2018

Maverick Viñales labelled the first day of free practice at the Japanese Grand Prix as “really positive,” as he and fellow Yamaha runner Johann Zarco showed good speed, before ending FP1 inside the top five.

Lewis Hamilton says he is “100 percent” convinced that Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, will make it all the way to Formula 1.

‘Competitive’ and ‘strong’ were two words used by MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez to describe his feelings during the first session of free practice at Motegi, but the 25-year old remains particularly wary of the threat posed by Andrea Dovizioso.

Cal Crutchlow opened up second fastest at Motegi in Japan as the British rider slotted in behind Andrea Dovizioso on the FP1 times. Crutchlow opted not to venture out in the wet afternoon session on his LCR Honda and ended the day only 0.105s down on the factory Ducati rider.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says radical Formula 1 format experiments will never improve the competitiveness and show aspects of the sport as long as teams have huge performance advantages.

MotoGP Legend Freddie Spencer is to assume part of the role of Mike Webb by becoming Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel. Webb is currently both Race Director and Chairman of the panel.

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso laid down an early marker on Friday at Motegi and the Italian rider is feeling confident he can continue in the same vein.

Oliver Rowland is running in the final day of pre-season Formula E testing for Nissan in place of Alexander Albon, as links of a Toro Rosso Formula 1 switch intensify.

Fernando Alonso has revealed who he believes are the top five greatest Formula 1 world champions in the history of the sport, ruling himself out of the equation.

Jorge Lorenzo will miss this weekend's Japanese MotoGP after trying his injured left wrist in opening practice at Motegi.

Aleix Espargaro says it was a case of job done during opening practice at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Japan as he slotted into the top ten.

Johann Zarco made a strong start to free practice at the Japanese MotoGP on Friday as the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider hailed a ‘good day’ in the Far East. Zarco went third fastest in FP1 in the dry with a best time of 1m 45.483s, which was 0.125s back on Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso.

Luke Mossey will move to the OMG Suzuki squad for the 2019 Bennetts British Superbike championship after confirming his split from JG Speedfit Kawasaki earlier this week.

Jack Miller believes there is still more to come from both himself and his Pramac Ducati GP17 after showing strongly in both of Friday’s MotoGP free practice sessions at Motegi.

Danilo Petrucci fears he has lost a whole day of set-up work after a 'gamble' backfired during Friday practice for the Japanese MotoGP.

Free Practice (2) results from the Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

He may have left it late but Dani Pedrosa topped the second MotoGP free practice session at Motegi with Scott Redding and Danilo Petrucci second and third.

Free Practice (2) results from the Japanese Moto3 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

Free Practice (1) results from the Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

Dovizioso leads a dry opening practice for the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi, ahead of Crutchlow and Zarco.

There were contrasting fortunes for Ducati riders Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo during opening MotoGP practice at Motegi.

Free Practice (1) results from the Japanese Moto3 Grand Prix, round 16 of 19.

- The main driver news coming out of Thursday at the Circuit of The Americas was confirmation that Sergio Perez has re-signed with Force India for the 2019 season.

Valtteri Bottas says remaining at Mercedes for 2020 is ‘going to completely up to me’ as he focuses on maintaining his upward trends in performances for the end of the season to help the German manufacturer seals both Formula 1 world titles.