Hyundai signs Fourmaux to pilot third WRC 2025 entry
Adrien Fourmaux will join Hyundai to pilot its third entry on a full-time basis in the World Rally Championship next year.The five-time WRC podium finisher’s future has been the subject of speculation having been linked to a move from M-Sport-Ford to the Korean marque for…
Alpine to sponsor Pramac MotoGP team from 2025
Alpine will become one of the main sponsors of Pramac when it becomes Yamaha’s new satellite team in 2025, Motorsport.com has learned.Pramac had already announced last month that Italian insurance company Prima will remain its title sponsor until the end of the 2027 season.Now, Motorsport.com…
How MotoGP crash statistics defy common beliefs about 2024
MotoGP’s official crash statistics for 2024 paint a very different picture to what many would have perceived about the recently-concluded season.Without looking at the numbers, one would have thought MotoGP broke the record for the most crashes in a single season. After all, this season…
WRC Safari Rally Kenya tipped for expansion in 2025 amid larger changes
Safari Rally Kenya is set to cover more competitive kilometres next year although general changes to World Rally Championship event formats are likely to be “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary”.Changes to event formats have been a topic of discussion in 2024 with the FIA and the…
Martin: «Bagnaia is one of the best in history, I don’t know where that puts me»
In many cases, when a MotoGP rider is able win a championship for the first time, his life changes more on the outside, in what is seen, than in what he feels or what goes through his head.That does not apply to Jorge Martin if…
New Toyota WRC signing Pajari announces 2025 co-driver
Toyota’s new World Rally Championship signing Sami Pajari has announced that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full-time season in the Rally1 class next year.Pajari has spent the last three years working alongside Enni Malkonen, but that partnership recently ended after winning…
KTM to pause MotoGP bike development amid huge financial crisis
KTM’s MotoGP bosses have decided to pause the development of its bikes amid the huge financial crisis the Austrian manufacturer is facing, Motorsport.com has learned.The decision is one of the measures included in the plan aimed at keeping KTM’s sporting project safe after the manufacturer…
Former Moto2 rider Pons walks barefoot from Spain to Pakistan
Ex-Moto2 rider Axel Pons has radically altered his life after retiring from motorcycle racing, having walked barefoot from Spain to Pakistan on his way to India.The Spaniard, who raced in the intermediate class between 2009-17 with limited success, returned to the limelight when a video…
Marquez: I wouldn’t have won 2024 MotoGP title even with Ducati GP24
Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been able to win the 2024 MotoGP title even if he was riding Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.Marquez had to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his switch to Gresini at the beginning of this year, leaving him at a…
WRC road order rules set to remain unchanged in 2025
Road order regulations appear set to remain unchanged in the World Rally Championship next year after a proposal to introduce a form of qualifying was rejected, Motorsport.com understands.The debate surrounding road position was ignited earlier this season, which prompted a proposal to alter the regulations…
