Friday favourite: When a BTCC legend taught Tordoff the ropes
Contesting your first full British Touring Car Championship season with a factory-backed team when that manufacturer has recently returned to the series after a decade away can be quite a daunting scenario.It’s one in which Sam Tordoff found himself back in 2013 when he joined the Triple Eight-run MG squad.Continue Reading
WEC Fuji: BMW leads Porsche and Cadillac in tight FP2
BMW, Porsche and Cadillac ended up within two hundredths of each other at the top of the times in second free practice for Sunday’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.Dries Vanthoor led the way for the WRT BMW team from Porsche driver Matt Campbell and Cadillac’s Alex Lynn in theContinue Reading
WRC set to feature a variety of format lengths in 2025
The World Rally Championship is set to feature new event formats for selected rounds next season as it looks to add more variety to its calendar.The championship has long been investigating changes to the length of its events with Rally Italy Sardinia trialling a condensed 48-hour concept earlier this year.ThisContinue Reading
Peugeot evaluating further hypercar upgrades for 2025 WEC season
Peugeot is evaluating the introduction of further upgrades to its Le Mans Hypercar in 2025 in order to close the gap to the front in the World Endurance Championship.The French manufacturer wants to get a full understanding of the potential of the updated 9X8 2024 by the end of theContinue Reading
F1 drivers call for rule rethink in the wake of Magnussen’s Baku ban
Formula 1’s penalty point system “need to be reviewed” in the wake of the incident that triggered Kevin Magnussen’s one-race ban for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – which other drivers described as “harsh”.Magnussen made contact with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia during the Italian Grand Prix in aContinue Reading
WEC Fuji: Porsche pips Toyota in red-flagged opening practice
Porsche led home favourite Toyota in a red-flagged opening practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.Laurens Vanthoor set a best time of 1m30.581s in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh at the very beginning of the 90-minute session to head the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Ryo HirakawaContinue Reading
Why Piastri Accepts McLaren Team Orders, But Won’t Hold Back – Azerbaijan GP Media Day
Formula 1 returns to Baku for the 2024 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, and it seems with it that McLaren have finally found a solution to their Papaya Rules / #1 Driver / team orders problem. But are Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri happy with the outcome? Alex KalinauckasContinue Reading
Verstappen: I could think about driving a Newey-designed Aston Martin
Max Verstappen has refused to rule out an Adrian Newey reunion at Aston Martin in the future.Design guru Newey was behind the Red Bull cars that delivered Verstappen’s three drivers’ championships, but his departure was confirmed earlier in the year and he has now signed for Aston.He will take onContinue Reading
The winding road that took an Australian F1 prospect to Supercars stardom
James Courtney announced his retirement by accident – on the television news. With his eyes set on a career in real estate, it made sense for the 44-year-old to plug the Gold Coast firm he was joining and talk up his expertise. But in doing so, he also stated thatContinue Reading
Mercedes ditches problematic floor upgrade for Baku
Mercedes will not run its problematic floor first introduced at Spa at any point in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as it assesses whether this has caused its post-Belgium victory form dip.Mercedes entered 2024’s recent summer break on the back of three wins in four races – including an on-the-road 1-2Continue Reading