Last year, SRO Head of Engineering Claude Surmont, who is responsible for the Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM, showed that he is not afraid to get a grip on cars like the Porsche 911 GT3 R via the ride height in 2024. This left the Manthey team’s headsContinue Reading
The 2025 British Touring Car Championship season commences this weekend with its Donington Park opener, where Jake Hill will kickstart his title defence. His competition will be as stern as ever this season, with four-time series champion Ash Sutton and 13-time race winner Dan Cammish also in contention.So, the championship isContinue Reading
Formula 1 has raced at more than 70 tracks around the world, and stalwarts like Silverstone and Monza have hosted grands prix in almost every season of the series. Not every track has been quite so successful, however, and F1 decided never to return to some circuits for all mannerContinue Reading
MotoGP teams will meet in Jerez today (24 April) to discuss updates to race start procedures in a bid to avoid a repeat of the chaos that broke out ahead of last month’s Americas Grand Prix.Marc Marquez triggered farcical scenes ahead of the Austin race when he sprinted from theContinue Reading
Poker players have a word for Lando Norris’s response to adversity: “leaky”. In a game of bluff and counter-bluff, allowing emotions to manifest outwardly is certainly a disadvantage and a weakness.Is it also the case in a Formula 1 driver? There are those who would argue so, saying this isContinue Reading
When a 19-year-old Pedro Acosta made his MotoGP debut last season, many saw shades of Marc Marquez in him. After all, the KTM rookie showed many of the qualities Marquez had displayed over a decade earlier when he entered the premier class in 2013, fresh off a Moto2 title.Like theContinue Reading
F1 Academy’s Netflix series F1: The Academy is set to launch globally on 28 May 2025, produced by Hello Sunshine, actor Reese Witherspoon’s production company.The docuseries follows F1 Academy’s all-female grid through the 2024 season, allowing viewers to go behind the scenes in the paddock, and glimpse the personal lives ofContinue Reading
After the first-lap safety car at Formula 1’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, three cars chose to take a strategic gamble and make their tyre switches there and then: Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Jack Doohan.The three had all started on the medium tyre, but made the swap to ensure theyContinue Reading
American automotive giant General Motors has been approved as a Formula 1 engine supplier for the 2029 season. The company will field the Cadillac F1 team from 2026, with the outfit running American-made power units from 2029 onwards. Formula 1’s governing body the FIA officially approved GM Performance Power Units LLCContinue Reading
Sixteen Australians have started world championship grands prix since 1950. Six have taken podiums, five have won races and two became world champions, with Oscar Piastri’s strong position at McLaren raising the possibility of a third.There have been several Australian talents who made it to F1 but didn’t get decentContinue Reading