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KTM reportedly want to sign Marc Marquez and give him a rebranded MV Agusta in 2025. KTM has a 25% stake in MV Agusta and so, if they were to acquire extra grid slots, might choose to rebrand some ...

Valentino Rossi pinpoints the bike that can save Franco Morbidelli’s career

Valentino Rossi has called for Pramac Ducati to sign up Franco Morbidelli. Morbidelli will be replaced at Yamaha by Alex Rins for the 2024 MotoGP season and currently has no place confirmed. Rossi has now stepped in with an ...

Leyburn Sprints prove hit as Amos wins again

Photos: Trapnell Creatons The 27th edition of the Historic Leyburn Sprints has been run and won with Dean Amos taking out top honours at the popular event. More than 220 competitors were entered in the annual sprint event, where ...

KTM riders get feisty in battle for seats: “I have a contract, zero worry!”

KTM have five riders contracted for only four bikes next year – creating confusion about who will stay and who will go. KTM’s wish for a fifth bike on the 2024 MotoGP grid has been rejected meaning they must ...

F1 2023 Mid Season Review — Red Bull

Race winner Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 celebrates at the end of the race ahead of second placed team mate Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB19. 07.05.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Miami Grand Prix, ...

Lundqvist to make IndyCar oval debut with Meyer Shank

Lundqvist is suiting up for his third consecutive IndyCar race this weekend after being without a ride the first part of the year. Photo: Kevin Dejewski Linus Lundqvist will once again be driving the #60 Meyer Shank Racing entry ...

Newgarden to make IMSA GTP debut with Porsche Penske at Petit Le Mans

Image: Kevin Dejewski Reigning Indy 500 winner and two-time Indycar champion Josef Newgarden will make his IMSA GTP debut at Petit Le Mans in October with Porsche Penske Motorsport, the team has announced. The American will join Matt Campbell ...

Alfa Romeo upgrades ‘must give between two and three-tenths’

Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Alfa Romeo F1 Team C43. 23.07.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 12, Hungarian Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary, Race Day. Alfa Romeo is targeting a lap time improvement between “two and three tenths” from the upgrades it ...

Manx Grand Prix 2023: Gary Vines has died

Gary Vines has died at the 2023 Manx Grand Prix Manx Grand Prix rider Gary Vines has died following a crash during the first qualifying session of the 2023 event on Sunday August 20. Vines, aged 33, was involved ...

Andrea Iannone left out of Ducati test, delaying a possible comeback

Andrea Iannone will not participate in a Ducati test this week after all. It was anticipated that the ex-MotoGP rider might be involved in two test days, organised by Ducati, at Misano on Tuesday and Wednesday, but Motosprint report ...

‘All teams give two drivers the same support - the exception is Red Bull’ - Frederic Vasseur

Frederic Vasseur has dismissed suggestions that Charles Leclerc is favoured over Carlos Sainz at Ferrari, while firing a shot at rivals Red Bull. Both Ferrari drivers are out of contract at the end of 2024. Leclerc is expected to ...

Gary Vines dies, aged 33, after crash at Manx Grand Prix

Gary Vines has died, at the age of 33, after a crash at the Manx Grand Prix. The incident happened at Ballagarey in Glen Vine, on the Isle of Man, on Sunday. Vines crashed on his first lap of ...

Imola aiming for extra F1 race after cancelled 2023 event

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing RB18. 24.04.2022. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Imola, Italy, Race Day. Imola President Gian Carlo Minardi has revealed the circuit is aiming to hold an additional Formula 1 ...

MotoGP Austria: Aleix Espargaro started with tyre ‘almost flat’ after record pressure, dull racing ‘down to track’

After reaching ‘our record’ front tyre pressure in Saturday’s Sprint, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro lined up for Sunday’s Austrian MotoGP with his front tyre ‘almost flat’. “The front tyre was our record – never been that high, crazy,” Espargaro said ...

Mercedes “developing in one direction” after breakthrough “uncovered learnings”

Mercedes have finally identified “one direction” they need to develop to catch Red Bull, according to chief technical officer Mike Elliott. After a difficult 2022 campaign plagued by porpoising, Mercedes had high hopes for the second year of these regulations. ...

F1 2023 Mid Season Review — Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14 and team mate George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W14. 29.07.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa Francorchamps, Belgium, Sprint Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail: [email protected] © Copyright: Rew ...

‘I never thought I was slower than Michael Schumacher’ - Fernando Alonso reflects on early F1 doubts

Fernando Alonso has revealed he’s never doubted his own abilities, even during the early part of his F1 career when Michael Schumacher was dominating. Alonso made his debut with Minardi in 2001 – the year Schumacher won his fourth ...

Red Bull should pursue Norris to replace Perez – Herbert

Lando Norris (GBR) McLaren celebrates his second position in parc ferme. 09.07.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, Race Day. Ex-Formula 1 race winner Johnny Herbert has suggested that Red Bull should target Lando ...

Bagnaia: Improved standing starts crucial to holding off Austrian KTM charge

Francesco Bagnaia remarked that an “improved first part of acceleration” from a standing start was important to make sure he could hold track position over the fast-starting KTM’s. One crucial improvement that came from KTM’s enhanced 2023-specifcation RC16 is ...

MotoGP Austria: Fabio Quartararo: Francesco Bagnaia ‘unstoppable’, a bit ‘Verstappen’

The 2023 season may only have reached its halfway point in Austria but Fabio Quartararo doubts anyone can prevent Francesco Bagnaia becoming MotoGP’s first repeat champion since Marc Marquez in 2019. Bagnaia swept to his third double victory, Sprint and ...

