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Ducati has showcased the bike that former world champions Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez will race in MotoGP this year.In a special event held at the Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio on Monday, the Ducati GP25 was showcased to the public for the first time in its predominantly red race livery.Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna, team boss Davide Tardozzi and the Italian …Keep reading

BMW ended up fastest and topped the times in three sessions over the official Roar test ahead of this weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener. A 1m35.424s around the Daytona International Speedway from Dries Vanthoor on the opening day aboard the #24 Rahal BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh stood as the best time of the three-day test in which GTP class machinery took to the …Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin has identified areas he needs to improve upon to beat the “professor” Alex Palou to the IndyCar title – and is now more confident he can do so.Palou has dominated the American championship in recent years, winning three of the past four titles, while McLaughlin is hunting for a maiden crown having moved across from Australian Supercars.The 31-year-old’s best …Keep reading

Alpine’s executive technical director David Sanchez has admitted the team will have no excuses going into Formula 1’s new era in 2026.Since the Renault Group bought the Enstone-based outfit back in late 2015, it has consistently set long-term goals of regular podiums and wins, but the past nine seasons yielded just nine top-three finishes, including Esteban Ocon’s memorable victory in …Keep reading

“If you have two Red Bull cars, you have kind of a magnet in between them and they always come together at a regular rate!”Motopark boss Timo Rumpfkeil is chuckling about his year running both Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda in the 2019 Euroformula Open series, where they locked horns five years before they would be at war again, this time for the seat alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull in …Keep reading

It’s very refreshing to hear Honda boss Alberto Puig talk about aspects of his life that are much more ordinary than those required of him as HRC team manager in the MotoGP world championship. At 58 years old and after seven years in the position, the former rider has experienced Honda’s descent into hell from the inside.The Japanese brand hasn’t won a race since 2023 (Alex Rins, in …Keep reading

“We are somewhere in the past for these drivers – from their start points to the final target. And we are super happy to see that they have success.”No Formula 1 driver has immaculately appeared at the top level. Now a decade ago, even Max Verstappen made the briefest stop in the junior categories before his graduation to grand prix racing.Back then, he’d just scrapped closely with …Keep reading

Gresini Racing unveiled the livery for its 2025 MotoGP challenger at a presentation in Imola on Saturday.During a special event at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari near its base, the Italian team took the covers off the two Ducati GP24 bikes that it will run on a customer basis this year.Gresini has elected to retain the light blue-and-red colour scheme it first adopted in 2022 …Keep reading

Of all the scrutiny over the so-called ‘big teams’ in Formula 1, Red Bull’s new line-up is probably the one that has slipped under the radar for most.Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari and Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s promotion at Mercedes have understandably taken the spotlight, with attention drawn to how they will compare against their new team-mates.But it is perhaps the Max …Keep reading

The two-time IndyCar Series champion Josef Newgarden believes the championship must have a lighter chassis when the next generation of cars are expected to debut in 2027. North America’s premier open-wheel series is aiming for an all-new chassis that year, having gradually evolved the current Dallara DW12 since its debut in 2012.Team Penske driver Newgarden, who claimed his titles in …Keep reading