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Button is due to get his first taste of the modified Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Daytona International Speedway’s road course on Tuesday. As part of a joint effort between NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports, Automobile Club de l’Ouest, IMSA and Goodyear, the 2009 Formula 1 world champion will share the Next Gen-based Chevy with Mike Rockenfeller and Jimmie Johnson in the centenary edition of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mpZvGf1 via IFTTT

The Jaguar driver felt that a podium at the very least was in the offing but was denied at the line by Rene Rast, who had defended third place despite running out of energy by the final corner. Although Bird had mounted an earlier overtaking effort on the German, he went straight on at Turn 18 and had to concede the position back to Rast. Following the safety car brought out on lap 28 for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NdeD8ut via IFTTT

A deal to restructure the Renault-Nissan alliance gives Nissan more ability to do what it wants but for the French automaker the benefits of the revamp are potentially quite limited. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/baofCnt via IFTTT

Rahal called the opening race of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship “a good start for us” despite the two BMW M Team RLL entries in the GTP class suffering significant delays on the way to sixth and ninth positions. “I have to say that the testing was not easy, but after the Roar [pre-event test and qualifying weekend] I got confident, as there was reliability there as well as ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ImvGSZc via IFTTT

The Chevrolet squad went public with a number of key details for its 2023 programme today including the engineering line-ups. Winterbottom and Pye will continue with the same race engineers as 2022 with Manuel Sanchez working with the former and Richard Hollway with the latter. Pye will also have consistency in terms of his data engineer with Mark Sylvester staying on, while Julia McGarry ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9FJY8Qj via IFTTT

It has also prompted many industries to evaluate the impact that advancement in AI technology will have on them in the next few years – both in terms of how it can be successfully exploited, and where it could also replace humans. Formula 1 doesn’t escape this, with teams already using AI across a wide range of its activities – including car setups, development directions ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ckSBGAo via IFTTT

The 2022 MotoGP season concluded with Francesco Bagnaia and Ducati claiming an historic title, ending a 15-year wait for the Italian manufacturer as Bagnaia became the first rider ever to overturn a 91-point deficit to claim the championship. Last year marked the end of a period of reasonable stability for MotoGP, with 2023 ushering in one of the biggest wholesale changes seen for many years as ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H7qjn0m via IFTTT

Haas will unveil the livery for its 2023 car, the VF-23, on Tuesday, and has set its sights on a more consistent and stable season following an eventful 2022 campaign. The team cut ties with driver Nikita Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali on the eve of the new campaign following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but saw its on-track fortunes take an upturn as it rejoined the midfield ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tLkNTby via IFTTT

Under the rebalancing, the automakers will increase their cooperation on EVs and launch new projects in Latin America, India and Europe. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/TJb4UHk via IFTTT

Whereas once the key to aerodynamic performance lay in wings and other aero surfaces, now more downforce as an overall percentage can be found through exploiting the underside of the car to maximum effect. When considering the floor, we're not only talking about the visible upper surface. We also have to factor in the underfloor which, from 2022 onwards, has taken on a much more in-depth design ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Nd6qDWl via IFTTT

Audi announced in August last year that it will be entering F1 in works capacity on the advent of new engine regulations in 2026, amid a boom in the world championship's popularity across the world. This was followed by the news in October that Sauber, which currently operates as Alfa Romeo Racing, will become its “strategic partner” and use its Hinwil facility to build the chassis. At ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I1e9dEj via IFTTT

Red Bull swept to its first championship double since 2013 last year as it wrapped up both titles with more than a month to spare. Max Verstappen won a record 15 races en route to his second F1 drivers’ championship, while Sergio Perez’s pair of victories and biggest season points haul to date aided Red Bull in securing the constructors’ title. Although Ferrari put up a serious ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dBR3QWf via IFTTT

Westbrook was speaking with over six hours remaining, having just exited the third-placed #02 car – which is running as a one-off entry by Chip Ganassi Racing before embarking on a full-time World Endurance Championship campaign. “There’s just a really interesting strategy going on out there,” he told NBC Peacock. “We’ve got a tyre allocation this year which is new, so we’re ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SofFCHL via IFTTT

Many dealers say high retail prices and rising interest rates create a one-two punch that will further discourage consumers concerned about affordability and potentially shut more of them out of the used-vehicle market. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/QHEFR8C via IFTTT

The MSR team that had been the class of the field suffered technical drama shortly after the midway point of the race, with the engine cover of the #60 Acura ARX-06 having to be taken off during a full-course yellow due to a suspected gearbox leak. This dropped Simon Pagenaud down to third when the race went back to green, but the 2016 IndyCar champion made quick work of Pipo Derani in the #31 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3BHhiSR via IFTTT

The Belgian was set for a points finish before a late tumble into 11th as Dan Ticktum made his way past to secure the final point of the Saturday race. It proved irrelevant as Vandoorne was burdened with 24s added to his race time for failing to use both attack mode activations and dropped to the bottom of the race classification. Explaining the issue, the reigning champion recalled that he ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gSOt8Fx via IFTTT

