Banning tyre warmers at Le Mans an “unsafe” choice, say Ferrari WEC drivers
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
Alpine sacks long-serving operations chief White in further F1 team shake-up
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
Friday favourite: The “trick” features that endeared Unser to Penske’s forgotten car
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
McLaren chasing answers to unexpected F1 upgrade success
The Woking-based team introduced a major development step to its MCL38 at the Miami Grand Prix, which helped Lando Norris secure his maiden F1 victory.Since then, Norris took a second place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while team-mate Oscar Piastri finished runner-up in last weekend’s race in Monaco.But whileContinue Reading
Pramac insists it will have factory Ducati MotoGP bikes amid Marquez shun
On Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, reports emerged that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team for 2025.While initially, this looked like then leading to Marquez moving to Pramac to take a factory bike, the six-time MotoGP world champion complicated the situationContinue Reading
F1 team ownership: who are the different teams owned by?
F1 finances are as strong as they’ve ever been, as current revenue levels are understood to be over $3 billion.This has led to F1 teams increasing their profit margins, with Ferrari being estimated as the championship’s most valuable constructor at $3.9b, ahead of Mercedes on $3.8b.But even the least valuableContinue Reading
Formula E hints at Ferrari talks over future involvement
Potential discussions have arisen as Ferrari prepares to open its first electrification plant next month, where it will produce its own batteries and fleet of electric vehicles.Work on the new ‘e-building’ has been ongoing since 2022 at the cost of 500 million euro, with that funding also going towards renewableContinue Reading
MotoGP Italian GP: Vinales heads Quartararo in opening practice
For its home race, Aprilia has five RS-GPs on the grid with its two factory team riders, the Trackhouse Racing duo and wildcard Lorenzo Savadori.Vinales was the best of them at the top of the timesheets in the first 45-minute practice of the Mugello weekend, the Spaniard setting a 1m46.140sContinue Reading
World RX plans UK street race in 2025 with MotoFest Coventry organisers
It was announced on Friday, on the eve of this weekend’s MotoFest, that a proposed layout has already been drafted and that a feasibility study conducted by circuit designer Driven International has been submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for approval.A period of consultation will take place involvingContinue Reading
MotoGP Italian Grand Prix: Start time, how to watch and more
MotoGP will visit the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello this weekend for the Italian Grand Prix.Last year’s race was won by Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by just 1.067s over Jorge Martin, with Johann Zarco completing the podium. The Italian will be hoping to replicate the success of last year again this weekendContinue Reading