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Exciting Finals in Wackersdorf

In mild, rain-free weather, Sunday offered a high-quality sporting event in Wackersdorf where the three winners of this superb FIA Karting Competition were unquestionably the best. Congratulations to Robert De Haan in Academy, Emil...
Marshal stealing the piece from Alex Rins MotoGP bike

Jerez marshal returns stolen piece from Rins bike after getting caught

The Jerez marshal who was caught on tape stealing a piece from Alex Rins' Suzuki MotoGP bike after the Spanish GP has been forced to return it. After a solid recovery from Rins to finish...
Lewis Hamilton on Mercedes overpowering Ferrari

Hamilton feels Ferrari is not firing on all cylinders to Mercedes challenge

Lewis Hamilton feels that Ferrari hasn't fired on all cylinders so far to the Mercedes challenge in the 2019 F1 season. From the four F1 races so far in the 2019 season, it was only...
Marc Marquez, Honda, MotoGP

MotoGP: Marquez dominant in Spanish GP win, heartbreak for Quartararo

Honda's Marc Marquez was untouchable once in the lead as he took victory in MotoGP Spanish GP at Jerez from Suzuki's Alex Rins and Yamaha's Maverick Vinales. It was a super start from Honda's Marc...
F1 Gender Pay Gap issue

Teams discuss how they are tackling gender pay gap issue in F1

The debate around W Series is ongoing for male and female racers segregation but internally, the issue of gender pay gap is also continuing on as F1 teams discuss how they are tackling the...
Cyril Abiteboul on Renault performance

Abiteboul reckons Renault is paying in short-term for performance gains

Cyril Abiteboul feels that Renault is paying the price in the short-term for the performance push they had in the winter to prepare for 2019 F1 season. It has been a difficult start to Renault's...
David Schumacher (US Racing) scores first F3 win, Jamie Chadwick takes W Series opener

Schumacher scores maiden F3 win as Chadwick takes W Series opener

US Racing's David Schumacher dominated Race 1 in Round 2 of FIA Formula Regional European Championship to score his first win as Jamie Chadwick took the W Series opener. It was Schumacher show in Race...
#8 Toyota wins WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

WEC: #8 wins snow-hit 6 Hours of Spa as Toyota secures 2018/19 LMP1 title

Toyota sealed the FIA World Endurance Championship's (WEC) constructors' title with victory in 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps for the #8 crew in a snow-hit race. The race day already saw snow hit the Spa-Francorchamps circuit...
Fabio Quartararo, MotoGP

MotoGP: Quartararo takes first pole in Petronas Yamaha SRT 1-2 at Jerez

Petronas Yamaha SRT ended in a 1-2 formation as Fabio Quartararo led Franco Morbidelli after he scored his first MotoGP pole in Spanish GP at Jerez. Q1: A difficult practice session put both the Yamaha riders...
Miguel Oliveira KTM RC16 MotoGP Spain 2019

KTM keeps Oliveira in their line-up for 2020 MotoGP season

Moto2 graduate Miguel Oliveira will stay with the KTM Racing family for the 2020 MotoGP season, it has been confirmed. Oliveira made his MotoGP debut with KTM's new satellite team Tech 3 Racing in 2019...
Robert Kubica, Williams, F1

Kubica is still ‘enjoying’ his F1 return despite knowing the reality he is in

The return for Robert Kubica to F1 hasn't been an easy task with the difficult situation that ROKiT Williams Racing find themselves in but the Polish driver is still enjoying. Following his horrific rally crash,...
Nyck de Vries leaves McLaren as Andreas Seidl starts work

De Vries no longer a McLaren junior as Seidl starts F1 work

Nyck de Vries has parted ways with McLaren Racing as its new team principal Andreas Seidl officially starts his F1 work. A long-term association between McLaren and FIA Formula 2 Championship racer de Vries ended...
Maximilian Gunther, Formula E

Dragon keeps Gunther for Monaco Formula E race as well

Maximilian Gunther will continue racing for GEOX Dragon in the FIA Formula E Championship's Monaco EPrix as well. Gunther started the 2018/19 Formula E season alongside Jose Maria Lopez and raced in the opening three...
Toyota, WEC

WEC: #7 Toyota beats #8 for Spa pole as #17 SMP ends under a...

