September 27, 2024

Red Bull’s Helmut Marko says the team is interested in retaining Daniel Ricciardo in some role following his Formula 1 exit.On Thursday Ricciardo was officially replaced at Red Bull’s satellite RB team by reserve driver Liam Lawson.Lawson will partner Yuki Tsunoda from October’s Austin round onwards as Red Bull weighs up its options for its long-term driver line-up at the main team.It will likely …Keep reading

Jorge Martin has committed to Ducati’s latest aerodynamic package after MotoGP title rival Francesco Bagnaia opted against it, following the opening day at the Indonesian Grand Prix.With six rounds of the season remaining, Pramac Ducati rider Martin arrives for the first of five flyaway rounds in Indonesia armed with a 24-point buffer over defending champion Bagnaia.In a season that has seen …Keep reading

Aki Ajo has emerged as the lead candidate to become KTM team boss for the 2025 MotoGP world championship season, while development rider Dani Pedrosa is also set to play a part in the manufacturer’s management reshuffle.With Francesco Guidotti’s exit from the Austrian team at the end of the season having been all-but confirmed ahead of this weekend’s Indonesian Grand Prix, paddock rumours in …Keep reading

M-Sport is treating Martins Sesks’ Rally Chile outing as an “extended audition” in the World Rally Championship as the Ford team continues to assess the young driver’s skills for the future.Rising star Sesks and co-driver Renars Francis have earned a third outing in Ford Puma Rally1 this year following impressive displays to finish fifth and seventh respectively in Poland and Latvia rounds …Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo setting the fastest lap in the Singapore GP reopened the debate about the rule that awards one extra point to the driver who sets it.The Australian’s late switch to soft tyres allowed him to steal the fastest lap from dominant race winner Lando Norris, who was set to get the bonus point before the final lap. The move reignited the controversy about a rule that could prove vital …Keep reading

In a 30-year career spanning Europe, Japan and Australia it takes James Courtney an impressively short amount of time to nominate Garth Tander as his favourite team-mate.When Courtney and Dick Johnson Racing were fighting for the 2010 V8 Supercars title, behind the scenes it was anything but smooth sailing. Team owners Dick Johnson and Charlie Schwerkolt were at loggerheads and before the …Keep reading

Red Bull and RB’s decision to drop Daniel Ricciardo mid-season had nothing to do with him performing so badly that an immediate change was needed.RB team boss Laurent Mekies made it crystal clear last weekend that if the Australian had the car underneath him he needed, like in the Miami sprint this year, his pure speed was still there to make the most of it.Instead, the manoeuvring that has …Keep reading

Franco Morbidelli opened up top as the 2024 Indonesian Grand Prix kicked off with MotoGP Free Practice 1, the Italian comfortably heading off Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin at the Mandalika Street Circuit.In a season that has seen Morbidelli trail in the shadow of championship leading team-mate Martin, the Pramac Ducati rider was nonetheless the standard for much of a dusty first practice …Keep reading