2023

Ferrari have reportedly made big strides with the development of their 2024 F1 car, according to Italian media. 

Jonathan Rea says he has no intention of retiring anytime soon following his switch to Yamaha, but that in five years he hopes to have been replaced by younger talent in WorldSBK.

After Yamaha’s first winless season since 2003, Fabio Quartararo went into the winter break confident that the Japanese factory is changing to a more European ‘mentality’ of bike development.

The ruthless way that Helmut Marko judges up-and-coming drivers has been described by Daniil Kvyat, whose F1 journey almost ended before it began.

Mercedes will continue to supply Williams with engines until the end of the 2030 F1 season. 

While 2023 was Andrea Locatelli’s best season in WorldSBK, the Italian feels he could have achieved more.

Lando Norris has rubbished suggestions that his friendship with Max Verstappen leads him to race the F1 world champion differently to his other rivals.

Orelac Racing Verdnatura will not be on the 2024 WorldSBK grid after ending their participation with Kawasaki.

Tim Goss has quit his role at F1’s governing body the FIA, becoming the third senior figure to leave ahead of the new season. 

New riders, world champion’s moving teams and first-time circuits should add more drama and excitement to WorldSBK than ever before in 2024.

Alvaro Bautista says his worst moment of the 2023 WorldSBK season was his crash at Imola, a moment that reignited the championship fight.

One of Max Verstappen’s long-time sponsors has explained the decision to split from the reigning F1 world champion. 

One Ducati employee faces a unique challenge this year to work alongside both Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia.

Michael Schumacher’s personality powered him into becoming a Formula 1 legend, insists Franz Tost.

Daniel Ricciardo says he has “cut back on a lot of things” since securing a return to the F1 grid to ensure that racing remains “the priority”. 

Christian Horner has disagreed with arch nemesis Toto Wolff about the need to be present at every F1 race.

Marc Marquez exited Honda by claiming it was not “a bye bye”, it was a “see you later”.

Jonathan Rea says leaving Kawasaki for Yamaha ‘felt so strange’ but that becoming a seven-time WorldSBK champion was behind his decision.

F1 has just experienced its quietest ‘silly season’ in history, but that could all change in the coming months. 

Scott Redding believes Toprak Razgatlioglu’s unique riding style could serve BMW well in their bid to move closer to the front of WorldSBK.

Lewis Hamilton is set to be granted one of his biggest requests by Mercedes after early design details of the team’s 2024 F1 car emerged. 

Six-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea says swapping Kawasaki for Yamaha ‘was always going to be a big change’, but that his insecurities have already gone.

Aston Martin’s 2024 F1 car is reportedly set to be “very different” and feature radical changes from last season.

Javi Ortiz is the only engineer that will follow Marc Marquez from Honda to Ducati, but who is the man that calls the six-time MotoGP champion his ‘little brother’?