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Ott Tanak felt Hyundai was 'clearly unprepared' for the demands of Rally Islas Canarias after suffering a crushing defeat to World Rally Championship rivals Toyota.  Hyundai admitted that it underestimated the difficulty of the first pure asphalt event of the 2025 WRC season, as it was unable to take the fight to a dominant Toyota that recorded an impressive 1-2-3-4 result.  The Korean ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZDK75yj via IFTTT

This article was initially published on 30 April 2024 Gorianstrasse is a small, dead-end street in Salzburg’s Riedenburg neighbourhood, around halfway between the old city nestling at the foot of the Hohensalzburg fortress and the airport on the western outskirts. There, in a new-build block, Roland Ratzenberger bought a two-storey apartment with beautiful views of Untersberg mountain from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cjP2AzD via IFTTT

Pedro Acosta underwent surgery on Tuesday to treat the compartment syndrome in his right forearm, a condition that has affected him since his MotoGP debut last year. In a brief statement released by KTM late on Tuesday, the Austrian manufacturer confirmed the intervention on its rider, though it stopped short of providing much detail. “Pedro Acosta underwent surgery for chronic compartment ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/cv1pLJK via IFTTT

“It’s probably at the bottom of my list of preferred circuits,” said Lewis Hamilton, the dismissive tone and matching facial expression indicating that no elucidation would be forthcoming. Pity the poor scribbler who had clearly accepted a commission from some outlet or other to write a story talking up the Miami race, spending the most recent grand prix weekends doggedly working the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/9rcO23b via IFTTT

It's 2023, and five grands prix in, Aston Martin has already secured four podium finishes and 102 points in the standings, establishing itself as the second-best team on the grid behind Red Bull. Two years later, and again, five weekends in — that tally has more than halved, with the British team earning a measly 10 points. It's a clear sign of regression from the Silverstone outfit. Although ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/nl1QjrY via IFTTT

Freddie Slater produced a scintillating display to give himself and Hillspeed a double victory in the first weekend for GB3’s new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 machine at Silverstone. While Italian Formula 4 conqueror Slater’s triumphs were perhaps not a surprise, it was the manner in which he took them that stood out. The 16-year-old began by dominating GB3’s new two-part qualifying session to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/kG8eNHt via IFTTT

Two wins, a third, and an early championship lead for Ash Sutton. Has the British Touring Car Championship reverted to 2023 form during its opening weekend of the season at Donington Park. No, because Tom Ingram looks every bit Sutton’s equal, and the chirpy champ of 2022 emerged with no wins, but three seconds. Are we back to 2024 then? Er, no, because reigning title holder Jake Hill is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NCiRdKP via IFTTT

For the reasons previously explored in this writer's column last week, the RB21 has performance available to be extracted - but largely in a certain, admittedly narrow, window. When comparing how the drivers occupying Red Bull's rotating second seat had got on, it was evident that was something that Liam Lawson struggled with, while Yuki Tsunoda has been able to exploit that more, even without ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VrebWMP via IFTTT

Three different winners from the opening three British Formula 4 races, and seven drivers gracing the Donington Park podium last weekend, confirmed pre-season predictions of a close campaign. It was Argenti’s August Raber who claimed the initial bragging rights after defeating race-one polesitter Henry Joslyn. Fortec’s Joslyn led into Redgate on the opening lap while Raber sprinted from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/jBJUsvP via IFTTT

The championship standings tell of a Red Bull in third place, the only team able to break McLaren's domination at the start to this F1 world championship, thanks to Max Verstappen’s victory at the Japanese GP. And yet, the start of the season for the Milton Keynes stable has not been so straightforward and simple, thanks to an RB21 that has not exactly given the expected feedback. The aim ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xc4aOeG via IFTTT

The 20-year-old French-Algerian rookie has wasted no time standing out. He had a rocky start in Melbourne, where he crashed on the formation lap, but has since emerged as one of the most talked-about newcomers on the grid, with Q3 appearances in China and Japan, as well as points finishes in Japan and Saudi Arabia. His speed and consistency have already earned praise from Red Bull advisor Helmut ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IvHM1ri via IFTTT