The timing of the change of team principal, during the critical busy winter period when big decisions are made, meant the Prancing Horse could not avoid a bit of uncertainty until replacement Fred Vasseur got his feet inside Maranello at the start of January. After a fortnight getting to know better the inner-workings of the team, this ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/WwpucFU via IFTTT

The #60 Acura ARX-05 was second for the restart after the fourth full-course caution of the race, which came early in the seventh hour when the LMP2 class-leading #11 TDS Racing ORECA of Steven Thomas picked up damage in an incident at the Bus Stop chicane. Castroneves lined up alongside the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac of Pipo Derani when the race went back to green, but locked his rears ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3hzfZBx via IFTTT

The economy and supply concerns weigh on automakers—and fewer are using the game to push electric vehicles. Ford CEO Jim Farley “If you ever see Ford Motor Co. doing a Super Bowl ad on our electric vehicles, sell the stock.” from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/XlUoLKh via IFTTT

Sam Bird kicked off the more representative times of the session with a 1m12.163s, but the pace quickly escalated as the drivers shook off the morning cobwebs and began their runs in earnest. Friday's polesitter Sebastien Buemi then collected a 1m11.620s, which was quickly knocked off the top by the NIO 333 pairing of Sergio Sette Camara and Ticktum. Antonio Felix da Costa, who was caught up ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vnUPs5K via IFTTT

The Briton scored his first Formula E podium in over a year after a trying 2021-22 season and had led the majority of the race's first two-thirds, but was powerless to resist Pascal Wehrlein's lap 30 overtake for the lead. Despite a deficit to the Porsche-powered cars of Wehrlein and Andretti's Jake Dennis in the race, Bird scored a comfortable third-place finish having been on form since ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BxQUyra via IFTTT

The ex-Formula 1 and current IndyCar star is making his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut this weekend with the Iron Lynx team in the GTD Pro class, sharing a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo2 with Mirko Bortolotti, Andrea Caldarelli and Jordan Pepper. It follows the news last month that Grosjean will be part of the Italian brand's twin attack on IMSA and the FIA World Endurance Championship with a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BLuw23j via IFTTT

The South African was named as Robin Frijns' replacement at the Abt team for the foreseeable future while the Dutchman recovers from his hand and wrist fractures sustained in a collision with Norman Nato in Mexico. Although DTM race winner van der Linde spent time in the simulator preparing for his first race in Formula E, he only had two practice sessions in the real car ahead of qualifying ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8oMfcbV via IFTTT

The scenario facing Martin Donnelly when he arrived at Brands Hatch for the 1989 International Formula 3000 round wasn’t too dissimilar to the one he’d been presented with the previous year. As in 1988, when he was readying for his debut in the Formula 1 feeder series with Eddie Jordan Racing, the Ulsterman had no points to his name after a series of mishaps had blighted his expected 1989 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4EleV28 via IFTTT

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz both won races for Ferrari last year, but it was Leclerc who finished second in the championship, 62 points clear of Sainz, who admitted he struggled to adapt to the Ferrari F1-75 car as quickly as his team-mate. Talk of team orders between Leclerc and Sainz emerged as early as round four at Imola last season after Leclerc forged an early lead at the top of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bDvT4Is via IFTTT

Aitken has spent the past three years as reserve driver for Williams, and made his first grand prix start in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix deputising for George Russell, who in turn replaced a COVID-19-struck Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. He maintained his relationship with the Grove-based squad even after ending his full-time single-seater career in 2021 in favour of a switch to endurance racing ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/PwjSAQ6 via IFTTT

Although Maserati MSG showed well in pre-season testing, as Maximilian Guenther was a near-permanent fixture at the top of the timesheets at the Valencia circuit, the team came back to earth with a bump in Mexico. There, the team struggled to switch the tyres on in qualifying, and struggled to replicate its pace in December testing as it failed to trouble the scorers. Guenther finished 11th ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZYzy1Lk via IFTTT

Vasseur took over as Ferrari team principal earlier this month following Mattia Binotto’s departure in December, having overseen Sauber’s F1 operation for the previous five years. He joins a Ferrari team that has not won an F1 championship since 2008, and saw its early promise in 2022 fade through the season. As well as losing ground on Red Bull in the development battle, Ferrari also ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/B40RK1u via IFTTT

GTP The Penske-run #7 Porsche 963 of Campbell was the first car to duck below the 1m36s barrier, turning a 1m35.802s after 20 minutes to eclipse the Cadillac V-LMDh cars of Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims by over 0.4s. Ricky Taylor moved up to also shade the Cadillacs, but was still over 0.33s off top spot. His full-time partner Albuquerque cut the deficit back to 0.172s with half an hour to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BRTQPFV via IFTTT

Hyundai increased dividends in an unusual move for the automaker, after operating profit more than doubled in the latest quarter. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/THCPelw via IFTTT

Although it didn’t appear in the first Formula 1 world championship in 1950, as Ferrari did, the legend of the Silver Arrows had already been forged before the Second World War. For this list, Autosport chief editor Kevin Turner assesses the amount of success the drivers scored with Mercedes, the impact they had on the team and the circumstances of their time there. Want to know more about ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xbP1goJ via IFTTT

