Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo broke Ducati’s long stranglehold on MotoGP pole positions by going fastest in Saturday’s qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
The 2021 world champion thus delivered on the clear potential he had shown in Friday practice, when he reported he was surprised by his own speed aboard the M1.
The pole position is the first for a non-Ducati since Pedro ...Keep reading

Welcome to the 2025 edition of Rotax MAX Challenge Euro Trophy where 239 young drivers are set to compete in the opening round of the series at Prokart Raceland in Wackersdorf.  This year's five categories are Senior MAX (101 drivers) featuring the "triple-digit" entries of the year, Junior MAX (61), DD2 and DD2 Masters running together as a combined class with 34 drivers, and Mini MAX (43) ...Keep reading

Claire Dubbelman's love for the pinnacle of motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father, Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was four or five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From the time I was little, my father would wake me up - at my own ...Keep reading

Ahead of a grand prix weekend, most of us like to share predictions or try and guess who will come out on top on a Sunday. Data scientist Mariana Antaya took those chats one stage further and built a machine learning model to try and predict F1 race results. So far, her model has correctly called the winners of three grands prix this season.
“I'm a really big Formula 1 fan,” says Antaya ...Keep reading

It's been an eventful week off the track for the No. 7 Spire Motorsports, and things aren't calming down after they arrived at Talladega Superspeedway for the tenth round of the 2025 season.
During pre-race technical inspection on Friday, the No. 7 Chevrolet failed twice before finally passing on the third attempt through. Per the NASCAR rule book, the team will lose their pit stall selection ...Keep reading

The USA is on course to join the World Rally Championship calendar in 2026 following confirmation that a multi-year contract has been signed to bring rallying’s top flight back to North America.   
The WRC has long held an ambition to return to the US for the first time since the 1988 Olympus Rally, with the project a key part of its plan to grow the category.
Last year, the championship ...Keep reading

RFK Racing and Ryan Preece have turned heads already with several strong showings this year. Sitting inside the playoffs on points at the moment, this team didn't even exist last year and hadn't named a crew chief to head its efforts until January of this year. And yet, Preece and the No. 60 RFK Ford are sitting 14th in the regular season standings, right behind teammate Chris Buescher.
In an ...Keep reading

When it comes to NASCAR racing, no name is bigger than 'Earnhardt,' and for good reason. Dale Earnhardt Sr. is a motorsports legend in every sense of the word. His incredible career, engaging personality, and sadly, also the tragic nature of his passing has made him a household name to this very day.
Now, the streaming giant intends to bring that story to Prime Video on May 22nd, premiering a ...Keep reading

Alex Marquez appears to be the man least impressed by his remarkable comeback after two crashes on Friday at the Spanish Grand Prix.
The younger Marquez was the class of the field in all day at Jerez, despite a low-speed accident in the morning and then a heavy tumble at the beginning of the hour-long afternoon practice.
Following the second fall, which came as the Gresini Ducati rider ...Keep reading

I still remember where I was when Marco Simoncelli died.
It is a memory that will probably never not be diamond-etched in my brain. What else could SuperSic have accomplished had things been different that day in Malaysia? It's unfair, and it's cruel, especially to his family and friends who loved him.
It's enough to make me catch and hold my breath every time I've seen a MotoGP crash since ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo was at a loss to explain why his Yamaha was so fast on Friday at the MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix. 
Although the 2021 world champion qualified on the second row for the previous race in Qatar, he was not expecting to continue that form on the low-grip circuit at Jerez.
Yet the Frenchman looked a genuine contender for the fastest time in practice, before a crash at the last ...Keep reading

Racing is more than just a sport — it's an all-consuming fire that burns in the heart of every rider who dares to throw a leg over a machine and push it to its absolute limits. The track is a battlefield where every second counts, and every corner could be your last. It’s a world driven by an unrelenting desire for glory, where passion and pride often outweigh the allure of paychecks.
For ...Keep reading

