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Why letting Marquez walk away would have been Ducati's greatest MotoGP blunder

Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta described the situation as a “soap opera”. Autosport’s revelation on Monday 3 June that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team in favour of Marc Marquez wasn’t followed by an Eastenders-style cliffhanger outro.

Autosport

How Formula E’s open-door approach to manufacturers is paying off

The news earlier this week that the iconic British brand would commit to Gen4 was something expected by many.

Motorsport

How Red Bull creates the perfect strategy for Verstappen and Perez

Devising and implementing the perfect race strategy is a real ‘team effort’ in Formula 1. However, every team has a couple of people who are particularly tasked with determining the right plan of attack. Red Bull Racing has three: Head of race strategy Will Courtenay, principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz…

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Timeline: Marc Marquez’s path to becoming a factory Ducati MotoGP rider

The eight-time world champion, for the first time in his MotoGP career, is not racing within a factory team after electing to quit Honda to join the Gresini squad on a year-old Ducati.

Motorsport

The dangers of Red Bull re-signing Perez

Somehow, the news that Red Bull has re-signed Sergio Perez for another two seasons, taking his tenure at the team to six years, is not a surprise. But perhaps it should be, given the Mexican’s performances alongside Max Verstappen.

Autosport

The cultural shift behind new-look Haas in F1 2024

Dissatisfied with the lack of progress, and at odds over the resources needed to move up the order, owner Gene Haas decided not to renew long standing team boss Guenther Steiner's contract last winter.

Autosport

Who was really to blame for IndyCar chaos on Detroit’s streets?

Just seven days on from IndyCar’s fastest and most prestigious race at the Indianapolis 500, the paddock journeyed just under 300 miles northeast to its shortest and bumpiest street track on the schedule.

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What's next for Esteban Ocon in F1 after Alpine departure?

The Frenchman's five-year stay at the Enstone outfit has yielded a race victory and two further podium finishes, achievements that will ensure that he is coveted by a handful of teams with seats available for next season.

Autosport

Armstrong ran out of fuel crossing Detroit finish line for first IndyCar podium

The 23-year-old New Zealander was in the mix late for a possible win, despite starting 19th and being stuck in a multi-car incident triggered by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard at the Turn 3 hairpin shortly after half-distance.

Autosport

How 24 hours changed the trajectory of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP career

On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass.

Autosport

F1 driver market: Who could replace Esteban Ocon at Alpine in 2025?

The announcement that Ocon will be out of his seat comes a week after the Frenchman caused a collision with his team-mate Pierre Gasly during the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix. Alpine’s team principal Bruno Famin warned “there would be consequences”, with many expecting the team to have…

Autosport

Pirelli counters Hamilton 'peaky F1 tyres' frustration

Motorsport

IndyCar Detroit: Dixon takes championship lead with win from charging Ericsson

The six-time IndyCar champion started fifth, pushed through the murky pitstop cycles and fended off late challenges while saving fuel to claim victory by 0.8567s – the 58th win of his IndyCar career.

Autosport

Why IMSA’s downtown Detroit GTP debut was divisive

Thanks to the vision of Roger Penske and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the event – which was a Formula 1 round from 1982 to 1988 – returned last year as a flagship IndyCar Series round in the shadow of General Motors’ imposing towers of its Renaissance Center that forms its…

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Why IMSA’s downtown Detroit GTP debut was divisive among drivers

Autosport

IMSA Detroit: WTR-Andretti Acura ambushes Porsche to win chaotic race

On the series’ debut on the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit, Taylor beat Porsche’s Mathieu Jaminet after pulling off a great overtaking move inside the final 25 minutes in GTP.

Autosport

WRC Rally Sardinia: Ogier reclaims lead as team order slows Tanak

Tanak headed into the afternoon stages with a 3.5s lead over part-time driver Ogier, but ended the day trailing the eight-time world champion by 17.1s.

Autosport

Ferrucci explains Kirkwood pitlane shove over “dickish” IndyCar move

Kirkwood had just let Andretti Global team-mate Herta through at Turn 3 when he got into a wheel-banging moment with AJ Foyt Racing’s Ferrucci at Turn 5.

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Ferrucci shoves Kirkwood in pitlane over “dickish” IndyCar move

Kirkwood had just let Andretti Global team-mate Herta through at Turn 3 when he got into a wheel-banging moment with AJ Foyt Racing’s Ferrucci at Turn 5.

Autosport

Why the Singapore Grand Prix is F1’s toughest race

Sponsored by Former world champion Nico Rosberg once described it as like being "in a sauna on a spinning bike for two hours" and the unpredictability the unique conditions create gives fans their fair share of action and drama. Last year, more than 260,000 people flocked to the Marina Bay…

Autosport

Why Las Vegas isn't sitting on its laurels despite year one F1 success

Despite the early drama of the loose water valve cover that risked derailing the event almost before it got going, a spectacular race on Sunday helped it live up to the anticipation.

Motorsport

WRC Rally Sardinia: Points leader Neuville crashes out, Tanak leads Ogier

Tanak became embroiled in an intense fight with overnight leader Sebastien Ogier (Toyota) across the morning’s rough gravel stages with the lead changing hands twice, before Tanak ended the loop with a 3.5s lead.

Autosport

Q&A: Newgarden explains the laps that decided the 2024 Indy 500

“It's been 48 hours and I'm tired,” says Josef Newgarden when we ask how he's been since winning the 2024 edition of the Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of a…

Motorsport

Penske alliance benefitting AJ Foyt Racing’s IndyCar aims – Ferrucci

A 25-year-old Connecticut native, Ferrucci has come out with three top 10s in the opening five points-paying rounds of the 2024 IndyCar Series season.

Autosport

Pirelli open to soft-tyre-only F1 Monaco GP, but sceptical

A lack of action and overtaking in last weekend’s Monte Carlo race, where the top ten drivers finished in the same position they started, has triggered calls for potential rule changes to help spice it up.

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