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Repsol Honda have confirmed the signing of Pol Espargaro, who will become the team-mate for Marc Marquez in the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Espargaro, 29, will leave Red Bull KTM Factory Racing to partner six-time premier class champion Marquez from next year. The signing means Marquez’s brother, Alex, has had his …

The paddock seemed to be split again pre-race as some drivers were absent as Hamilton led the protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Finland’s Bottas remains top of the drivers standings after winning last weekend’s opening race of the season.               …

Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc were early retirements from the Styrian Grand Prix after the Ferrari pair collided on the opening lap. Leclerc attempted to go down the inside of Vettel at turn three but bounced up off the kerb and his left rear wheel damaged the German’s rear wing. …

Fernando Alonso will be back in Formula One next season after agreeing to return with Renault. Alonso quit F1 in 2018, but has agreed to replace Daniel Ricciardo in 2021, with the Australian driver on his way to McLaren. Two-time F1 world champion Alonso, who turns 39 this month, will …

Lewis Hamilton made a strong start to the 2020 Formula One season by topping the timesheets as both free practice sessions finished with a Mercedes one-two. In an all-black car and wearing a helmet adorned with the words “Still we rise” and “Black Lives Matter” as he and Mercedes made …

Lewis Hamilton will begin the defence of his Formula One drivers’ title four months later than initially planned as the 2020 campaign belatedly gets under way with the Austrian Grand Prix. The season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne was cancelled in March while teams were at the circuit during raceweek …

Lewis Hamilton has urged Formula One to “seize the day” and make meaningful change in the fight for inclusivity and equality as Mercedes revealed all-black livery in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. The German manufacturer has switched from their traditional Silver Arrows design for the delayed 2020 season, …

Renault and Formula One star Daniel Ricciardo said “being silent is part of the problem” in the fight against racism. There have been widespread protests in the United States and across the world after George Floyd – an African-American man – died while in police custody in Minneapolis on May …

On Sunday afternoon, someone reportedly snuck into the Talladega Garage and left a noose in Bubba Wallace’s stall. Wallace, who is the only Black full-time driver in NASCAR, did not see the noose himself, but a member of his No. 43 team reported the incident as soon as they saw …

Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell is to leave his post next month, the Formula One team have announced. Cowell has been instrumental in the cars that have dominated F1 over the past half a dozen seasons. Mercedes have won the constructors’ championship in each of the past six years and …