Alpine's decision to take Mercedes' Formula 1 gearbox for 2026 will give it "headroom" to develop elsewhere for the next series of regulations before building its own in 2027. Despite protestations ...

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia believes his performance in MotoGP last year was on level with Marc Marquez’s championship-winning 2019 campaign, if sprints are excluded from the equation. Bagnaia ...

Toyota driver Seth Quintero has been promoted to first place in Saturday’s opening stage of the Dakar Rally after he stopped to help a stranded Laia Sanz. Quintero was originally classified as ...

The current Formula 1 engine is a model of efficiency matched only, and surprisingly, by some huge maritime diesel engines. In terms of small petrol engines, the F1 V6 is significantly ahead of ...

Carlos Sainz Sr admitted that he struggled to understand Saturday’s opening stage of the Dakar Rally, saying it was “very difficult to guess” and more akin to the event’s original roots. Leading ...

Nasser Al-Attiyah believes the Dakar Rally must change its format after finding Saturday’s opening stage “boring” due to the need of prioritising strategy over results. The 2025 edition began with a ...

Guerlain Chicherit took a surprise victory for X-raid Mini in the opening stage of the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia after a long battle with Toyota rivals. Frenchman Chicherit was quick from the ...

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin believes the team's fluctuating form over the 2024 Formula 1 season was a result of it being pegged back in development in trying to recover from ...

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has claimed the appearance of flexi-wings and the FIA's decision not to take a more hardline approach towards them played a crucial factor in 2024's Formula 1 ...

In 2024, Jorge Martin became the first rider in the MotoGP era to win the title with a satellite team, beating the same-spec factory Ducati of Francesco Bagnaia. It was a feat not seen in the premier ...

Paddock wags used to (half) joke that the Formula 1 calendar was drawn up by people who flew by private jet, or at the very least turned left while lowering themselves to breathe the same air as we ...

A close-up of the Red Bull RB20's rear end, featuring a downward sloping surface at the tail end of the engine cover. It's also apparent how the semi-detached tip section sits ahead of the upper flap ...