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Aprilia kicked off its 2025 MotoGP campaign with a special launch event at the Sky studios in Milan last week. Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi made their first appearance in Aprilia gear during the ceremony, while new technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini was also in attendance.The Noale-based brand also showcased the latest version of its MotoGP bike on stage and the event was broadcast …Keep reading

Shane van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin have a lot in common: New Zealanders who parlayed multiple Supercars championships in Australia (often battling each other) into U.S racing careers — SVG in NASCAR, and McLaughlin in IndyCar. But this weekend, their careers paths briefly overlap, as the duo become teammates in this year’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona with Trackhouse Racing. This weekend …Keep reading

Le Mans 24 Hours pole winners Kevin Estre and Neel Jani have welcomed revisions to Hyperpole qualifying under which Hypercar entries will run on track alone at the French enduro.They have told Motorsport.com that the new procedure introduced for this year’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship in June will be both fairer and increase the spectacle.This will result from …Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is in no doubt that Oliver Bearman will be a future Formula 1 driver for Ferrari.The Italian team has started working with Lewis Hamilton this week, but fellow Briton Bearman, who is part of the team’s driver programme, is also entering this season as a full-time F1 driver.Bearman has been shipped out on loan to Haas after a string of impressive …Keep reading

Francesco Bagnaia insists he will continue to act like a “gentleman” in MotoGP despite being criticised for lacking aggression on track.During the thick of his championship fight with Pramac’s Jorge Martin last year, Bagnaia was instructed by Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi to “stop being a gentleman” or risk being “torn apart” by rivals in a strongly-worded message.The comments …Keep reading

The FIA and Formula E have officially confirmed that the Pit Boost concept, which will require drivers to make a mandatory pitstop, will debut during the Jeddah E-Prix weekend.As revealed by Motorsport.com in December, the concept will be implemented for the 2024-25 season having been in development for over two years.The technology means the new Gen3 Evo cars will receive a 10% battery …Keep reading

Predicting this year’s World Rally Championship is virtually impossible following the biggest shake-up to regulations and the calendar since 2022.One of the key ingredients of the original Rally1 regulations is no more after the FIA decided to remove hybrid power from the cars for 2025. After a long-drawn-out affair, during which hybrid was on and off the table on more than one occasion …Keep reading

It does not take long to scroll through the expert advice on LinkedIn to stumble across the seven-minute rule: ‘Always make sure you speak within that timeframe at the start of a meeting, or you risk losing the room’.Now Formula 1 will test its own version of the theory when it hosts F175, its first-ever season livery launch party at London’s O2 Arena next month.All 10 teams will be in …Keep reading

An impressive plume of smoke rose above the infield near the pit entrance of Daytona International Speedway after emergency crews were able to put out a large fire during the Michelin Pilot Challenge practice on Wednesday. The fire that broke out in one of the outbuildings located near the fueling station in the Yellow Garage area — where the IMSA WeatherTech garages are located for the …Keep reading

The FIA has issued a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines that could result in Formula 1 drivers collecting fines or championship points penalties for swearing or other sporting code violations. These are an extension of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s contentious call last season for F1 drivers to limit their use of profanity. The FIA released an updated version of its sporting code …Keep reading