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Working in motorsport media is a privilege that is not lost on the staff at Autosport. Travelling to races around the world and reporting on what happens - both on and off the track - is something we take very seriously. But it also affords plenty of opportunities to make lasting personal memories. From a first visit to the fabled streets of Melbourne and Macau, to the reward for a lengthy ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IjR4Edz via IFTTT

Sky Formula 1 pundit and former grand prix driver Martin Brundle has been awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours for 2025. The Briton, who competed in 158 F1 races before moving into a broadcasting role, was bestowed the accolade for services to motor racing and sports broadcasting. It comes off the back of an ultra-successful spell in front of the television cameras, where he ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9FG1CXW via IFTTT

Formula 1 teams will fire the starting gun tomorrow on their 2026 car designs, with a ban on development for the next generation rules finally lifted. As part of an effort agreed at the end of 2023 to stop an arms race of early work, teams were not allowed to conduct aero testing on any car geometry that applies for the 2026 regulations before 1 January 2025. This will not have prevented ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IcJyp5R via IFTTT

KTM could leave MotoGP and its support classes in 2026, as the Austrian manufacturer undergoes a wide-scale restructure under administration. It was on 20 December that a potential exit from MotoGP was publicly mentioned for the first time. In a report presented by Alpenlandischer Kreditorenverband (AKV), following a meeting with the creditors in Austria, it was stated that "in order to reduce ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3MSHkAl via IFTTT

The number #1 will return to the World Rally Championship for the first time since 2022 with new champion Thierry Neuville set to adopt the number for the 2025 campaign. The Hyundai driver in recent years has become synonymous with the #11 - a number which he first utilised in the WRC in 2013, before adopting it on a full-time basis from 2019. However, next season will see the #1 adorn ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vgsc2lK via IFTTT

During a record-breaking season of 24 Formula 1 races, there was always likely to be the odd gem of a story that had a short shelf-life before being overtaken on the news agenda. Factor in another blockbuster year for the World Endurance Championship, several u-turns over World Rally Championship's hybrid future and a MotoGP season that featured endless twists and turns in the title race, and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mNE48G0 via IFTTT

Now that Valtteri Bottas is dropping off the Formula 1 grid in 2025, the unique record he shares with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen is unlikely to be extended. This is the statistic for most podium appearances across any F1 driver triplet arrangement, with Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen having appeared together in 20 podium ceremonies. This run occurred between the 2018 Spanish Grand ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/SCW1GZi via IFTTT

Alex Albon says Williams suffered a “self-fulfilling injury” with the early season timesaving but weight-adding measures on its 2024 Formula 1 car, which led to additional crash damage. The British team’s 2024 season was blighted by crashes from start to finish, with its FW46 car also starting the year over the weight limit of 798kg to the extent it was losing 0.45 seconds a lap before ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6ul0DYg via IFTTT

Now in my 48th year of writing for Autosport, I reflect on another interesting season over which I have reported 25 varied meetings at 12 venues, commentating at many, and attended more out of my undimmed passion for club and historic events. Bookended by the Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Pomeroy Trophy and the Historic Sports Car Club-run Walter Hayes Trophy Formula Ford spectacular, both at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bsLA8fB via IFTTT

Fabio di Giannantonio says he will try to “annoy” Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia when he is on the same equipment as the factory Ducati riders in MotoGP next year. On the back of his impressive form astride a year-old bike in 2024, di Giannantonio has landed a contract directly with Ducati to ride its latest GP25 at VR46 next year. The terms of the deal give him the same status that ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YMaynUK via IFTTT

No changes will be made to front wing flex tests used in Formula 1 despite 2024's minor hubbub over flexing wings, according to FIA head of single-seater matters Nikolas Tombazis. In response to a query made by Ferrari and Red Bull in 2024 concerning the flexibility of the front wings belonging to other teams, mainly McLaren and Mercedes, the FIA placed monitoring cameras on cars from the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2quOfa6 via IFTTT

The last Formula 1 race of the 20th Century occurred 9190 days ago. That means we are now closer to the start of the 2050 season, assuming the world championship is still around to commemorate its centenary anniversary, than we are from the 1990s. It was a decade that many still hold dear. Rally fans remember it for being the start of the popular World Rally Car ruleset that replaced Group A ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4KMusNI via IFTTT

Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull can forget about winning any championship in Formula 1 next year if it does not make good progress with its RB21 car. While the Dutchman celebrated his fourth consecutive drivers’ title with Red Bull in 2024, he is well aware that success owed much to a dominant start to the campaign that gave him a comfortable buffer in the standings. And it was the team’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/5qMOF4J via IFTTT

Sean Reynolds and Andy Boyce were the final victors of the UK club racing year at Mallory Park, before thick fog resulted in the Plum Pudding meeting being abandoned. Thousands of motorsport-starved fans and local families arrived hoping to see three motorcycle and four car races, but in the event only one bike race was completed and two for cars, although all bar two laps of the final contest ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BUjrWa1 via IFTTT

George Russell reckons his lost 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix victory was a better drive than his Las Vegas domination because of how in the former he held off Lewis Hamilton’s charge. Russell’s mid-race switch to a one-stop strategy meant he cycled to the lead at Spa when his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton had led convincingly on the conventional two-stopper. The younger Briton then ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/fKLhqAG via IFTTT

Kalle Rovanpera says he’s learned “many things” in 2024 and is hopeful his new found circuit racing skills can help him on asphalt World Rally Championship events in 2025. The two-time world rally champion will make a full-time return to the WRC in 2025 after a year where he expanded his motorsport horizons by dovetailing a circuit racing programme alongside a partial WRC campaign. In ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8BKpM5o via IFTTT

Marc Marquez has revealed he pitched Jorge Lorenzo's name to Honda for the 2019 MotoGP season in order to stave off a growing threat from Ducati. Lorenzo, the only rider to beat Marquez to the title during the latter's purple patch in the 2010s, had joined Ducati in 2017 after splitting from his long-term employer Yamaha. But before he could fully adapt to the Desmosedici and start winning ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QKOjmZ4 via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri has insisted he and Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris would do "the right thing for each other" regardless of more prescribed McLaren team orders. Team orders became a talking point for the Woking-based outfit as Norris did battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen for the drivers' title, with McLaren's form piquing and Red Bull's dipping at the mid-stage of the season. The line of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/syzLk6G via IFTTT

Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola believes MotoGP must be more "aspirational" in order to attract new and bigger sponsors to the championship. Rivola joined Aprilia's management structure for the 2019 season after a long tenure at Ferrari in Formula 1, where he held the position of sporting director from 2009-2016 before taking charge of its driver development programme. The Italian's move ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2psuBq1 via IFTTT

McLaren feels the controversy generated by its rear wings in Formula 1's 2024 is a "point of pride", showing just how far the team has come. The design of McLaren's low downforce rear wings raised eyebrows in Azerbaijan, where at higher speeds the upper element appeared to rotate back more than rival teams were comfortable with, opening up a slot gap between the two elements dubbed a mini ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LwN1Hnz via IFTTT

Improving performance on rough gravel rallies is the main focus for Elfyn Evans in 2025 to enhance his chances of lifting a maiden World Rally Championship title. The Toyota driver finished as the WRC title runner-up for a fourth time this season after a campaign that resulted in the Welshman scoring more second-place finishes in rallies than any of his rivals. Evans emerged as a title rival ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/V197dMP via IFTTT

Mercedes thinks a double whammy of sensitivity to brake locking and snaps of oversteer during qualifying runs were the trigger for the difficulties Lewis Hamilton had in 2024. Hamilton endured a challenging season with the W15 as he especially found himself unable to get as much out of his car in qualifying as team-mate George Russell. Over the 24-race season, which included six sprint ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vINrV9S via IFTTT

Delivering success in Formula 1 is not just about producing the fastest car, even though that is a critical part of it. Instead, to win – and more especially to keep winning again and again and again – involves strong leadership, plotting your way out of difficulties, dealing with internal and external politics, and then batting away a few grenades lobbed by other teams along the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gIuJKz0 via IFTTT

Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel recently confirmed that the Formula 1 feeder championship has no desire to introduce a limit on the number of seasons in which a driver can compete. With the question raised in a post-season media round table – Richard Verschoor’s entry for a fifth year the catalyst – Michel said: “It’s a very good question. “We are part of a pyramid, so normally, you ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/z0vkief via IFTTT

