January 28, 2025

A new Formula 1 season is just around the corner, with teams preparing for the lifting of the covers from their final challengers under the current regulations at London’s O2 Arena on 18 February.While everyone will be chasing the usual improvements over the winter – more speed, increased downforce, reduced drag etcetera – there are numerous areas that are perhaps not so obvious or …Keep reading

In Porsche circles, Lars Kern is something of a legend. The German is a development driver for the company, and is best known for setting many of Porsche’s road-car Nürburgring lap times. He also moonlights in sports cars, and on Sunday, he won his biggest race yet, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. In a Corvette.Since last year, Kern has raced with the Canada-based AWA Racing in its GTD #13 Corvette …Keep reading

Edoardo Mortara is poised for a return to the DTM in 2025, six years after his last season in the category, Motorsport.com understands.The Swiss driver looks set to partner reigning DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti at Abt this year following the squad’s switch from Audi to Lamborghini machinery over the winter.It follows confirmation from the Italian manufacturer that Mortara will “join a …Keep reading

Ferrari will focus on two key aspects as Lewis Hamilton returns to action to continue his acclimatisation to the Italian squad in Barcelona.The seven-time Formula 1 champion made his track debut with the Scuderia at Fiorano last week before embarking on a longer, more significant programme in Spain this week.Starting on Tuesday, Ferrari will spend three days of private testing at the …Keep reading

Marc Marquez had to give up his main personal sponsor, Red Bull, to fulfil his plan of joining the factory Ducati team, which is associated with Monster, a direct competitor of the Austrian beverage manufacturer.”Out of respect for Red Bull, I won’t have a personal sponsor. I want to thank the Red Bull family and hope we continue to be friends,” Marquez said in December on Red Bull-owned …Keep reading

Porsche has revealed that it resolved the hybrid issues that blighted the 963 LMDh ahead of its victory in last weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours with a dual fix.Porsche Penske Motorsport explained that a mixture of changes to procedures and the fitment of old parts from last season allowed its pair of GTP entries to run through the IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener to first and third …Keep reading

If somebody had beaten Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinto to a junior-level single-seater title, you might think that driver would have a good chance of making it to Formula 1. And perhaps there’s an alternate universe somewhere where Igor Fraga, who did exactly that in the Toyota Racing Series in 2020, is now a fully-fledged grand prix driver.Born in Japan to Brazilian parents …Keep reading

Madrid’s mayor has insisted that the work to host a Formula 1 race in the Spanish capital is progressing “as planned” ahead of its debut in 2026.The city announced it had secured a 10-year contract with F1 to host the Spanish Grand Prix on a purpose-built hybrid circuit.The track will feature street and non-street sections around the IFEMA convention centre and will have a length of …Keep reading

VR46 rider Franco Morbidelli believes running a year-old Ducati in 2025 will actually benefit him in the upcoming MotoGP season.Last year, Morbidelli joined Pramac to ride the best bike on the grid, a Ducati Desmosedici of the same specification as Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin, and better than that of Marc Marquez’s, who used the previous year’s bike at Gresini.However, a huge …Keep reading