025 MotoGP season.
The six-time world champion is second in the championship, one point behind younger brother Alex, largely due to Marc’s crash at the Americas Grand Prix in Austin. 
Nevertheless, very insightful footage has ...

April 1, 2025

Five things to watch out for at the Japanese GP

Will Tsunoda prove Red Bull right?
It's a huge weekend for Yuki Tsunoda, as all eyes will be on him from the first laps on Friday – not just because he's finally got himself in the Red Bull seat he's been dreaming about for so long, but because his debut with the team coincides with his home race.
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April 1, 2025

Red Bull reveals special Japanese GP livery as Honda tribute

Red Bull has unveiled a special livery for Formula 1’s upcoming Japanese Grand Prix, paying tribute to its engine partner Honda.
The Suzuka race will be Honda’s last home event with the Milton Keynes-based outfit before the latter collaborates with Ford from 2026 onwards.
A white livery will adorn the RB21, inspired by the Honda RA272 which Richie Ginther drove to Honda’s maiden F1 win ...

April 1, 2025

What NASCAR's newly created 'commissioner' position means for the sport

The term 'commissioner' is something fans of most stick-and-ball sports are extremely familiar with. The NFL has Roger Goodell, the NBA has Adam Silver, the MLB has Rob Manfred, but it's a role that hasn't really existed in the same form in NASCAR.
Now, stock car racing has used the title before, but not in the traditional sense. It's been purely ceremonial or limited in its actual power ...

April 1, 2025

Yuki Tsunoda launches street style clothing brand ahead of Red Bull debut

Yuki Tsunoda is gearing up for a very busy week — both on and off the track. The Japanese driver, who is set to replace Liam Lawson at Red Bull when F1 heads to his home country this weekend, is also launching his clothing brand, Venti Due, set to be available for fans to purchase online, or at a pop-up in Suzuka City.
His first drop features hoodies, crew necks, oversized jerseys, balloon ...

April 1, 2025

Hamlin dominates and Xfinity's demo derby: Winners and losers from Martinsville

NASCAR completed its triple-header weekend at Martinsville Speedway featuring three very different races and plenty of drama. Most of the conversation centers around the highly controversial finish to Saturday's Xfinity race, but there was plenty of action beyond that. Denny Hamlin, Austin Hill and Daniel Hemric walked away with checkered flags as Hendrick Motorsports failed to repeat their 1-2-3 ...

April 1, 2025

How Ferrari adjusted its software to help Hamilton settle in to the car and team

The early signs have been positive for Lewis Hamilton. While the team has not been able to execute either race weekend in Australia and China perfectly, Hamilton took his first sprint pole and victory in Shanghai as a welcome boost to his stint with the Italian powerhouse.
Hamilton has spoken at length about how he is still getting up to speed to extract the maximum out of the 2025 car, which ...

March 31, 2025

Where the underdogs prevail — even Honda: Winners and losers of MotoGP at COTA

What began as a rainy race weekend at the Circuit of Americas morphed into an insightful, albeit chaotic event for MotoGP. Perhaps all set off on race day by Marc Marquez's sudden sprint off of the grid, which led to the rest of the field abandoning their bikes, aborting the start, and causing a 10-minute delay as everyone rethought their tyre strategy for the race. What it did provide was an ...

March 31, 2025

Ogier to make WRC return in Canary Islands

Sebastien Ogier will contest the Rally Islas Canarias next month as Toyota will field five cars at the next round of the 2025 World Rally Championship season.
The eight-time world champion is undertaking a partial campaign and the Spanish asphalt rally will be his second start of the year in what is the event’s WRC debut.
Ogier’s inclusion on an entry list featuring 10 Rally1 crews will ...

March 31, 2025

The challenges Tsunoda needs to overcome at Red Bull

The man himself frames it as fate. After an often frustrating four-year F1 apprenticeship with Red Bull’s junior team, during which the prospect of promotion diminished and then seemed to vanish entirely, Yuki Tsunoda is now where he thinks he always should have been.
Trouble is, that’s what the driver he is replacing thought. And the one before him. And – rinse and repeat.
Being Max ...