Fernando Alonso says it “doesn’t matter” if Aston Martin finishes in lower points-paying places in the upcoming 2024 Formula 1 races, as he would rather it prioritised 2025 car improvement.Aston has not finished higher than fifth in the 2024 season so far – which it has only done once, atContinue Reading
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Liam Lawson will race for either the company’s main Formula 1 team in 2025 or its sister squad RB.Lawson, a Red Bull junior who last raced full-time in Super Formula in 2023, has been on the sidelines this season while acting as reserveContinue Reading
A triple whammy of worst-case scenarios has emerged as the cause of George Russell’s car being underweight in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix.Russell was disqualified following his victory at Spa-Francorchamps last month after his Mercedes W15 was found to be 1.5 kilogrammes under the minimum weight limit in post-race scrutineering.MercedesContinue Reading
1. Shrill DFV music rulesEver popular for their distinctive shapes and liveries, which made them instantly identifiable, three-litre F1 cars of the 1960s to mid-1980s remind racegoers of the age in which engines made by Cosworth in Northampton scored the lion’s share of wins against stout opposition from Ferrari, Matra,Continue Reading
Piers Grange has returned to the top of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings for the first time in three months after taking two victories at Snetterton last weekend.Scottish Legends ace Stewart Black had been in first place since mid-July but failed to achieve any wins on the series’Continue Reading
One of Australia’s most influential motorsport engineers, Campbell Little, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Little’s family confirmed the news on Wednesday, after a three-and-a-half year battle with the disease. He was 65.His early fascination was not with cars but with motorcycles, racing on road and off aroundContinue Reading
One of Australia’s most influential motorsport engineers, Campbell Little, has passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer.Little’s family confirmed the news on Wednesday, after a three-and-a-half year battle with the disease. He was 65.His early fascination was not with cars but with motorcycles, racing on road and off aroundContinue Reading
The final 10 candidates for the 2024 Silverstone Autosport BRDC Award, supported by Silverstone Circuits Ltd, have been selected.The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. The prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000 and a Formula 1 test with AstonContinue Reading
Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache says the team’s organisation hasn’t changed following Adrian Newey’s withdrawal from all Formula 1 technical matters.Newey has still been seen on the team’s pit wall as a strategist and has focused on his RB17 hypercar project in recent months, but his days of consultingContinue Reading
A celebration of Ayrton Senna’s career and our guide to this weekend’s Silverstone Festival form a special issue of this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (22 August).Much has been written and said about Senna’s career. Thirty years after the three-time world champion’s death at Imola, tributes and displays have beenContinue Reading