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has commended Max Verstappen’s work ethic and state of mind after the Dutch driver clinched the 2024 Formula 1 title despite his car’s struggles. Red Bull’s season got off to a flying start with Verstappen winning six of the first nine grands prix, leading 1-2s in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Japan. However, Verstappen subsequently went ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zaPorfS via IFTTT

Williams Formula 1 junior driver Zak O’Sullivan has been announced at Kondo Racing as part of a 13-strong Toyota roster for the 2025 Super Formula season. After driving on the final day of the Suzuka post-season test earlier this month, O’Sullivan will race Kondo’s #4 car full-time next season, joining Kenta Yamashita at the squad. The ex-Formula 2 racer was one of three international ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/WnuqypY via IFTTT

The World Rally Championship could benefit from hosting exhibition-style events such as the Monza Rally Show, according to Toyota team principal Jari-Matti Latvala. All three WRC Rally1 teams attended a revived Monza Rally Show earlier this month, which acted as a celebration of the 2024 season, while also paying tribute to Pirelli’s four-year stint as the championship’s control tyre ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I7H91NS via IFTTT

Valtteri Bottas may be excited about ‘what’s next’ for him in Formula 1, but there is no hiding the disappointment about how a ‘worst-case scenario’ left him on the sidelines. Having had high hopes about what a move to Alfa/Romeo Sauber in 2022 – then under the leadership of Fred Vasseur – could bring him, Bottas was ultimately denied the progress he hoped for by a change at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/J6uzVrk via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri reckons his ability to manage tyres in Formula 1 has undergone a "night-and-day" improvement over his 2023 rookie season, but feels there is still room to grow further. Although Piastri impressed in his debut F1 season last year, the main criticisms of his maiden season involved his lack of experience with managing the Pirelli tyres through a race distance - which usually led to a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Tgc2e9E via IFTTT

Factory HRC rider Joan Mir feels concessions brought no notable improvement in results for Honda in MotoGP this year. MotoGP revamped its concession system in 2024 to help Honda and Yamaha close the gap to European manufacturers, with the two fallen Japanese giants having slipped away considerably from competition the previous year. Read Also: MotoGPAleix Espargaro gets ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8YK7qB2 via IFTTT

The second season of the Prototype Winter Series will feature LMP3 entries split across the outgoing second-generation LMP3 cars and first-generation cars will be included in a Gen 1 class. The four-round campaign will contain two 50-minute races per Prototype Winter Series weekend. There are mandatory pitstops, with the length of time spent in the pits depending on the calibre of the driver ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xdEcJie via IFTTT

In the wake of last year’s Qatar Grand Prix, where drivers suffered in the heat and humidity, the FIA responded with the introduction of new rules to improve cockpit cooling. The first step happened this year with teams allowed to add another opening on top of the chassis, so that on hot weekends the drivers could have more fresh air in the cockpit. This was a simple solution that was also ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/mOv9ux5 via IFTTT

Five-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Aiden Moffat will drive a West Surrey Racing-run BMW during the 2025 season. The 28-year-old Scot has been named as one of the two drivers for WSR’s LKQ Euro Car Parts stable of BMW 330i M Sport machinery, alongside two other cars. That comes as little surprise – Moffat has long been linked heavily with a WSR seat for next season ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/m3OZxKM via IFTTT

Mirko Borolotti has pinpointed his determined runner-up finish in an eventful race at Zandvoort as being crucial to his 2024 title-winning DTM campaign, as he defied a delaminating left-rear tyre. The SSR Performance Lamborghini driver trailed race winner Marco Wittmann's Schubert Motorsport BMW by 7.239s at the flag, holding up a long queue of cars as he struggled to make the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Gtxcgp3 via IFTTT

Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi instructed Francesco Bagnaia to ‘stop being a gentleman’ during the 2024 MotoGP season, a new documentary released by the Italian manufacturer has revealed. Despite being on the back foot for almost the entire year, Bagnaia continued to show respect to Pramac rival Jorge Martin in the title run-in, with the two never trading blows on track or engaging in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/eBaiGH3 via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri has revealed improving in qualifying is his main point of focus for the 2025 Formula 1 season after comparing unfavourably to McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Piastri was outqualified 21-3 by Norris in 2024, albeit often by small margins, with Norris also getting the better of the Australian in sprint qualifying this year. That means Piastri has regressed compared to his rookie ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yx4Jm5G via IFTTT

