Bottas bemoans luck as Lawson accepts blame for Qatar clash
Liam Lawson has accepted blame for running Valtteri Bottas off the track and costing the Sauber driver a shot at his first points of the season during the Qatar Grand Prix.Bottas, who will leave Sauber at the end of the year, has yet to secure a top-10 finish this seasonContinue Reading
Sergio Perez’s Abu Dhabi decision: Bow out or be pushed out
There is a lot to suggest that Sergio Perez’s Formula 1 career will come to an end in a week’s time.On Sunday evening in Qatar, Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko for the first time clearly gave the impression that the decision had at least then been asContinue Reading
New Toyota WRC signing announces 2025 co-driver
Toyota’s new World Rally Championship signing Sami Pajari has announced that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full-time season in the Rally1 class next year.Pajari has spent the last three years working alongside Enni Malkonen, but that partnership recently ended after winning the WRC2 title at lastContinue Reading
Pit Boost technology to debut in 2024/25 Formula E campaign
The Pit Boost concept which will require Formula E drivers to make a mandatory pitstop is set to be implemented during races in the upcoming 2024/25 season, Autosport understands.The technology, which means the new Gen3 Evo cars will receive a 10% battery recharge at 600kW that will take approximately 30Continue Reading
Ben Sulayem hails Cadillac entry as win for F1 after being sent to ‘hell and back’
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem believes Cadillac’s planned entry into Formula 1 is a win for everybody – after suggesting he was sent to ‘hell and back’ for opening up the grid.Following an 11th team entry process saga that began all the way back in February 2023, the situation finallyContinue Reading
IndyCar’s Juncos Hollinger Racing sign former Williams F1 engineer Brown
IndyCar squad Juncos Hollinger Racing has announced the signing of longtime motorsports veteran David Brown as its technical director ahead of the 2025 campaign.The former Williams Formula 1 engineer has five decades of experience in racing and will replace Yves Touron, who is leaving JHR after joining in 2022.Brown’s motorsportContinue Reading
Ferrari unconcerned by Hamilton’s “not fast anymore” remarks
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has zero concerns about Lewis Hamilton’s speed, despite the difficult end to the Formula 1 season he is having with Mercedes.Hamilton has struggled to extract as much pace out of the W15 car consistently this year as his team-mate George Russell.The seven-time champion also had aContinue Reading
KTM to pause MotoGP bike development amid huge financial crisis
KTM’s MotoGP bosses have decided to pause the development of its bikes amid the huge financial crisis the Austrian manufacturer is facing, Autosport has learned.The decision is one of the measures included in the plan aimed at keeping KTM’s sporting project safe after the manufacturer filed for insolvency last week.ItContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: Swearing outbursts, arguments and sackings…what is going on with F1?
It is like Formula 1 is trying to out-do the Netflix cameras this season, given the current spate of swearing and angry rows witnessed across the grid.The weekly sackings at the FIA are becoming more like The Apprentice television series, only with Mohammed Ben Sulayem, rather than Lord Alan Sugar,Continue Reading
Former Moto2 rider Pons walks barefoot from Spain to Pakistan
Ex-Moto2 rider Axel Pons has radically altered his life after retiring from motorcycle racing, having walked barefoot from Spain to Pakistan on his way to India.The Spaniard, who raced in the intermediate class between 2009-17 with limited success, returned to the limelight when a video of him surfaced on theContinue Reading