McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was fastest in Friday’s second practice session at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.The championship leader set his benchmark halfway through the one-hour contest to grab the lead from Mercedes driver George Russell.At the start of the session, Piastri’s team-mate Lando Norris picked up where heContinue Reading
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has shrugged off speculation linking him to the Ferrari Formula 1 team.Autosport understands Ferrari chairman John Elkann is a big admirer of Horner, who guided Red Bull to two dominant spells with Sebastian Vettel and then Max Verstappen. And it has been suggested thatContinue Reading
Episode three of the new series, My Favourite F1 Season, has just dropped on Autosport Retro with former commentator James Allen joining the show.The now President of the Motorsport Network discusses 1993 which, although dominated by Alain Prost, was shaped by the behind the scenes politics.James talks at length aboutContinue Reading
KTM CEO Gottfried Neumeister has confirmed the company’s participation in MotoGP until the end of 2026, but admitted that what happens thereafter remains uncertain. The company says its sites – particularly Mattighofen and Munderfing in Austria – are to be secured in the long term following a loan from Bajaj, whichContinue Reading
McLaren’s Lando Norris has topped first practice at Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix, having headed Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton in Barcelona.Friday’s hot opening session was used as a testing ground for various upgrades across most of the teams, as well as the first session in which cars ran stifferContinue Reading
Robert Wickens went into his first race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach with a simple goal: “To leave with our heads held high.” The Canadian undoubtedly did that over the course of his maiden event aboard a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially adaptedContinue Reading
Pirelli has announced which tyre compounds will be available for all the remaining rounds for the summer break, with significant changes for the British and Belgian Grands Prix.While the selections for the Red Bull Ring and Hungaroring are the same as last season (with the C3, C4 and C5 compoundsContinue Reading
Formula 1’s teams have revealed their front wing solutions to satisfy the Spanish Grand Prix technical directive on flexing wings, following the application of more stringent load tests for the Barcelona round.With a 1000N load applied to either side of the front wing, the flex tests only permit a maximumContinue Reading
Factory Honda rider Luca Marini has dislocated his hip in a fall while testing for the Suzuka 8 Hours.The Italian crashed heavily on his second day of testing at the legendary Japanese venue, where the classic endurance race will take place on 3 August.Apart from the dislocated hip, Marini alsoContinue Reading
Nico Hulkenberg didn’t mince his words when discussing potential changes to the Monaco Grand Prix track. The Sauber driver told critics to “stop crying” about the historic track, which plays host to notoriously dull races given how difficult it is to overtake there.“I don’t always understand that drama around it,”Continue Reading