FIA president Ben Sulayem tweeted at the start of the month that he wanted to explore the possibility of expanding the F1 grid by calling for expressions of interest from potential new teams.  This was soon followed by Andretti announcing a new partnership with General Motors to form Andretti Cadillac Racing and join the F1 grid in the future.  Andretti’s plans have so far been ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YbZXWnp via IFTTT

The Austrian manufacturer made its debut in MotoGP in 2017 and will be looking to mount a serious charge for the championship for the first time after ending 2022 fourth out of six in the constructors’ table. PLUS: How MotoGP’s underachiever is working to reverse its fortunes in 2023 KTM has refreshed its line-up at its factory squad for 2023, with four-time race winner Jack Miller ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QWsYFaC via IFTTT

Following the departure of Sauber CEO and Alfa Romeo F1 boss Frederic Vasseur to Ferrari in December, Sauber signed ex-McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl to take over as CEO. It was also confirmed at the time that Sauber - which operates the Alfa Romeo F1 team - would be splitting the roles, and was still looking for an F1 team chief. Sauber announced on Thursday that Alunni Bravi, who is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ufWp6Ns via IFTTT

Koji Sato will be Toyota's next president and CEO, as Akio Toyoda, grandson of the company’s founder, steps up to become chairman. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/nRYC46P via IFTTT

Magna International and VDL Nedcar have joined BYD as possible bidders for the Saarlouis plant in Germany, which will have no new model when Ford ends production of its Focus compact car there in 2025. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/rPXHjSI via IFTTT

For the second year in a row Autosport’s National Driver Rankings were headed by the Historic Formula Ford 1600 champion in 2022. And, again, the table-topper also excelled in several other machines. But, unlike last year’s conqueror Cam Jackson – who was already a well-established name at the forefront of historic motorsport with multiple titles under his belt – Samuel Harrison ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KzXaIpA via IFTTT

Rather than it being a side story to F1’s ongoing Netflix-era soap opera, it potentially marks the start of a change of dynamic in the way the championship is run. While in public there has long been a united front between FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, paddock regulars know that things have been different behind the scenes. Away from the spotlight of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/y8RKekz via IFTTT

Under the bill — an amendment of the Inflation Reduction Act — no credit would be available to any new EV that does not meet the critical mineral and battery sourcing requirements, effective retroactively as of Jan. 1. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/7Rv8h0j via IFTTT

The new enforced concept called for a total rethink, given the upper section of endplate had been eradicated and a contoured transition was needed to join with the mainplane and upper flap. The design constraints still allowed for numerous interpretations though, as teams sought to find a balance between the downforce they could generate, and the downside of drag ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4RrVG6E via IFTTT

The 40-year-old East Midlander has always been expected to be back with the Sunbury operation this year alongside 2022 team-mates Jake Hill and Colin Turkington plus team newcomer Adam Morgan as WSR expands to a four-car line-up. While Hill and Morgan have already been confirmed, four-time champion Turkington’s position is still yet to be officially announced. Jelley made a step forward in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tCvnHNf via IFTTT

The WRC has been working alongside the FIA to develop the future pathway for rallying’s top tier ever since the launch of the Rally1 hybrid rules last year. This has included a series of discussions with manufacturers already involved in the discipline and other marques not currently competing, to understand the required ruleset for 2025 onwards that will attract new brands to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wueM1zI via IFTTT

Labor representatives will meet with Ford's management on Saturday for the next stage of talks, with a decision on total job cuts expected by mid-February, the IG Metall union said. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/q8JolbT via IFTTT

Last year, in the wake of the controversy over the FIA's handling of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, motor racing's governing body elected a system whereby F1 race control was led by two different individuals. Wittich and Edoardo Freitas shared the race director role for much of the season, as the FIA took on board the lessons from what had gone on before. In the end, Wittich was assigned the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kNOPLpK via IFTTT

The young Brazilian-American, who was called up for two grands prix at the end of 2020 as replacement for the injured Romain Grosjean, will twin his reserve duties with Haas alongside his efforts for the Jota team in WEC’s LMP2 class. As part of his Haas responsibilities, Fittipaldi will likely get some test mileage – most likely in pre-season running in Bahrain and during Friday free ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tfdjqJP via IFTTT

Yamashita suffered an off at 130R at the wheel of his Rookie Racing Toyota GR Supra during the morning session as group testing for the 2023 season kicked off at the Japanese Grand Prix venue. However, the 2019 GT500 champion appeared to escape any serious injury in the accident, the cause of which remains unclear. A short statement from Rookie Racing posted on Twitter said that Yamashita ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3oLtTHI via IFTTT

Max Verstappen clinched the F1 title in Suzuka last year in the wake of Charles Leclerc being handed a five-second penalty for having cut the chicane and gaining an advantage on the final lap. Leclerc's demotion to third gave Verstappen an unassailable lead in the standings, but even the Red Bull driver was left unsure about the situation because he and his team had been under the impression ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XQH9Ia8 via IFTTT

Rowland and Rast came together at the Turn 5 hairpin with four laps remaining, and left the McLaren driver having to pull over at the side of the road on the exit of Turn 7 with broken suspension. This concluded a difficult return to the series for Rast, who rejoined Formula E after a year away following the departure of Audi at the end of 2020-21. Rast's recall of the incident suggested ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4MxRtkE via IFTTT

