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Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will sit out this week’s Thailand Grand Prix after suffering a fracture during training, Motorsport.com has learned.Martin is understood to have broken his left hand on Monday, just days before he was due to take part in the opening round of the season at Buriram. He is now set to undergo an operation on Tuesday.The Spaniard was already recovering …Keep reading

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has taken the covers off its 2025 car, the W16.Like its rival teams Mercedes had already revealed the 2025 livery at last week’s F1 75 launch event in London, using an older model. Now it has unveiled the launch spec of the W16 car that its drivers George Russell and debutant Andrea Kimi Antonelli will contest the 2025 season with.With the W16 Mercedes is aiming …Keep reading

Ai Ogura, Fermin Aldeguer and Somkiat Chantra have a tough act to follow when they move up to MotoGP this year.Pedro Acosta raised the bar so high when he made his debut with Tech3 GasGas in 2024 that whatever the trio achieve this year won’t be seen in the same limelight.That said, all three join MotoGP as race winners in Moto2, and how they mix with the championship’s more …Keep reading

World Rally Championship drivers have called for communication with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to find an “urgent solution” following the governing body’s move to sanction drivers for swearing.   WRC drivers and co-drivers through the World Rally Drivers Alliance (WoRDA) have today issued a statement opposing the measures the FIA has taken to impose fines on drivers for …Keep reading

New Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has insisted he does not view himself as filling in for Lewis Hamilton and he is keen to write his own story in Formula 1.After the seven-time world champion decided he would join Ferrari at the completion of his 12th season at Mercedes, the squad evaluated its options for 2025 and eventually opted for its Italian protege, despite the latter’s …Keep reading

After the razzamatazz of Formula 1’s first collective season livery launch in London last week, attention now turns to something far more meaningful: pre-season testing.As has become traditional, the event will be staged over three days in Bahrain – kicking off at 7am GMT (10am local time) on Wednesday. Once again, it will be screened across the F1 TV and Sky platforms.But, for the …Keep reading

The season has only just begun and Austin Cindric has found himself a rough habit of being in the right place at the wrong time. Sunday, the No. 2 Team Penske Ford driver was leading with just 10 laps to go at Atlanta. Just a week earlier, he was leading the field to the white flag at the Daytona 500. But in both cases, he was swallowed out by a wreck he didn’t start, and was denied a fair shot at …Keep reading

Carson Hocevar didn’t make many friends in Atlanta. Already holding a reputation as an aggressive driver with raw skill behind the wheel in the NASCAR Cup series, he was sure to remind everyone of both in the second round of the 2025 season.His first reminder came at the end of the first stage when Kyle Busch had to lift to avoid a wreck as Hocevar muscled his way by. Busch then pulled …Keep reading

Christopher Bell was on the outside of a three-wide battle for the win when the race-ending caution flew, allowing him to take victory despite only winning a single lap. Carson Hocevar finished a career-best second while angering several of his fellow drivers, and Kyle Larson — who was leading at the final restart — finished third.The race featured 50 lead changes between 15 drivers with 11 …Keep reading

Despite being outnumber by Chevrolets, and having led only a single lap in the entire NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta, it was Christopher Bell in his No. 20 Toyota that claimed victory in a dramatic, if not confusing finish.”I’ll tell you what, that right there is what you dream of, to be able to restart on the first or second row in a green/white checkered in a speedway,” said Bell, who now has …Keep reading