Landgraf Mercedes driver Lucas Auer made a perfect start to the 2025 DTM season, dominating Saturday’s race from pole position at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. "It's a perfect day," said a delighted Auer following the contest. "Once again, I have to congratulate my Landgraf squad. They delivered the pitstop, delivered the set-up and came back like this after a year off – I have to take my ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/LpBvD7h via IFTTT

Tom Ingram dominated free practice for the opening round of the British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park to lead the way from fellow champion Ash Sutton. Ingram, the 2022 title winner, was unapproached in the first session in the early morning at the wheel of his Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N Fastback. All four of his push laps were comfortably quicker than the best anyone else ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6ToyVB2 via IFTTT

After Williams’ second double points finish of the season in Saudi Arabia, Alex Albon has now produced points finishes in four out of the first five race weekends in 2025. This includes three consecutive points finishes over the first three races, a feat Albon had never achieved during his time at Williams. At the Melbourne season-opener, the Thai driver also achieved his best-ever result ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8LTJgK5 via IFTTT

Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo broke Ducati’s long stranglehold on MotoGP pole positions by going fastest in Saturday’s qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez. The 2021 world champion thus delivered on the clear potential he had shown in Friday practice, when he reported he was surprised by his own speed aboard the M1. The pole position is the first for a non-Ducati since Pedro ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/4zEpKal via IFTTT

Claire Dubbelman's love for motorsport started at an early age, thanks to her father Huub, who spent almost two decades in automotive journalism before working as a PR manager for brands, including Mercedes-Benz Netherlands. Dubbelman was five years old when she began watching Formula 1 in the early 1990s. "From the time I was little, my father would wake me up - at my own request, of course - to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YCGHXgc via IFTTT

The Mexican Grand Prix is set for a renewal to its Formula 1 race contract with a deal understood to be announced in the coming days, according to Mexico City's head of government Clara Brugada. Brugada, who was elected to the post last year, announced in a press conference on 24 April that "next week, we will be signing the agreement with F1" when questioned about the future of the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/BvtxfQJ via IFTTT

Porsche Formula E drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Muller will join the German manufacturer’s factory Penske line-up for the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship next month. Reigning FE world champion Wehrlein has been drafted in to drive one of the regular Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDhs at the Spa 6 Hours on 10 May ahead of his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in the additional PPM ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/H6KuToG via IFTTT

Formula 1 has raced at more than 70 tracks around the world, and stalwarts like Silverstone and Monza have hosted grands prix in almost every season of the series. Not every track has been quite so successful, however, and F1 decided never to return to some circuits for all manner of reasons. In total, 10 tracks have hosted just a single grand prix over F1’s 75-year history, including ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/sFhHK7W via IFTTT

MotoGP teams will meet in Jerez today (24 April) to discuss updates to race start procedures in a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos that broke out ahead of last month's Americas Grand Prix. Marc Marquez triggered farcical scenes ahead of the Austin race when he sprinted from the grid to the pits to change from a ‘wet’ bike to a ‘dry’ machine – less than two minutes before the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/iRfo6O7 via IFTTT

Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness. Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this is a brutal dog-eat-dog world of split-second decisions determined by self-interest, where the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/GFsy9ZN via IFTTT

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has suggested he'd like to see more contention over the technical regulations in the championship, labelling a handful of examples from his own time at Ferrari as moments of "spice". In his previous role at the Maranello company, which encompassed roles in the commercial department before he became sporting director and, after Jean Todt's departure, team ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0iBboD4 via IFTTT

Formula E has announced it will continue running the London ePrix around the Excel exhibition centre until at least 2026, with the indoor/outdoor spectacle allowing both parties to drive their commitments to sustainability and the environment. Formula E brings a global television audience to Excel London, a unique event for the exhibition centre as it is the only one of over 300 events held ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/3YFlc0z via IFTTT

