Josef Newgarden: Indy 500 poster boy or paddock pariah?
Two-time IndyCar champion Newgarden was disqualified from his season-opening St. Petersburg victory due to illegal use of the push-to-pass system during restarts, after all three of Penske’s entries mistakenly ran with software that allowed him to do so.Although he accepted the penalty, in an emotionally charged press conference at theContinue Reading
Two F3 drivers hit with race bans for competing in other championships
Stenshorne is 13th in the F3 standings after two rounds and scored his first victory in the sprint race last time out in Australia.But a GB3 outing at Silverstone on 25-26 April has now had profound consequences on his season, as neither he nor his Hitech team informed the FIAContinue Reading
First glimpse of Aston Martin F1 upgrades appear as new front wing idea spotted
While the full extent of the changes will not be revealed until Friday morning, its AMR24 has already been spotted with a new and interesting front wing design.As the above exclusive photograph shows, the team has created segmentation of the inboard and outboard portion of the front wing’s two upperContinue Reading
McLaren: Naive to think regular F1 wins now possible
Norris’s sensational win last time out followed McLaren massively upgrading its 2024 F1 car, having shown bursts of Red Bull-beating pace at the Miami track.This included Norris’s lap times on old tyres compared to early leader Max Verstappen before the mid-race safety car that transformed their races and led toContinue Reading
Leclerc: Rare F1 race engineer swap was ‘team decision’
Ferrari announced after Miami that Leclerc’s long-time race engineer Xavi Marcos was being moved on to a new role, although it is not clear at the moment what position he will take.Marcos is being replaced by Ferrari’s current performance engineer Bryan Bozzi, who has been with the team for 10Continue Reading
Why isn’t David Croft doing Sky F1 commentary in Imola and who is his replacement, Harry Benjamin?
Formula 1 fans will miss out on hearing the iconic “It’s lights out and away we go” at the Imola race this weekend as David Croft is set to be replaced by Harry Benjamin. This year will see the iconic lead commentator miss his first races since joining the SkyContinue Reading
Haas F1 driver Magnussen feels he’s been penalised for driving “outside of some white lines”
Magnussen’s last three race outings – the Chinese GP, Miami sprint and Miami GP – brought him from three licence penalty points to 10, just two short of the FIA’s limit for F1 drivers earning a race ban. This was introduced into the FIA’s superlicence system in 2014.While his ShanghaiContinue Reading
The junior single-seater rival to F1’s Norris seeking career redemption
The entry list for Formula E’s Berlin double-header wasn’t short of new names, as the World Endurance Championship’s Spa clash last weekend offered the chance for some fresh faces to make their mark. While the likes of Formula 2 frontrunner Paul Aron was getting his first taste of racing inContinue Reading
Newey not ready for F1 retirement as he’ll “probably go again” at another team
Newey is set to leave Red Bull after an extremely successful 18-year stint at the team, designing the cars that propelled Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to multiple world championships.But amid political unrest at Red Bull, an investigation into Christian Horner that was dismissed and a “whole host of otherContinue Reading
Le Mans organiser predicts multiple hydrogen manufacturers in 24 Hours by 2029
The race organiser is confident that there will be significant take-up of the rules it is putting in place for the carbon-neutral fuel.According to club president Pierre Fillon, there will be at least one hydrogen prototype on the grid for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship in 2028Continue Reading