Restart Racing to become a Hyundai customer team for 2025 BTCC campaign
British Touring Car Championship team Restart Racing will switch to Hyundai customer cars for the 2025 season.Restart joined the BTCC in 2024 with two Cupra Leons acquired from the dissolved Team Hard and has now entered “a multi-year collaboration” with Hyundai team Excelr8 Motorsport, whose i30 N Fastback carried TomContinue Reading
Seven things we learned at the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix
Three safety cars, a veritable smorgasbord of penalties, and a series of surprise results all defined this year’s trip to the Losail circuit: a featureless expanse in the Qatari desert that has inexplicably become a favourite among the drivers. The racing might have been a little stilted at the frontContinue Reading
Doohan ready for F1 challenge despite high rookie benchmark
Alpine boss Oliver Oakes believes Jack Doohan is well prepared for his Formula 1 debut at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, although admits the benchmark set by other debutants this year is high.Doohan will replace Esteban Ocon for the season finale after the Frenchman was released from the team toContinue Reading
Norris’s Qatar yellow flag error is exactly what he can’t do in 2025 F1 title fight
Very fine margins are deciding Formula 1 races. Even over the course of a grand prix or sprint distance – think Lando Norris leaving the door ajar for Max Verstappen in the shorter Austria contest this year – a split-second call can make the difference.Maybe this is why the driversContinue Reading
Perez “knows what the situation is” as Red Bull exit set after Abu Dhabi GP
Christian Horner insists Sergio Perez is “old enough and wise enough to know what the situation is” as Red Bull looks set to split with the Mexican after Abu Dhabi.The Mexican will finish only eighth in the drivers’ standings despite team-mate Max Verstappen winning his fourth title, with Perez’s shortcomingsContinue Reading
Horner claims Russell “hysterical” amid Verstappen bad blood
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has accused George Russell of being “hysterical” across the Qatar Grand Prix weekend after a falling out with Max Verstappen.Verstappen revealed after victory at the Losail International Circuit that he had “lost all respect” for Mercedes driver Russell, who is a director of theContinue Reading
Marquez: I wouldn’t have won MotoGP title even with Ducati GP24
Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been able to win the 2024 MotoGP title even if he was riding Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.Marquez had to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his switch to Gresini at the beginning of this year, leaving him at a disadvantage to the factory DucatiContinue Reading
Marquez: I wouldn’t have won 2024 MotoGP title even with Ducati GP24
Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have been able to win the 2024 MotoGP title even if he was riding Ducati’s all-conquering GP24.Marquez had to do with a year-old GP23 bike on his switch to Gresini at the beginning of this year, leaving him at a disadvantage to the factory DucatiContinue Reading
What was behind Alonso’s “cannot ******* believe it” radio message
Fernando Alonso has explained his “cannot ******* believe it” radio message that he issued in the early stages of the Qatar Grand Prix.The Spaniard had been running eighth during the initial safety car phase that had been triggered by Esteban Ocon and Franco Colapinto’s opening corner crash.But at the restartContinue Reading
Ecclestone puts F1 car collection up for sale
For decades the exact contents of former Formula 1 ‘ringmaster’ Bernie Ecclestone’s private car collection has been known only to the man himself and those he entrusts with its care.Some of them may even have dared to suggest to him that, as with other manifestations of worldly wealth, you can’tContinue Reading