The older brother of double F1 world champion Emerson and father of Indycar race-winner Christian had been ill for some time.He had been hospitalised since Christmas Day, which was also his birthday, after he choked on a piece of meat. His family was unable to clear his airway, which triggeredContinue Reading
Although there have been similar instances over the years at various tracks, the current generation of high downforce ground effect cars appear to be more likely to trigger problems when they run over covers due to the forces involved.Testing in Bahrain was stopped on both Thursday and Friday due toContinue Reading
Pearson made the switch from karts to cars partway through 2018 when he joined the Ginetta ranks, before contesting two full campaigns – taking two podiums en route to eighth in the 2020 standings.He was then due to graduate to single-seaters in British F4 the following year with Argenti Motorsport,Continue Reading
Hamilton drove for the Frenchman’s ASM F3 team in 2005, winning the European title. The following year he graduated to GP2 with Vasseur’s rebranded ART GP outfit, again winning the championship, before moving into F1 with McLaren.Inevitably when Vasseur joined Ferrari at the start of 2023 there was speculation thatContinue Reading
Its logos will be seen on the Swiss team’s C44 and on the overalls of drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu at the Miami and Las Vegas GPs, while its parent company Energy Transfer will be featured in Austin.Sunoco has a long history of involvement in US motorsport and isContinue Reading
Alonso reckons the new AMR24 marks an improvement over last year’s car, but he is reluctant to say that the team will repeat its flying start from 2023 – due to the winter progress made by rival teams.However, the two-time champion believes that reigning constructors’ champion Red Bull will beContinue Reading
Ireland is vying to secure a three-year contract to host the WRC, beginning from 2025, which aims to bring the championship back to the country for the first time since 2009.Motorsport Ireland announced in January that it plans to rotate the rally through three locations; Waterford, Kerry and Limerick, acrossContinue Reading
The three-day test at the Sakhir International Circuit has been stopped twice due to the drain cover on the approach to the track’s Turn 11 coming loose.This is due to the powerful underfloor aerodynamics of the new ground-effect machines straining drains and their concrete surrounds as the cars pass overContinue Reading
The Italian said that, thus far, the car has performed as it was expected to and stressed that adding more overall grip remains the priority as the team embarks on a busy development programme.McLaren has enjoyed an encouraging two days of testing in Bahrain so far, although it lost someContinue Reading
The two-day pre-season test will now run on 26-27 February at the Losail International Circuit located north of capital Doha, having originally been scheduled for the weekend of 24-25 February.A total of three test sessions have been scheduled on Monday, beginning at 0830 local time and going all the wayContinue Reading