May 12, 2025

Winner: Johann Zarco Johann Zarco, Team LCR HondaPhoto by: MotoGPJust when it looked like his early-season smiles were beginning to fade – all the more so after qualifying down in a distinctly unpromising 11th – Johann Zarco produced one of the most memorable victories MotoGP has seen in years.As Alex Marquez learned at Jerez two weeks earlier, winding down the laps …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia dubbed the French Grand Prix as “a race and a weekend to truly forget” after he crashed on the opening lap before coming home in 16th.Starting from sixth on the grid, the two-time MotoGP champion collided with Enea Bastianini at the first chicane of lap one, in turn taking out Joan Mir.Bagnaia was able to get going again and came in for a change of bike, but it was a …Keep reading

Formula 1 returns to Imola this weekend for what will possibly be the final time the series races at the famous Emilia-Romagna circuit. Imola’s contract is due to expire at the end of this year, prompting debates as to whether its deal should be extended or not.The old school track first graced the F1 calendar in 1980 having replaced Monza as host of that year’s Italian Grand Prix due …Keep reading

Martins Sesks is working to add a seventh round to his partial 2025 World Rally Championship programme with M-Sport-Ford that continues at Rally Portugal this week.The 2023 European Rally Championship runner-up burst onto the WRC scene last year after a trio of impressive outings for the Ford squad in Poland, his native Latvia and Chile.    A run to fifth driving a non-hybrid powered …Keep reading

Jorge Martin intends to leave Aprilia at the end of the 2025 MotoGP campaign, invoking a contractual clause that releases him from the second year in 2026 if he is not among the top riders in the world championship standings after the French Grand Prix, Motorsport.com has learned.The agreement signed by Aprilia and the reigning world champion last year at the Italian GP currently holds no …Keep reading

Toyota will mark the 40th anniversary of its first factory-supported assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours with a special livery for this year’s edition of the race. The #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar to be driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries in the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 14/15 June will run in a colour scheme that pays tribute to …Keep reading

Seventy-five years ago this week, when Giuseppe Farina roared across the finishing line to win the first world championship grand prix at Silverstone, he did so in an Alfa Romeo 158 weighing – depending on fluids and which sources you use – between 650 and 700kg. When Formula 1 adopted a minimum weight for the first time in 1961, the figure was set at 450kg.Under the most recent ruleset …Keep reading

Brad Keselowski has zero top tens after the first 12 races of the 2025 season, crashing out of five races and finding a new kind of misfortune around every turn. But Sunday at Kansas could have been a different story as Keselowski drove his No. 6 RFK Racing Ford Mustang from the very back of the field to challenge for the lead.By the third stage, he powered around eventual race winner Kyle …Keep reading