Red Bull insists it isn’t baiting with Mercedes-style RB20 F1 car solutions
The Milton Keynes-based squad raised eyebrows at the unveiling of its 2024 F1 challenger on Thursday night as it emerged with several concepts that Mercedes has previously used and abandoned.This includes the full-length engine gulleys that are reminiscent of the 2023 Mercedes, plus an extreme version of sidepods that isContinue Reading
Proton reveals retro-inspired livery for Porsche 963 in WEC
Proton will run the red, white and black colours of new sponsor F.A.T. International on its customer LMDh car this year, bringing back an iconic Porsche paint scheme to the top echelon of sportscar racing.The livery entered the racing folklore in the 1980s and 90s when it used to adornContinue Reading
Livestreaming this weekend: Prototype, GT4 and GT Winter Series from Valencia
The 2024 season of the Winter Series organised by Gedlich Racing continues this weekend (17-18 February) at Valencia. Four different championships will be held this year (GT Winter Series, GT4 Winter Series, Prototype Winter Series and Formula Winter Series). The calendar includes six weekends between January and March at tracksContinue Reading
WRC Sweden: Katsuta leads as Rovanpera, Tanak crash out
Starting the day sitting second, Katsuta leapt into an 11.4s rally lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi after a drama-filled stage four, which resulted in Rovanpera and Ott Tanak retiring from the day’s action.Overnight leader and reigning world champion Rovanpera, making a return to the WRC in a part-time programme forContinue Reading
Mir ‘starting to see results’ of Honda’s new MotoGP approach
Once the top dog in MotoGP, Honda has slowly plummeted down the pecking order, ending the last two seasons dead last in the manufacturers’ standings.Marc Marquez, the rider with which it built its current empire in MotoGP, broke his contract with HRC at the end of last year to switchContinue Reading
Ex-F1 driver Glock in DTM comeback talks with McLaren team
Autosport’s sister website Motorsport-Total.com understands that efforts are being made to help the five-time DTM race winner secure a comeback in 2024 after a two-year absence.Glock’s former manager Hans-Bernd Kamps, who is co-founder of the Project 1 team, is understood to be behind the plan for the 41-year-old to driveContinue Reading
The key figure behind four decades of successful Northern Soul
There are some pretty impressive statistics surrounding the British Automobile Racing Club North Western Centre’s CNC Heads Sports/Saloons Championship. Over 700 different drivers have competed in the category during its history. It has played host to over 470 individual races. And 1999 champion Chris Maries, victorious in his Mazda RX-7,Continue Reading
Verstappen: No change in Horner relationship amid Red Bull investigation
As first reported in the Dutch media, unspecified claims have been made against Horner. These are understood to have come from a female employee.Horner denies the accusations and faced a lengthy hearing last Friday as part of an independent investigation launched by the F1 team’s parent company Red Bull GmbH.DespiteContinue Reading
NASCAR Daytona 500: Bell and Reddick win Duels, Johnson narrowly qualifies
In the second Duel of the evening, Hamlin had powered by to the lead with five of 60 laps to go, but Bell had made his way to second at the start of the final lap.As the duo entered Turns 3 and 4, Bell first dived low, then high to getContinue Reading
Unpicking the secrets of Red Bull’s brave new F1 sidepods
Rival teams have been offering up their own renditions of the underbite inlet and undercut solution that Red Bull has developed over the last two seasons.But Red Bull has ditched the underbite on the RB20 and has an overbite arrangement instead, with that high panel now forming an extension forContinue Reading