Through Verstappen.com Racing, the Dutchman and his family are planning to put together a two-car GT3 team that could compete in series like the GT World Challenge (GTWC) from 2025 onwards. “It all started with Team Redline in sim racing,” Verstappen said in an interview the Dutch magazine Formule 1. “With Verstappen.com Racing we are sponsoring and supporting various […]
VR46 Ducati rider Bezzecchi set the pole time with just over three minutes to go in an very wet Q2 with a 2m15.359s, before he crashed at the Vale chicane while on another quick flying lap. That time proved enough, though, with his nearest rival KTM’s Jack Miller, 0.270 seconds adrift as Alex Marquez brushed […]
Vowles has been at the helm since February and after a three-month back and forth, managed to tempt Alpine chief technical officer Pat Fry to join the Grove squad from 1 November. While the team hopes this coup will enable it to tempt other senior figures, the technical director who will report to Fry is […]
The eight-time world champion has scored just five points in a woeful 2023 campaign, in which he has missed five grands prix due to various injury woes and crashed 14 times in eight rounds. While Marquez is contracted to Honda through to the end of 2024, the problems Honda is facing in MotoGP at present […]
As motor racing’s governing body continues its evaluation of potential new entries from 2025, Ben Sulayem says he thinks the arrival of manufacturers from the world’s two largest economies would be great for F1. Speaking to Autosport sister site Motorsport-total.com, Ben Sulayem believed that car makers from the USA and China would deliver a huge […]
The Tech3 GasGas rider suffered a horrible crash in FP2 for the season-opening Portuguese GP, sustaining multiple back and jaw fractures after hitting an unprotected tyre barrier. Espargaro has been out of action since then, only riding his MotoGP bike prior to Friday at Silverstone slowly up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed […]
Last week Fry was announced as Williams’ new CTO, having departed an Alpine team in turmoil after its upper management sacked team boss Otmar Szafnauer and long-time sporting director Alan Permane. The deal to sign Fry, who is set to take up his position before the end of the year, predates Alpine’s flurry of management […]
The 2021 world champion endured a difficult day at Silverstone on Friday, finishing 10th in first practice before ending up 11th in the second session to narrowly miss out on progressing directly into Q2. Quartararo currently sits ninth in the standings after eight rounds, with a best result of third in the United States Grand […]
Ben Sulayem has noted that it was the FIA’s duty to open up an entry process as the Concorde Agreement allows for up to 12 teams, and he’s insisted that he was fulfilling the rules by so doing. The governing body is still reviewing the packages presented by the potential newcomers. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali […]
Bezzecchi is enjoying a strong sophomore campaign in the premier class with Valentino Rossi’s squad, securing his maiden grand prix victory in Argentina before adding a second in France and a sprint win at Assen to sit third in the standings. The Italian’s future has been subject of speculation over the summer break, with Bezzecchi […]