ZF will build the plant with Wolfspeed, a U.S. company that makes chips that can boost the range of EVs by as much as 15 percent with faster charging compared to conventional silicon chips, Bloomberg reported. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/Ztsrgex via IFTTT

Angela Lucas, 42, died from head injuries after the C1 she was driving in the four-hour race left the track and crashed into barriers at the opening Riches corner after being struck from behind by another competitor. An inquest heard she had been unsecured when she crashed, with Motorsport UK finding her safety harness had probably become accidentally unbuckled as she tried to correct her ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tksyrVL via IFTTT

Some areas of the cars required a deeper analysis to understand their implications – with perhaps one of the biggest being the shift in size of wheel rims from 13 to 18-inches. This change created a knock-on effect to the design of several other components, with the FIA making efforts to clamp down on the use of tricks that teams had used in the past to better manage airflow in this ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wv5Mieu via IFTTT

It was a Sunday evening in late November 2019. Richie Stanaway stood out the front of the Garry Rogers Motorsport garage in the Newcastle pitlane as cold beers were passed around to celebrate the end of team’s time in Supercars. With GRM pulling out, and following two difficult seasons in Supercars, it was hard to see Stanaway landing another full-time ride, at least in the short term. Surely ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qDR6spl via IFTTT

After starting his F1 career at Williams during its rebuild from its results nadir of 2018-2019, Russell’s move to Mercedes meant he slotted into an operation that had won the previous eight world constructors’ titles and produced the engines that power the works squad and its three customer teams. But as well as learning new and additional processes at Mercedes’ Brackley base, Russell ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6obDtnQ via IFTTT

The eight-time world champion produced a dominant performance on the Monte Carlo’s famous asphalt roads to take a comfortable 18.8s victory from reigning world champion and Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera. Ogier’s triumph makes him the most successful driver in the famous event’s history, as the 39-year-old pulled one victory clear of nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb’s record at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/eCxQIXs via IFTTT

McLaren failed to win at the start of the second ground-effects F1 era last year, with Norris achieving a sole team podium in the Emilia Romagna GP. The struggles with its MCL36 left the Woking outfit to take its first major competitive backwards step since the start of its Andreas Seidl-led recovery plan. From scoring third in the 2020 constructors’ ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JTa1Pgl via IFTTT

Ogier and new co-driver Vincent Landais clinched nine of the 18 stages in what proved to be an unusually dry WRC season opener to claim a comfortable win by 18.8s from world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen. Competing in only a partial campaign, Ogier once again outlined his supreme knowledge of the twisty Monte Carlo roads, and was never headed throughout the four days of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UeX67SD via IFTTT

Philippe Alliott, Julian Bailey, Gregor Foitek, Olivier Beretta, Max Papis. All share a unique feat: their one visit to an International Formula 3000 podium resulted in victory. That saves them from consideration for this list, ranking the best drivers to race in the main Formula 1 feeder series from 1985 to 2004 without standing on the top step of the podium. For some, their lack of an ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xVRSp9z via IFTTT

Only four of the 10 teams have an unchanged driver line-up - Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Alfa Romeo - meaning the remaining six will have spent much of this winter getting their new signing up to speed, learning the ropes and embedded within their team. But it will also leave drivers facing new dynamics to work with. Team-mate relationships are often in the spotlight in F1, especially when ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5P9ileS via IFTTT

Mathieu Jaminet was the first driver to set a representative time in damp conditions, getting down to a 1m46.370s in the #6 Porsche 963 with just 40 minutes remaining. He then pitted to hand off the Penske-run GTP car to Nick Tandy. The Briton worked down into the 1m47s, and reset the session benchmark to 1min46.206s before the return of rain with half an hour to go. The only other GTP ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7JOMZ4x via IFTTT

The eight-time Monte Carlo winner managed to stave off his charging Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera to extend his overall lead to 17.2 seconds with two stages remaining at the alpine asphalt classic. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville held onto third position despite suffering a half spin and hybrid issues during Sunday morning’s loop. The Belgian was 38.1s behind Ogier but comfortably clear of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HO7G9pk via IFTTT

Geoffrey Pohanka, the driving force behind NADA's "Guiding Principles on Evolving Business and the Dealer Franchise System," steps into the role of the group's council chair for 2023. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/CUw1IKH via IFTTT

Tesla CEO Elon Musk played down how much impact his tweets have on the company's stock price, defending himself at a trial over his 2018 tweet about taking the EV maker private. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/hgD5btB via IFTTT

Williams junior Sargeant will make his F1 debut in Bahrain after being handed a seat for 2023 alongside Alex Albon, becoming the first full-time American on the grid since Scott Speed in 2007. Sargeant was drafted in to replace Nicholas Latifi - who left Williams after three years - following an impressive rookie year in F2 that saw him take two wins and finish fourth in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9nC0Sfy via IFTTT

The introduction of new regulations by both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship have brought an unprecedented number of manufacturers to the top echelon of sportscar racing, with Porsche, Toyota, Peugeot, Ferrari, BMW, Cadillac, Acura, Lamborghini, Alpine and Glickenhaus all having confirmed factory programmes for the coming seasons. This has brought back much needed life to prototype ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7Kf8mBw via IFTTT