The SRO-licensed GT4 Winter Series will welcome a new class for its second season in 2025 with the addition of a club category for older GT4 machinery. As was the case in 2024, there will be Pro, Pro-Am and Am classes for driver line-ups of differing rankings, alongside the Cayman Trophy class for Porsche Cayman GT4 CS entries. These four classes will be joined by the new-for-2025 club class ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gZ37yVh via IFTTT

Autosport has released its final instalment of a two-part mini-series where Kevin Turner sits down with Haydn Cobb and Gary Watkins to discuss the Autosport Top 50 of 2024. The annual ranking evaluates all of the best drivers across the National and International Racing scene from the year just gone and in part two are positions 20-1. So it is now the business end of the ranks with some key ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cVgY297 via IFTTT

The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has announced Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar will partner Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, as the starting grid for the new season is now set. Hadjar will take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose own move to the main Red Bull squad as Sergio Perez's replacement was announced on Thursday. Hadjar was the runner-up in the 2024 F2 season with Campos Racing, ceding the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/sm8jK92 via IFTTT

When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the call to head up Audi's Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task. It is one thing honing an established team as he did at Maranello into fighting for world championship glory; it is quite another building something up from the back of the grid. But even he admits that the Audi challenge has been ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/sAfzuE9 via IFTTT

Liam Lawson will step up to Red Bull as Max Verstappen’s team-mate in Formula 1 next year, it was announced on Thursday. Just a day after the Milton Keynes-based squad revealed that a deal had been reached to part ways with Sergio Perez, it confirmed that it had elected to promote RB youngster Lawson. Read Also: Formula 1The 10 F1 2024 moments that cost Perez his Red Bull ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zPgaEjm via IFTTT

Ferrari has become the first Formula 1 team to reveal the date of its 2025 car launch. The Italian outfit posted on social media a teaser image above the 19 February date, with the message "Get ready to meet our 2025 challenger".   While no further details were offered, the outfit has traditionally held such launch events at its Maranello base. The Ferrari reveal will take place the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/h4X10Qj via IFTTT

Enea Bastianini feels he needs to be more “explosive” on track after ending a four-year stint with Ducati in MotoGP. Bastianini has been associated with Ducati in his entire premier class career, but is parting ways with the Borgo Panigale marque at the end of 2024 to start a new chapter with Tech 3 KTM. The Italian rider impressed with his speed and skills on satellite machinery in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JsCijm1 via IFTTT

Timo Glock will return to the DTM for the first time in three years after signing a deal with Dorr Motorsport for the 2025 season. The five-time race winner will pilot a McLaren 720S GT3 EVO for Dorr Group, replacing Clemens Schmid in the squad’s two-car line-up. This would be the German’s first foray into the DTM since he made a wildcard appearance with Ceccato in 2022 at the wheel of a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JBKk28g via IFTTT

Franco Colapinto has labelled his nine-race Formula 1 cameo as a "dream" despite his tough end to the 2024 season with Williams. Colapinto was drafted in by Williams to replace the underperforming Logan Sargeant after the Dutch Grand Prix, making his debut at Monza in September. The 21-year-old shone on his first couple of races with the team, scoring five points with an eighth-place finish ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/14qewEl via IFTTT

The Promoter of the Year is an award that recognises the promoter of a motorsport event who produced an exceptional and commercially successful event or events during the season and showed a commitment to improving the fan experience. The winners will be announced at the Autosport Awards in London on January 29, and the following promoters have been shortlisted. Automobile Club de l’Ouest ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xQRGhlJ via IFTTT

Max Verstappen has insisted he will keep crossing the line racing in Formula 1 if he has to and suggested those who do not understand do not have the "world champion mentality". After a dominant start, Verstappen and Red Bull came under pressure from McLaren and Ferrari in 2024 and the Dutchman was challenged for the drivers' title by Lando Norris throughout the second part of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/K5mGAaX via IFTTT

The Brand Partnership of the Year is an award that recognises a brand that has made highly effective use of a motorsport platform to convey its brand message and to add value to the team, driver or series it has partnered with. The winning sponsor’s activation will have shown high levels of creativity, scope and execution and will be announced at the Autosport Awards in London on January ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/FIwHEUG via IFTTT

