Following FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayems statement earlier this year that he wanted the governing body to evaluate the idea, documents have now been formally published for interested parties to express their interest in joining. In a statement issued on Friday, the FIA said it would evaluate the potential of new teams based on rigorous financial and technical analysis as well as ... Keep reading
Former McLaren team principal Seidl has replaced Fred Vasseur, who has left to replace Mattia Binotto at Ferrari. Seidl has come in solely as CEO in order to focus on the bigger picture of all the companies in the Sauber Group as the organisation continues to grow ahead of the planned transition to the full Audi identity in 2026, and as such he won't attend all the races. Managing director ... Keep reading
A dog owner has shared the amusing moment her “guilty” dog cowered into the corner of the bedroom and refused to look at her after destroying an expensive pillow.
The UK has been absent from the WRC schedule since Wales Rally GB in 2019 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 event amid reduced funding from the Welsh government. Following the loss of the event, a bid fronted by promoter Bobby Willis attempted to bring the WRC to Northern Ireland in 2021 and 2022, but the project failed to secure the 2 million funding to run the ... Keep reading
Last December, the Andretti Autosport IndyCar driver was confirmed as part of Lamborghinis roster of drivers destined to help develop the marques LMDh prototype and then race it in 2024. As part of that deal, Grosjean is racing a Lamborghini Huracan GTD Pro car run by the works Iron Lynx team at IMSA endurance events this year. In his debut for the team at last weeks Daytona 24 ... Keep reading
As part of a joint effort between NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports, Automobile Club de lOuest, IMSA and Goodyear, the modified Next-Gen-based Camaro ZL1 will take part in this year's centenary Le Mans 24 event. Last week, 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button was announced as one of the drivers of the Garage 56 entry alongside NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson and sportscar ace Mike ... Keep reading
Nowadays, the process is a lot more rigorous and pretty regimented in its details when it comes to allowing exclusive access to the F1 club. It is a necessary formality, though, because F1 needs to know that all its entrants have the necessary backing and skill to do a good job. The last thing the FIA and Formula One Management (FOM) want is for teams to turn up for one or two years ... Keep reading
Vasseur has been drafted into Maranello for 2023 after his predecessor Mattia Binotto resigned last year amid a belief he did not have the confidence of Ferrari's senior road car management. And while Vasseur is confident that Ferrari has everything in its hands to be able to fight for the F1 championship this year, Montoya believes there are still elements that the Frenchman will struggle ... Keep reading
The Award has been running since 2015 as part of a joint venture between Williams and Autosport that forms a key part of the annual Autosport Awards prize gala at the end of every motorsport season. Where previously entries for the Award where only accepted from students at eight of the UKs leading universities with a strong reputation for engineering courses, entries are now open to anyone ... Keep reading
Kevin Bucklers The Racers Group outfit had won the GT class at Daytona in 2002, aided by two young Porsche factory drivers: Timo Bernhard and Jorg Bergmeister. 2002 was the first time theyd ever been to the US, and it was with us, says Buckler. At first, I didnt really want these Porsche UPS Junior Drivers but they turned out to be legendary. Bernhard and Bergmeister ... Keep reading
Jarvis was not retained by the Meyer Shank Racing Acura team after he clinched the final crown of IMSA's DPi era with Tom Blomqvist, having signed up for an LMP2 programme with United in the WEC that took precedence. The 2005 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner and former Audi LMP1 racer will be reunited with Blomqvist for select rounds of the 2023 WEC - with ex-Formula 1 racer Giedo van der ... Keep reading
Kubica and Deletraz both make the move across from the Prema squad, joining WRT's previously-announced silver-rated driver Rui Andrade at the wheel of the Belgian team's #41 Oreca 07-Gibson. Sean Gelael is so far the only driver named for the #31 WRT entry. Kubica contested his first full season in sportscar racing for WRT in 2021 in the European Le Mans Series, winning that year's title ... Keep reading
