Zak Brown says he would welcome full-time FIA race stewards and would accept McLaren paying a percentage towards their wages.Currently, F1 stewards are unpaid volunteers and are only offered travel expenses to preside over races.It has led to calls for F1’s governing body to employ ‘professional’ stewards to help improveContinue Reading
Won’t somebody think of the poor volunteers?Nobody has chafed so publicly about the absurdity and iniquity of relying on unpaid officials to do the FIA’s heavy lifting than its president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Indeed, last year he announced the formation of a new ‘officials department’ to instill professionalism in theContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton has crashed on the second of his three days of private Formula 1 testing with his new Ferrari squad, which is taking place at the Barcelona circuit this week, Autosport understands.Hamilton is understood to be unharmed in the incident, which occurred as he was traversing the third sectorContinue Reading
Porsche will run three drivers per car rather than two at the Imola World Endurance Championship round in April as part of its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours.The Porsche Penske Motorsport squad will delay its plan to field just two drivers in the six-hour WEC races until afterContinue Reading
Porsche will run three drivers per car rather than two at the Imola World Endurance Championship round in April as part of its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours.The Porsche Penske Motorsport squad will delay its plan to field just two drivers in the six-hour WEC races until afterContinue Reading
It would have previously been seen as something of a shock if a new motor-racing circuit announced no grandstands would be constructed to house spectators.But for the promoters of Qiddiya Speed Park, it is the next step in changing the live experience for fans.Qiddiya City launched in December 2023 and,Continue Reading
The South African government has extended the deadline to submit host bids for a Formula 1 grand prix in the country.After a bid to revive the South African race at Kyalami fell through in 2023, the government continued efforts to end the 32-year hiatus of grand prix racing in theContinue Reading
The FIA has announced that former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert will no longer act as a steward for grand prix racing events.The British driver has for many years formed part of the governing body’s pool of ex-professional racing drivers required to act as one of four stewards who serveContinue Reading
VR46 has explained how it is already seeing the impact of its new deal with Ducati in MotoGP.The team owned by motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi is getting factory support from the Borgo Panigale team this year, taking over the status enjoyed by Pramac until it jumped ship to Yamaha.ItContinue Reading
Imagine being forced to live without your mobile phone for two days. Over the past couple of decades, that has gone from being mildly irritating to borderline catastrophic, given how many things our phones are now crucial for. But being disconnected from the outside world is just one of theContinue Reading