Francesco Bagnaia says he can take inspiration from the way Marc Marquez bounced back from his 2015 title loss in MotoGP to become a six-time premier class champion. Marquez made a storming MotoGP debut with Honda in 2013 to win two titles on the trot, but couldn’t make it a hat-trick of championships in 2015 after giving away too many points in crashes and retirements. That setback ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lAUfRX9 via IFTTT

It was a good season for me in FIA Formula 3. I went in knowing it was going to be really, really challenging, as F4 to F3 is a big jump, I only did one year of F4 in Italy, and then straight into F3 with Prema. I had to make sure that I was giving my absolute everything on all fronts. It wasn’t even about winning in the beginning; it was just about trying to be in the top 10 and be ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/qWAQpX8 via IFTTT

Fernando Alonso says McLaren's Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi has repaid team boss Andrea Stella for Ferrari's title loss in 2010. Stella was Alonso's race engineer at Ferrari when the Spaniard went into the 2010 season finale with an eight-point lead on Red Bull's Mark Webber and an 15-point lead on Webber's team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Vettel led the race from pole while an early pitstop for ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rz9MX8h via IFTTT

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s push to drive swearing out of Formula 1 has received unlikely support from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. While Wolff does not see eye-to-eye with Ben Sulayem on every topic in F1, he thinks the efforts to clean up the image of drivers is something worth fighting for thanks to a personal experience he had recently. Amid an ongoing debate about drivers acting ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/U7VCDnE via IFTTT

Miguel Oliveira has revealed that a short circuit caused him to lose control of his Aprilia MotoGP bike and break his wrist in practice at Mandalika. Trackhouse rider Oliveira was taking part in FP1 at the Indonesian GP, a race he had won in 2022 with KTM, when he was thrown off his Aprilia RS-GP at the sequence of left-handers at Turn 3-4. The Portuguese suffered a fracture on his right ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bLkZCI8 via IFTTT

Williams Formula 1 junior Zak O’Sullivan says he is considering Super Formula as an alternative for 2025 after losing his seat in Formula 2 midway through this year. O’Sullivan was a surprise late addition to the entry for this week’s post-season test at Suzuka, joining Kondo Racing for the final day reserved for rookies on Friday. It follows his split with the ART Grand Prix team in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0LqPbyK via IFTTT

The European Union looks set to probe Liberty Media's purchase of the MotoGP world championship, according to a report by Bloomberg. Liberty, which also owns Formula 1, announced in April that it planned to acquire an 86% stake of Dorna Sports, the company which has owned MotoGP since 1992. In August, the American company said it was selling a $825 million stake in F1 to fund the purchase of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/q47Ydjs via IFTTT

It was one of the more bewildering sights of the 2014 Formula 1 season, as Finbarr O’Connell took his place in the FIA team principals’ press conference at the Abu Dhabi GP. O’Connell was working for insolvency firm Smith & Williamson, who in turn had taken on the administration of Caterham Sports Limited. O’Connell arrived, dressed in white and green Caterham kit, after the team raised ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UNufraD via IFTTT

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says his team will have to improve "every single pillar of performance" to catch McLaren in 2025. Ferrari just fell short of beating McLaren after an up-and-down campaign in which the Scuderia returned to the championship fight and its drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, registered a combined five wins and 22 podiums. For the Maranello squad, 2024 was a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/gGqDzbc via IFTTT

Haas Formula 1 signing Oliver Bearman says he's “sad” he didn’t get the chance to push for a better result in Super Formula’s post-season Suzuka test due to engine trouble. Bearman was the star attraction of the third and final day of the three-day test on Friday, reserved for rookies, as he drove for Toyota squad KCMG. The British driver set the third-fastest time in the morning ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hRbvHiz via IFTTT

LONDON, 13 December 2024 - On 29 January 2025, Autosport will debut its inaugural Business Exchange, scheduled for the morning of the esteemed Autosport Awards. These events mark the beginning of a year-long celebration honoring Autosport's 75th anniversary The Autosport Business Exchange is a high-level industry conference that will bring together leading figures from the motorsport and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bHrEXlq via IFTTT

