November 13, 2024

Marc Marquez has revealed he was questioning if his “time was over” in MotoGP towards the end of his stint at Honda as he grappled with injuries and an uncompetitive bike.After winning six premier class titles during his first seven seasons in the premier class with Honda, Marquez was forced to accept a new reality when an arm injury sustained in the 2020 Jerez race altered his …Keep reading

Been there, done that. Ray Mallock had won the Formula Atlantic championship in Britain in 1979 when the category was reintroduced to the country after a two-year hiatus. He’d then competed in the Aurora British Formula 1 Championship in 1980 at the wheel of Surtees – before a huge shunt at Thruxton caused by a car failure – and Wolf machinery. But for 1981, there was good reason to return …Keep reading

Jorge Martin will have a chance to clinch the 2024 MotoGP title in Barcelona Grand Prix’s sprint race on Saturday. The Pramac rider needs to outscore factory Ducati rival Francesco Bagnaia by just two points in the half-distance event to be crowned champion and avenge for his defeat in 2023.A total of 37 points are available in this weekend’s season finale, the venue for which has been moved …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s first Formula 1 appearance for Ferrari looks set to be in its 2022 car at the start of next year, with an appearance in the post-season Abu Dhabi test now ruled out.The seven-time champion is joining the Maranello squad for 2025, after making a decision at the start of this year to leave Mercedes after what will have been 12 seasons with the German manufacturer.There had been …Keep reading

Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up.The Japanese car maker’s #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries for a second consecutive season, while in #8 Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa stay together for a fourth season.Kobayashi, who also acts as team principal of the …Keep reading

BMW may slash its motorsport budget in 2025, with paddock sources suggesting that it could reduce factory support from three cars to just two in the DTM.These rumours follow BMW announcing an 84% drop in profit in the third quarter of 2024, driven primarily by a decline in sales in China and an expensive vehicle recall programme.BMW Motorrad, its two-wheel division, has already admitted that it …Keep reading

Following heavy flooding in Valencia, MotoGP has moved the venue for the season finale to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The race will officially be called as the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona, with all proceeds going to those affected by the natural disaster in Valencia.Barcelona already held a round earlier in the year, but the stakes will be higher this time as Jorge Martin and Francesco …Keep reading

On Thursday at Phoenix Raceway, Tyler Reddick began one of the biggest weekends of his career: his first true shot at a NASCAR Cup Series championship. Forty drivers showed up to Phoenix, yet all but the Championship Four — Reddick, William Byron, and past Cup champions Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney — were eliminated from title contention. The highest Champ Four finisher in the race on Sunday …Keep reading