Hulkenberg was one of several cars to stay out under an early safety car in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a strategy which backfired for McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton as a necessary second safety car never materialised.Hulkenberg also needed to make a green flag pitstop, which would haveContinue Reading
Of course the British Touring Car Championship has weathered storms over its existence. That’s inevitable, given it’s been going for 66 years.Think about some of the dire fields of the mid-1980s in Group A days; or the early 2000s when Octagon Motorsport took over the running of the series afterContinue Reading
Issues over the partnership with Red Bull and RB, the former AlphaTauri team, have rumbled on in recent months, with McLaren’s Zak Brown particularly vocal over the potential issues arising from one entity owning two F1 teams.Brown’s concerns stem from much more than staff transferring between the two teams andContinue Reading
As part of the FIA’s extensive vision for the future of top-level rallying, the world motorsport governing body announced plans for affordable upgrade kits to be made available for Rally2 cars next year to close the performance gap between Rally2 and Rally1 cars.These bolt-on upgrade kits will be priced atContinue Reading
KTM was seen as a possible destination for Marquez when he was pondering leaving Honda at the end of last year, but the six-time MotoGP champion eventually chose to join the Ducati fold via its satellite Gresini team.However, this doesn’t necessarily mean the Spaniard would never end up on aContinue Reading
Instead, it was the efforts of a driver who was 10 years old when Verstappen made his Formula 1 debut. These are two of the main focuses of this week’s edition of Autosport magazine, out today (14 March).Ollie Bearman thought he was going to be kick-starting his F2 title campaignContinue Reading
With F1 looking like it is heading to its third year of single team dominance, there have been questions asked about whether the rules revamp that took place from 2022 has ultimately failed.The bold changes aimed at making the racing more exciting and closing the field up have not deliveredContinue Reading
The 48-year-old has been replaced on an interim basis by Rouven Mohr, who will fulfil his new responsibilities alongside his duties as chief technical officer of the overall Lamborghini organisation.The move was announced by the Italian manufacturer on Thursday in a short statement that gave no insight into the reasonsContinue Reading
Confirmation of the split after what will be four seasons has been provided by Ganassi managing director Mike Hull, who told Autosport that “we are ending this chapter” of a long relationship with Cadillac parent company General Motors that has straddled IndyCars, NASCAR and Extreme E as well as sportscars. He saidContinue Reading
When full-time Scuderia driver Carlos Sainz required surgery for appendicitis, team reserve driver and FIA F2 racer Bearman was called upon to partner Charles Leclerc from FP3 onwards.The two-time Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award finalist narrowly missed out on a Q3 appearance in qualifying before lining up inContinue Reading