Tadasuke Makino was fastest across three days of post-season Super Formula testing at Suzuka, as Haas Formula 1 signing Oliver Bearman went third-fastest on the final day. Dandelion Racing driver Makino was in action for the first two days of the test, and set a new unofficial record at Suzuka since the SF23’s introduction with a best time of 1m35.597s in the afternoon session on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HfB5xD4 via IFTTT

Eddie Jordan has been suffering with bladder and prostate cancer, which spread into the spine and the pelvis. The former Formula 1 team boss, who ran the Jordan squad between 1991 and 2005, shared his diagnosis on the Formula For Success podcast alongside co-host David Coulthard. Jordan has reduced his media schedule and made a brief appearance at Adrian Newey’s unveiling at Aston Martin ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/g8m3BjO via IFTTT

Kevin Magnussen will be part of BMW’s World Endurance Championship driver line-up plus three endurance rounds in the IMSA Sportscar Championship as the German manufacturer unveils its LMDh plans for next year. The former Formula 1 driver will slot into the #15 WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 squad alongside Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor, effectively replacing Marco Wittmann in the line-up who ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZlHJv4W via IFTTT

George Russell says his first-hand experience of Lewis Hamilton being a role model will be the overriding memory of his partnership with the Formula 1 great, right down to Hamilton picking up the team after a disappointing Abu Dhabi qualifying session. Mercedes was keen to give Hamilton a fitting send-off as the seven-time world champion departs the team he represented for 12 years with ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/85CRrBs via IFTTT

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem supports the idea of having permanent stewards in Formula 1 – but says the real issue is who pays for them. Debate over some stewards’ decisions this year has prompted complaints about a lack of consistency, and again triggered questions about whether or not it is time for those officials to become professional. George Russell, who is a director of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HClWzGU via IFTTT

The Christmas songs have already been heard for at least a month, the weather has turned cold and frosty, and another club racing season has drawn to a close. That can only mean one thing: Autosport has got its calculator out once again and produced our annual feature looking at club racing entries over the past year!After poring over the data, the headline for 2024 has to be that it was a very ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I0kLSD9 via IFTTT

Hours after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Carlos Sainz was struggling to hold back the tears. A monitor was wheeled out into the paddock to display a farewell video Ferrari had produced as a send-off after the Spaniard's four years at Maranello.All team members were wearing a special cap that Ferrari had produced for the occasion, with Sainz wearing his backwards so the embroidered "Grazie Carlos" ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ySNcDdT via IFTTT

British Touring Car Championship veteran Adam Morgan has joined Excelr8 Motorsport for his 14th season in the series in 2025.The 36-year-old Lancastrian is making the move back to front-wheel-drive machinery with Excelr8’s Hyundai i30 N Fastback after four seasons in the rear-driven BMW 3 Series.Morgan scored eight of his 11 BTCC race wins to date with the Mercedes A-Class built and run by his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZzdFU1G via IFTTT

Carlos Sainz topped the morning hours of Formula 1's 2024 post-season Abu Dhabi test for his new Williams team.After getting his install laps out of the way during a private filming session on Monday, Sainz officially kicked off his Williams stint by taking the wheel of the FW46 during Tuesday's post-season test, where teams are helping Pirelli test its 2025 tyre compounds.Dressed in full white ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/CWwP3bc via IFTTT

McLaren has revealed that it is taking some ‘brave risks’ with its 2025 car design, as it sets its sights on a Formula 1 title double.The Woking-based team has just ended a 26-year wait for the constructors’ championship, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri helping it secure the crown at last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.However, after seeing Norris beaten to the drivers’ crown by Max ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/A1wkc8h via IFTTT

Carlos Sainz has made his first public appearance as a Williams Formula 1 driver in the official post-season test in Abu Dhabi.After getting an early taste of the Williams FW46 in a private filming run on Monday, Sainz returned to the track on Tuesday morning to start his new stint with the British team in earnest.Unlike previous years, teams are allowed to enter two cars in the Yas Marina ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/t7c1CuZ via IFTTT

The best F1 driver in history is a debate that has, and will continue to, rage as long as Formula 1 exists, but we look at who the best drivers are statistically. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1st position, celebrates on arrival in Parc Ferme Photo by: Jerry Andre / Motorsport Images 1. Lewis Hamilton - 105 wins First race: 2007 Australian Grand Prix World Championships: 7 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/s6cg2uO via IFTTT