During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that accrue on their superlicence.
The penalty points system was brought in as a way of monitoring ...Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera believes he’s started to unlock the secrets to speed on the new-for-2025 World Rally Championship tyres after dominating Friday morning to lead Rally Islas Canarias.
The two-time world champion has endured a surprisingly slow start to the season having struggled to adapt his driving style to the new Hankook rubber that has contributed to the Finn being 57-points adrift in the ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz believes Madrid's Madring circuit will have its own character as it combines street sections with fast and flowing swoops.
On Friday the organisers and local authorities presented Madrid's 5.47km layout that will take over the running of F1's Spanish Grand Prix from September next year, joining Barcelona on the calendar in 2026 before likely becoming Spain's sole grand prix ...Keep reading

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton brought central London to a standstill this morning. The seven-time world champion was attending the opening of the new Fanatics store on Regent Street, and hundreds of fans camped out all morning to try and catch a glimpse of the F1 star.
Hamilton has appeared at the opening of a new Fanatics flagship store on London’s Regent Street on Friday 25 April. The ...Keep reading

The circuit that will host the Madrid Formula 1 Grand Prix for 10 years from 2026, the so-called Madring, has been officially presented to the public at an event on Friday.
Full details of the circuit were unveiled at an event attended by Isabel Diaz Ayuso, president of the Community of Madrid and Jose Luis Martínez Almeida, mayor of the capital, among other personalities from sport and ...Keep reading

After three seasons, McLaren has elected to pull the plug on its Formula E project, citing the need to focus its resources on its incoming Hypercar project for 2027's World Endurance Championship. Thus, the team is set to occupy its fourth guise having started out as HWA Racelab in the 2018-19 season, effectively a proxy Mercedes entry before the German marque launched its full entry for the ...Keep reading

Before the world had considered the word “lockdown” or the thought of hosting a family quiz on Zoom had crossed anyone’s mind, Formula 1 had lofty plans for 2020. The season was set to see F1 return to the Netherlands for the first time in 35 years and the series was planning its inaugural race in Vietnam.
When Covid-19 hit, however, those plans were thrown out the window. While F1 did ...Keep reading

It has been quite the week for the FIA and the World Rally Championship and one which could have a lasting impact on both.
Firstly, a resolution was reached between the governing body and the World Rally Drivers Alliance [WoRDA] that has resulted in the return of stage-end interviews following the Safari Rally Kenya silence, now drivers no longer fear penalties for swearing in heat of the ...Keep reading

McLaren will withdraw from Formula E at the end of the current 2024-25 season, following its recent announcement that it would be entering the World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class in 2027.
The British squad took over from Mercedes at the start of the Gen3 era, introduced in the 2022-23 campaign, as the German marque sold up having elected not to get involved with the third-generation ...Keep reading

Yamaha’s 2021 MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo has said the Japanese manufacturer is right to developing a V4 engine, following the first European test of the V4 at Valencia last week.
While Pramac Yamaha rider Augusto Fernandez was the man in the saddle for the test, all the marque’s riders were questioned about the latest on the V4 ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix at ...Keep reading

The Mexican Grand Prix is set for a renewal to its Formula 1 race contract with a deal understood to be announced in the coming days, according to Mexico City's head of government Clara Brugada.
Brugada, who was elected to the post last year, announced in a press conference on 24 April that "next week, we will be signing the agreement with F1" when questioned about the future of the ...Keep reading

Succession planning trips up many business leaders. Captains of industry, along with politicians and monarchs, naturally see themselves as irreplaceable – and, indeed, regard potential successors as threats to their eternal dominion.
For many years in Formula 1, anyone identified by the media or insiders as “the next Bernie Ecclestone” immediately needed to keep their head down.
Dr ...Keep reading

KTM has long been one of the title contenders for the MotoGP championship, as the Mattighofen squad lives and breathes racing. The company’s motto, after all, is ‘Ready to Race.' 
It spent millions of dollars on research and development of its MotoGP entry, and lured names to its doors such as Brad Binder, Maverick Viñales, Enea Bastianini, and incoming phenom Pedro Acosta. On paper, it ...Keep reading

Porsche Formula E drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Muller will join the German manufacturer’s factory Penske line-up for the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship next month.
Reigning FE world champion Wehrlein has been drafted in to drive one of the regular Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDhs at the Spa 6 Hours on 10 May ahead of his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in the additional PPM ...Keep reading

