The Italian Grand Prix is never short of emotion or drama and 2024’s version certainly didn’t disappoint! After McLaren locked out the front row in qualifying, it was the surprise of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc running a one-stop strategy that earned him his second win of the season, and home gloryContinue Reading
The junior ranks are full of race-winning talent with egos boosted by a lifetime of victories in karting and entry-level single-seater categories. By the time drivers reach Formula 3, the wheat begins to be separated from the chaff, with only 30 spaces available each year to continue the climb toContinue Reading
F1’s Italian Grand Prix may have seemed like a failure for McLaren, but arguably the explanation isn’t as simple as that. Between tyre graining issues, pitstop strategies, team order possibilities and a superb race from Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris have been hurt by their 2nd and 3rdContinue Reading
Formula E is set to race on a shortened version of Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Corniche Circuit during the 2024-25 season, the same venue which has been used for Formula 1 races.The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Sport has given its approval for the venue to be used by the all-electric championship,Continue Reading
The push to prevent teams in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class running two-driver line-ups from next season appears to have failed.A proposal to that effect put forward by the WRT BMW squad has not met with favour from the other participants and is likely to be abandoned.The calls wereContinue Reading
Adrian Newey’s move to the Aston Martin Formula 1 team looks set to be announced in the build-up to next week’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Following months of speculation about the future of the legendary F1 designer, who announced earlier this year that he would be leaving Red Bull, final confirmation ofContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s concession that Red Bull has turned its dominant Formula 1 car into a “monster” shows how extreme the squad feels its problems are.A lacklustre performance at the Italian Grand Prix, as Verstappen found himself powerless to finish any higher than sixth, has left it in no doubt thatContinue Reading
World champions Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera will feature for Toyota to help the Japanese marque’s World Rally Championship title bid at Rally Chile.Toyota will therefore field four GR Yaris Rally1 cars for the final gravel round of the season held in the South American nation from 26-29 September.Ogier andContinue Reading
Kevin Magnussen can be forgiven for feeling aggrieved by the manner in which he received a one-race ban at the Italian Grand Prix, following his minor incident with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia.In attempting to put a move on Gasly at the Turn 4-5 chicane, the Dane lockedContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc produced a stunning 33-lap run of lap time consistency to win Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix, which has evoked memories of other such famous moments from motorsport history. In the 2022 Mexican GP, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen managed 38 straight laps in the same lap time bracketContinue Reading