Mick Schumacher will continue with the Alpine Hypercar squad in the World Endurance Championship for a second season in 2025. The former Haas Formula 1 racer has been announced along with five other drivers in the full line-up for the two Signatech-run Alpine A424 LMDhs next season.Frederic Makowiecki joins Alpine’s rosterContinue Reading
Seven of the Qatar Formula 1 circuit’s 16 corners now feature new kerb profiles after changes ahead of the 2023 race resulted in damage which forced the FIA to impose maximum stint lengths during the race.The kerbs rose to sharp 50mm points on their inner edges, with a steep drop-off,Continue Reading
Valtteri Bottas has revealed he turned down an offer to drive in IndyCar full-time next season but insisted he is open to tackling the Indianapolis 500 – though his primary focus remains on Formula 1.The 35-year-old will leave Sauber at the end of 2024 and is expected to replace MickContinue Reading
Mario Andretti has insisted IndyCar driver Colton Herta remains a “priority” interest for Cadillac’s Formula 1 entry.The General Motors brand was finally accepted as a new F1 team for 2026 and beyond, albeit with a number of compromises to push over the line the previous Andretti Global guise had failedContinue Reading
Mick Schumacher will depart from his Formula 1 reserve driver position at Mercedes at the end of the season, as Valtteri Bottas looks set to assume the role for 2025.The German joined the team as reserve at the start of 2023 after losing his Haas seat to Nico Hulkenberg atContinue Reading
It’s quite easy to marvel at the sight of a World Rally Championship car darting through narrow asphalt lanes, sliding between snow banks and surviving some of the world’s toughest rocky terrains. But exactly how are these machines built?Hyundai Motorsport has lifted the lid on the process with a behind-the-scenesContinue Reading
Formula 1 race director Rui Marques faces increased duties at the Qatar Grand Prix in having to take charge of F2 as well, following the latest shock FIA exit, Autosport has learned.Just one week after former F2/F3 race director Marques took over in F1 from Niels Wittich, who himself wasContinue Reading
Reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire has landed a test and development role with the Peugeot World Endurance Championship squad. The Frenchman, who partially contested the 2024 IndyCar campaign with Arrow McLaren, has been signed by the French marque after driving one of its 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercars during theContinue Reading
As regulations change and evolve, F1 teams find themselves able to find new ways to reincorporate good concepts that worked previously but suddenly lost their edge for one reason or another.The latest example of this phenomenon is the reintroduction of grooves on the brake disc rotor, with Carbone Industries triallingContinue Reading
DTM champion Mirko Bortolotti has conceded he will be “sad” when the “special” Lamborghini Huracan GT3 bows out of active service and is replaced by the new Temerario model for 2026.Aside from 2020, when he had a short stint at sister brand Audi before returning to Lamborghini, Bortolotti has beenContinue Reading