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Francesco Bagnaia has said he can already notice a “huge” difference between Ducati’s new MotoGP prototype and the outgoing GP24 bike with which he took 11 grand prix wins this year.The two-time MotoGP champion got his first opportunity to sample an early version of the GP25 that he will be racing in 2025 when he took to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Tuesday for the official …Keep reading

For 90 years, the voiturette racing cars produced by English Racing Automobiles in the 1930s have engendered passion and national pride. Motor racing in the 1930s was dominated by German and Italian marques, but in 1933 three British enthusiasts decided to get their country into the spotlight.ERA was the brainchild of designer Peter Berthon, racer Raymond Mays and financier Humphrey Cook.Rather …Keep reading

By fielding a “hurt” Carlos Sainz alongside Alex Albon, Williams will be bolstered by a driver looking to prove the top teams that turned him down wrong.While there is naturally a lot of interest in Lewis Hamilton’s long-awaited move to Ferrari to partner Charles Leclerc, the driver Hamilton replaces has just as compelling a story, even if Sainz’s move to Williams is unlikely to lead to short-term …Keep reading

Yamaha says it outperformed its own expectations in Tuesday’s official MotoGP pre-season test in Barcelona, with Fabio Quartararo clocking the second-fastest time of the day.The Japanese manufacturer brought a revised version of the M1 to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, having managed to upgrade the chassis, aerodynamics and engine.Factory rider Quartararo ended up just 0.4s behind Gresini’s …Keep reading

Mark Winterbottom and Tickford Racing will reunite in 2025, with the recently retired full-time Supercars driver returning to his old squad as a endurance co-driver.The former Supercars champion and Bathurst 1000 winner will partner Cam Waters in one of the team’s Ford Mustangs at The Bend 500 and Bathurst 1000 next year, leaving long-time Waters co-driver James Moffat to move across into the …Keep reading

Pramac rider Jorge Martin has revealed he ‘feared’ he would never be able to win a championship in MotoGP at the start of the year as he struggled with his mental health.The Spaniard said he became scared of losing while heading into his fourth season in the premier class, despite having accepted his championship defeat to factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia in 2023.But working with his …Keep reading

In June, fresh off of an eighth-place finish in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway, Parker Kligerman went for a run in the mountains. He’d spent years chasing the top levels of motorsport, reaching them, falling out of them, then climbing them again. During that time, he’d have waves of emotions about how his driving career would end. When morale was low, he’d …Keep reading

Marc Marquez says he felt “very comfortable and very calm” on his first day with the works Ducati team, describing it as the best outfit in present-day MotoGP.Having signed a two-year contract with the Italian factory, Marquez got his first taste of the Ducati GP25 in the official test at Barcelona on Tuesday.Completing a total of 49 laps, including some on the championship-winning GP24, Marquez …Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has claimed suggestions he is “happy” that Lewis Hamilton is leaving the team have taken his comments “out of context”.Hamilton is entering his last three races in Mercedes colours before his switch to Ferrari for next year, having won six F1 drivers’ titles in his time with the Brackley-based outfit that he joined in 2013.It left Mercedes with a seat …Keep reading

The Las Vegas Grand Prix’s current version is substantially different than the original early-’80s race, which was held, glamorously, in the parking lot of Caesar’s Palace. For one, it features a 3.8-mile city course with DRS zones and one legendary blast down Sin City’s (in)famous Strip. With a pair of sizable straights, drivers will crest more than 215 mph at various points. Max Verstappen …Keep reading