Toyota is not planning to replace Rob Leupen as team director of its World Endurance Championship squad for next season.It has revealed that the duties at the race track undertaken by the Dutchman, who is leaving Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe in Cologne after 30 years of service, will be takenContinue Reading
Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica will remain with the AF Corse Ferrari customer Hypercar squad for the 2025 World Endurance Championship.Kubica had looked likely to stick with the #83 squad when speaking to Autosport after the 2024 WEC finale in Bahrain, with the team duly announcing the Polish driverContinue Reading
Yuki Tsunoda has vowed to keep “destroying” every team-mate he has had in a bid to show Red Bull that he finally deserves a Formula 1 seat there.With Sergio Perez’s future at the main Red Bull squad in doubt beyond this year, the energy drinks company is evaluating what toContinue Reading
Formula 1 has modified the Las Vegas Strip circuit’s manhole and valve covers to prevent a repeat of Carlos Sainz’s heavy crash last year.During the very first practice session for Formula 1’s first race around the Las Vegas Strip, Sainz suffered a huge accident when his Ferrari dislodged a waterContinue Reading
Aston Martin has revealed the first drivers for its 2025 World Endurance Championship campaign at the same time as confirming the Valkyrie AMR-LMH will miss January’s Daytona 24 Hours.Harry Tincknell and Alex Riberas have been named in the two Hypercar class entries by Aston Martin and The Heart of RacingContinue Reading
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu reckons that “everybody” is against 2026’s planned cost cap offset for Audi to account for Swiss wages, stating that it risks opening a can of worms.The higher average wage in Switzerland means that the current Sauber team operates at a theoretical disadvantage when it comesContinue Reading
The all-female Iron Dames World Endurance Championship LMGT3 entry will switch from Lamborghini to Porsche for next season with the title-winning Manthey team.Confirmation that the Iron Dames programme, which has so far yielded one class win and a further four podiums in the WEC, is moving manufacturers came on ThursdayContinue Reading
Dan Fallows’ removal as technical director at Aston Martin came as the team hadn’t matched its expectations for 2024, according to performance director Tom McCullough.McCullough noted the ex-Red Bull aerodynamicist’s contributions after joining Aston Martin in 2022, which carried into 2023 as the team made a concerted leap from F1’sContinue Reading
Lando Norris believes he now has what it takes to win the Formula 1 world drivers’ championship despite admitting he “definitely wasn’t at the level I needed to be at” earlier in the season.Having emerged as the closest challenger to reigning champion Max Verstappen, Norris’ chances faded after a poorContinue Reading
George Russell has spoken about his frustration with the FIA for not responding to the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association and said many drivers are “fed up with the whole situation”.The GPDA released a statement targeting the FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem following the Brazilian Grand Prix, which urged the FIAContinue Reading