Tsunoda brings “positive energy”, useful feedback to Red Bull
Yuki Tsunoda has brought a “positive energy” to Red Bull, as team principal Christian Horner has praised the job that the Japanese Formula 1 driver has done at the team so far.Tsunoda was given a test at Silverstone in Red Bull’s RB19, although faced what he described as “classic BritishContinue Reading
Horner backs push-to-pass solution in F1 2026 engine talks
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes a proposal to change the energy deployment of Formula 1’s 2026 powertrains is “worth consideration”, warning of excessive lift and coast at certain races next year.Horner’s comments follow the F1 Commission meeting, where the teams met with the FIA and FOM last weekContinue Reading
What Red Bull expects from F1 Miami upgrade that only Verstappen runs
Red Bull has commenced its incremental upgrade push to try and close the gap with the leading McLaren cars, starting with a revised floor design for the Miami sprint weekend, which Verstappen will trial.Teams are generally reluctant to bring substantial floor changes to a sprint weekend, with just one practiceContinue Reading
Domenicali: Miami GP key to F1’s growth in the USA
Austin may have hosted Formula 1 since 2012, but the real test for if the championship could finally break into American culture came a decade later when the decision was taken to race in Miami.The Circuit of the Americas stages the de facto United States Grand Prix and is oftenContinue Reading
F1 Miami GP: Piastri quickest in FP1 as Bearman causes red flag
McLaren’s championship leader Oscar Piastri has set the fastest time in practice for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, which was red-flagged for the stricken Haas of Oliver Bearman.The sprint weekend’s sole practice session got off to a false start for last year’s maiden winner Lando Norris, who reported someContinue Reading
Bearman leads calls to tweak F1 cooling vest rules
Haas driver Oliver Bearman has led calls for FIA to fine-tune its regulations around the new cooling vests drivers have at their disposal for hot Formula 1 races.In the wake of an extremely hot 2023 Qatar Grand Prix in which several drivers struggled with varying heat exhaustion symptoms, the FIAContinue Reading
Cleetus McFarland eyeing the 2027 Daytona 500 for Cup debut?
Garrett Mitchell, better known as the YouTuber Cleetus McFarland, took Daytona by storm earlier this year, even after wrecking out of the ARCA season-opener when he joined the broadcast booth. With over four million subscribers on YouTube, the colorful internet personality returned for more superspeedway action at Talladega in April.AtContinue Reading
F1 Miami Grand Prix lands early 10-year contract extension until 2041
Formula 1 has announced it has signed a new 10-year contract extension with the organisers of the Miami Grand Prix, keeping the race on the calendar until at least 2041.The new deal was announced on Friday ahead of this weekend’s running by F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and Tom Garfinkel, managingContinue Reading
Ingram predicting huge challenge in fight for second BTCC title
British Touring Car Championship star Tom Ingram reckons the pace of the series’ top two teams has made the task of winning a second title even harder. Ingram claimed his sole BTCC title in 2022, his second season since joining the Excelr8 Motorsport team to spearhead its line-up of Hyundai i30Continue Reading
‘Driver’ to Survive? Formula E’s documentary offers plenty and deserves another season
The boom in Formula 1’s popularity in recent years is so often credited to the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’, that its success spawned several other attempts to capture the inner workings of a sporting championship.Few have succeeded, and fewer still if you look at the other motorsports series outContinue Reading