“It’s been 48 hours and I’m tired,” says Josef Newgarden when we ask how he’s been since winning the 2024 edition of the Indianapolis 500. We’re in a 38th-floor hotel conference room looking out onto the Empire State Building, the sun is shining, and he’s on day one of aContinue Reading
Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but is currently under investigation from the FIM stewards for potentially blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap late on.Tech3 GasGas rookie Pedro Acosta recovered to third after a fast crash at Turn 13 halfway through the session, while Marc MarquezContinue Reading
Bagnaia dominated the hour-long afternoon session with a 1m44.938s, but after an investigation by the FIM stewards for blocking Alex Marquez on a flying lap, he has been given a three-place grid penalty.Tech3 GasGas rookie Pedro Acosta recovered to third after a fast crash at Turn 13 halfway through theContinue Reading
After McLaren announced its arrival at the top echelon of F1 in Miami and Imola, Ferrari officially joined the three-way fight in Monaco. While Monaco’s cramped street circuit will always remain an outlier, it has confirmed trends that Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari have all closed up to within aContinue Reading
The WRC is conducting a trial of a new shorter format at the Italian Island gravel rally, which it hopes could offer event organisers more flexibility and help improve the championship’s promotion. A move to vary event formats, to include endurance and sprint rallies from next season, is a keyContinue Reading
Thierry Neuville was the man to beat on Friday morning’s Rally Italia Sardegna shakedown, but the Belgian feels the odds are stacked against him ahead of this sixth WRC round of the season. SourceContinue Reading
The overhaul in rules for 2026 will affect both powertrain and chassis design, with a near-50/50 split in power delivery from the internal combustion engine and the hybrid unit – which no longer includes the turbo-mounted MGU-H.With the increased reliance on hybridisation, the powertrains will be heavier in 2026, althoughContinue Reading
Teams across both Hypercar and LMGT3 categories will not be allowed to artificially heat their tyres in the blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship on 15-16 June as per the updated sporting regulations for 2024.The WEC had originally imposed an outright ban on tyre warmers at the startContinue Reading
A long-serving member of the team, White moved to the Enstone outfit in 2016 to head up the operations side of the squad having previously worked as the deputy managing director of engines for Renault’s powertrain arm in Viry-Chatillon.He had previously worked for Cosworth’s F1 engine project prior to joiningContinue Reading
The Penske PC27 is a somewhat improbable choice for Al Unser Jr’s favourite car. A two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion, he had his greatest successes at the wheel of the Lola T90/00, Galmer G92 and Penske PC23-94 in US open-wheel racing.By contrast, he went winless in the radical PC27 throughoutContinue Reading