Speaking in a pre-season news conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Castroneves opened up about his loss – as he himself transitions from being a full-time IndyCar driver to a team co-owner with Meyer Shank Racing in 2024.“Yeah, I sort of lost my consultant, my advisor in being a team owner,” anContinue Reading
A shake-up at Haas kicks off 2024, as Guenther Steiner leaves the Haas Formula 1 team, ending his nearly 10-year partnership with the American team. He’ll be replaced by Ayao Komatsu, previously Haas’ Trackside Engineering Director. This also follows the announcement that Technical Director Simone Resta is also leaving. Continue Reading
The shock news was announced by the US-owned outfit on Wednesday in the wake of a poor 2023 season that saw it finish 10th and last in the constructors’ world championship.Steiner’s contract was up for renewal at the end of the year, and team owner Gene Haas opted not to extendContinue Reading
“A rigorous process.” So says Dave Robson, the Williams Formula 1 team’s head of vehicle performance, of the process for deciding the Autosport Williams Engineer of the Future Award. This prestigious contest was much revamped for 2023, following its return last year after a pandemic-enforced hiatus.The winner of that Award,Continue Reading
Hoy, a six-time Olympic champion and founding investor in Skarper, has demonstrated a prototype of the device to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner which has sparked up the partnership, and its engineers will aim to make the device smaller and more powerful. This will create a light and portable systemContinue Reading
Over the past two seasons Verstappen was able to get the most of out his Red Bull machinery, dominating the 2022 and 2023 seasons with 34 wins, while team-mate Sergio Perez struggled to keep up with the development of the car and its ideal set-ups.It led to suggestions the RedContinue Reading
Palou will be the fourth driver in a squad that features regular IMSA SportsCar Championship season drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande, along with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon for the Floridian sportscar classic on 27-28 January.Palou has started the race once before with Ganassi, driving its DaytonaContinue Reading
Le Mans 24 Hours winners James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi will again share the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by the factory AF Corse squad, while the sister #50 entry will be raced by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina. Pier Guidi and FuocoContinue Reading
The Al-Hofuf to Shubaytah Stage 5 covered the shortest special stage distance of this year’s Dakar Rally at 118km, to provide small respite before the two-day marathon stage begins tomorrow, which will see competitors stop on Thursday and camp overnight and resume on Friday.The stage was contested entirely on sandContinue Reading
The 2024 Formula E season gets underway this weekend with the Mexico City E-Prix where Jake Dennis will begin his championship defence. It is Mexico’s second consecutive year hosting the season opener having been on the Formula E calendar since 2016. The 2024 season features 16 rounds following the cancellation of India’s HyderabadContinue Reading