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Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner has denied meddling in a planned demo run for Jos Verstappen that has triggered the latest flashpoint between the pair.Verstappen Sr. caused a stir on Friday when he accused Horner of moving to block his planned involvement in the annual Legends Parade at the Austrian Grand Prix.The Dutchman had been set to join fellow ex-F1 drivers like Gerhard …Keep reading

Red Bull and its RB sister Formula 1 team are set for a “quiet discussion” during the summer break as they decide between retaining Daniel Ricciardo or promoting Liam Lawson.With more and more drivers signed up for 2025 and beyond, and RB confirming in Canada that Yuki Tsunoda will stay on for a fifth season, attention has now shifted towards the identity of his team-mate.Incumbent Ricciardo was …Keep reading

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia topped second practice for the 2024 MotoGP Dutch Grand Prix from Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales after setting a new Assen lap record.The hour-long qualifying group-deciding session proved to be a tense affair, with just 0.673 seconds covering the top 10.Bagnaia set the pace with a 1m31.340s, posted with just over 10 minutes to go, and proved strong enough for the world …Keep reading

Pramac has announced that it will part ways with Ducati at the end of the current MotoGP season to become a satellite Yamaha team in 2025.As revealed by Autosport on Thursday, the Italian outfit will bring the curtain down to a relationship that began almost two decades ago in 2005 to ink a new multi-year deal with Yamaha.Pramac has appeared stronger than ever this year with two factory-spec …Keep reading

Ott Tanak says it was impossible to avoid a collision with a deer that put him out of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Poland, revealing he had only 0.26s to react.The Hyundai driver was forced to retire from Friday’s gravel stages when a deer jumped out into the road on stage two [Stanczyki, 29.40km] which left the Estonian with an unavoidable accident.Following the impact Tanak …Keep reading

Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen heads into Friday afternoon with the Rally Poland lead from Martins Sesks, who stunned on his World Rally Championship Rally1 debut.Mikkelsen impressed throughout the morning to win two of the three stages to leap into a 7.4s lead from Sesks, who is driving a non-hybrid powered Ford Puma Rally1 car.Elfyn Evans limited the damage of starting high in the road order to …Keep reading

McLaren is one of the few teams to bring upgrades to Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix, after revealing a new front wing and suspension fairings.The primary function of these modifications revolves around McLaren looking to improve what it considers to be an imbalance in the performance of its MCL38 in both low and high-speed corners.Speaking about the aim of the improvements, team boss Andrea …Keep reading

Max Verstappen topped practice for Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix after causing a mid-session red flag.In a busy opening third of the sole practice session at the Red Bull weekend within the sprint format, Verstappen established the first-place benchmark at 1m07m961s, before George Russell and Lewis Hamilton whittled that down along with the Dutchman as their opening runs went on.The …Keep reading

Reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia topped the opening practice for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, after Fabio Di Giannantonio had his session-topping lap cancelled.After a three-week break forced by the postponement of the Kazakhstan GP to September, MotoGP returned to action on Friday morning at the iconic TT Assen venue.Following weeks of rider market shocks, Di Giannantonio looked …Keep reading

Reports by Motorsport.com saying Joan Mir is set to stay with Honda in MotoGP for two more years came as some surprise given the misery of the past two seasons.To say the last three years for Mir have been brutal would be something of an understatement.The 2020 world champion was nearing renewing with Suzuki, with whom he won the title, early in 2022 when the Japanese brand made its shock decision …Keep reading