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
Flat Chat podcast: What will F1 design legend Newey do next?
TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson, who attended Repton school with Formula 1 tech talisman Adrian Newey, once described caravan holidays as “two weeks of defecating in a bucket”. As Newey exits Red Bull, pursued by several chequebooks, he says he’s planning to tour Europe in a motorhome before he returns toContinue Reading
Why Marquez is the key to Pramac’s continuation with Ducati in MotoGP
Pramac has until the summer to unilaterally validate the agreement that would allow it to remain the only team with full factory support from Ducati in 2025 and 2026. Renewing the agreement would maintain its current conditions, so that the two riders in its line-up would be hired directly byContinue Reading
Overweight Williams F1 car costing it 0.45 seconds per lap
The Grove-based outfit is pushing to get itself much closer to F1’s 798kg minimum weight limit, with a host of new lighter parts to be fitted to Alex Albon’s car at Imola.In a surprise confession before track running begins, team principal James Vowles has said that the squad ironically leftContinue Reading
Ex-Haas F1 sporting director to lead Juncos IndyCar team
O’Neill, who held the roles of sporting director and team manager at Haas in F1 from 2014-17, steps into a newly created role by JHR and will work alongside current team manager David Morgan.O’Neill first worked in F1 by spending seven years at Jordan, fulfilling the roles of team manager and chiefContinue Reading
Why Ferrari thinks Hamilton’s impact will go far beyond F1 lap time
Hamilton announced earlier this year that he would be leaving Mercedes at the end of this season and joining Ferrari as Charles Leclerc’s team-mate for 2025.Although Vasseur has so far been reluctant to talk much about Hamilton, out of respect for current driver Carlos Sainz, he has now offered some background ofContinue Reading
Bearman: “Back to the drawing board” for F1 on spray guards
Ferrari completed an FIA test last Thursday at Fiorano to trial the second attempt at introducing spray guards to cover the wheels in the wet, in a bid to reduce the amount of spray thrown up that decreases visibility.As part of the test, the Fiorano test track was made wet onContinue Reading
WRC’s 2025 rule change will create “pretty crap” car – Hyundai’s Abiteboul
Abiteboul made the claims after his Hyundai team conducted computer simulations of the 2025 rules to see how removing hybrid, and modifications and air restrictor will affect the current Rally1 car.This comes after Toyota tested a physical GR Yaris, which featured a modified rear wing, that driver Elfyn Evans describedContinue Reading
Bastianini finds it “strange” facing potential factory Ducati MotoGP exit
Bastianini’s two-year contract with Ducati expires at the conclusion of the 2024 season and the Italian marque is yet to decide who will partner Francesco Bagnaia at its works team in 2025.Although the 26-year-old is still in the running for that coveted spot, his chances of extending his stay atContinue Reading
Aston Martin prepared to run two Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercars in WEC 2025
The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary.Aston Martin and partner team Heart of Racing announced one-car programmes with the Valkyrie for both the WEC and the IMSAContinue Reading