Carlos Sainz won his fourth Dakar Rally title with victory in Saudi Arabia. The 61-year-old Spaniard, father of Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz Jr, ended one hour, 20 minutes and 25 seconds ahead of Belgian Guillaume de Mevius. Sainz also won the Dakar Rally in 2010, 2018 and 2020, with this latest victory breaking his …

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Francesco Bagnaia believes there is a clear reason why he could only manage fifth place in the Valencia MotoGP Sprint, reducing his points lead ahead of Sunday’s title decider. After rebounding impressively from 15th on Friday to outqualify rival Jorge Martin with a front-row start, Bagnaia was muscled back to fifth on the opening lap. While Martin carved …

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Former Suzuki MotoGP technical manager Ken Kawauchi is making his first appearance in Honda colours during a private test at Jerez. As technical manager of the GSX-RR project, Kawauchi oversaw seven wins and one world title from the bike’s 2014 debut until Suzuki’s shock exit at the end of last year. Rumours that Kawauchi would not be settling …

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McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown has revealed his one niggling frustration about his star driver Lando Norris – his punctuality. Norris has emerged as one of the hottest prospects on the F1 grid, leading McLaren to tie him down to a long-term contract to ward off interest from rival teams. But Norris’s unquestionable talent does not mean the 23-year-old …

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Lewis Hamilton has signed a two-year deal with Mercedes that will keep him with the team until the end of the 2023 season. Hamilton’s two-year contract extension will see him contest his 10th and 11th seasons with the Brackley-based team and continue into F1’s new era of regulations starting from 2022. The seven-time world champion …

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MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo says victories in Qatar and Portimao were the stand-out moments of the season so far. MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo rates his early 2021 victories in Qatar and Portimao as the stand-out moment of the season so far, for different reasons. The Losail win, in the second of the back-to-back season-openers, was his …

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Marc Marquez produces a sensational ride to keep unbeaten race winning record at Sachsenring intact, with first MotoGP victory since Valencia 2019. Marc Marquez has taken his first MotoGP win since returning to the sport following a broken right shoulder in July 2020. The victory in Sachsenring means Marquez also extends his unbeaten race winning record …

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Max Verstappen rues missed chance in F1 title race. Verstappen was frustrated to have missed out on the opportunity to extend his championship lead over Formula 1 title rival Lewis Hamilton at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Verstappen had been on course for a dominant victory in Baku as he led a Red Bull 1-2 in the closing …

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Marc Marquez says it is ‘admirable’ Valentino Rossi still wants to compete in MotoGP but adds, ‘When I can no longer fight for wins, I will stop. I am not made to race for 15th position”. Marc Marquez says it is ‘admirable’ that Valentino Rossi still wants to race in MotoGP, but ‘different mentalities’ between the sport’s biggest stars means the …

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Petronas SRT’s Valentino Rossi says he was “too conservative” on his final lap in MotoGP French Grand Prix qualifying and admits an earlier moment affected him in the last sector. The Italian made his first Q2 appearance since the start of the 2021 season at Le Mans, with both he and teammate Franco Morbidelli gambling …

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Lewis Hamilton’s “exceptional” performances have become his regular standard in Formula 1, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. The seven-time world champion pulled off a pair of spectacular overtakes on Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas as he recovered from a difficult start to claim the 97th victory of his F1 career at last weekend’s Portuguese …

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‘We were so excited to see Marc [Marquez] for the first time this year’ – HRC Director Tetsuhiro Kuwata; following the eight-time world champion’s seventh place finish on MotoGP return. Marc Marquez made an impressive return to MotoGP following nine months away on Sunday as he finished seventh at Portimao. Having made a great start from …

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As Formula 1 heads to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, the events of the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix remain long in the memory. Ahead of this weekend’s race at Imola, We takes a look back at that tragic weekend and the impact it had on the sport.   The events of 1994 changed …

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Lewis Hamilton has joked he will be “grey” by the end of the 2021 F1 season but says he is “super excited” about the prospect of a year-long title battle with Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton has joked he will be “grey” by the end of the 2021 Formula 1 season but says he is “super excited” about …

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Valentino Rossi and his team have been pouring over Yamaha data since a disappointing debut race for Petronas in Qatar last Sunday, will ‘try to follow another way’ in this weekend’s second round. Valentino Rossi wasn’t the only Yamaha rider to struggle with rear tyre wear in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP, but he was the worst affected by it. The Italian …

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Pol Espargaro admits debut Repsol Honda MotoGP test was a stressful experience, but sets fast lap times and declares ‘my riding style fits’. Announced as a Repsol Honda MotoGP rider in July last year, Pol Espargaro has had a long time to imagine what his first laps on an RC213V would be like. But the lengthy wait also …

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Valentino Rossi has been officially presented as a Petronas Yamaha rider, appearing with team-mate and reigning MotoGP title runner-up Franco Morbidelli at the team’s online launch. The only rider on the older A-Spec Yamaha, Morbidelli enjoyed a breakthrough 2020 season with his first MotoGP podiums, pole positions and race wins (three) on the way to second overall behind …

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New Red Bull signing Sergio Perez says that he’s hopeful that he and team mate Max Verstappen can combine to give Mercedes “a hard time” in 2021, following his first outing in the team’s RB16B challenger at Silverstone. 2021 marks the first time since 2018 that Red Bull will start the season with a line-up of drivers …

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The Ducati Team has presented its 2021 MotoGP livery to be used by the new rider line-up of Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia, during an online launch. The usual red livery remains, although Lenovo has become ‘title partner’. There have been bigger changes in terms of the rider line-up, with Ducati changing both its factory team riders for the first time since joining MotoGP in 2003. Previously, …

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Carlos Sainz expects to be playing “a lot of catch up” to new Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc during the early part of the 2021 Formula 1 season. After playing a crucial role in helping McLaren clinch third place in the constructors’ championship last year, the Spaniard has moved to Ferrari to partner Leclerc at the Scuderia on a two-year …

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After an unprecedented 2020 campaign, Formula 1 is gearing up to embark on a new season in 2021.  While much will remain the same, there are still a number of changes coming to the F1 grid this year. Driver switches  The most obvious changes come in the shape of the drivers, with a flurry of …

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Crash.net’s Lewis Larkam takes a look at the areas Sergio Perez must deliver in order to meet Red Bull’s expectations and ensure he avoids a similar fate to his predecessors… Sergio Perez has been handed a deserved Formula 1 lifeline by Red Bull, and there are reasons to suggest that he can thrive where his predecessors …

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