There were plenty of thrills and spills during a mixed weekend of weather for the Silverstone MotorSport Vision Racing meeting as the most spectacular action came from the Pickups – which produced thunderous noise and close racing across two heats and a final. Ryan Hadfield led most of heat one, with Dale Gent keeping him honest until retiring with a broken driveshaft. Matthew Simpson and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/O8GYCeg via IFTTT

As soon as Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz became available for the 2025 season, Williams team principal James Vowles wanted him at Williams. It wasn't about the prestige of attracting a four-time race winner, but about acquiring a driver who offered a wealth of strategic and technical expertise. This year's race in Saudi Arabia encapsulated that. When his team-mate Alex Albon had Isack Hadjar ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/to4md59 via IFTTT

What do you get when you take the biggest YouTube star on the globe, mix in some Draco Malfoy magic and blend in some brand Beckham? The answer, Formula E executives hope at least, is audience engagement. Jeff Dodds came on board as CEO in the summer of 2023 and has set about his own challenge to make Formula E the second most-watched motorsport series in the world with vigour. The ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7vQ93we via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri received a surprise endorsement from Max Verstappen following the Australian’s win in Saudi Arabia. And world champion Verstappen knows he is in a fight to retain the title he has held for the past four seasons after Piastri won his third race of the season. Piastri, 24, now leads the championship by 10 points from his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris, who had started the season ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I1tHcKm via IFTTT

Williams boss James Vowles has outlined how spreading income and expenditure across different currencies has protected the team from the global financial uncertainty created by the recent tariff announcements from Donald Trump. The United States president doled out higher tariffs on 57 countries on 2 April – ranging from 11% to 50% - before pausing them for all nations except China for at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MDkm265 via IFTTT

Oscar Piastri opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the drivers’ championship with his third victory of the Formula 1 season, but perhaps McLaren’s advantage is deceptive. More to the point, could it be that Red Bull is not as far off the pace as it has been presented? Much has been made of McLaren’s impressive resurgence, and the Woking team has built upon its excellent 2024 season ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Vizws9o via IFTTT

Jeddah's fast and furious street race is shaping up to be an enthralling contest, thanks to several cars which are starting out of position. At the front there is Red Bull's pole sitter Max Verstappen, who will be desperately fighting off the faster McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Then there is Lando Norris - starting 10th after his Q3 crash - who is behind the likes of Williams' Carlos Sainz ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8h03ntf via IFTTT

The Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix presents an intriguing race for Williams, with one driver planning to err on the side of caution and the other looking to rein in his own perceived over-confidence. Carlos Sainz will start a season-best sixth on the grid at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on Sunday, while team-mate Alex Albon will set off down in 11th having just missed out on joining the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ckEI0My via IFTTT

Max Verstappen says he is "not very confident" of beating McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Jeddah on Sunday. The reigning world champion's Red Bull claimed pole by a mere 0.010s after the McLarens had looked faster all weekend, with Piastri joining him on the front row. The other McLaren of Lando Norris is starting from 10th after the Briton crashed on his first Q3 lap. Compared to last weekend's ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0IJSokm via IFTTT

Dandelion Racing extended its winning streak in Super Formula as Kakunoshin Ohta led another one-two finish for the Honda-powered team at Motegi on Sunday. Ohta was the major beneficiary of a first-lap safety car period that prompted the majority of the field to pit immediately and clear their mandatory stops, having started second on the grid behind poleman Kenta Yamashita. Kondo Racing’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/W6tRhXn via IFTTT

Williams had no doubts about turning its full attention to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations before the current season began, and it won't be tempted to shift its approach now. In a midfield battle decided by tenths - if not hundredths of a second - with a potential fifth place in the constructors' standings up for grabs, it is extremely tempting to give 2025 development one final push before ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/vPV0HBY via IFTTT

James Vowles caused quite the stir on Friday at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the Williams Formula 1 boss suggested that Mercedes shouldn’t sign Max Verstappen. The future of the four-time world champion is currently under question, as Red Bull has regressed since starting the 2024 Formula 1 season as the most dominant outfit. Verstappen’s team is currently third in the 2025 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2jtRyei via IFTTT

