Ticktum and Beckmann complete Formula E 2024-25 line-up
Dan Ticktum and David Beckmann will race for the Kiro Formula E team in the all-electric championship this season, having officially been announced just days before the campaign begins.Both drivers were finally confirmed on Monday, although their names already featured on the official entry list for the 2024-25 Formula EContinue Reading
BTCC reveals 24-car field for next season
British Touring Car Championship promoter TOCA has revealed the allocation of 24 TBL entrants’ licences for the 2025 season.While the total is down on the 27 distributed for this year, only 21 of those were used during the 2024 campaign, and BTCC insiders are confident of bigger grids next term.TheContinue Reading
FIA explains Qatar mirror drama response and Norris penalty
The FIA has offered a detailed explanation as to why it did not seek to remove Alex Albon’s mirror from the track midway through the Qatar Grand Prix.The F1 race in Losail was turned on its head on lap 30 when Albon’s right mirror flew off his Williams on theContinue Reading
Alpine announces Doohan for Abu Dhabi debut, Ocon out
Alpine has confirmed that Jack Doohan will make his Formula 1 debut for the team in the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.As reported by Autosport after the Qatar race, discussions have been taking place between incumbent Esteban Ocon and the French manufacturer about him standing down for the final eventContinue Reading
Wolff: FIA could have its own reality show amid recent drama
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes that the FIA could have its own reality show based on recent events at the governing body.Amid a number of staff changes over recent weeks, which included the dismissal of Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich before the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the FIA hasContinue Reading
Verstappen Brilliant As The FIA Baffles In Qatar – How The Race Unfolded At Lusail
Stuart Codling and Jonathan Noble sit down to review a controversial Qatar Grand Prix. There’s analysis on the brilliance of Max Verstappen, who took his ninth victory of the season, leading from lights to flag after passing inherited pole sitter George Russell off the start line. But the race wasContinue Reading
Hamilton: Disastrous Qatar F1 race “could have been worse”
Lewis Hamilton endured a torrid run to 12th place in the Qatar Grand Prix in an understeering Mercedes, although some of the damage was self-inflicted owing to a false start and a pitlane speeding penalty.Hamilton also picked up a puncture mid-race and, in the final laps, asked the team if heContinue Reading
McLaren wants FIA review on penalty stance amid fears of future “consequences”
McLaren believes the FIA should review how penalties are handed out in Formula 1 after warning that Lando Norris’s stop-go sanction in the Qatar GP risks “consequences”.While the Woking-based team accepts that Norris did not slow down for the double yellow flags that were brought out for Alex Albon’s strandedContinue Reading
Tsunoda reveals confusion over misheard “beaver” radio message
Yuki Tsunoda revealed he misheard a radio message warning about a loose mirror on the track during the Qatar Grand Prix and thought he’d been told there was a beaver.The RB driver endured a frustrating afternoon at the Losail International Circuit as he slipped down the order after a goodContinue Reading
Alpine looking for Ocon split resolution that “suits everyone”
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes says an expected deal to replace Esteban Ocon with Jack Doohan for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is moving “in a direction that suits everybody” in their preparation for the 2025 Formula 1 season.Oakes stated that a decision had yet to be made on Ocon’sContinue Reading