Back in 1974, McLaren performed a feat that very few teams have achieved in motorsport – winning both the Indy500 AND the F1 Championship in the same year, with the McLaren M16 and M23 cars respectively. But what made these cars so spectacular? What makes them so similar, yet soContinue Reading
Full electric, hybrid and internal combustion engine powertrains remain as options for the World Rally Championship’s 2027 regulations, according to FIA technical director Xavier Mestelan Pinon.The FIA has been working for more than 18 months to devise the future direction of the Rally1 and Rally2 WRC classes and is expectedContinue Reading
Alliance Racing is planning to replace its Ford Focus STs and bring a fresh manufacturer to the British Touring Car Championship in 2026.The squad, which under the NAPA Racing UK banner clinched its third successive BTCC teams’ title at Brands Hatch last weekend, introduced the fourth-generation ST during its formerContinue Reading
Franco Colapinto has surprised the outside world with his impressive Formula 1 performances for Williams since an unexpected Monza debut. But himself? Not so much.Colapinto was dropped into the Williams to replace the struggling Logan Sargeant from September’s Italian Grand Prix onwards. At the time questions were raised over whetherContinue Reading
Alex Rins has stressed that his lack of competitiveness at struggling Yamaha has nothing to do with the limp with which he has been walking since his freak accident at Mugello over a year ago.Both Rins and Fabio Quartararo have voiced their disappointment with the lack of grip on theContinue Reading
Mercedes has admitted that it did not get it right in realising the pressures that Andrea Kimi Antonelli would face with his first FP1 outing on home ground at Monza.The German manufacturer elected to hand Antonelli his first official practice run in its car at the Italian Grand Prix, onContinue Reading
British tin-top veteran Rob Huff is to return to the Macau Guia race next month to bid for a record-extending 12th win on the famed Far East street track.Huff, who claimed his 2012 World Touring Car Championship crown at that year’s Macau finale, called time at the end of last seasonContinue Reading
For the first time in the series’ 25-year history, Supercars will switch to a three-stage split season, with the opening eight rounds counting for a Sprint Cup and the two endurance races determining an Enduro Cup champion.Should those be two different drivers, both will be seeded into the final threeContinue Reading
For the first time in the series’ 25-year history, it will switch to a three-stage split season, with the opening eight rounds counting for a Sprint Cup and the two endurance races determining an Enduro Cup champion.Should those be two different drivers, both will be seeded into the final threeContinue Reading
The Race of Champions will return in 2025 with the event heading to Australia for the first time in its storied history.Sydney will host the event that pitches the best talents from various motorsport disciplines in head-to-head nation versus nation and individual battles.The New South Wales capital’s former Olympic stadium will welcome the RaceContinue Reading