Pajari to make WRC Rally1 debut in Finland as Toyota rejigs Latvia line-up
Rising World Rally Championship star Sami Pajari will now make his Rally1 debut in Finland instead of Latvia following a change to Toyota’s driver line-up.Toyota announced last month that Pajari and co-driver Enni Malkonen will step up from driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 car…
WRC adds Paraguay to 2025 calendar in multi-year deal
The 2025 World Rally Championship calendar is edging closer to completion following the news Paraguay is set to make its debut next season.The WRC has been eyeing a 14-round schedule for 2025 that provides a more global calendar than it has been able to contest…
Bezzecchi set to join factory Aprilia MotoGP team in 2025
Current VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi is finalising a move to the factory Aprilia MotoGP for the upcoming MotoGP season, Motorsport.com understands.This move comes a year after three-time MotoGP grand prix winner Bezzecchi elected against a factory-spec Ducati at Pramac for 2024 to remain with…
M-Sport reveals Ford Puma for WRC Rally1 debutant Sesks
Martins Sesks is all set to make his top-flight World Rally Championship debut now the covers have come off the non-hybrid powered Ford Puma Rally1 car he will pilot.Sesks is set to make his Rally1 debut on Poland’s gravel roads next week which hosts the…
Marquez: Difficult to have a long MotoGP career now
Marc Marquez says “it’s difficult to have a long career” in MotoGP now because the competitive level in the series now is such that maintaining it is harder than before.Prior to last month’s Catalan Grand Prix, Aleix Espargaro announced that he would be retiring from…
MotoGP calendar disruptions “getting old” – Miller
KTM MotoGP rider Jack Miller says the spate of in-season calendar changes that have plagued the series in recent years is “getting old”.The 2024 championship was meant to consist of 21 grands prix, but already before the campaign had started there were changes.Argentina, set for…
Ogier was «never really attracted much» by Dakar as he rules out future outing
World Rally Championship star Sebastien Ogier has ruled out taking part in the Dakar Rally in the future, saying he has “never been really attracted” by the prospect of competing in the cross-country event.Ogier stepped down from WRC as a full-timer at the end of…
Tech3 «will have two number ones» in Vinales, Bastianini in MotoGP 2025
Tech3 KTM team boss Herve Poncharal says fielding Maverick Vinales and Enea Bastianini will see him have «two number ones» for the 2025 MotoGP season.As first reported by Motorsport.com last week, KTM announced it had signed Bastianini from Ducati and Vinales from Aprilia to join…
Honda agrees two-year MotoGP contract renewal with Joan Mir
Joan Mir will continue to ride for the factory Honda team until the end of the 2026 season after agreeing a contract renewal with the Japanese marque, Motorsport.com has learned.The development also means that the 2017 Moto3 and 2020 MotoGP champion will remain in the…
Fernandez not considering Moto2 return if 2025 MotoGP offers don’t come
Raul Fernandez has ruled out the prospect of returning to Moto2 in 2025 should he find himself without a MotoGP ride next year.The 2021 Moto2 runner-up has failed to deliver on the promise of his days in grand prix motorcycle racing’s feeder categories since stepping…