The #7 Toyota crew took pole in FIA World Endurance Championship's (WEC) 6 Hours of Spa-Francorhamps in LMP1 category from sister #8 car. The session was disrupted by a red flag with over four minutes...
Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

Mechanical grip troubling Ferrari as Vettel feels car not responding his style

Sebastian Vettel reckons that the 2019 Ferrari F1 car is not responding to his driving style as the team suffers through mechanical grip in low speed corners. It hasn't been the start Ferrari or Vettel...
Valentino Rossi on Yamaha test team with Jonas Folger

MotoGP test team with Folger in Europe is good for Yamaha, says Rossi

Valentino Rossi believes a Yamaha test team with Jonas Folger running in Europe is beneficial in getting the bike stronger on European circuits. Yamaha has been testing new parts in Japan for years, but its...
Valentino Rossi and other MotoGP riders talk of F1 legend Ayrton Senna

Rossi recalls 1994 Imola F1 race as MotoGP riders share Senna memories

With the 25th death anniversary of Ayrton Senna just a day before MotoGP's Spanish GP press conference, the riders shared their memories of the Brazilian with Valentino Rossi remembering bit by bit of the...
Marc Marquez, Honda, MotoGP

Marquez not revealing exact issue with Honda but says problem likely fixed

Marc Marquez didn't want to go deep with the issue being faced by Honda for his crash in Americas MotoGP race but says that they have a fix in place for Jerez. Reigning MotoGP champion...
Red Bull Christian Horner with Renault Cyril Abiteboul, F1

Horner reveals F1 2015 story with Renault as Abiteboul responds

Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner has revealed of frustration boiling over in F1 2015 with Renault as Cyril Abiteboul softens on the history. Even though Red Bull and Renault are no longer partners, the back...
Mercedes, F1

Hakkinen lauds Mercedes F1 ‘teamwork’ and praises Verstappen’s maturity

Two-time F1 champion Mika Hakkinen feels Mercedes strength at this juncture is their teamwork while he also has praise for Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen. Mercedes once again out-smarted Ferrari in F1 Azerbaijan, be it...
F1 Azerbaijan GP stats

Azerbaijan GP: Key statistics and information from 2019 F1 race

The F1 Azerbaijan GP did not end up being as chaotic as it has been in the past few seasons but there were plenty of records still set or broken. It ended up being all-Mercedes...
Ayrton Senna, F1

Motorsport community remembers Ayrton Senna on 25th death anniversary

The motorsport community united to remember three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna and also Roland Ratzenberger on their 25th death anniversary. It is hard to forget the happenings of the weekend at Imola in 1994, when...
Mercedes, F1 Azerbaijan GP

Mercedes discussed risky Q3 dummy, elaborates on Hamilton’s VSC issue

Mercedes reveals that the team discussed the 'risky' dummy plan they executed in F1 Azerbaijan GP's Q3 session after seeing rivals' tactics, while it also explains what went wrong with Lewis Hamilton at VSC...
W Series

W Series reveals extensive coverage plans around the world

W Series has revealed more regions where it has secured broadcast partners which includes parts of Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. The all-female series announced Channel 4 as its premier broadcast partner last week with...
Ross Brawn on Ferrari, Racing Point on his F1 column

Brawn feels Ferrari has time to fight back, hails Racing Point’s resilience

F1 chief Ross Brawn is of the view that Ferrari still can stage a fight back in 2019 F1 season as he pour out good words for Racing Point team. The F1 Azerbaijan GP created...
Damon Hill, F1 podcast

Podcast: Hill on late F1 start, fight with Schumacher, retirement & more

The eighth episode of F1 Beyond The Grid podcast for 2019 features 1996 champion Damon Hill, who talks about late start to his career, fight with Michael Schumacher and more. Hill starts the F1 Beyond...
Brendon Hartley, Toyota

Hartley replaces Alonso as Toyota reveals 2019/20 WEC LMP1 line-up

Brendon Hartley has been named as the new Toyota LMP1 driver from the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), replacing Fernando Alonso. The speculations of Alonso leaving Toyota and WEC were already doing rounds especially...
F1 Liberty Media, Monza, Silverstone deals

Monza F1 deal agreed in principal as Silverstone contract not yet signed

A principal agreement with Monza has been signed by F1 and Liberty Media, while Silverstone updates that the talks on their front still continues on. Tuesday threw open the talk about four F1 grand prix...
Spanish GP F1 compound

Top 3 teams opt for different tyre strategy in Spanish GP

The top three F1 teams in the current 2019 standings have gone for different tyre strategy for the upcoming Spanish GP on May 10-12 weekend. As revealed earlier, Pirelli is bringing the C1 (hard), C2...
Lando Norris leads Carlos Sainz, McLaren

Sainz accomplishes ‘mission’ in Baku as Norris reveals of nervousness

McLaren's Carlos Sainz says he was on a mission in F1 Azerbaijan GP to score his first points as Lando Norris talks about some nervous moments in the grand prix. Even though both the McLaren...