BrrrakeF1 – How IMSA use Advanced Data to Enforce the Rules
With so many varied race cars from different manufacturers, IMSA and WEC need to ensure that the racing is both fair and safe, while still producing thrilling action on track – and that’s where scrutineering comes in. Using everything in their arsenal, including some incredible custom 3D scanning tools, IMSAContinue Reading
Red Bull says it can’t match “very lucrative” Audi F1 offer to Sainz
Sainz and his management have been engaged in discussions with every F1 team that has an opening for next season when he will be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.Until Fernando Alonso re-signed with Aston Martin last week, this left Sainz weighing up possible options at eight squads, as previouslyContinue Reading
Mercedes F1 junior Pin joins the FRECA grid
Pin was the standout performer as the 2024 F1 Academy season got underway in Saudi Arabia, taking the chequered flag in both races in her Mercedes-liveried entry before a communication error in the second outing resulted in her crossing the line twice, with a penalty dropping her to ninth.Currently thirdContinue Reading
Hamilton: Ferrari F1 switch doesn’t need “vindicating”
The seven-time world champion announced at the start of February that he would be switching to Ferrari in 2025 after electing to activate an exit clause in a deal he had originally signed with Mercedes.And while the ongoing competitive differences between Mercedes and Ferrari have prompted onlookers to debate aboutContinue Reading
Antonelli completes maiden Mercedes F1 test
Mercedes junior driver Antonelli is under consideration to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in a Silver Arrow in 2025, with the team using older machinery to fully assess his abilities before making a decision.The first of these tests was conducted across two days at the Red Bull Ring, where the Italian droveContinue Reading
The story behind Shanghai’s “painted” F1 track surprise
Having had no notification in pre-event notes from the FIA regarding any resurfacing, the colour of the asphalt – which has already worn away on the racing line in places – left some concluding that the circuit had had a paintbrush taken to it.As Daniel Ricciardo said: “It looks likeContinue Reading
Ricciardo brushes off F1 future worries, new chassis brings “peace of mind”
The Australian managed to reignite his F1 career with the AlphaTauri squad last season, either side of his hand fracture-enforced layoff, with a series of strong drives following his mid-season call-up to the Italian squad.He has been so far unable to replicate that form into 2024 with the rebranded team,Continue Reading
Who is riding at the 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix?
Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin leads the championship coming into his home event at Jerez, after third and fourth last time out in America kept him 21 points clear in the standings.Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales will be looking to add to his first grand prix victory in three years following hisContinue Reading
Sainz: All my best 2025 F1 seat options are “still open”
The direction of Sainz’s career once he leaves Ferrari is currently the subject of major F1 paddock interest, given he is being dropped by the Scuderia in favour of Lewis Hamilton, while also being the only non-Red Bull driver to have won races since 2022.The F1 driver market is inContinue Reading
Norris: McLaren can win races in F1 2024 if it gets everything right
The orange team currently sits third in the 2024 constructors’ standings – 55 points better off and two places higher than at the same stage a year ago – and heads the Mercedes and Aston Martin teams in the tight battle behind the dominant Red Bull squad and Ferrari.While thatContinue Reading