Revealed: Driver who crashed Lewis Hamilton’s old supercar is billionaire part-time racer Mark Radcliffe

The driver who crashed a supercar which previously belonged to Lewis Hamilton has been identified. Mark Radcliffe is a billionaire who made his money selling bathrooms, according to the Daily Mail. And he competes as a racing driver in ...

Steiner admits Haas ‘surprised’ by standout Hulkenberg quality

Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas F1 Team. 28.04.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku Street Circuit, Azerbaijan, Qualifying Day. Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner has expressed that the entire side has been left “surprised” by how ...

MotoGP Austria: Marc Marquez ‘welcomes’ Johann Zarco to Honda, but ‘Mir and Rins also came from a good bike’

Marc Marquez would ‘welcome’ the Ducati experience Johann Zarco can bring to Honda in MotoGP next season, but warned Alex Rins and Joan Mir also came from a good bike and that the RCV’s main weakness is already known. On Sunday in Austria, ...

Max Verstappen: ‘I would rather stay at home than race in F1 midfield'

Max Verstappen has no plans on racing in F1’s midfield for multiple years, stating he “would rather stay at home” if Red Bull fail to deliver in 2026. Verstappen is enjoying a dominant season in F1 2023, winning 10 ...

Flavio Briatore, Eddie Jordan, Bernie Ecclestone, Vijay Mallya… “F1 is a world of sharks!”

Three-time F1 race winner Giancarlo Fisichella has opened up on all of the big characters he encountered during his career, describing the sport as “a world of sharks”. Fisichella enjoyed a lengthy career in F1, starting with Minardi in ...

MotoGP Austria: Brad Binder to Francesco Bagnaia: “You bastards did something on the start!”

After losing out on the holeshot to Francesco Bagnaia in both Red Bull Ring races, Brad Binder was certain Ducati has developed something new for their MotoGP race starts. And Bagnaia later admitted Binder was correct. KTM’s launch superiority is well known ...

KTM bid for fifth bike rejected - this is the new plan to solve rider headache

KTM’s hope to have a fifth bike on the 2024 MotoGP grid has been extinguished. Dorna executives Carmelo and Carlos Ezpeleta told KTM bosses, in a meeting on Friday at the Austrian MotoGP, that they would not allow them ...

‘This car has no sweet spot!’ - Toto Wolff explains reasons for George Russell’s struggles

Toto Wolff believes the Mercedes F1 car in 2023 being “on the knife’s edge” has been a big reason for George Russell’s struggles this season. After finishing ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship last year, much ...

Verstappen fails to rule out future Mercedes F1 switch

Pole sitter Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in qualifying parc ferme. 03.06.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 8, Spanish Grand Prix, Barcelona, Spain, Qualifying Day. Max Verstappen has not ruled out the possibility of driving for Mercedes in ...

What if Marc Marquez went to Pramac Ducati?

The best bike in the 2024 MotoGP season has no rider, and the most successful rider today is languishing at the back and flirting with other teams. So is the most logical move for Marc Marquez to join Pramac ...

Famin denies Alpine ‘lost confidence’ in Szafnauer

Otmar Szafnauer (USA) Alpine F1 Team, Team Principal. 05.05.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Miami Grand Prix, Miami, Florida, USA, Practice Day. Alpine Interim Team Principal Bruno Famin claims he “never lost confidence” in Otmar Szafnauer’s abilities to ...

Johann Zarco accused of chasing “money” at Honda: “Strange, paddock is shocked!”

Johann Zarco’s move to LCR Honda is “strange” and motivated by “money”. That’s the view of TNT Sports’ MotoGP broadcasters who watched with surprise as the big news emerged in Austria. Zarco, whose Pramac Racing seat has been touted ...

National categories show super support for Supercars

Photos: Daniel Kalisz Photography and Insyde Media Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup The Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup held its fourth round of the season on the weekend and it was New Zealander Callum Hedge who charged his way ...

Valentino Rossi drops clue over Marco Bezzecchi's crucial decision

Valentino Rossi intends to keep Marco Bezzecchi at Mooney VR46 next year, and is trying to convince him to stay. Ducati gave Bezzecchi a big decision to make over his 2024 seat – a latest-spec bike if he moves ...

Jones has mixed weekend at the Lausitzring

Harri Jones in action during the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland at the Lausitzring. Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland Harri Jones experienced the highs and lows of motorsport on the weekend, as he contested the latest round of the Porsche Carrera ...

NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway: Full Weekend Race Schedule

The final race of the regular season under the lights at Daytona on August 26 will set the Playoff field for the 2023 season. There have been 152 points-paying NASCAR Cup races at Daytona International Speedway, but the next ...

NASCAR: Full Driver Championship Playoff Standings After Watkins Glen

A look at the current playoff standings after William Byron’s win at Watkins Glen. The stage is set for Daytona, where more than a dozen drivers will be battling for the final Playoff spot. In a race that is always ...

BRC boss bullish about series’ prospects despite poor Ulster numbers

British Rally Championship manager Reece Tarren is adamant “exciting times” lie ahead for the competition despite only six registered crews starting the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally over the weekend. Following a year’s sabbatical, the Northern Ireland Motor Club showpiece ...

NASCAR: Driver Ratings for William Byron, Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott at Watkins Glen

Crash NASCAR journalist Chad Smith goes through the field to hand out driver ratings for the Go Bowling at the Glen. William Byron: 10 Byron dominated this race, leading 66 of the 90 laps on his way to his ...

NASCAR: William Byron Wins at Watkins Glen International – Full Race Results

Full race results from the Go Bowling at the Glen, won by William Byron. 2023 Go Bowling at the Glen – Race Results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing ...

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