Motorsports
Marquez Mayhem
Marc Marquez rules chaotic German GP, just 10 finish in wild race
SACHSENRING, GERMANY — Marc Marquez marked his 200th MotoGP start with a dominant win in Germany on Sunday, pulling off a clean sweep after also winning the Saturday sprint. It was his seventh win of the 2025 season — and his fourth in a row — giving him a commanding lead in the championship at the halfway mark.
Starting from pole at the notoriously tricky Sachsenring, Marquez never looked back, finishing over six seconds ahead of the field. His brother, Alex Marquez, overcame a fractured hand to take second, while Ducati teammate and 2023 champ Francesco Bagnaia rounded out the podium.
Only 10 riders made it to the finish — the lowest number since the 2011 Australian GP — after a string of crashes knocked out much of the field. Eight riders failed to finish, and three others didn’t even start due to injuries from earlier in the weekend.
“It’s been a perfect weekend,” Marc said. “I came in with three straight wins and now it’s four. Confidence is really high.”
With 11 races done in a 22-race season, Marc now leads the standings by 83 points over Alex and 147 over Bagnaia.
Alex, who was celebrating his 100th MotoGP start, thanked the medical team for getting him race-ready after fracturing his left hand just two weeks ago.
Carnage at Sachsenring
Despite sunny weather replacing Saturday’s rain, the race turned into one of the most attritional of the year. Riders went down one after another, many at Turn 1 — including Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and Johann Zarco. Even early contenders like Pedro Acosta and Miguel Oliveira crashed out.
Bezzecchi’s crash came while he was trying to chase down Marquez, who had already built a solid four-second lead by that point.
KTM-Tech3 teammates Maverick Vinales (fractured shoulder) and Enea Bastianini (appendicitis) were ruled out before Sunday. Franco Morbidelli also missed the race after a nasty crash in Saturday’s sprint.
The MotoGP action continues next weekend in Brno, Czechia, where Jorge Martin is expected to make a comeback. The reigning champion has yet to finish a race this season due to multiple injuries but hopes to finally turn things around.
“Imagine a scooter faster than your car—160 km/h on EDSA. Would you ride it, or would you run from it?”
If this hits our roads, it’s either the coolest thing you’ll see this year… or the quickest way to trend on Facebook for all the wrong reasons.
UK-based Bo is building the Bo M Turbo, an electric scooter aiming to break the world speed record at over 160 km/h. That’s faster than most cars in Metro Manila traffic—if you can even reach full throttle before hitting a jeepney.
The Turbo packs a 24kW dual-motor system, a 1.8kWh battery, Formula 1-inspired cooling, and quad-piston disc brakes. It even has a power-to-weight ratio higher than a Bugatti Veyron.
Bo’s team includes former Formula 1 and Bloodhound Land Speed Record engineers. They’re taking the Turbo to Bonneville Speed Week in Utah to prove it’s the fastest scooter in the world.
Built for Speed, Priced for the Rich
- Top speed: 160+ km/h
- Range: Up to 241 km at cruising speed (28 km/h)
- Price: Around $29,500 (~₱1.7M)
Not exactly a GrabBike replacement—this is for someone with a Mercedes-AMG in the garage who wants a smaller toy.
The Cheaper Option
Bo also sells the Model M for about ₱94,000, with a 35 km/h top speed and 48 km range. Good for city commutes without scaring pedestrians.
Would you ride a 160 km/h scooter in Manila, or should it stay on the race track?
Spain’s Alex Palou clinched his third consecutive IndyCar season title — and fourth in five years — after finishing third at the Portland Grand Prix on Sunday. The race win went to Australia’s Will Power, with Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard in second.
Palou joins Ted Horn, Sébastien Bourdais, and Dario Franchitti as the only drivers in series history to win three straight championships. The 28-year-old now sits third on the all-time title list, behind A.J. Foyt’s 10 and Scott Dixon’s six.
“This has been an amazing season, an amazing five years with Chip Ganassi Racing,” Palou said. “I couldn’t be happier. I tried everything to overtake Lundgaard but couldn’t make it today.”
With 626 points — 151 clear of Pato O’Ward — Palou secured the title with two races left. O’Ward’s hopes ended early after an electrical failure on lap 21 left him eight laps down, forcing him to settle for 25th place, his worst finish of the season.
Palou’s 2025 campaign has delivered eight wins, including the Indianapolis 500, and he still has a chance to match the single-season record of 10 victories with Milwaukee and Nashville remaining.
Power’s triumph was his second straight and 45th career win. “It’s a big win for the team. We’ve had a rough year, but this one was hard-fought,” he said.
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team delivered a flawless performance at Rally Finland, achieving a rare top-five finish lockout led by hometown hero Kalle Rovanperä in the GR YARIS Rally1.
Rovanperä and co-driver Jonne Halttunen claimed their first home win after years of near-misses, controlling the rally from the opening stage on Friday and securing 10 stage wins, including the Power Stage. They set a new FIA WRC record for fastest average speed at 129.9 km/h, taking maximum points.
Takamoto Katsuta finished second, holding off defending champions Sébastien Ogier and Vincent Landais by 5.9 seconds. Elfyn Evans placed fourth, reclaiming the championship lead, while Sami Pajari sealed fifth in one of his strongest Rally1 drives.
The result marked only the second time in WRC history a single manufacturer claimed the top five spots, the last being Lancia in 1990.
Toyota also dominated WRC2, with Roope Korhonen winning in a GR Yaris Rally2 ahead of TGR-WRT Team Principal Jari-Matti Latvala.
Chairman Akio Toyoda praised the crews for “returning the favour” to their home base of Jyväskylä. Deputy Team Principal Juha Kankkunen called it “an unbelievable result,” noting it took him 11 years to win his home rally compared to Rovanperä’s quick triumph.
With its eighth victory in nine events this season, TGR-WRT extended its manufacturers’ lead to 87 points, setting the tone for the remaining five rallies.