Tadasuke Makino scored his second Super Formula victory of the season in Saturday’s opening race at Motegi, as Dandelion Racing continued its winning streak. Makino led a first 1-2 finish for Dandelion since 2012 ahead of team-mate Kakunoshin Ohta after leading more or less throughout, taking the championship lead in the process. Having headed a front-row lockout for Dandelion ahead of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I7ARNcW via IFTTT

Farah AlYousef will have her mother cheering her on from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit stands when she takes to the track for Hitech as the F1 Academy wildcard entry this weekend. It will be another poignant moment in AlYousef’s fledging motorsport career, which has already brought both success and progression at the age of 22. It is a far cry from her mother’s experience of cars. She does not ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/dPu43ya via IFTTT

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri says he has developed a signature laid-back style in his Formula 1 career as he worries emotions can sometimes have a “negative impact” on his racing. From the outside, Piastri appears to be in the same mood whether he’s winning a race or retiring from one. It’s this laid-back vibe, and his excellent driving, that has won the young Australian fans up and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/UAQbhCJ via IFTTT

Yuki Tsunoda admits he doesn't understand "even half" of how to best extract performance from Red Bull's Formula 1 car and says Max Verstappen's greater experience gives him the advantage. The recently-promoted Red Bull driver said the RB21 is particularly tricky to drive without prior experience, which gives Verstappen a major headstart.  “I’m quite happy with my confidence level ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/oANKrIv via IFTTT

There were two intriguing new machines that joined the Classic Sports Car Club’s ranks for its event at Donington Park last weekend. One car that seemed to attract attention all throughout the meeting was Tom Robinson’s and Andrew Maynard’s Jaguar XFR. It was originally campaigned in 2012 by Carvell Motorsport, which conducted most of the development on the car after Jaguar’s SVO ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Ci6Jndm via IFTTT

'Failure is not an option' is the tagline of 1985 film Apollo 13, as NASA flight director Gene Kranz, portrayed by Ed Harris, attempts to save three astronauts in peril aboard the Space Shuttle. That mantra also permeates the nascent Cadillac Formula 1 team's offices as the US-owned team enters a crucial phase of its grand prix trajectory. Around its many worldwide outposts, including a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wkx9coD via IFTTT

Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali explained the championship's current position on hosting a race in Africa, stating that the efforts to put on a grand prix are not on hold but still missing certain guarantees. Efforts to restore F1's place in Africa, to race in all six permanently inhabited continents for the first time since 1993, have been ongoing over the past couple of years. Rwanda has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/2GoTxiY via IFTTT

Christian Horner feels he is “looking at two different watches” after revealing the Red Bull Formula 1 car's issues stem from limited correlation between wind tunnel and track data. Despite Max Verstappen winning the Japanese Grand Prix, and with the Dutchman still the reigning world champion, Red Bull’s dominance of recent years ebbed away throughout last season and has not returned at ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/rWKRJN6 via IFTTT

British GT champions Dan Harper and Darren Leung will return on a one-off basis to contest the championship’s blue-riband event at Silverstone later this month. The duo clinched the 2023 title aboard a Century Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 in their only British GT season as team-mates, before switching to GT World Challenge Europe together for 2024 and 2025. They did compete in select British GT ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZEqATKQ via IFTTT

The Sauber Formula 1 team is still searching for answers over Nico Hulkenberg's Bahrain Grand Prix disqualification. Hulkenberg crossed the finish line in 13th place after a tough evening trying to contend for points, but was disqualified because his skid plank had been ground down to 8.4mm, below the minimum thickness of 9mm. It is the second time this season that a car has been thrown out ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/yQIcAdp via IFTTT

David Crossen underlined his status as a major contender for the season with a resounding victory in round two of the British Historic Rally Championship on the Carlisle Stages. On a day of warm sunshine, fast and very dusty stages, the Northern Irish driver and co-driver Ben Teggart stretched clear of the pack with an impressive performance in their Ford Escort Mk2 to win by 50 seconds from ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Y8Pz2NM via IFTTT

