M-Sport is treating Martins Sesks’ Rally Chile outing as an “extended audition” of sorts as the Ford team continues to assess the young driver’s skills for the future.Rising star Sesks and co-driver Renars Francis have earned a third outing in Ford Puma Rally1 this year following impressive displays to finishContinue Reading
Daniel Ricciardo setting the fastest lap in the Singapore GP reopened the debate about the rule that awards one extra point to the driver who sets it.The Australian’s late switch to soft tyres allowed him to steal the fastest lap from dominant race winner Lando Norris, who was set toContinue Reading
Enea Bastianini picked up from where he left off in Misano less than a week ago as he topped the timesheets in Mandalika during Friday Practice for the Indonesian Grand Prix courtesy of a scintillating new lap record with just under ten minutes of the session remaining.With the Italian heading upContinue Reading
Enea Bastianini picked up from where he left off in Misano less than a week ago as he topped the timesheets in Mandalika during Friday Practice for the Indonesian Grand Prix courtesy of a scintillating new lap record with just under ten minutes of the session remaining.With the Italian heading upContinue Reading
The Red Bull and RB Formula 1 teams’ decision to drop Daniel Ricciardo mid-season had nothing to do with him performing so badly that an immediate change was needed.RB team boss Laurent Mekies made it crystal clear last weekend that, if the Australian had the car underneath him he needed,Continue Reading
Franco Morbidelli opened up top as the 2024 Indonesian Grand Prix kicked off with MotoGP Free Practice 1, the Italian comfortably heading off Maverick Vinales and Jorge Martin at the Mandalika Street Circuit.In a season that has seen Morbidelli trail in the shadow of championship leading team-mate Martin, the PramacContinue Reading
Ott Tänak says it’s “really difficult to know how to act” in interviews following the FIA’s sanctions for comments made by World Rally Championship rival Sebastian Ogier and Formula 1’s Max Verstappen.The Hyundai driver has raised concerns after the FIA handed Ogier a €30,000 suspended fine for comments the ToyotaContinue Reading
Formula 1 said goodbye to Daniel Ricciardo at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, as it became increasingly clear that the RB driver was set to be replaced by Liam Lawson.That news was officially confirmed on 26 September, meaning Lawson will partner Yuki Tsunoda for the final six rounds of theContinue Reading
“Hi Liam, welcome to Formula 1. Oh, by the way, you’ve got a 10-place grid penalty for the sprint race due to an unscheduled engine swap.”It perhaps is not the way that Liam Lawson had envisaged ahead of his long-awaited full-time debut with RB, but the New Zealander is likelyContinue Reading
Helmut Marko believes Daniel Ricciardo lost his “killer instinct” in the years away from Red Bull as he explained the Australian’s RB exit.On Thursday, it was confirmed Ricciardo has been replaced at Red Bull’s RB team for the remainder of 2024 by reserve driver Liam Lawson, with the New ZealanderContinue Reading