Exclusive: Alpine closes in on Mercedes technical partnership, could start in 2025
The Alpine Formula 1 team is closing in on a deal with Mercedes for a technical partnership that will include engine, gearbox and suspension – and could even start in 2025.The French manufacturer has been weighing up abandoning its own Renault works engine, with senior management questioning the costs versusContinue Reading
Alpine-Mercedes tie-up set to include suspension/gearbox and could start in 2025
The Alpine Formula 1 team in closing in on a deal with Mercedes for a technical partnership that will include engine, gearbox and suspension – and could even start in 2025.The French manufacturer has been weighing up abandoning its own Renault works engine, with senior management questioning the costs versusContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon: Kyle Larson “driving with a purpose” in Indianapolis win
Gordon, now vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, gave owner Rick Hendrick is his first victory at the iconic track in 1994 and also four more before his driving career came to a close.On Sunday, Gordon sat on a pit box and marveled at the moves made by Hendrick driver KyleContinue Reading
Jeff Gordon on Kyle Larson win: ‘It takes a total team’
Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, speaks to NASCAR.com’s Alex Weaver on the specialness of Kyle Larson’s Indy win. SourceContinue Reading
Not McLaren’s first radio rodeo: a brief history of F1 team orders controversies
McLaren’s bubbling team orders scenario at the Hungarian Grand Prix led many – including Lando Norris, the subject of said on-track shuffling – to suggest that it all could have been avoided if the team had stopped Oscar Piastri first.A somewhat conservative effort to lock down the victory meant that NorrisContinue Reading
Arrow McLaren fumes over Toronto caution timing after scary crash
Arrow McLaren team principal Gavin Ward felt “sick” over the horrific multi-car crash that briefly stopped Toronto’s IndyCar race on Sunday.Pato O’Ward had spun at Turn 1 on 73 of 85 in the shadow of the city’s Princes’ Gate, leaving the Arrow McLaren driver in a precarious position.After the firstContinue Reading
Neuville, Tanak free to fight for WRC title – Hyundai
Hyundai has reiterated its drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak are currently free to fight for the World Rally Championship without fear of team orders, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul.The Korean manufacturer’s two full-time drivers Neuville and Tanak are split by eight points in the title race after lastContinue Reading
Herta dismisses “self-doubt” over IndyCar win drought, title shot “isn’t over”
Colton Herta has insisted he didn’t doubt he could end an IndyCar dry stretch stretching back to May 2022 before his controlled victory in Toronto reignited his title challenge.Prior to converting his pole position on Sunday, the 24-year-old Andretti Global driver hadn’t won since his triumph at the Indianapolis road course inContinue Reading
Ex-Honda star Pedrosa reveals chronic fatigue issue in final years in MotoGP
Dani Pedrosa has admitted to having suffered from chronic fatigue in the final three seasons of his MotoGP career with Honda.The 31-time grand prix winner has revealed that he was diagnosed with the same issue that compromised the career of his former team-mate Casey Stoner, who retired from MotoGP afterContinue Reading
Pedrosa reveals chronic fatigue issue in final years in MotoGP
Dani Pedrosa has admitted to having suffered from chronic fatigue in the final three seasons of his MotoGP career with Honda.The 31-time grand prix winner has revealed that he was diagnosed with the same issue that compromised the career of his former team-mate Casey Stoner, who retired from MotoGP afterContinue Reading