The Parisian, who took the European Formula 2 title in 1976, made 49 F1 starts between 1975 and 1981, getting his full debut at the 1975 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell. But Jabouille will always be synonymous with Renault, the marque with which he contested most of his grands prix. In 1979 Jabouille took Renault's first ever Formula 1 win at the French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois. The win not ... Keep reading
The Andretti driver lapped the 17-turn 2.9-mile course in 1m39.3721s, beating his1m39.9303s effort from the morning session. The opening two-and-a-half-hour session featured two red flags both for harmless spin-and-stalls by Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren and Helio Castroneves of Meyer Shank Racing. Herta became the first driver to crack the 100-second barrier with a 1m39.9303s ... Keep reading
Its easy to forget what a risk he seemed to be taking when he flew the family nest of McLaren to strike out on his own at Mercedes. But six world titles prove that it was entirely justified, and whos to say there wont be more? In our cover feature, our Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas analyses Hamiltons past decade, with insights from the Mercedes teams engineering chief Andrew ... Keep reading
A lack of success enjoyed by most of the new series launched in the UK last year certainly does not seem to have put off organisers from developing fresh ideas for 2023, as a plethora of creations are set to grace the circuits this season. INSIGHT: Did the new national series of 2022 fly or flop? Some of the new offerings seem distinctly familiar, while others are radically different - ... Keep reading
Vasseur briefly lived with Wolff when he moved to the UK to be Renault team principal in 2016, and the pair have been close ever since. But with Vasseur having taken over the helm at one of Mercedes' chief F1 rivals, there has been much intrigue about how much they will be able to remain friends if they get locked in an intense battle for victory. Furthermore, F1's infamous labelling of the ... Keep reading
Manchester United youngster Mason Greenwood sees his future in Asia.
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From 2014 to 2022, the Indy 500 offered 100 points to the winner, 80 to the runner-up and 70 to the third-place finisher as opposed to 50-40-35 for regular IndyCar races. Although no Indy 500 winner in that period went on to take the series title, it was felt that double-points unduly hurt those who suffered a bad Month of May. An official IndyCar statement read: Over the years, the rule ... Keep reading
The Italian posted a 2m03.995s as the Pro drivers took to the track for the second time in the final 40 minute session of the day. Supercars ace Chaz Mostert emerged second fastest overall after posting a 2m04.088s, driving the #65 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi, the time set in the opening practice session. The Sun Energy1 Racing Mercedes outfit was third thanks to Luca Stolzs effort ... Keep reading
Although the event is being hailed as the 2023 car launch, Red Bull has history from last year of bringing out a rebranded old car and pretending it is a shiny new model. The likelihood is that, with the first F1 test still several weeks away, what appears in New York will at best be a hybrid of the 2022 and 2023 models, featuring some old and new elements. It will then, almost certainly, be ... Keep reading
Tim Harvey only spent one year as a TWR Volvo driver in the British Touring Car Championship, between stints at Renault and Peugeot. But his 1995 season alongside Rickard Rydell sticks in the 1992 champions mind, for all the right reasons. I can say almost unequivocally my best times and favourite team-mate without any animosity, ego, anything, would be Rickard, says Harvey, speaking ... Keep reading
Coming out of the hairpin at the reimagined Deep Forest Raceway, I have momentum on the Ford GT Gr.3 ahead of me. I duck out from behind its rear wing, moving left as we approach an innocuous-looking kink that leads onto the main straight. Were now alongside each other, and to check the ever-decreasing gap between the two cars, I instinctively look to my right, not with a press of a button ... Keep reading
Red Bull is the second team to launch its 2023 machine after Haasreleased digital renderings of the new livery that will be run on its VF-23 challenger last week. The Milton Keynes-based team won both the drivers' and constructors' F1 titles last year, as Verstappen secured his second world title. Its launch follows the news announced earlier today that Ford will return to F1 as an ... Keep reading
During a season launch in New York on Friday, where Red Bull announced a new major partnership with Ford from 2026, the team revealed what it claimed was its 2023 challenger the RB19. However, the car on display appeared to have no visible differences from last years championship-winning RB18 and even featured the 2022 mirrors that would be illegal for this season as they are too ... Keep reading