McLaren had been on the rise over the second half of Formula 1’s 2023 season, but the addition of Rob Marshall to its technical management structure in January 2024 is generally considered to have been a key contributor to helping the team continue its progress.Marshall, who was recruited from RedContinue Reading
The tight and twisty Hungaroring doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to wheel-to-wheel combat, but there have been some surprisingly good races there.The Hungarian GP has been a constant on the Formula 1 world championship calendar since it first appeared on the schedule in 1986. Ahead of theContinue Reading
Incoming Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane believes his Formula 1 squad’s parent team Red Bull is in good hands with Laurent Mekies.Mekies was appointed Red Bull F1 team boss and CEO earlier this month as Red Bull’s top management decided to remove Christian Horner after 20 years in theContinue Reading
The Grand Prix of Belgium at Spa last Sunday was one of the most dramatic motor races in the world championship series. No one looked like touching Dan Gurney in his Brabham-Climax, who had made the lap record look rather silly and, apart for a brief period when John SurteesContinue Reading
First held in 1925, the Belgian Grand Prix was one of the seven original races on F1’s inaugural world championship calendar in 1950. Since then, it has played host to numerous memorable grands prix, the large majority held at Spa-Francorchamps. Here’s a look at five remarkable editions of the BelgianContinue Reading
Formula 1 is confident of becoming net zero by 2030 having reduced carbon emissions by 26% across the last seven years.A recent report from F1 stated that the championship’s carbon footprint stood at 168,720 tCO2e at the end of 2024, compared to 228,793 tCO2e following 2018. This comes just over aContinue Reading
Engine choice will be free for the British Touring Car Championship’s next ruleset, to be introduced in 2027 for a five-year period. That, and the freedom to run car models not currently on sale in the UK, is the biggest revelation in BTCC organiser TOCA’s announcement of the regulations. Other than this,Continue Reading
Williams Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz “doesn’t understand” why he was refused an opportunity to return to the Red Bull fold and prove himself against Max Verstappen after being dropped by Ferrari for 2025. Sainz was given his start in F1 through the Red Bull junior programme, joining the series inContinue Reading
A strategic experiment Pirelli has been preparing for since early May could be imperilled by the weather at this week’s Belgian Grand Prix.The recent heatwave across north-west Europe has given way to a cyclonic low-pressure system pulling in rain from the Atlantic. Heavy, thundery showers are expected to deposit upContinue Reading
MotoGP’s manufacturers have come together with the collective aim of securing a new framework from promoter Dorna and getting a larger share of income from the championship’s commercial rights.According to information obtained by Autosport, the five constructors held a meeting last weekend at the Czech Grand Prix. They signed aContinue Reading