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Pedro Acosta has hailed the “special character” of Aki Ajo as the pair will rejoin forces at the factory KTM MotoGP squad from next season.With Acosta stepping up from Tech3 to the factory KTM squad next year, he will be reunited with former team boss Ajo, who will step away from the head of his own Ajo Motorsport Moto2/3 team to helm KTM’s efforts in the premier class.Ajo comes on board in place …Keep reading

The historic Sandown Park motor racing track in Australia has been saved – or at least, given a reprieve from the developers.The track, which for more than 60 years has hosted motor racing and horse racing in the same Melbourne suburban location, has had its medium-term future assured after a change in the make-up of the Melbourne Racing board on Thursday.John Kanga was voted in as the new MRC …Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko is worried that McLaren’s Formula 1 advantage has turned into “a whole new world” lately, with reigning world champion Max Verstappen equally astonished.Lando Norris was unrivalled in the recent Singapore Grand Prix, outqualifying Verstappen by two tenths for pole position before winning the race with a 21-second margin on the three-time champion – the gap …Keep reading

Honda has transferred its technical director Ken Kawauchi to its test team, where he has already been working for several MotoGP weekends.Kawauchi joined the Japanese marque’s racing division at the start of the 2023 season from Suzuki, which had pulled the plug on its MotoGP project a few months earlier.Despite the high expectations given the success of Suzuki, which won the riders’ world …Keep reading

KTM MotoGP rider Jack Miller says he is sad that he won’t be around to work with incoming KTM Factory Racing team manager Aki Ajo in 2025.It was confirmed on Monday that Ajo will step away from running his own Ajo Motorsport KTM team in Moto2/3 and replace incumbent Francesco Guidotti in the Austrian manufacturer’s works MotoGP squad next year.But Miller won’t benefit from the Finn’s …Keep reading

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem claims that he has not been treated fairly by the British media during his tenure.Ben Sulayem’s comments regarding the media in the UK comes in the wake of Adrian Newey’s appearance on the High Performance podcast, in which he talked about his reasons for leaving Red Bull to join Aston Martin.The designer remarked that both Max Verstappen and ex-Red Bull driver …Keep reading

Pierre Gasly is used to doing his talking on the track. But it seems as though the 28-year-old Alpine ace is trying to send a message about his extra-curricular activities, too.Over the past few years, the Frenchman has made surprise appearances at several fashion shows, spending his limited downtime rubbing shoulders with designers in Europe’s fashion capitals. Most recently, Gasly stepped out …Keep reading

Formula 1’s plans to host a rookie sprint race at December’s Abu Dhabi’s post-season test have been abandoned due to logistical reasons, with the idea set to be revisited in the future.The concept to hold a 10-car sprint event on the Tuesday after the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix looked set for approval, with all major stakeholders in favour of the idea to give rookies more relevant mileage …Keep reading

Red Bull has signed US driver Chloe Chambers to its F1 Academy programme for the 2025 season, with support with Ford, its future F1 power unit partner.Former USA F4 and W Series racer Chambers will drive the Red Bull and Ford branded car in F1 Academy’s third season, replacing Emely de Heus and giving the American car manufacturer a homegrown driver in F1’s all-female feeder series.”Continuing our …Keep reading

Four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Nicolas Lapierre has retired from the cockpit with immediate effect to concentrate on running his Cool Racing team.The announcement from the Frenchman, 40, on Wednesday means that last month’s Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship, in which he finished third with Alpine, was his final race. “It is time for me to hang up my helmet and end this …Keep reading