Sainz: Ferrari with fewer “scares” key to 2024 F1 progress
The Spaniard is the only driver other than Max Verstappen to have won a race in 2024 and is just seven points behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc in the standings despite having missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on medical grounds.His strong form has made him a key player inContinue Reading
Ayrton Senna’s 10 greatest Formula 1 races
For many, Ayrton Senna is the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time, and the passing of years since his death – at the peak of his powers aged 34 in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix – has only strengthened that conviction.To mark the 25th anniversary in 2019, AutosportContinue Reading
Red Bull F1 team confirms Newey departure
Following intense speculation about the future of the squad’s chief technical officer amid the behind-the-scenes unrest at Red Bull following the controversy surrounding team principal Christian Horner, the Milton Keynes-based team announced on Wednesday that Newey would be departing.It is not clear if Newey has made a definite decision onContinue Reading
Red Bull confirms Newey departure
Following intense speculation about the future of the squad’s chief technical officer, the Milton Keynes-based team announced on Tuesday that Newey would be departing.In a statement, Red Bull said that Newey’s time at the outfit would end in the first quarter of next year and he would attend “specific races”Continue Reading
F1 tightens up jump start rules
As revealed by Autosport over the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, teams last week discussed a tweak to the regulations to clear up an aspect of the regulations that had caused unease.Previously, jump starts were judged entirely on whether or not the FIA-supplied sensors fitted to cars had picked up movementContinue Reading
Aprilia discovers real issue at root of Vinales’ Jerez MotoGP struggles
A fortnight on from his maiden victory with Aprilia in the Americas GP, Vinales could muster only a ninth-place finish at Jerez, over 11s off race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati.He and Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro were also the slowest of the Q2 runners in qualifying, ending upContinue Reading
Steiner takes Haas F1 team to court
In court papers that have been lodged in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Steiner has claimed that his former Haas team has not paid him for commissions that he was owed over several years, which was in violation of an employment agreement he had.Furthermore, he claims that the outfit, which he leftContinue Reading
The nightmares over Senna that would haunt Imola’s safety car driver for years
But one of the less well-known aspects of what happened on 1 May 1994, was the sense of helplessness unfolding for those inside the safety car which led the Formula 1 field early on.Faced with an under-powered Opel Vectra that was ultimately not fast enough to be running in frontContinue Reading
Remembering The Legend – Ayrton Senna 30th Anniversary Tribute
30 years on from the tragic death of Ayrton Senna, we take a look back at the legendary driver’s life, both on and off the track, with photography throughout his career. Stay tuned to Autosport’s YouTube and Podcast platforms for the first episode of the James Allen on F1 podcast,Continue Reading
Why Chris Gabehart believes “winning races wins championships”
Yet, Gabehart has also been around professional sports, NASCAR especially, long enough to know a strong run of success eventually comes to an end.Trying to delay or mitigate the downward spiral appears to be one of Gabehart’s most important roles as crew chief of Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs RacingContinue Reading