A dramatic final-stage roll has forced Takamoto Katsuta to retire from fifth position at Safari Rally Kenya after failing to reach the final time control.Katsuta appeared to be on course to finish a highly commendable fourth in Kenya before drama struck on the 21st and final stage of the event.PushingContinue Reading
Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording wrap up their coverage of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix as McLaren dominated proceedings with its 50th 1-2 finish, as Oscar Piastri took victory ahead of Lando Norris.Alex gives a review of the action, why he agreed with Piastri calling it his “most complete” weekendContinue Reading
Stop the count!Donald Trump’s peculiar Tweet during the 2020 United States presidential election has long since become a meme. You can imagine, given Ferrari’s double disqualification from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, that the Scuderia will be wishing fervently that everyone had just packed up and flown home on theContinue Reading
The Ferrari Formula 1 team says excessive tyre wear from the Chinese Grand Prix’s surprise one-stop race is behind Charles Leclerc’s car being found underweight, while it admitted “misjudging” Lewis Hamilton’s skid wear.Leclerc and Hamilton finished fifth and sixth at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday, but soon after theContinue Reading
Toyota’s Elfyn Evans clinched a second win of the World Rally Championship season to boost his title hopes after surviving the toughest Safari Rally since the event rejoined the calendar.Evans and co-driver Scott Martin emerged from a gruelling 21-stage rally of attrition with victory by 1m09.9s from Hyundai’s Ott Tanak.Continue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner might not be aware of it, but he was channelling his inner William Edwards Deming as he discussed Liam Lawson’s future following another disappointing outing at the Chinese Grand Prix. “Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion,” the American statistician and business theoristContinue Reading
Liam Lawson accepts that he must perform to keep hold of his Red Bull Formula 1 seat, but notes that he needs time he doesn’t necessarily have to get acquainted with the team’s 2025 car.The Kiwi racer qualified last for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix, which Red Bull used as anContinue Reading
Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been excluded from the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix for falling foul of the technical regulations, with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly also thrown out of the results.During post-race scrutineering, Leclerc’s and Gasly’s cars were both found to weigh 799kg after fuel wasContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Alpine’s Pierre Gasly are under investigation for their cars being underweight after Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, risking disqualification from the race.Leclerc finished the Shanghai race in fifth despite a broke front wing, with Gasly ending outside the points in 11th.Afterwards both cars were weighed byContinue Reading
Haas Formula 1 boss Ayao Komatsu has hailed the “amazing reaction” from his team to recover from a disastrous Australian weekend to achieve a double top-10 Chinese Grand Prix finish.Esteban Ocon finished seventh in China, while Oliver Bearman made the most of an alternate tyre strategy to reach 10th fromContinue Reading