The Fausto Gresini-founded team enjoyed a breakout 2022 season with Enea Bastianini, who guided the squad to four victories and mounted an outside charge for the title for much of the year. Last year marked the first since 2014 where Gresini ran as a true independent team, having severed ties with Aprilia as its factory entrant at the end of 2021. Gresini’s success came in the wake of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/32y895L via IFTTT

The M-Sport driver was caught out by an ice patch on the final corner of the Le Fugeret - Thorame-Haute stage, the first test of the Saturday morning loop. Loubet’s Ford Puma slid wide after hitting the ice while crossing a bridge that marked the end of the 16.8km stage. The right-rear corner of the car clouted the barriers causing significant damage as it bent the right rear wheel and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6MIDhcy via IFTTT

Mark Hollmer most recently wrote about insurance and mortgage industry technology for Insurance Business America and Mortgage Professional America. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/cnKmiua via IFTTT

The Tesla CEO is scheduled to testify as early as Friday at the trial in San Francisco. In a pretrial ruling the judge handling the case determined Musk’s tweets were false and reckless – and instructed jurors to “assume” the same. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/60OLslR via IFTTT

The Woking outfit has expanded its racing operations considerably in recent years after fresh investment over the previous two years, starting with it taking a majority shareholding in the Schmidt Peterson Racing IndyCar team ahead of the 2020 season - which now races as Arrow McLaren. It has also diversified its interests by extending its reach into electric racing, setting up an Extreme E ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/31aIlS2 via IFTTT

Infiniti, Toyota, Ford and Chevy-Buick-GMC dealerships sell in deals across four states. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/SCDzK8n via IFTTT

F1 overhauled its technical ruleset for the 2022 season in a bid to reduce the amount of downforce lost when cars were following each other, allowing them to get closer and attempt more overtakes. The changes were widely praised by the F1 drivers, while Pirelli reported the number of overtakes in F1 had risen from 599 over the 2021 season to 785 last year. But attention is already moving ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/KcZTsdf via IFTTT

The W13 came to be most closely associated with the porpoising problem that impacted every F1 team to some extent during the first season of the championship returning to running ground-effects designs. Although Mercedes was able to address the specific aerodynamic porpoising issue, it then spent the next phase of the campaign working to fix a ride problem the porpoising had been masking before ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/B0xNLjF via IFTTT

Alpine has aspirations to sell two models in the U.S., a midsize electric crossover and a larger, similar model, starting in 2027 or 2028. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/YFD6mro via IFTTT

De Vries will race full-time in F1 this year with AlphaTauri after being signed as Pierre Gasly’s replacement following the Frenchman’s move to Alpine. At 27, de Vries will be one of the oldest full-season rookies in recent memory, but clinched the seat after impressing upon a late call-up for his F1 debut at Monza last year, finishing ninth for Williams when Alex Albon was ruled out ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VhY1XlB via IFTTT

Abiteboul's recent arrival at Hyundai, after a long spell in F1 as a team boss at the Caterham and Renault squads, helped fuel speculation that the company could be eyeing a move into grand prix racing. F1 chiefs have long talked about a number of manufacturers holding talks behind the scenes to join the sport after new engine regulations kick in from 2026. It has been suggested that Hyundai ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YDwLRzJ via IFTTT

Last month, the Japanese single-seater series confirmed it will implement a major update to the existing SF19 chassis with refreshed aerodynamics aimed at improving the car’s raceability, as well as new Yokohama tyres partially made from sustainable materials. The final version of what will be known as the SF23 has so far been tested at Suzuka and Motegi, following a series of development ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XANOwqZ via IFTTT

The Briton renewed his relationship with the Woking squad twice in quick succession. He agreed one contract extension in May 2021 before inking another on revised terms in February of last year.  Provisionally, that means he will remain with McLaren - which finished fifth behind Alpine in the constructors’ championship last season - until the end of 2025.  But Red Bull team boss ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kMFUTAv via IFTTT

Porsche Formula E driver da Costa and ex-Formula 1 racer Stevens are moving across to Jota’s new entry in the Hypercar class after winning the WEC LMP2 title alongside Roberto Gonzalez with the team in 2022. They will share the 963 with 2021 European Le Mans Series champion Yifei Ye, the Porsche Asia Pacific Motorsport-backed driver who was announced as part of the line-up by Jota in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yorFwjW via IFTTT

Finnish company Terrafame will supply the nickel sulphate for Stellantis’s EV battery needs. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/JICdjqK via IFTTT

But what is notably different between the current seven-time world champion and the driver who joined the squad back in 2013 as a single title winner is his approach. His years of experience at Brackley, through many highs and lows, have given Hamilton a wealth of data to fall back on and the knowledge of where to focus his efforts. Nobody is perhaps better placed within Mercedes to offer ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4tuVkzW via IFTTT

After a dominant 2022 campaign to become the youngest-ever world champion, Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera will aim to become only the sixth driver to successful defend the championship crown. A combination all fresh driver line-ups, revised Rally1 cars and a new calendar promises an intense fight for the 2023 title. New driver line-ups One of the wildest silly seasons has resulted in all ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dqNWil5 via IFTTT