When asked which positives he took away from the Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix, Lando Norris replied: "That it’s finished, probably." There's one early championship favourite within the McLaren camp, and it isn't Norris. PLUS: Why Norris must act now to halt Piastri's championship momentum Having started the season with a pole-to-flag win in Melbourne, Norris has found it tougher to mask ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/w8VzR2s via IFTTT

One of the most fiercely contested of the tantalising smorgasbord of Classic Sports Car Club grids that caused the hills around Donington Park to echo with a cacophony of roars last weekend was the first race of the Swinging Sixties category. The 40-minute competition was decided in favour of Dean Halsey and his 1971 Datsun 240Z. At first, it appeared that polesitter Simeon Chodosh would be ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/I5GCmVE via IFTTT

Three years ago, Romet Jurgenson hadn’t even contested a rally – but on Saturday the Estonian claimed his first British Rally Championship win with victory at the Carlisle Stages. Buoyed by a fast-tracked career, the FIA Rally Star and Junior WRC ace’s victory in the daunting Kielder Forest further underlined the M-Sport Ford driver’s potential, setting the fastest time on all but one ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/ZIAujy5 via IFTTT

After seemingly hitting rock bottom morale-wise in qualifying for the 2025 Bahrain Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton rebounded by guiding his Ferrari to fifth place from ninth on the grid, while team-mate Charles Leclerc was fourth after starting second. For Hamilton this was arguably the best result possible without retirements ahead. Afterwards the seven-time world champion was the most upbeat he ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/bYJXzie via IFTTT

When asked what was wrong as he qualified sixth in Bahrain with the quickest Formula 1 car on the grid, Lando Norris pointed to his chest. Qualifying four tenths behind polesitting team-mate Oscar Piastri, with no significant errors on his lap but shipping time little by little in each sector, the self-critical Norris was particularly despondent over his Saturday performance, saying he needed a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IObuM28 via IFTTT

Just a week after an unexpected Formula 1 victory in Japan, Red Bull was brought back down to reality in Bahrain. While Max Verstappen made the difference in Suzuka with a sensational pole lap — and it proved impossible to overtake on Sunday — the race weekend in Bahrain better exposes the true pecking order. Speaking to Dutch media, including Autosport, on Saturday, Verstappen stated that ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/xykB3aZ via IFTTT

Almost in parallel to the gap between the two Ferraris although the distance in terms of grid positions is not so stark, Lando Norris qualified sixth for the Bahrain Grand Prix while his McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri almost seamlessly annexed pole position. Most galling of all for the Briton was the margin between the two MCL39s: 0.426 seconds. Piastri’s second Q3 lap was 0.392s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Kv1oq7U via IFTTT

Marc Marquez claimed yet another 2025 pole position on Saturday at the Qatar Grand Prix, edging his brother Alex (Gresini Ducati) into a familiar second place. Two major shocks emerged from the baking hot afternoon session at Losail. One was Marquez’s factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia falling on his final run, condemning himself to a lowly 11th position on the grid and making a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/D5TZFv2 via IFTTT

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri blew away the rest of the field in third practice for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix, with unrepresentative daytime conditions causing drivers to struggle for grip. With 10 minutes to go in the final one-hour practice session, Piastri's soft-tyre lap of 1m31.646s went unanswered by his rivals, with the Australian six tenths quicker than team-mate Lando ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/NkrJPm4 via IFTTT

For Jann Mardenborough, it dates back to a self-promise in 2021. The 2011 GT Academy winner was at a crossroads in life, having just departed the Nissan Super GT programme, which left him without a full-time drive for the year. It marked not only the end of a five-year stint contesting Japan’s top sportscar championship, but potentially the end of a professional career that spanned a ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/un2vJRO via IFTTT

So far every Formula 1 grand prix this year has been won from pole position – and, in the most recent one in Japan, the running order was notably static since tyre characteristics militated against strategic divergence at a track on which it is difficult to overtake. But the first three rounds of the season are held on tracks that have little in common with other venues on the calendar ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Mp6CSZ3 via IFTTT

