Jonathan Rea is the most accomplished WorldSBK racer of all time with six world championships and 119 race victories, but is highly motivated in his new development role with Honda.

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took an incredible pole position in qualifying for the Gran Premio Red Bull de Espana at the Jerez circuit, taking to the top in a last dash with teammate Marc Marquez unable to depose him on his last lap. Pedrosa was fastest on Friday and...

BMW factory driver John Edwards joined a small fraternity of Americans to sample DTM machinery when he was invited to test one of the brand's M4s earlier this month in Spain.The 2009 Atlantic Championship title winner, who races for BMW Team RLL in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, was incorporated into...

Ducati's Andrea Iannone says he needs a solution to the wheelspin problem that plagued him during practice for MotoGP's Spanish Grand Prix.While Ducati took the fight to Honda and Yamaha during the flyaway races to start the campaign, it was not a factor on Friday at Jerez. Both of its...

Matthieu Vaxiviere and 16-year-old Vladimir Atoev will race for Formula Renault 3.5 V8 newcomer Spirit of Race in 2016. The announcement was made by Russian bank SMP during an unveiling of its forthcoming racing sponsorship plans in Moscow.Former Lotus Formula 1 junior driver and Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up Vaxiviere ensured...

Aspar Ducati MotoGP rider Eugene Laverty has undergone successful surgery after his Jerez test crash, and also been diagnosed with additional fractures.Laverty was immediately discovered to have fractured his left wrist, dislocated his right shoulder and sustained a blow to the head when he had a violent crash at the...

Valentino Rossi says he needs to improve his practice form from this weekend's Catalunya Grand Prix if he is to fend off Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo's 2015 MotoGP title challenge.Rossi won two of the opening three rounds to build an early advantage at the head of the standings, but Lorenzo...

As striking as Red Bull's 'camouflage' livery was at Jerez, it is by no means the first time a team has opted to run a unique colour scheme during winter testing. We look back through the archives at some of the most unusual and memorable liveries to have appeared over...

As ever with pre-season testing, reading too much into the timesheets - particularly after just four days of running at Jerez - can often be misleading, as differing objectives and priorities blur the picture of which teams have hit the ground running in 2015.But while there is still an awful...

Related StoriesDaniel Ricciardo insists he expected Red Bull's first 2015 Formula 1 test to be compromised, after a Renault engine change disrupted his running at Jerez on Tuesday.The need to switch to a fresh Renault V6 limited Ricciardo to 49 laps on the third day of 2015 F1 activity, while...