Snorkels were famously adopted by WRC teams in previous editions of the event – prior to its WRC return in 2021 – to help cars navigate through sections of tricky terrain, preventing water and dust from entering the engine. The device made a re-appearance when the Safari Rally returned to the WRC, butContinue Reading
This weekend’s Australian Grand Prix marks the home race for Piastri, who is contesting his second top-flight season. The driver acknowledges that he tried to keep a low profile in 2023 given he arrived in F1 at the centre of a heated contract dispute between Alpine and McLaren.Amid the popularityContinue Reading
Marco Bezzecchi was marked out as a potential title contender coming into 2024, having finished third in the standings last year with three wins on his year-old Ducati.But adapting to the 2023-spec Ducati that won the championship last year has so far proven difficult for the Italian, who qualified 15th atContinue Reading
The Frenchman has become the third partner in the semi-professional club that is based in the commune of Versailles, near Paris. It currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of the French football league system.Gasly will join the club as a joint shareholder alongside President Alexandre Mulliez, whoContinue Reading
By the time you read this feature, a little bit of motorsport history will have been made. The 2024 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix was the first in the series’ history to have been completed by a grid using fuels of part-non-fossil origin. As MotoGP celebrates its 75th anniversary, it’s aContinue Reading
Having hoped that its new W15 car would help it make the leap to get within striking distance of Red Bull, its recent struggles in Saudi Arabia have served as a wake-up call about how much more work still needs to be done.But while the competitive picture did not lookContinue Reading
Race strategy can make or break a race if the team does not make the right decisions for their cars. Most of these decisions are made on the pitwall by a small set of the team who then relay this information back to the drivers. The pitwall is made upContinue Reading
Alpine was already braced for a low-key start to the season after a late concept change, which meant it had initially made a sideways step over the winter while its rival teams were full steam ahead with bringing improvements to their cars.But team principal Famin admitted the nature of itsContinue Reading
Although Goodyear brought the same tire combination as was used in last September’s race at the track, it became clear early in the race the tire fall-off was laying no rubber on the track, which resulted in unusually excessive tire wear.Teams quickly discovered they couldn’t go more than 47 toContinue Reading
This was the Franco-American team’s objective for the weekend: to get both cars to the finish, and of course, if possible, in the points. The two drivers worked well together on the 2.933 km, 11-turn circuit which, with its many straights, demanded a great deal of energy.Stoffel Vandoorne, who scoredContinue Reading