Unless you’re flying by private jet there’s no direct flights to Bahrain from Japan’s main airports. Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto added to what was already a complicated itinerary between the opening rounds of 2025’s first triple-header by going to the factory. It’s a telling insight into how the Formula 2 champion aims to avoid the trough into which several of his predecessors have ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/w62tDzQ via IFTTT

Ferrari has brought its first update package of the 2025 Formula 1 season to the Bahrain Grand Prix, introducing a new floor to inject more performance into its SF-25. The Italian squad has lacked significant pace so far this year, leading to both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton stating after last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix that Ferrari needed upgrades to compete with McLaren, Red Bull ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/6NMdgsU via IFTTT

Twelve years ago almost to the day, a 20-year-old Marc Marquez lined up at the Losail International Circuit for his first MotoGP start. Already a double world champion in the lower categories, the youngster from Cervera came in with a reputation. Armed with a factory Honda, he immediately set about hassling no less a rider than Valentino Rossi. By the end of the 22-lap Qatar Grand Prix he ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/8cGRN46 via IFTTT

“I wouldn’t be too vocal supporting the comeback of a V10 engine if I liked what I saw from 2026,” said Carlos Sainz during the pre-Bahrain Grand Prix press conference. As he did so, a palpable wrinkle of disdain passed across the bridge of his nose. Warming to his theme, he continued. “But as I don’t really like what I see from 2026 in terms of what the car is going to do, the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IqXFWrd via IFTTT

MotoGP heads to Qatar for the fourth round of the 2025 season. The race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, saw Alex Marquez take the lead in the standings from his brother Marc Marquez after he retired from the race. Francesco Bagnaia claimed the victory and was joined by Alex Marquez and Fabio di Giannantonio on the podium who finished second and third, respectively. Here ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/DaeMzPC via IFTTT

McLaren will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours to chase overall victory for the first time in nearly 30 years as part of a World Endurance Championship campaign in 2027. The British sportscar manufacturer confirmed an attempt to reprise the Le Mans win with the McLaren F1 GTR 30 years ago in a brief statement on Thursday. “1995. Legendary Le Mans victory. Triple Crown glory,” it read ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1hAM0KO via IFTTT

McLaren’s world championship leader Lando Norris is the cover star of the latest Autosport monthly magazine, out today (10 April). It’s hard to argue that Max Verstappen isn’t the most complete driver currently on the Formula 1 grid, but Norris has looked like the closest thing to a challenger to the Dutchman over the past year. In fact, as Norris tells Alex Kalinauckas in our May ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/0EVJYUy via IFTTT

Straight after pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Autosport predicted the team pecking order for the forthcoming campaign - naturally accounting for the usual obfuscations that the annual pre-season running often provides. Now that the campaign is in full flow with three grands prix completed, F1's travelling circus is currently making a return voyage to Bahrain for the middle ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/7L13jAS via IFTTT

Everything appeared crystal clear regarding the 2025 MotoGP championship... until lapnine of the Grand Prix of the Americas. It had seemed like the script was written in Marc Marquez’s favour: brother Alex would challenge but not quite have the pace, while Francesco Bagnaia would be thereabouts but ultimately fall short. Then, on that fateful lap at COTA, Marc went down. Bagnaia managed to ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zgR6CO7 via IFTTT

Seldom has it been more important in Formula 1 to seize the moment. While the first three grands prix of the season have been at outlier venues which have relatively little in common with most circuits on the calendar, all of them have been won from pole position. A small sample size, granted, but a consensus is forming among the teams and drivers that ‘dirty air’ – the problem the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/b2SeYjh via IFTTT

Billionaires are demanding, impatient creatures. In Aston Martin’s previous incarnations, continuity of personnel was a hallmark even as owners came and went; under Lawrence Stroll’s ownership… well, it was probably a mistake not to install a revolving door in the team’s lavish new technical ‘campus’. Since rebranding into British Racing Green, the cars have continued to toil and ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/luvekF8 via IFTTT

Frederik Vesti will take part in opening practice with Mercedes at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix, driving George Russell’s W16. Vesti, the 2019 Formula Regional European champion and 2023 Formula 2 runner-up, has been on Mercedes’ books since 2021, currently acting as the team’s reserve driver alongside Valtteri Bottas – on top of his racing commitments in the IMSA SportsCar ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/58dmyDG via IFTTT