Nielsen, who has most recently worked for Formula One Management (FOM), has had a lengthy career in grand prix racing which included spells at Lotus, Tyrrell, Benetton and AlphaTauri. In his new role at the FIA, he will be responsible for all sporting matters, including the development of race control and the remote operations centre, as well as future updates to the sporting ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/weArTih via IFTTT

Ford will use its own technology for future electric cars after it has launched two EVs based on VW Group's MEB electric-only architecture. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/Nm3H8hL via IFTTT

Auto hackers penetrated BMW, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar-Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Ferrari and Ford's customer and employee information. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/FdPcmiW via IFTTT

Renault is seeking to allay Nissan's concerns about the treatment of intellectual property, including EV-related technology, as the two companies restructure their alliance. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/7bFwWZn via IFTTT

The German car manufacturer is coming off the back of a challenging 2022 campaign, where it struggled initially with high levels of porpoising on its W13. However, an intensive in-season effort to get to the bottom of the problems helped deliver a good step forward and the squad was able to pull off a 1-2 finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix. PLUS: How Russell can make F1 history again in F1 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JDljUYe via IFTTT

The FIA has imposed a testing reduction for this season with the view to ease the financial pressures on teams as testing is one of the largest expenses during a season. Last season teams were handed 28 test days plus a number of extra test outings to conduct tyre testing on behalf of the championship’s control supplier Pirelli. Under the new testing guidelines, manufacturer drivers will ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BVy5uFs via IFTTT

On the positive side, its revamped Renault E-Tech RE22 power unit locked in both a decent step forward in horsepower, but also a compact design that helped with packaging of the A522 car to help improve its aerodynamics. But the quest to make aggressive gains was not without its downsides. Too many times Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon would find points opportunities evaporate thanks to engine ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dK8x0zw via IFTTT

Wadoux, 21, has been named as part of the Italian manufacturer’s Competizione GT roster for the coming season and will race a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo run by the AF Corse squad in the GTE Am class of the series. The entry has been made under the banner of watchmaker Richard Mille, whose Signatech-run ORECA-Gibson 07 LMP2 prototype Wadoux raced in the WEC in 2022. She has joined Ferrari after a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MIg8URB via IFTTT

If foreign drivers have become scarce in Super Formula and Super GT recently, non-Japanese engineers are an even rarer breed. Indeed, since the days of the late, great Ricardo Divila, foreign engineers working in the upper echelons of Japan’s two premier categories can almost be counted on a single hand.  There was the Australian Matt Harvey, who spent a single season working for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qhrkeD6 via IFTTT

It is not lost on him that for four of the last five years, Williams has found itself pegged to the bottom of the constructors’ championship. Plus, more recently, it has faced fresh uncertainty following the departure of team principal Jost Capito and its technical director FX Demaison. Turning the squad’s fortunes around quickly is not going to be an easy task for Vowles, as he is comes in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mpNgsKU via IFTTT

The British squad pulled off the signing of the silly season by securing 2019 world champion Tanak following a shock departure from Hyundai at the end of last season. M-Sport today unveiled a new look 2023 Ford Puma which will contest the 13-round WRC season. The team has elected to field only two full-time manufacturer entries this year, with Tanak joined by French rising star Pierre-Louis ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/a0HP4TI via IFTTT

Rookie Piastri replaces Daniel Ricciardo, who in stark contrast was in his 12th season last year, and carried with him the experience of scoring eight grand prix victories. While Piastri has a lot to learn, Stella is confident that the team can look to Lando Norris as it hones the 2023 car. "I think the important point is to have continuity with Lando, he keeps the kind of reference," said ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ozQIBkn via IFTTT

F1’s governing body caused a stir just before Christmas when it announced it was banning all drivers from making any non-neutral "political, religious or personal" statements or comments without prior permission. In an updated version of the FIA's International Sporting Code, which governs the running of sanctioned motorsport competitions from the start of 2023, the governing body outlined a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/iOb51X7 via IFTTT

The Ford squad has today taken the covers off the latest version of its Puma, which this year will be driven by an all-new driver line-up of 2019 world champion Ott Tanak and French rising star Pierre-Louis Loubet. Tanak has returned to the Cumbrian squad to spearhead the team’s attack following his departure from Hyundai at the end of last year, after exercising an option leave the South ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5dyu6vh via IFTTT

Dries Vanthoor and Mohammed Al Saud, also victorious last year with WRT, were joined by Jens Klingmann, Diego Menchaca and Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer aboard the winning #7 BMW M4 GT3. With Vanthoor at the wheel, WRT took the lead for the final time with 20 minutes to go when Robert Renauer pitted the Herbert Racing Porsche for a fuel stop. Despite a fortunately-timed Code 60 which minimised his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SJdaMtH via IFTTT

Employee morale has suffered profoundly over the past three years as auto industry troubles, including staffing shortages, production volatility and recession fears, weigh on the workforce. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/SF4KUEe via IFTTT

The Briton qualified third and, although he dropped behind the Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein as the German manufacturer showed great pace in Mexico, he battled with polesitter Lucas di Grassi to try to secure a podium. In that battle, Hughes was also attempting to keep fourth away from the chasing Andre Lotterer, but a yellow flag produced for team-mate Rene Rast - who had pulled over on the exit ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/pVIKCa5 via IFTTT