Red Bull says it will agree with Sergio Perez “the right and appropriate way forward” during discussions set for today to decide his Formula 1 future.But while a meeting that will involve the team’s shareholders is expected to define the line-up of both of Red Bull’s F1 squads for 2025, it is thought likely that an announcement about its final decision may not come for a few days.And that ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZFRtmSA via IFTTT

Gabriel Bortoleto has followed in the footsteps of Oscar Piastri, George Russell and Charles Leclerc by winning back-to-back championships in Formula 3 and Formula 2 - having finished runner-up to Joshua Durksen in the Abu Dhabi F2 feature race. The title outcome was all but sealed on the opening lap when Bortoleto took the lead as polesitter Victor Martins (ART) struggled and title rival Isack ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/abx8H6i via IFTTT

Christian Horner has said Sergio Perez’s lack of points in the 2024 Formula 1 season has been “very expensive” for Red Bull, as his likely final race with the team approaches.Despite Perez having a contract covering the 2025 and 2026 F1 campaigns, Red Bull is thought to have already decided to replace him for next year – although the manner of his exit is still unclear given his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vjJh8EO via IFTTT

Max Verstappen has revealed he doesn’t believe becoming a father will have any impact on his Formula 1 career amid suggestions it could nudge him into a break.Verstappen and his long-time partner Kelly Piquet announced on Friday they are expecting their first child together, with the pair already raising Piquet's first child from a previous relationship with former F1 driver Daniil Kvyat.The ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I86lqyP via IFTTT

McLaren boss Andrea Stella has faith that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will not be selfish and put their own eagerness to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of the team’s constructors’ championship ambitions.The Woking-based squad stands on the cusp of its first teams' title since 1998 in the F1 season finale, as it holds a 21-points advantage over Ferrari. A victory at the Yas Marina will ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UR64l1K via IFTTT

Jake Dennis finished fastest in the second practice session ahead of Formula E’s season-opener in Sao Paulo this weekend.The Briton posted a 1m09.617s in the final moments around the 1.82-mile street circuit aboard the new Gen3 Evo car which left him 0.038s clear of Antonio Felix da Costa.Maximilian Guenther became the first driver to dip below the 1m11s barrier during Saturday morning’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/f7IyEJx via IFTTT

Alpine Formula 1 team principal Oliver Oakes acknowledged the late timing of swapping Esteban Ocon for Jack Doohan was "not perfect" but parried criticism on the "straightforward" decision itself.Over the Qatar Grand Prix weekend, Alpine decided it was only going to release 2025 Haas signing Ocon to his new team for Abu Dhabi's winter test on the condition that Ocon ceded his spot to his ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tyU937l via IFTTT

Pirelli says speed gains being made by Formula 1 teams are now “beyond expectation,” as it becomes mindful about the impact on tyre loads.During a season when the grid has started to make some solid gains with their 2024 cars, recent grands prix have highlighted that the progress being made by squads is much greater than anticipated.This has been highlighted again in Abu Dhabi with Lando ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/x7wqG9r via IFTTT

Formula 1's previous CEO Chase Carey has returned to owner Liberty Media as the company narrows its focus on its flagship asset.Carey stepped down from the F1 CEO role ahead of the 2021 season, passing the baton to former Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, and remained a chairman until 2022.But Carey has now returned to the company, with Liberty Media announcing the 71-year-old will serve on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1l6WgLa via IFTTT

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he underestimated just how difficult his final season with Mercedes would be from an emotional point of view.The seven-time world champion revealed at the start of the year that he would be leaving the German manufacturer for Ferrari, ending what will have been a 12-year partnership.While it was hoped getting the news out early would allow Hamilton and Mercedes to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zxHUiDN via IFTTT

When Pascal Wehrlein prevailed in a three-way, winner-takes-all title fight at the final round of season 10 just five months ago, his superb drive and championship win showcased his abilities to their very best and proved why the German was once on the books of Mercedes.Wehrlein’s journey to the Formula E crown had been a long and winding one. He joined the series in 2018 with something of a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/HWtvcSU via IFTTT

Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman will take part in next week’s Super Formula test at Suzuka to help learn the track.With next year’s Japanese Grand Prix being the third race of the season, following Australia and China, any knowledge they can get of the venue will be a big advantage for their rookie seasons.And while one route to get some experience would be to test a previous F1 car ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/OS0TI4Z via IFTTT

Kevin Magnussen will join BMW to race its M Hybrid V8 LMDh car next year after departing the Haas Formula 1 team.The announcement made on the eve of his final race for Haas in Abu Dhabi did not stipulate which series Magnussen will contest as a factory driver for BMW, which has a presence in the World Endurance Championship and North America's IMSA SportsCar Championship with the WRT and RLL ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xuQrCT6 via IFTTT

Formula 1 will return its constructors' championship crown back to one of two heritage teams on the grid come the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi this Sunday.With Max Verstappen's title-winning performances not backed up by team-mate Sergio Perez, who will finish the year eighth in the drivers' standings, Red Bull has been unable to defend its position atop the manufacturers' table.The Milton ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/tQI8T4i via IFTTT

Adrien Fourmaux will join Hyundai to pilot its third entry on a full-time basis in the World Rally Championship next year.The five-time WRC podium finisher’s future has been the subject of speculation having been linked to a move from M-Sport-Ford to the Korean marque for several months.Fourmaux and co-driver Alex Coria will form part of an experienced driver line-up that includes newly-crowned ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/lNzvbcZ via IFTTT

Esteban Ocon will get his first taste of Haas machinery in the end-of-season Formula 1 test in Abu Dhabi, and will be joined by Toyota World Endurance Championship driver Ryo Hirakawa.Ocon was released by Alpine ahead of this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to ensure he could pick up his Haas duties early, and thus will be replaced by Jack Doohan at the Anglo-French squad.Haas was set to fulfil ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/u12G7Zs via IFTTT

Esteban Ocon found out that Alpine wanted him to step down for the final race of the Formula 1 season just hours before the Qatar Grand Prix, Autosport has learned.Ocon's spell with the French car manufacturer has come to an early end, as he will not take part in this weekend’s Abu Dhabi race with the squad handing Jack Doohan his debut instead.Taking to social media on Tuesday, Ocon admitted ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/uk6RJ8U via IFTTT

Formula 1 will hold its final Dutch GP of the modern era in 2026, with race organisers having agreed to just a single-year extension to its current contract.It means that there will be just two more events hosted at Zandvoort before the curtain will be brought down on the event.The future of the Dutch Grand Prix had been uncertain for some time, with the current contract expiring after the 2025 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Q4tw0AC via IFTTT

Toyota’s new World Rally Championship signing Sami Pajari has announced that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full-time season in the Rally1 class next year.Pajari has spent the last three years working alongside Enni Malkonen, but that partnership recently ended after winning the WRC2 title at last month’s Rally Japan.     The 23-year-old Finn cited that at this point ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3QKf2DE via IFTTT

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem believes Cadillac’s planned entry into Formula 1 is a win for everybody – after suggesting he was sent to ‘hell and back’ for opening up the grid.Following an 11th team entry process saga that began all the way back in February 2023, the situation finally appears to have a satisfactory conclusion with F1 announcing last week that it had approved in ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Rs8NkE3 via IFTTT

The best F1 driver in history is a debate that has, and will continue to, rage as long as Formula 1 exists, but we look at who the best drivers are statistically. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, 1st position, celebrates on arrival in Parc Ferme Photo by: Jerry Andre / Motorsport Images 1. Lewis Hamilton - 105 wins First race: 2007 Australian Grand Prix World Championships: 7 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vyDbFVS via IFTTT

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that the FIA could have its own reality show based on recent events at the governing body.Amid a number of staff changes over recent weeks, which included the dismissal of F1 race director Niels Wittich before the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the FIA has been the subject of much intrigue.There has also been a push from F1 drivers requesting they are treated more like ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/XSkngTV via IFTTT

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was left frustrated after qualifying seventh for the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix, two places and two tenths of a second behind team-mate Charles Leclerc. The duo will line up for the race fifth and seventh, split by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, who had his own reasons to lament being in the back half of the top 10.Read Also: Formula 1Hamilton: "I know I've still ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H2hDAqM via IFTTT