What we learned from Friday practice at the 2024 F1 Hungarian GP
Lando Norris and McLaren led the way on pure pace on Friday at Formula 1’s 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, but a deeper look at the long-run times suggests Red Bull possesses a race pace advantage at this stage.Red Bull also spent the day assessing the impact of its much-discussed engineContinue Reading
Conor Daly has successful “first step” in NASCAR Xfinity practice at Indy
After spending the past three years on the IMS road course, NASCAR has returned to the 2.5-mile oval course layout this year, the 30th anniversary of the first Brickyard 400.Daly, a 32-year-old Indiana native, is set to make his third series start this weekend with Sam Hunt Racing in theContinue Reading
Hamilton: Mercedes “hasn’t felt good” in Hungary’s high temperatures
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes has resumed its current struggles in hot weather, labelling his Friday Hungarian Grand Prix practice sessions as “not a good day” as the team seeks to find a solution.Despite its recent success which has yielded two consecutive victories in Austria and at Silverstone, Mercedes expected toContinue Reading
F1 Hungarian GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more
The British driver was quickest in second practice from F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen, as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed early on which put him out of the session.With plenty of upgrades on show up and down the grid, Carlos Sainz put his Ferrari third on the FP2 timesheet withContinue Reading
Muller left Abt Formula E team for “new challenge”, poised to join Andretti
Nico Muller says that his decision to leave the Abt Formula E team was fuelled by the need for a “new challenge” as he looks poised to join Andretti.The Swiss driver is in his second campaign with the German squad, having joined from Dragon at the start of the 2022-23Continue Reading
F1 Hungarian GP: Norris fastest in red-flagged FP2 as Leclerc crashes
Lando Norris put his McLaren on top of Formula 1’s FP2 times at the Hungarian Grand Prix, 0.243 seconds clear of Max Verstappen.After FP1’s scorching track temperatures, which neared 60C, the temperatures upon the Hungaroring circuit had started to fall below 50C for the start of FP2, ensuring the tyresContinue Reading
WRC Latvia: Rovanpera extends lead over rising star Sesks
World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera claimed four of Friday’s seven stages to take control of Latvia’s maiden World Rally Championship round from impressive home hero Martins Sesks.The Toyota driver delivered blistering pace and made a smart tyre decision to capitalise on a strong road position to lead the high-speed gravelContinue Reading
Mercedes “back where we need to be” after CrowdStrike tech glitch drama
The Mercedes Formula 1 team says it is back where it needs to be after morning dramas triggered by the global CrowdStrike IT outage.A defect in a software update rolled out by the American cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike affected Microsoft Windows machines around the world on Friday morning.The problems causedContinue Reading
Evans: Avoiding intra-team contact in hunt for Formula E title “number one” priority
Mitch Evans says he is “not concerned at all” about there being any on-track contact between himself and Jaguar team-mate Nick Cassidy as both hunt for a maiden Formula E title.Evans enters the London E-Prix season finale this weekend just 12 points behind fellow Kiwi Cassidy in the drivers’ standings,Continue Reading
F1 Hungarian GP: Sainz quickest in FP1 over Verstappen, Leclerc
Carlos Sainz opened the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend with the fastest time in FP1, over a quarter of a second clear of Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen.Sainz posted a 1m18.713s amid a flurry of soft-tyre runs at the start of the session’s second half, beating an earlier benchmark setContinue Reading