Formula 1 is the pinnacle of racing, or so the FIA, the teams, drivers, and fans all around the world love to say. The series has the technology, the gravitas, the charisma, and the speed that enthralls you at every stop on the calendar. And it’s present in the highlight reels from along the racetrack that just ooze this sense of speed. 
Too bad MotoGP’s motorcycles are going faster than ...Keep reading

Over the course of five decades, neurosurgeon Dr. Jerry Petty was a constant presence in NASCAR, helping drivers navigate difficult injuries throughout their careers. Sadly, he passed way earlier this week at the age of 90.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. called him "a friend to the NASCAR industry" who helped many during his lengthy career as a medical professional. Earnhardt was one of many to share such ...Keep reading

As a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 in both 2017 and 2020, Takuma Sato is one of the most experienced drivers at IMS. This year, the Japanese driver is aiming to make his 16th start in the crown jewel event, again driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
He showed impressive speed in both days of the open test, placing third overall on Wednesday and second overall on Thursday. He ...Keep reading

Toni Breidinger is currently embarking on her rookie season in the NASCAR Truck Series, driving the No. 5 TRICON Garage Toyota. And on Thursday, it was revealed that Breidinger will have a new partner in 818 Tequila. The company was founded by Kendall Jenner and is entering the world of motorsports sponsorships for the very first time.
"Toni is a force both on the track and on social ...Keep reading

IndyCar teams spent most of the morning performing mock qualifying runs around the 2.5-mile speedway with Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin running the single fastest lap as the Kiwi reached 232.686mph.
“We had a really good day, a good couple of days,” said McLaughlin. “(I) felt like we got through a lot from a hybrid perspective.
“Then I felt like the morning qualifying session – ...Keep reading

Daniel Suarez has been busy in Mexico promoting NASCAR's first-ever Cup race in the country, while also unveiling his own paint scheme for the race, featuring sponsorship from Telcel-Infinitum. The Trackhouse Racing Team driver is the only Mexican to win at the Cup Series level, and the only foreign-born driver to ever win a national-level title when he claimed the NASCAR Xfinity Series title in ...Keep reading

The FIA, Formula 1 and its teams have discussed mechanisms in the 2026 engine regulations to allow trailing manufacturers to catch up, while investigating solutions to avoid a repeat of the Japanese Grand Prix grass fire incidents.
The 2026 engine rules were a key point on the agenda of the latest meeting of the F1 Commission on Thursday in Geneva, amid concerns over the new regulations blowing ...Keep reading

As part of a longer, exclusive interview with RFK Racing's Ryan Preece, Motorsport.com wanted to get his thoughts on the ever-present threat of airborne accidents in NASCAR. Unfortunately, he has some first-hand experience with that, especially with the current generation of car.
Preece barrel-rolled in a terrifying accident at Daytona in 2023 in a violent airborne crash that lasted eight ...Keep reading

The FIA has revealed “it is not the plan” to change the World Rally Championship Rally1 regulations next year amid the current uncertainty surrounding Hyundai’s involvement beyond 2025.
The world motorsport governing body introduced the current Rally1 regulations in 2022 with the aim for the ruleset to run for a traditional five-year homologation cycle. 
Toyota, Hyundai and Ford via ...Keep reading

Leading MotoGP riders are unanimous that the controversial current tyre pressure rules will have to remain in place, most likely until 2027.
The topic came to the fore once again at the last race in Qatar, when Maverick Vinales lost his second place after his front tyre was found to be below the stipulated pressure limit. Such limits, set by supplier Michelin, have been in place since the 2023 ...Keep reading

Rodney Childers' abrupt exit from Spire Motorsports shocked the NASCAR garage and left a vacancy atop the pit box for Justin Haley and the No. 7 Chevrolet. Childers has over 20 years of experience as a crew chief, winning 40 races and the 2014 NASCAR Cup Series championship with Kevin Harvick. But after Stewart-Haas Racing shut down at the end of last season, he found a new home at Spire ... or so ...Keep reading

