The Italian manufacturer has confirmed that it has not taken any of the so-called evo jokers allowed to manufacturers competing in the Hypercar class ahead of this weekend’s WEC curtain-raiser in Qatar.Ferrari sportscar technical director Ferdinando Cannizzo said: “At the moment we have not used any jokers; we want toContinue Reading
The 23-year-old, who also won the 2018 Ginetta Junior and 2021 GT4 Supercup titles with Elite Motorsport, will partner Shaun Balfe after the Am driver moved across from Barwell Motorsport.Smalley was selected as Porsche’s junior driver for the 2022-23 season as he went on to finish runner-up in the CarreraContinue Reading
00:00 – World’s biggest racing platform02:15 – The home of BoP03:18 – Tailor made for gentleman drivers04:05 – GT3 joins FIA WEC05:05 – GTE vs GT305:51 – Drivers’ perspective Judging by the number of manufacturers involved, and the number of homologated cars, GT3 is the FIA’s most successful customer racingContinue Reading
Ferrari junior driver Beganovic is the highest-placed returning driver in F3 this year after ending 2023 in sixth place and has therefore been earmarked as one of the early title favourites.But his rookie campaign ended on somewhat of a sour note as he picked up just two points from theContinue Reading
Toyota has today announced that Rovanpera will pilot one of the three factory Toyota GR Yaris entries at the famous gravel rally next month (28-31 March). Rovanpera will join full-time Toyota team-mates Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta.Inclusion on the Kenya entry list means Rovanpera will compete in two consecutive WRCContinue Reading
More often than not, drivers progress to F1 via the established path of F3 and Formula 2, but occasionally there are exceptions.The most notable example in recent years is three-time world champion Max Verstappen, who graduated to the top tier directly from European F3 in 2015 with Toro Rosso.FEATURE: AContinue Reading
As first reported by Autosport, the plan to seal the drains was proposed by F1 stakeholders on the final day of the three-day test last week.Testing was heavily disrupted when a drain cover on the approach to Bahrain’s Turn 11 was forced loose.In a Bahrain race preview statement, the FIAContinue Reading
Last August, Hamilton signed a two-year contract with the team, which was widely assumed to be fixed for the full term and left open the possibility for Mercedes to take Antonelli in 2026.However, Hamilton was able to use escape clauses to miss the second year and take up an offerContinue Reading
Kobayashi made the comments after the pair of Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercars ended up 13th and 16th in the combined times from the four sessions of the Prologue test on Monday and Tuesday at the start of race week for the Qatar 1812Km WEC season-opener.He explained that ToyotaContinue Reading
Stage 1 of the 33rd edition of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge was a roller coaster ride for the favourites in each category, mirroring the dunes of the day. The motorbike race saw Ross Branch (Hero MotoSports) lose nearly half an hour due to a mechanical. Michael Docherty (SRG Motorsports)Continue Reading