Nurburgring Endurance Series cancels 2024 season, remains committed to 2025
After two race cancellations, trouble with numerous stakeholders in German motorsport and low entry numbers, the series organised by AvD and NR Holding announced on Friday that it will not be staging any races in 2024.NES, however, clarified that the decision does not mean the end of the endurance seriesContinue Reading
F1 Imola GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more
The Monegasque driver topped both practice sessions at Imola, edging McLaren’s Oscar Piastri by 0.192s in the second session, on a strong day for Ferrari following the arrival of its upgrade package.Yuki Tsunoda impressed in FP2 by shooting up to third place for RB, ahead of both Mercedes drivers LewisContinue Reading
Verstappen: Red Bull “severely off the pace” in Imola F1 practice
Verstappen’s frustration boiled over throughout both practice sessions as his upgraded Red Bull RB20 proved hard to control on the technical Italian venue’s second sector.The triple world champion ended first practice in fifth and slipped to seventh in the second, over half a second behind Ferrari’s pacesetter Charles Leclerc. HisContinue Reading
F1 Imola GP: Leclerc completes Friday sweep as Verstappen struggles continue
Leclerc continued as the frontrunner through the early stages of the day’s second 60-minute session, after he had also led Friday afternoon’s FP1 action, when the cars were split across the medium and hard tyres.When they switched to the softs for the mid-session qualifying simulation runs, Leclerc set the bestContinue Reading
O’Ward: “Badass” Indy 500 qualifying boost means “that wall comes fast”
O’Ward, who set the pace on Thursday courtesy of a “pretty fat tow lap”, is looking forward to the extra turbo boost that becomes available in today’s so-called ‘Fast Friday’ practice in preparation for the weekend’s qualifying sessions.“When the boost comes up, the speed is so different,” said O’Ward. “It’sContinue Reading
Mercedes parting ways with F1 aero chief but will get Ferrari signings early
Autosport has learned that Mercedes has begun an internal reshuffle of its aerodynamics department with Vino departing following six years at the team.He had been principal aerodynamicist from February 2018 until October 2022 when he moved into his current role.The change in aero personnel comes ahead of the earlier-than-expected arrivalContinue Reading
Ferrari’s F1 upgrades are all about “tilting the map”
But the current generation of ground-effect cars are trickier beasts to make fast, and the challenge involves nailing the right compromise between high-speed and low-speed performance.Throw on top of that the desire to make sure that the car is not too peaky and that drivers have confidence in it soContinue Reading
Why Lambiase wasn’t engineering Verstappen during messy Imola FP1 showing
Red Bull opened up for first practice at Imola on Friday afternoon with Tom Hart acting as the voice in Verstappen’s ear instead of Lambiase, who is also Red Bull’s head of race engineering.The team explained to Autosport that the temporary situation is being enacted to provide Hart with additionalContinue Reading
Why GP Lambiase wasn’t engineering Verstappen during messy Imola FP1 showing
Red Bull opened up for first practice at Imola on Friday afternoon with Tom Hart acting as the voice in Verstappen’s ear instead of Lambiase, who is also Red Bull’s head of race engineering.The team explained to Autosport that the one-off situation is being enacted to provide Hart with additionalContinue Reading
Why “misfortune” would help Bearman’s case for 2025 Haas F1 seat
After his stunning surprise debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Jeddah, Bearman is now finally starting the main challenge of his season in the top categories of single-seaters.Imola marks the first of six FP1 appearances with Haas that were earmarked into his deal as theContinue Reading