Tito Rabat will ride a ‘99% factory’ Ducati Panigale V4 R for the 2021 WorldSBK season after becoming the latest to make the switch from MotoGP. Tito Rabat says he will be rewarded with the ‘top material’ from Ducati if he proves competitive during his maiden WorldSBK Championship season in 2021. The 2014 Moto2 World…
Sebastian Vettel should be back to his “usual longer hair” by the start of the season in Bahrain. That is the news from the German newspaper Bild, referring to the F1 world’s shock and amusement at recent footage of the quadruple world champion’s newly half-bald head. Correspondents Jens Nagler and Silja Rulle claim that when…
Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali has revealed the sport is in talks with a new manufacturer interested in joining the grid. Former Ferrari team principal Domenicali took over at the helm of F1 from Chase Carey at the turn of the year after the American stepped aside following four years in charge. With Honda leaving…
Alpha Tauri’s Pierre Gasly has confirmed he has tested positive for COVID-19, after being on a training camp in Dubai. Pierre Gasly has confirmed he has contracted COVID-19. The French driver has recently returned home from a training camp in Dubai, where pictures posted on social media showed Gasly meeting guests and hotel staff while…
The pole-winning Whelen Engineering Action Express Racing Cadillac has been knocked out of contention from the Rolex 24 at Daytona lead fight after suffering a failure in its gearbox.Former F1 driver Felipe Nasr was at the wheel when the #31 Cadillac DPi-V.R suddenly slowed on the banking at NASCAR Turn 1, having led the early…
Following a brief spell in the lead for BMW, Corvette retook control in the GT Le Mans battle and held a solid one-two with six hours of the race to go. Prior to the ninth caution, the top three cars all pitted together, and it was at that juncture that the BMW driven by Connor…
The ninth caution reset the fight in the LMP2 class, with the Tower Motorsport by Starworks Oreca and Era Motorsport Oreca put on the same lap. Gabriel Aubry in the Tower car was tasked with holding off Era counterpart Kyle Tilley, and the Frenchman was able to build enough of an advantage to hand over…
The Wayne Taylor Racing Acura led the Rolex 24 at Daytona with six hours to go, as Alexander Rossi held a small lead over Kevin Magnussen’s Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac at the 18-hour mark.There was immediate drama as dawn broke, as Kamui Kobayashi spun the #48 Action Express Cadillac at Turn 1 while attacking Renger…
The 24 hour race of Daytona is now 17 hours underway. Most of the Dutch drivers are not doing so well, with Racing Team Nederland dropping out. This is not the case for Renger van der Zande, who leads the race with seven hours to go. Van der Zande in the lead in 24 Hours…
Toto Wolff’s most recent comments on Mercedes’ ongoing discussions with Hamilton claim that a deal could be agreed “soon”, however, said deal is unlikely to be for multiple years. Negotiations have been going for a while, with pre-season testing just over a month away in Bahrain. It is believed that the delays are most likely…
Mercedes could be morally holding Sir Lewis Hamilton to ransom over his contract negotiations, according to Dutch Grand Prix chief Jan Lammers. Toto Wolff’s latest words this week on Mercedes’ protracted discussions with the seven-time World Champion driver were that a deal could be signed “soon” but that it will probably not extend to three…
Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll rubbished an unsubstantiated rumour published elsewhere which claimed he was considering selling the team. Stroll purchased the luxury car manufacturer last year and has rebranded his Formula 1 team, previously known as Racing Point, as Aston Martin this year. He described a rumour claiming he might sell it to a…
Former Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams has spoken out about some of the abuse she received online prior to her departure from the Grove outfit in September last year.The Williams family left Formula 1 after the 2020 Italian Grand Prix following the takeover of US-based investment firm Dorilton Capital. The historic team had experienced…
The Circuit de Catalunya has been undergoing reconstruction in recent weeks, and not an insignificant one at that. The change they made at Turn 10 might have a significant impact on the racecourse. La Caixa, as it is also called, used to be a long left-hander. Because this corner was just after the back straight,…
Andrea Dovizioso’s manager Simone Battistella says his rider is “ready” should Honda call him up to stand-in for the still-recovering Marc Marquez during the 2021 MotoGP season. Marquez underwent a third operation in December on the broken right arm which ruled him out of the 2020 MotoGP campaign, and which is likely to see him…
Former Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio has explained the reasons why the Japanese marque opted for Joan Mir over triple MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo for the 2019 season.After a difficult first season for Ducati in 2017 and average start to 2018, Lorenzo was ousted from the team for 2019 and was linked to a…
