The 29-year-old, who has just become a father for the first time, switched to the Sunbury squad for 2022 and has finished as its top-placed driver in the championship in both his seasons there, accumulating a total of nine race wins plus a pair of third-place finishes in the points.Continue Reading
AlphaTauri started the season with an uncompetitive package, but launched a barrage of incremental floor updates that brought the AT04 back into the midfield battle. In conjunction, it took the Red Bull RB19’s rear suspension from Singapore onwards, which enhanced the car’s rear stability and help exploit its floor progress. It allowed driversContinue Reading
The National section of Autosport magazine’s 7 December issue contained plenty of numbers. These were all related to grid sizes, but they are not the only figures that are important when it comes to assessing the health of club motorsport.Volunteer numbers are also incredibly significant, too. After all, your seriesContinue Reading
As revealed by Autosport last month, in effect, the governing body wants teams to think twice about pursuing reviews by reducing the window available to submit a request and introducing a fee. The new regulations apply to all FIA-sanctioned racing series, but inevitably Formula 1 cases have had the highest profileContinue Reading
In addition, its staff will be present at circuits with the Silverstone-based team in race support roles.The organisation previously known as Honda Performance Development has from today been renamed Honda Racing Corporation USA, in a move that was originally announced in September.The change reflects closer ties with HRC Japan, asContinue Reading
The BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2023 is set to be announced this evening with nominations for cricketer Stuart Broad, footballer Mary Earps, golfer Rory McIlroy, jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson. The achievement is awarded to an athlete who is either British or lives andContinue Reading
Inter-team collaboration became a major talking point at the end of the 2023 season amid concerns from rivals regarding the close working relationship between sister squads Red Bull and AlphaTauri.An aggressive late run of upgrades lifted AlphaTauri from last to eighth in the points, with the FIA moving to confirmContinue Reading
Tom and his brother Ben Birchall have been the dominant force in Sidecars at the Isle of Man for the past decade.FEATURE: The Sidecar aces ousting an unfair stigma at the Isle of Man TTIn their time together, driver Ben and passenger Tom have won 14 TT races and eclipsedContinue Reading
In 2023, MotoGP introduced sprint races for the first time in the series’ history and ran them at every grand prix weekend (the Australian GP sprint was cancelled due to bad weather).The idea behind the sprints was to offer more value for money for fans at the track and attractContinue Reading
As the 2023 campaign drew to a close, AlphaTauri brought a string of aggressive upgrades to climb from last to eighth in the constructors’ championship. Meanwhile, Red Bull did not meaningfully update its car from August.With the upgrades giving AlphaTauri major gains in low-speed corners – an area of weaknessContinue Reading