Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes Aston Martin’s high-profile unveiling of Adrian Newey was “premature” as he is still under contract with the Milton Keynes team.Since it was announced Newey would be leaving Red Bull, speculation over his next destination was rife but he ultimately ended up signing aContinue Reading
New Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes reckons that the Enstone squad was in need of someone to “take a bullet for the team” and fully commit to its management – and believes he has brought that quality.The Briton was installed as the team principal when former incumbent Bruno Famin steppedContinue Reading
The grandeur of Adrian Newey’s unveiling at Aston Martin was baffling – especially while he remains an employee of Red Bull.It was reminiscent of when footballer Paul Ince posed for photographs in a Manchester United shirt while he was still a West Ham United player in 1989.The photograph was exposedContinue Reading
Red Bull has introduced a revised floor for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as it seeks to arrest its current slide and defend its Formula 1 championships.The team has managed just two podium finishes in the last six races, as its form nosedived in recent races. This has put the team’sContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri is willing to give up Formula 1 race victories to Lando Norris. Except, it won’t come to that.Norris is thankful McLaren is now showing “bias” towards him in the 2024 world championship but doesn’t want to be “given” the title.The intra-McLaren Monza battle can happen again, but notContinue Reading
Contesting your first full British Touring Car Championship season with a factory-backed team when that manufacturer has recently returned to the series after a decade away can be quite a daunting scenario.It’s one in which Sam Tordoff found himself back in 2013 when he joined the Triple Eight-run MG squad.Continue Reading
Peugeot is evaluating the introduction of further upgrades to its Le Mans Hypercar in 2025 in order to close the gap to the front in the World Endurance Championship.The French manufacturer wants to get a full understanding of the potential of the updated 9X8 2024 by the end of theContinue Reading
Formula 1’s penalty point system “need to be reviewed” in the wake of the incident that triggered Kevin Magnussen’s one-race ban for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – which other drivers described as “harsh”.Magnussen made contact with Pierre Gasly at the Variante della Roggia during the Italian Grand Prix in aContinue Reading
Porsche led home favourite Toyota in a red-flagged opening practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.Laurens Vanthoor set a best time of 1m30.581s in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh at the very beginning of the 90-minute session to head the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Ryo HirakawaContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has refused to rule out an Adrian Newey reunion at Aston Martin in the future.Design guru Newey was behind the Red Bull cars that delivered Verstappen’s three drivers’ championships, but his departure was confirmed earlier in the year and he has now signed for Aston.He will take onContinue Reading