The British driver was quickest in second practice from F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen, as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc crashed early on which put him out of the session.With plenty of upgrades on show up and down the grid, Carlos Sainz put his Ferrari third on the FP2 timesheet withContinue Reading
Nico Muller says that his decision to leave the Abt Formula E team was fuelled by the need for a “new challenge” as he looks poised to join Andretti.The Swiss driver is in his second campaign with the German squad, having joined from Dragon at the start of the 2022-23Continue Reading
Lando Norris put his McLaren on top of Formula 1’s FP2 times at the Hungarian Grand Prix, 0.243 seconds clear of Max Verstappen.After FP1’s scorching track temperatures, which neared 60C, the temperatures upon the Hungaroring circuit had started to fall below 50C for the start of FP2, ensuring the tyresContinue Reading
The Mercedes Formula 1 team says it is back where it needs to be after morning dramas triggered by the global CrowdStrike IT outage.A defect in a software update rolled out by the American cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike affected Microsoft Windows machines around the world on Friday morning.The problems causedContinue Reading
Mitch Evans says he is “not concerned at all” about there being any on-track contact between himself and Jaguar team-mate Nick Cassidy as both hunt for a maiden Formula E title.Evans enters the London E-Prix season finale this weekend just 12 points behind fellow Kiwi Cassidy in the drivers’ standings,Continue Reading
Gwyndaf Evans lit up the stages in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the British Rally Championship in 1996 driving a Ford Escort RS2000 as well as finishing championship runner-up on four further occasions.His son Elfyn has since developed into a regular World Rally Championship title contender with eight WRC winsContinue Reading
The FIA is to trial fitting a simplified air conditioning system to Formula 1 car cockpits after drivers suffered health scares in the extreme heat of the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, Autosport can reveal.When the Qatar track returned to the F1 calendar last year, its schedule-placing in early October meantContinue Reading
Williams boss James Vowles says Esteban Ocon’s visit to the Formula 1 team’s factory was aimed at evaluating the Frenchman for a future drive, ruling out a move this year.Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Autosport’s Italian siste site reported that Williams had considered making a mid-season swoop of Ocon,Continue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera has extended his Rally Latvia lead on Friday morning, while home hero Martins Sesks stole the show to claim his maiden World Rally Championship stage wins.Toyota’s reigning world champion ended the morning’s loop of three high- speed stages with a 3.2s margin over Sesks, who once again turnedContinue Reading
Lando Norris has hit back at suggestions he has not managed to add to his Formula 1 victory in the Miami Grand Prix because he is too nice.The McLaren driver has drawn attention after he missed out on potential wins in Canada, Austria and Britain.One accusation has been that heContinue Reading