February 27, 2025

Lando Norris offered his first verdict of the new McLaren MCL39, which he feels is ultimately “in the same ballpark” as its Formula 1 title-winning predecessor – albeit with a little bit of initial rear-end instability.The Briton headlined the opening day of testing to suggest McLaren had picked up from where it left off in 2024’s Abu Dhabi finale, where Norris won from pole. Oscar Piastri …Keep reading

Toto Wolff has revealed Mercedes still does not know if it has shed its Formula 1 car’s tendency to perform much better in cold conditions due to the unusual weather in Bahrain pre-season testing.Three of the last four wins for the Silver Arrows squad in 2024 came in the Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps and Las Vegas races where temperatures were notably lower, while its car last season could …Keep reading

Marc Marquez believes it would be naive to expect him and Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia to score a 1-2 in every race in the 2025 MotoGP season.Marquez’s arrival at the factory Ducati squad has created a kind of ‘dream team’ not seen in the premier class in almost a decade.With the Italian manufacturer expected to be the class leader again on the back of its crushing display in …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton went fastest in the second morning of Formula 1’s pre-season test at Bahrain, which became increasingly quiet as the rare appearance of rain scuppered much of the running.Hamilton became the first driver of the test to break into the 1m29s – setting a 1m29.670s – ahead of the final hour of the morning session, following the earlier hiatus due to the onset of rain.Track …Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has said Formula 1’s first winter test day in Bahrain offered promising clues that the team may have finally fixed its 2024 problems.Last year’s RB20 started off in dominant fashion in the hands of Max Verstappen, but it was gradually overhauled by McLaren and to a lesser extent Ferrari, while recurring balance problems hindered Verstappen and particularly his …Keep reading

Reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin has been ruled out of next month’s Argentina Grand Prix after breaking his hand in a training accident.MotoGP doctor Angel Charte revealed on Thursday that Martin’s recovery from a left hand fracture had been “slow”, and he will sit out the Argentina GP on 14-16 March, having already been forced to skip this weekend’s season-opener in …Keep reading

VR46 rider Fabio di Giannantonio has been declared fit by MotoGP doctors to contest this weekend’s season opener in Thailand, but he feels his shoulder is at “zero per cent” capacity after a testing injury.Di Giannantonio was performing a wheelie after the opening day of pre-season testing in Sepang when he fell off his Ducati GP25 and broke his left shoulder in the impact.The …Keep reading