Albon signed for Williams ahead of the 2022 season after spending a year in a reserve role with Red Bull, who had dropped him from its full-time line-up at the end of 2020. The Anglo-Thai driver enjoyed an impressive season for Williams, leading its efforts at the back of the grid by scoring four of its eight points and winning praise for his efforts. It resulted in Albon signing a multi-year ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9IoCJPN via IFTTT

Russell joined Mercedes' F1 line-up at the start of 2022 after spending five years as a member of its junior driver programme, with the final three as a racer for Williams in F1 after winning back-to-back championships in GP3 and Formula 2. But the Briton's start to life at the Mercedes works squad changed suddenly from hoping for race victories and a possible title tilt when the first ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SXuZI4L via IFTTT

Inventory levels rose sharply in December and crested 1.8 million for the first time since May 2021, according to Cox Automotive. While still constrained, a slower selling rate has helped dealership stocks return to something closer to normal levels, Cox said. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/4z3qGTN via IFTTT

One of the most garlanded motorsport brands in the world will be participating in the biggest Esports event of the year this weekend. Peugeot Sport 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual entry not only marks its first appearance in the Le Mans Virtual Series, yet also Peugeot Sport’s debut in racing Esports as a whole.   “We are really excited,” said Vincent Dussossoy ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/oC2YXlB via IFTTT

Vanwall has been granted an entry for the 2023 series with its new Vanderwell 680 Le Mans Hypercar, with Dillmann named as one of the three drivers alongside Esteban Guerrieri and Jacques Villeneuve. It follows the Austrian outfit controversially missing out on a grid slot in 2022, despite the ByKolles team having been part of the WEC landscape for many years beforehand with its LMP1 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zTQce0r via IFTTT

Symonds has been working with F1 to help shape its technical regulations and improve on-track racing since 2017, playing a significant role in the new car designs that debuted last year. At the end of 2021, it emerged that Symonds and F1 technical boss Ross Brawn were both set to leave their roles at the end of the 2022 season once the new technical regulations had completed ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LYgjWeT via IFTTT

Having fallen out of contention for overall honours after multiple punctures and a roll in the opening days of the rally-raid, Bahrain Raid Xtreme driver has since turned his attention to individual stage victories, going all-out in his Prodrive Hunter in the second week of the event. Since being handed a victory in Stage 8 due to a penalty for Carlos Sainz Sr, Loeb has been untouchable in the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dEQClaM via IFTTT

Abt has rejoined Formula E for this season, the first of the new Gen3 era, after a year away having followed ex-partner manufacturer Audi out of the door at the end of 2020-21. The German team linked up with Mahindra for a powertrain supply deal, while Frijns joined from Envision after four years with the British outfit. Having been a late addition to the grid Abt has been open about its ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/iI2P94s via IFTTT

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Hamilton revealed at the end of last year that he planned to sign off on a contract extension with Mercedes over the winter, with his current deal coming to an end in 2023. Speaking to selected media including Autosport at the United States Grand Prix, Hamilton had said: “We are going to do another deal. “We're going to sit down and we're going to discuss it in these next ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/591bJzv via IFTTT

In amongst creating videos about the latest BeamNG.drive updates and testing the BMW M4 GT4 in Spain, YouTube sensation Jimmy Broadbent has found the time to compete in the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual.  This coming weekend, he’ll take to the simulated Circuit de la Sarthe alongside Beitske Visser, Michele D’Alessandro and Muhammed Patel in a BMW M8 GTE for the MAHLE ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zXfcq15 via IFTTT

Tesla's price cuts range 6 percent for the base Model 3 sedan to 20 percent for the Model Y, putting the most inexpensive version of the crossover below the $55,000 price limit for the new tax incentive rules that took effect Jan. 1. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/x8zemTH via IFTTT

The 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion will join McLaren Racing for next year's Indy 500, racing a car co-owned by Rick Hendrick. In recognition of this co-ownership by Hendrick, whose team has amassed 14 NASCAR Cup Series titles, and who is chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group, this fourth Arrow McLaren will carry title partnership from HendrickCars.com. Larson, 30, has won a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NzQlhVC via IFTTT

The small crossover uses a gasoline rotary engine as a power generator that helps give it an electric-only range of 53 miles. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/NmwQU9Y via IFTTT

F1's biggest teams have other racing programmes or non-motorsport technology departments into which they have moved personnel, as they’ve downsized to meet the requirements of the cap. However, staff can be switched back to F1 as and when needed, and their time allocated to the cap. Szafnauer suggests that while Alpine benefited initially from already being the right size to hit the cap ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3Vj4Pb0 via IFTTT

Spengler, the 2012 DTM champion, will share Studie’s sole BMW M4 GT3 with Le Mans 24 Hours winner Seiji Ara, effectively replacing fellow works driver Augusto Farfus in the team’s line-up. The Canadian is expected to take part in around five races of the eight-round SUPER GT season, which kicks off at Okayama on 15-16April. Two-time GT500 champion Masataka Yanagida will serve as the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Y1TarJW via IFTTT