The factory Aprilia team has confirmed that MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin will return from injury at this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix. Martin, who has missed the first three weekends of the year following a pre-season Supermoto training accident, had already expressed his desire to return to action in Doha when he visited the paddock at the Americas GP last month. Now his comeback has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/A8JUBTo via IFTTT

It’s a rare feat for anyone to have played a key part in two of the UK’s greatest eras of motorsport in two such disparate disciplines. In one, he found himself part of the elite almost by accident; in the other, he was instrumental in its success. Mike Nicholson, who has died aged 81, will be remembered not only as a top competitor in the heyday of the British Open rally championship ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/MGfrjsC via IFTTT

Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell insists he has no concerns over the long-term future of the team despite news that Aston Martin Lagonda is planning on selling its stake in the Formula 1 outfit. The car company announced on Monday that it was putting its shares in the F1 team up for sale, having cut 170 jobs last month with fewer cars sold in 2023. The decrease in global sales was ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/YlxZ4GM via IFTTT

In our latest National Podcast, Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner joins British GT correspondent Ed Hardy and four-time series champion Jonny Adam to explore what the 2025 British GT season has in store. The trio discuss double Le Mans class winner Adam's hopes of claiming a fifth British GT title, as well as the all-time wins record. You'll hear about the other cars that Ed has an eye on ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/wou6bvY via IFTTT

Sergio Perez has revealed the moment it became clear his Red Bull Racing exit was inevitable. After joining the team in 2021, following previous stints with Sauber, McLaren, Force India and Racing Point, Perez struggled to extract the same level of performance from the Red Bull cars as his world champion team-mate Max Verstappen in 2023 and 2024. Despite a disappointing level of performance ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/zKWlLiG via IFTTT

Red Bull has already called time on Liam Lawson’s very short stint with the team, as the 23-year-old has been dropped after just two grands prix in 2025. Lawson will return to Red Bull’s sister squad Racing Bulls, with his former team-mate Yuki Tsunoda heading to the ‘A’ team after a point-less start to the Formula 1 campaign for the New Zealander.  It comes in time for Tsunoda’s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/IKvMFOE via IFTTT

In the latest episode of our Autosport National Podcast, special guest Johnny Mowlem joins host Kevin Turner. As well as talking about his career, which took him from Porsche club racing to success in international endurance competition, Mowlem explains how he now helps gentleman drivers try to achieve their ambitions, such as racing in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The duo discuss how the sport has ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/X7a1MKH via IFTTT

Yuki Tsunoda is set to become the 14th driver to start a Formula 1 grand prix for Red Bull when he competes for the team at Suzuka on the 6 April. It will be the third round of the 2025 F1 season and he will replace Liam Lawson as Max Verstappen's team-mate after a point-less start for the New Zealander. So there will be immense pressure on Tsunoda to perform better than the man he is ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/QikTz2S via IFTTT

The 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir believes it is only mistakes that can deprive Marc Marquez of this year’s title after an unbeaten start to the season. Marquez has won all four races - two sprints and two grands prix - in 2025 from pole, marking the perfect start to life as a factory Ducati rider. He already holds a 16-point advantage in the championship and victory this year would put ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/oPST8rd via IFTTT

Eddie Jordan Racing became a big player in junior single-seaters prior to the Jordan squad arriving in Formula 1 in 1991. Before becoming the Midland-owned MF1 Racing for 2006, Jordan built up a cult following, helped launch the careers of several drivers and briefly became a championship contender. Here’s our choice of the squad’s finest moments. 10. Winning the 1987 British F3 ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/Ws2XNtK via IFTTT

When Romain Grosjean's Haas car split in two and burst into flames during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, it was the titanium halo that ultimately saved his life. But what few people know is that a groundbreaking welding technique played a crucial role in making the halo strong enough to perform as designed in that terrifying moment. The halo, now an essential part of Formula 1's safety package ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/hryJz6e via IFTTT