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M-Sport has taken the covers off its newly liveried Ford Puma that will contest the 2025 World Rally Championship, ahead of next week’s Monte Carlo opener.The British squad has revealed a new navy blue colour scheme featuring a continuation of its association with energy drinks giant Red Bull and technology company SafetyCulture.M-Sport will once again filed two full-time entries. It has …Keep reading

New technical regulations and a change of tyre manufacturer has made preparations for the challenging Monte Carlo Rally among the most demanding for World Rally Championship teams in recent times. Not since the introduction of the Rally1 cars in 2022 has the WRC undergone such significant changes, heaping even more importance on teams to do the best job possible with their Monte pre-event …Keep reading

Our writers debate the merits of Max Verstappen moving out of Red Bull after the upcoming Formula 1 season, amid rumours of a monster bid prepared by Aston Martin.Verstappen could find it fulfilling to build new project – Ben VinelVerstappen has always been very vocal about the fact that, unlike Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, he won’t keep racing in Formula 1 until he’s in his …Keep reading

In 2021, Daison Pursley was racing a midget car in Arizona when his entire life changed. Battling another driver for a chance to make it to the next round, he crashed, his car flipping several times in an accident that left the then-17-year-old with a broken neck, his C4 vertebra completely shattered. At the hospital, doctors rushed him into surgery. Pursley woke up to learn that he was now an …Keep reading

On Thursday, The Daily Mail published the rumour that Aston Martin is reportedly approaching sponsors with the intention of signing Max Verstappen on an astronomical £1 billion salary, spread over several years.Although that amount was mentioned in capital letters, the interest itself should come as no surprise. It is no secret that both Aston Martin and Mercedes are still hoping for the …Keep reading

The World Rally Championship will expand to 12 Rally1 cars for the second round of the season in Sweden next month.The release of the entry list for the 13-16 February event marks the largest Rally1 field since Rally Catalunya in 2022, where 12 top-flight cars were also entered.Privateers Lorenzo Bertelli and Jourdan Serderidis will bolster the Rally Sweden entry, with the former driving a …Keep reading

Formula 1’s driver market for 2026 is expected to be a lot less lively than the seat-swapping antics that spanned the entirety of last season, as many of the championship’s key players are locked in for the advent of F1’s new regulatory overhaul.That said, there’s one key destination that many of those left out in the cold for 2025 may choose to pursue, as Cadillac’s welcome to the grid opens …Keep reading

Being among the World Rally Championship’s top flight, traversing the start ramp in Monte Carlo’s glitzy Casino Square in front of thousands of fans, is the stuff of dreams for any rally driver. Next week the WRC’s latest top class debutant Josh McErlean will turn that into a reality after a whirlwind off-season that has resulted in the Irishman landing a dream full-time Rally1 opportunity …Keep reading

The Dakar Rally has been held in several countries since its inaugural edition in 1979, but no driver had managed to lift the Touareg trophy on home soil until Yazeed Al-Rajhi this year.The Saudi driver won an atypical 2025 event in which a number of favourites fell by the wayside early on, with Carlos Sainz Sr and Sebastien Loeb being the most high-profile departures.Emerging winner in …Keep reading

Last year, the MotoGP transfer market remained stagnant until Ducati decided on Marc Marquez as Francesco Bagnaia’s team-mate for 2025 and 2026. The verdict from the Bologna brand was made effective in Mugello, and that’s when Jorge Martin and Aprilia moved quickly to announce the arrival of the Madrid native once he found out that he had been discarded to wear the red overalls.Aprilia rushed …Keep reading