Swedish racer Eriksson competed in eight Formula E races in the 2020-21 season for Dragon/Penske Autosport as a replacement for Nico Muller, scoring a single point in London that year. He has since been part of Team Bernhard's ADAC GT Masters line-up in 2021, preceding various cameos in GT racing in 2022 - including three races in British GT, and a run with Leipert Motorsport in the Dubai 24 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8HCtby4 via IFTTT

Tata aims to accelerate Jaguar Land Rover's shift to electric cars by producing battery cells in Europe. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/9QS71Oc via IFTTT

In the same month that Michael Andretti and Cadillac revealed their joint effort to join the F1 grid in the medium term future, Cadillac is set to debut its latest sports prototype, the V-LMDh, in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. There will be three examples in action – two run by Chip Ganassi Racing, one by Action Express Racing – and then one of those Ganassi entries will ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UAGRDSq via IFTTT

The trio of factory drivers will line up in the Manthey EMA Porsche which will be run as an alliance between famous German squad Manthey Racing and Australian team EMA Motorsport. The Manthey EMA entry was the first entry lodged from overseas for this year's running of the Intercontinental GT Challenge opener, which welcomes back Pro line-ups for the first time since 2020. The car will be ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bpXVMSJ via IFTTT

As reported last month, the Frenchman has emerged as the successful candidate to lead Hyundai’s motorsport projects following a lengthy search to replace Andrea Adamo, after his departure in December 2021. Abiteboul will now lead the South Korean marque’s World Rally Championship and customer programmes, taking over from Julien Moncet, who was promoted from powertrains boss to deputy team ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JfFloUM via IFTTT

The Bahrain Raid Xtreme driver led from start to finish on the 114km Haradh to Shaybah stage, the shortest contest at this year’s Dakar Rally, eventually taking the win by 3m04s over Audi’s Mattias Ekstrom. It marks Loeb’s fourth stage win at the Dakar Rally this year. Stage nine was marred by drama due to Carlos Sainz’s retirement from the event due to car damage and tragedy ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/OrWdquk via IFTTT

The initiative, founded by 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard and entrepreneur Karel Komarek in June 2022, is committed to investigating the issues impacting female participation and progression to elite-level motorsport. As part of its research, it has launched a Global Attitude Survey designed to explore the opinions, perceptions, and challenges which women face. The 10-minute ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/aI4wKf0 via IFTTT

An intention to take part in some WEC rounds this year on a race-by-race basis was outlined by Isotta general manager Claudio Berro and partner team Vector Sport following their omission from the 2023 entry list published on Wednesday.  Berro suggested that a first race for a car to be known as the Tipo 6 Competizione at Monza on 9 July made sense for Isotta if the FIA and WEC promoter the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dyLVWep via IFTTT

Postponed market launches, the winding up of the Artemis self-driving car project and a narrow, aging EV lineup has left Audi behind Mercedes and BMW. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/vjXhAWR via IFTTT

After missing out on an F1 return for this year, Giovinazzi was announced as part of Ferrari’s driver line-up in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship on Tuesday. Although the sportscar programme and return to Le Mans will be Giovinazzi’s primary focus through 2023, he is due to remain on hand for Ferrari as its F1 reserve driver through this year, according to Autosport ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8NFajeO via IFTTT

The factory teams from major car manufacturers Toyota, Peugeot, Ferrari, Porsche and Cadillac have been joined by Glickenhaus and Vanwall, as well as the Jota and Proton customer Porsche squads. But there is no place for Isotta Fraschini, which made a bid for a single entry with its new Le Mans Hypercar in conjunction with the British Vector Sport team. The revived Italian marque ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rJpbuSG via IFTTT

When Irving Berlin’s There’s No Business Like Show Business hit the silver screen in 1954, Autosport had only been on the shelves for four years, Juan Manuel Fangio had just claimed his second world title, the reign of Queen Elizabeth II was in its infancy, and hardly anyone had heard of Elvis Presley. But it really does sum up Autosport International, which is back this week at the Birmingham ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NUhqPl8 via IFTTT

In the wake of the controversy over former F1 race director Michael Masi’s handling of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the FIA overhauled the way that grand prix events were run last season. Rather than having a single race director, the FIA shared out the role last year – with Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas dividing up the F1 season between them. However, from the Japanese Grand Prix ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1r3ND0K via IFTTT

Amid a developing political battle over the plans by Andretti Global to enter F1 with the General Motors-backed Cadillac name, Sulayem has been a lone voice so far in publicly supporting the team's ambitions. F1's commercial rights holders, FOM, plus the majority of teams on the grid, are sceptical about the added value an Andretti-Cadillac project could bring to the sport, and some squads ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7dhg51T via IFTTT

Volvo will use Qualcomm computing power to make money from features such as audio content, navigation content and digital services. from Section Page News - Automotive News https://ift.tt/rDvOlHK via IFTTT

They are a little surprising, with three different categories represented in the top three, perhaps underlining the fact that the show in Birmingham is not F1-focused. While all these moments are undoubtedly memorable, the order is not what we expected and the impact of Hollywood’s Le Mans ’66 is apparent. It would be interesting to see how the list might change if the exercise was repeated in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Bwb54Qm via IFTTT