Retired from full-time MotoGP competition since last year, Aleix Espargaro will return to racing this weekend at Jerez as a Honda test rider. Clad in unfamiliar HRC colours ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, he revealed that his life has become very different since his last race for Aprilia at the Barcelona finale last year. 
Espargaro has begun taking part in competitive cycling races ...Keep reading

Jorge Martín has spent the last 11 days in Doha following the pneumothorax he suffered after crashing in the MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix.
The reigning world champion had completed 13 laps of the grand prix in Qatar when he crashed and, unfortunately, was left lying in the middle of the track, vulnerable to the pack of riders closely trailing behind.
Fabio Di Giannantonio was unable to avoid him ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli - 6th, 38 points
If 2025 was supposed to be a learning year for Antonelli before firing on full cylinders when F1's new regulations come online, then the 18-year-old has definitely been drinking from a firehose of information over the past five races, trading more messy weekends with races where he has shown his innate class.
The race on Bahrain's abrasive circuit ...Keep reading

The weather in Indianapolis is near perfect for running race cars at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but with just an hour left in the first session, there have now been two incidents that have red-flagged practice with Kyle Larson hitting the wall with his #17 Arrow McLaren-Hendrick Honda, and Takuma Sato hitting the wall just minutes after Larson's incident was cleared.
The green flag had ...Keep reading

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion is attempting to run his second consecutive Indianapolis 500 while also striving to finally complete the rare 'Double' in May. On Wednesday, he clocked in 11th on the time sheets and ran 67 laps without issue.
However, Thursday's practice has not gone nearly as smooth. Kyle Larson was making his first mock qualifying run of the day with boost turned up when ...Keep reading

Williams racer Alex Albon is having a great start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, picking up points at four out of five grands prix. Now, the Thai driver says his team is making the most of its current form, as it knows that an advantage doesn’t usually last forever. 
The British squad is currently in the midst of its best start to an F1 season in almost a decade. Williams is sitting ...Keep reading

No rider has won more times at this weekend’s venue for the Spanish Grand Prix than Valentino Rossi. The Italian legend claimed victory at Jerez on seven occasions, setting a benchmark that remains unmatched. Right behind him is Mick Doohan with four grand prix wins – a tally Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia aim to equal this weekend.
The Spanish Grand Prix was first held at Jerez on 26 ...Keep reading

Rick Allen worked as a play-by-play announcer for NBC between 2015 and 2024, leading coverage for countless NASCAR races and some IndyCar events as well. Before that, he worked with FOX for over a decade in various roles where he was best known for being the voice of the Truck Series.
But the highly experienced broadcaster saw his tenure at NBC end quietly last year. Allen was replaced by ...Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux is grateful for the support from World Rally Championship competitors through the World Rally Drivers Alliance [WoRDA] that has resulted in a solution to the FIA swearing fine dispute.  
The Hyundai driver fell foul of the FIA’s clampdown on drivers using “inappropriate language” resulting in a €10,000 fine with €20,000 suspended, after swearing during a live ...Keep reading

The existing Hypercar World Endurance Championship rule book appears set for a further extension that could allow the current generation of cars to race until the end of 2032.
Series boss Frederic Lequien has revealed to Motorsport.com that a follow up on the two-year extension to the end of 2029 announced last summer is on the table.
“The only thing I can say is that we must be ...Keep reading

Last year, SRO Head of Engineering Claude Surmont, who is responsible for the Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM, showed that he is not afraid to get a grip on cars like the Porsche 911 GT3 R via the ride height in 2024. This left the Manthey team's heads spinning and made for a tough season after the DTM title in 2023.
A similar scenario is looming for the BMW M4 GT3 ahead of the opener ...Keep reading

Formula 1 has raced at more than 70 different tracks around the world, and stalwarts like Silverstone and Monza have hosted grands prix in almost every season of the series. Not every track has been quite so successful, however, and F1 decided never to return to some circuits for all manner of reasons.
In total, 10 tracks have hosted just a single grand prix over F1’s 75-year history ...Keep reading

Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness.
Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this is a brutal dog-eat-dog world of split-second decisions determined by self-interest, where the ...Keep reading