Newgarden opens up over IndyCar rules breach: “I’m not a liar”
In a special press conference held at Barber Motorsports Park on Friday morning, an emotional Newgarden – who had to regain his composure several times after his voice broke down – says he didn’t know he was doing anything wrong.He claimed that he misguidedly believed the restart rules had been changed,Continue Reading
MotoGP Spanish GP: Bagnaia on record pace in second practice
The reigning world champion has won the Spanish GP for the past two years and comes into the 2024 edition off the back of two disappointing rounds in Portugal and America.In a crash-strewn session, Bagnaia left it to the end of the hour to produce a 1m36.025s to lead theContinue Reading
Toyota weighs up third Hypercar for WEC
The Japanese manufacturer has revealed that it could take a leaf out of arch-rival Ferrari’s book and run a third car on a satellite basis in the future.But Toyota WEC race director Rob Leupen has revealed that it is already too late to put such a plan into place forContinue Reading
Andretti Cadillac to hire 60 UK staff as F1 push continues
Andretti recently opened a new headquarters in Silverstone and has now started a recruiting spree to populate its European base with F1 staff, despite having been told by the series it will not be allowed to enter in the 2026 season.The 60 vacancies include senior F1 roles such as headContinue Reading
Crutchlow to get three MotoGP wildcards in 2024 with Yamaha
Crutchlow will take part in the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, the British GP at Silverstone and the San Marino GP at Misano around his testing duties.As part of the new concession rules for 2024, Yamaha is permitted to field six wildcard entries across the campaign.It is unclear if YamahaContinue Reading
Jaguar commits to Formula E until 2030
The British manufacturer announced the decision ahead of this weekend’s Monaco E-Prix, having reached its 100-race milestone in Tokyo earlier this year.Its maiden entry into the all-electric championship in 2016 was the first time Jaguar had competed in single-seaters since the brand left Formula 1 in 2004, with the remains ofContinue Reading
Where Hulkenberg’s wrong-righting Audi F1 move leaves the driver market
The name will be the same. 12 years after he left, Nico Hulkenberg is heading back to the Sauber Formula 1 team in 2025. Yet his circumstances are much changed and so are the team’s – and the championship overall from the final days of the V8 engine era.As theContinue Reading
A2RL’s cars and teams are what makes It tick
As Yas Marina Circuit readies itself for A2RL’s inaugural event, a world first four car fully autonomous race, special attention needs to be given to two vital aspects of the competition: the car and the expert teams behind them.Each competitor in the Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League starts with theContinue Reading
MotoGP to have new logo next year under brand revamp
Dorna Sports, MotoGP’s commercial rights holder, has been playing around with the idea of revamping its brand identity and introducing a new logo since last year.However, it was not until pre-season testing in Qatar in February that Dorna communicated its plans to the series’ teams.Dorna’s chief commercial officer Dan RossomondoContinue Reading
Friday favourite: How a sportscar friendship prevailed over F1 rivalry
Of far greater importance to Marc Surer than the results he achieved in his on-and-off partnership with Manfred Winkelhock between 1977 and 1985 is his friendship with the exciting German driver. The late elder brother of the no less flamboyant ‘Smokin’ Jo’ Winkelhock shared BMW, Ford and Porsche machinery withContinue Reading