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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

Manthey Racing has announced that it will expand its presence in the DTM this year by fielding a third example of the Porsche 911 GT3 R.The team, partly owned by Porsche itself, has signed Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Morris Schuring to partner incumbents Thomas Preining and Ayanchan Guven in the German GT3 category.Schuring, who raced for the squad in the WEC’s new LMGT3 class last …Keep reading

The youngest of Formula 1’s rookie class, Andrea Kimi Antonelli is facing the daunting task of replacing Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, but the team is confident some of the attributes that made him stand out in karting will help him ease into the seat.Born in 2006, the year Fernando Alonso won his second world championship, Antonelli will be F1’s youngest driver on the 2025 grid after being …Keep reading

The 2025 World Rally Championship season is well and truly underway with last weekend’s season opener in Monte Carlo already offering a glimpse into what lies ahead.There is always an air of excitement and anticipation before the start of a new season, and last week the levels were raised given the unpredictability as to who would adapt to the new 2025 regulations the best.‘Monte …Keep reading

Adrian Newey thinks Formula 1’s all-new technical regulations for 2026 may well lead to an engine-dominated series for the first few seasons, drawing parallels with 2014.Newey, who will join the Aston Martin team as managing technical partner in March, believes there is a “big chance” one of the engine manufacturers designing the more hybrid-oriented power units will steal a march on the rest …Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles will take to the stage at the Autosport Awards later this month to showcase the 10 candidates who have been selected as the first cohort of the Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy.The programme was launched last season, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent from around the world.A launch event was staged on the rooftop of the …Keep reading

After much speculation and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has finally revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins an impressive list of open entries who will attempt to make the 67th running of the Daytona 500 next month — part of a partial season schedule he’ll drive with Rick Ware Racing.Lajoie has run eight straight at Daytona (with a fourth-place finish last year), though this will mark the first …Keep reading

Mercedes will unveil its 2025 Formula 1 car on 24 February, two days before pre-season testing commences in Bahrain.The W16 will be the team’s first car since the 2012 W03 not to be raced by Lewis Hamilton, as it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.Motorsport.com had previously reported that the Brackley-based outfit would not be …Keep reading

Between the ever-finer margins separating the Formula 1 grid and relying on an older wind tunnel, Red Bull knows it is not out of the woods yet as it tackles its development issues.To some degree Red Bull’s car balance problems that helped derail its 2024 constructors’ title bid coincided with correlation issues, with the team struggling to get the real world results to match up with the data …Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera described his recovery to fourth in Monte Carlo as “not a total disaster” for the start of his pursuit of a third World Rally Championship title.Rovanpera has openly admitted that Monte Carlo is not among the events that suit him, but last weekend he struggled to perform to his own high standards on Hankook’s slick tyre.The Finn found himself sitting in sixth on …Keep reading