The World Endurance Championship has introduced a new system designed to reduce the advantage of lighter drivers in the series. What is known as compensation ballast will be applied to cars across the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes from this week’s 2025 season-opener in Qatar.Its introduction, which has been under discussion sinceContinue Reading
The reigning British GT champion Ricky Collard is likely to miss the 2025 campaign as Barwell Motorsport has announced a changed driver line-up for the forthcoming season.The 28-year-old clinched the title in his rookie season with father Rob, yet Collard Sr will now partner Hugo Cook in the #1 LamborghiniContinue Reading
Take a step back in time to January 2024 and tell yourself that in a year’s time you’ll know that Lewis Hamilton has moved from Mercedes to Ferrari, Carlos Sainz is at Williams, Liam Lawson has landed a Red Bull seat, and a fellow called Franco Colapinto (did you evenContinue Reading
Taking over from Barcelona, Bahrain has become F1’s go-to spot for winter testing thanks to its more benign, reliable weather and its central location in the Middle East, with cars then shipped off to the opening round of the season.In previous years teams would just stay in Bahrain for theContinue Reading
This week as we digest the F175 launch and head off for pre-season testing, we speak to one of F1’s top race promoters to find out what goes on behind the scenes to stage an event for almost 300,000 people.This year is Miami’s fourth as an F1 host venue, partContinue Reading
When it comes to percentage increases, there is no escaping that 175% is a whopping rise. You can add as many caveats as you like to those numbers but, as a headline figure, there is no denying it is incredibly impressive. And it is what Club Time Attack (CTA), theContinue Reading
Cadillac board director Mario Andretti vows Formula 1’s 11th team will be ready for its 2026 entry into the series, even if it will have to take more risks to get there.After a long-winded saga the Andretti effort to enter F 1 finally succeeded when the team secured a dealContinue Reading
The new TOCA Junior championship will not be held in 2025 and instead it is intended to launch next year under a revised format where all cars are centrally run.The category was set to begin this year and act as a replacement for Ginetta Junior at British Touring Car ChampionshipContinue Reading
A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, exceptContinue Reading
Red Bull has taken the covers off the RB21, the car with which Max Verstappen aims to conquer his fifth straight Formula 1 drivers’ title.Ahead of F1’s three-day winter test in Bahrain, which kicks off on Wednesday, Red Bull was the last team to unveil its updated car design forContinue Reading