Verstappen suffered an issue with a brand-new hybrid component of his Red Bull – Honda which left him sidelined through most of Friday’s second free practice.The additional MGU-K element added to Verstappen’s pool of components might come back to haunt him later in the 2024 season in the form ofContinue Reading
The Spaniard is currently weighing up opportunities he has from Williams and Sauber/Audi next year, with both squads clear that he is their number one target for a 2025 contract.While the Sauber offer has been there for a while, Williams has been pushing hard in recent weeks to convince SainzContinue Reading
The reigning two-time WRC champion is dovetailing a partial rally campaign with a four-round stint in the one-make Porsche series this year, with this weekend’s visit to the Dutch Grand Prix venue marking the start of his circuit racing career.The factory Toyota WRC driver finished fourth and fifth from aContinue Reading
And it is going to take a lot more than a fifth place in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix – and a curt response to the 1997 world champion – to secure it.Unsurprisingly, Villeneuve’s takedown ahead of qualifying for the Canadian GP has attracted plenty of attention.Signed by SkyContinue Reading
Kamui Kobayashi topped the times in the first of the two three-hour sessions of the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday with a 3m28.467s lap aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar.That gave him a margin of more than seven tenths over Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who endedContinue Reading
Hill launched his Laser Tools-liveried West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport to the front of the pack from third on the grid while poleman Tom Ingram got swallowed up.The diminutive Kentishman had established a comfortable advantage by the end of the opening lap, but found that hard work ruinedContinue Reading
Coming into the 2024 event, Dunlop stood on the edge of greatness after notching up his 25th TT victory last year.One more would see him match his late uncle Joey Dunlop. And he did just that in the first race of the week, going on to become the all-time number-one winnerContinue Reading
Following a number of trying race weekends where Aston Martin appeared to have slipped to sixth in the pecking order, the Silverstone-based team bounced back with a stronger qualifying performance in Montreal.Alonso qualified sixth just 0.228s shy of Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell, who beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in aContinue Reading
Key outlines for the 2026 F1 rules were released to the media on Thursday, although it became apparent that multiple F1 teams were concerned about certain aspects of the draft regulations – particularly those governing the application of active aero.It was initially unclear whether the X-mode activation, where the car’sContinue Reading
Qualifying in Montreal produced a historic moment when Russell and Verstappen set exactly the same time in Q3, a 1m12.000s, that left them tied but gave pole to the Mercedes driver.What happens when two F1 drivers set the same lap time in qualifying?The fourth paragraph of article 39.4 of theContinue Reading