Brivio joined Alpine at the start of the 2021 season as its racing director in F1, having the previous year guided Suzuki to its first MotoGP world championship in 20 years with Joan Mir.The Italian was moved out of the F1 team for the 2022 season, however, to head itsContinue Reading
McLaren enjoyed a remarkable form turnaround in 2023 after a string of mid-season upgrades turned the MCL60 driven by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri car into a regular podium contender.The upturn in form, which was the result of a technical restructure implemented by incoming team principal Stella, allowed the WokingContinue Reading
The Alpine F1 team announced its support of Abbi Pulling for the 2024 F1 Academy season as part of a new initiative for the all-female series.All 10 F1 teams will support an F1 Academy driver in 2024, with the championship’s remaining five drivers being backed by other partners.This initiative hasContinue Reading
The end of the Chinese racer’s contract as a so-called ‘selected driver’ with Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific was revealed on Tuesday.This is expected to be a prelude to an announcement that a driver who raced the Jota Porsche 963 LMDh in the WEC this year will be linking up withContinue Reading
Over the off-season the organisation grew from a one-car outfit to three, adding an additional Acura ARX-06 to GTP roster, while also branching out with a new Lamborghini Huracan entry in the GTD class.In prepping for the 2024 season, which begins with the Daytona 24 Hours on 27-28 January, theContinue Reading
Enfinger, 38, has competed in 173 Truck races since 2010. He’s won ten races and most recently drove for GMS Racing, where he just missed out on the championship.It would have been a storybook ending as GMS had already announced plans to shut down at the end of the season.Continue Reading
A repeat of this year’s U-turn for Le Mans to lift the new-for-2023 WEC rule prohibiting the pre-heating of tyres before they are put on the car was under discussion, series boss Frederic Lequien revealed late last month.But it has now been confirmed that it will remain in place withContinue Reading
“Reverse?!? Sh*t! First? First!” In complete darkness and somewhere along a B-road on the outskirts of Basingstoke, it’s been a shaky start to this writer’s first exploits on a 12 Car Rally.Only minutes into the event a three-point turn is being attempted after missing the required junction. Not helping isContinue Reading
Earlier this year, the Romanian manufacturer announced plans to compete in the Dakar in 2025 following what labelled as a “test phase” during 2024, when it will enter selected events of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship.Al-Attiyah, who won the Dakar in 2011, 2015, 2019, 2022 and 2023, will join WorldContinue Reading
Bearman dovetailed his maiden F2 campaign, which yielded four wins and a sixth place in the standings, with two FP1 sessions for Ferrari customer Haas. He then ran a full day for the American team in F1’s post-season Abu Dhabi test, as well as undertaking simulator duties.The young Briton hopesContinue Reading