BMW is undertaking its first WEC programme since its M8 contested the GTE Pro class in 2018-19, and embarking on a first bid for outright success at the Le Mans 24 Hours since its V12 LMR won in 1999 with Yannick Dalmas, Pierluigi Martini and Joachim Winkelhock.But the German manufacturerContinue Reading
The 2022 and 2023 seasons both featured 22 rounds, with the total always playing a key role in the final numbers.However, it was a different mix of races, with the first F1-promoted street event in Las Vegas and the Qatar GP added to the calendar, with France disappearing and theContinue Reading
McLaren has struggled in the past two editions of the Bahrain Grand Prix following reliability issues in 2022 testing, and a late switch in car philosophy that ensured it was behind in development over 2023.This year has started more favourably with McLaren expected to be in a similar position toContinue Reading
The Mercedes driver was speaking in the pre-event press conference for the 2024 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, where Horner is understood to currently be travelling to with the outcome of Red Bull GmbH’s investigation still outstanding.Several F1 stakeholders – including the championship’s commercial rights holder and motorsport’s governing body –Continue Reading
With Sergio Perez’s Red Bull contract expiring at the end of the year, the Mexican’s highly-coveted seat for 2025 remains up for grabs as part of an intriguing driver market.Unless Red Bull decides to poach a driver from a rival outfit, Ricciardo and Tsunoda are set to be Perez’s mainContinue Reading
This has in turn contributed to much-improved consistency over a stint, which was the key weakness that hampered the team in races in 2023.Leclerc and team-mate Carlos Sainz struggled for much of the year to maintain consistent form, even with different sets of the same tyre compound.While the situation was improvedContinue Reading
The French manufacturer is coming off the back of a challenging first test in Bahrain last week where the new A524 showed itself to be lacking in both handling and pace terms against the opposition.While the team has been open about bracing itself for a tough start, some analysis fromContinue Reading
00:00 – World’s biggest racing platform02:15 – The home of BoP03:18 – Tailor made for gentleman drivers04:05 – GT3 joins FIA WEC05:05 – GTE vs GT305:51 – Drivers’ perspective Judging by the number of manufacturers involved, and the number of homologated cars, GT3 is the FIA’s most successful customer racingContinue Reading
Ferrari junior driver Beganovic is the highest-placed returning driver in F3 this year after ending 2023 in sixth place and has therefore been earmarked as one of the early title favourites.But his rookie campaign ended on somewhat of a sour note as he picked up just two points from theContinue Reading
More often than not, drivers progress to F1 via the established path of F3 and Formula 2, but occasionally there are exceptions.The most notable example in recent years is three-time world champion Max Verstappen, who graduated to the top tier directly from European F3 in 2015 with Toro Rosso.FEATURE: AContinue Reading