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The Belgian WRT team has confirmed the switch to BMW for its 2023 GT3 programmes as it began testing with a roster of drivers including bike legend Valentino Rossi.

Formula 1's first Singapore Grand Prix since 2019 took a while to get underway, but once it did it produced a multitude of talking points. Here the 10 things we learned from the Singapore GP, both on and off the circuit.

After his podium in the Copper X-Prix Extreme E race in Chile, Nasser Al-Attiyah gives his take on the series and his future in both Extreme E and Dakar.

George Russell says Mercedes "had to try something" with his unsuccessful gamble to switch from intermediate to slick tyres during Formula 1's wet-dry Singapore GP.

Kalle Rovanpera’s coronation as the new World Rally Championship king had been a long time coming, only to be postponed by hiccups in Belgium and Greece. But at Rally New Zealand the “Full Send” Finn demonstrated exactly how he's been able to rewrite the rallying record book as he stormed to victory to become the youngest ever world champion

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira feels it was a positive to have been forced into “attack mode” throughout the wet MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix as it meant he was “never relaxed”.

Cadillac has revealed the driver line-up for its attack on next year’s World Endurance Championship with its new LMDh prototype.

Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo has expressed interest in making a wildcard outing in the DTM after attending the Red Bull Ring round last month.

Yamaha admits it is “very unclear” on what led to Fabio Quartararo’s disastrous Thailand Grand Prix, which saw him struggle to 17th in the wet MotoGP race.

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl says the team isn't getting carried away by jumping Alpine in the standings after Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix as the fight for fourth remains an "open battle".

Alister McRae believes his late brother Colin McRae would have looked on with amazement at seeing Kalle Rovanpera eclipse his record as youngest ever world rally champion.

Wayne Taylor Racing has announced Louis Deletraz will be its third driver for the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship season alongside regular pairing Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor.

Sergio Perez took victory at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix from Charles Leclerc, but only after a stewards investigation which delayed the result for two hours after the race.

Pierre Gasly has hit out at his AlphaTauri team for throwing away a decent points haul in Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix with a bad strategy call.

A testing return to the Singapore Grand Prix in tricky conditions created plenty of hazards and mistakes for the Formula 1 drivers to fall into. That partly explains a number of low scores, including from a handful of high profile runners, allowing others to take a starring role under the floodlights

Marc Marquez admits the MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix being run in wet conditions “saved my life” as it made the race less physical for his recovering right arm.

Toyota’s Esapekka Lappi says Kalle Rovanpera’s World Rally Championship success is a big moment for rallying, and hopes his team-mate can become the WRC’s answer to Max Verstappen.

The British Racing and Sports Car Club has become the first UK organiser to launch a circuit racing series for electric-powered cars, after revealing its new Formula Foundation-E single-seater category.

In a marathon Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Sergio Perez’s victory was only assured hours after the race due to a stewards investigation. Throughout the contest the Red Bull driver impressively held off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in changing conditions to see the Mexican pull out enough of an advantage to negate his post-race penalty

Chase Elliott profited from an Erik Jones shove on the final lap to beat Ryan Blaney to win the NASCAR Cup race at Talladega and book his place in the next stage of the playoffs.

Aston Martin is surprised it has been linked to a potential Formula 1 cost cap breach in 2021, as it has not been told the outcome of its discussions with the FIA yet.

Red Bull says it remains "absolutely confident" that it was below Formula 1’s cost cap limit last year, ahead of Wednesday’s crunch announcement from the FIA.

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Lewis Hamilton says that he won’t punish himself for the mistake that ruined his Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc admitted he was surprised how Sergio Perez could pull so far clear in the closing stages of Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix after breaking free of DRS range.

Sergio Perez has kept his Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix victory despite receiving a penalty and a reprimand for two separate safety car rule infringements.

Sergio Perez blamed a "miscommunication" with the safety car for being investigated for breaching the rules on his way to victory in Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto believes Sergio Perez could face two penalties for not keeping within 10 car lengths of the safety car during the Singapore Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen says encountering anti-stall during his start for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix after releasing the clutch led to his poor getaway off the line.

Charles Leclerc closed the gap on Max Verstappen’s lead in the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship after scoring second place in the Singapore Grand Prix, but he has winner Sergio Perez now right behind him in the standings.

Sergio Perez says he doesn’t understand why he’s facing a stewards investigation for a Formula 1 safety car infringement after taking victory in the Singapore Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez beat Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc in an action-packed 2022 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen made major errors in the pack.

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay on Sunday, a rain-delayed Formula 1 race punctuated by safety cars for multiple crashes and breakdowns.

Williams Formula 1 driver Nicholas Latifi has received a five-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after his collision with Zhou Guanyu in Singapore.

Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro says he “couldn’t avoid” the collision with Brad Binder which netted him a long lap penalty in Sunday’s MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix.

Francesco Bagnaia credits his third-place finish in the wet MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix to a pep talk his Ducati team-mate Jack Miller gave him ahead of the race.

The start of Formula 1's 2022 Singapore Grand Prix has been delayed after torrential rain hit the island city just over an hour before the race's scheduled beginning.

One of Formula 1's modern classics, the Singapore Grand Prix has returned to the calendar after three years away.

What happens, asks MATT KEW, if the old adage of win on a Sunday, sell on a Monday is no longer true for F1 manufacturers?

Johann Zarco has revealed Ducati has issued instructions for all Ducati riders to heed while battling 2022 MotoGP title hope Francesco Bagnaia.

Lando Norris says taking risks in the drying Q3 session was the key to qualifying sixth for the Singapore Grand Prix rather than any inherent performance in his McLaren Formula 1 car.

KTM’s Miguel Oliveira won a tense wet MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix as Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo’s championship lead has been slashed to two points after he struggled to 17th.

Beitske Visser took her first W Series win of the season in Singapore to keep the title battle alive, as Jamie Chadwick dramatically crashed out.

George Russell will start the Singapore Grand Prix from the pitlane after taking a full set of new Mercedes power unit elements.

Mercedes thinks it has unlocked a "big chunk" of car performance for its 2023 Formula 1 design, as it aims to get itself back to the front of the grid.

Kalle Rovanpera says he is proud to make World Rally Championship history by becoming the category's youngest ever champion.

Fernando Alonso said he could “dream big” and target a Formula 1 podium after qualifying fifth for the Singapore GP.

Dennis Foggia kept his title hopes alive with victory in the Moto3 Thailand Grand Prix, as Tony Arbolino was declared a first-time winner in Moto2 after rain ended proceedings early.