Red Bull ends NASCAR Cup hiatus to sponsor Trackhouse for 2025
Red Bull will end its 14-year hiatus from the NASCAR Cup championship as it will serve as Trackhouse Racing’s primary sponsor for the 2025 season.The Austrian conglomerate, best known for its energy drinks brand, contested the Cup with its own team from 2006 to 2011 during which time Team RedContinue Reading
Alunni Bravi lands wide-ranging McLaren role after Sauber exit
Ex-Sauber managing director and team representative, Alessandro Alunni Bravi, has joined McLaren in the team’s newly created role of chief business affairs officer.Alunni Bravi will report directly to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver development programme.He will start hisContinue Reading
Estre, Jani praise revisions to “fairer” Le Mans qualifying format
Le Mans 24 Hours pole winners Kevin Estre and Neel Jani have welcomed revisions to Hyperpole qualifying under which Hypercar entries will run on track alone at the French enduro.They have told Autosport that the new procedure introduced for this year’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship in JuneContinue Reading
Red Bull returns to NASCAR in a big way
Red Bull ran a NASCAR Cup Series team from 2007 to 2011, then left the sport, going on to have some success in other racing series. But now it’s back in the Cup, this time as the primary sponsor for Trackhouse Racing.The math makes sense. Trackhouse already has two Red BullContinue Reading
Tech analysis: The secrets behind Aprilia’s 2025 MotoGP bike
Aprilia kicked off its 2025 MotoGP campaign with a special launch event at the Sky studios in Milan last week. Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi made their first appearance in Aprilia gear during the ceremony, while new technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini was also in attendance.The Noale-based brand also showcased theContinue Reading
Tech analysis: The secrets behind Aprilia’s 2025 MotoGP prototype
Aprilia kicked off its 2025 MotoGP campaign with a special launch event at the Sky studios in Milan last week. Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi made their first appearance in Aprilia gear during the ceremony, while new technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini was also in attendance.The Noale-based brand also showcased theContinue Reading
Haas boss Komatsu convinced Bearman is a future Ferrari F1 driver
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu is in no doubt that Oliver Bearman will be a future Formula 1 driver for Ferrari.The Italian team has started working with Lewis Hamilton this week, but fellow Briton Bearman, who is part of the team’s driver programme, is also entering this season as aContinue Reading
Why Le Mans qualifying revamp will be a purist spectacle
Another year, and another change in the qualifying procedures at the Daytona 24 Hours. The IMSA SportsCar Championship kicks off on the hallowed banking of the Daytona International Speedway this weekend and there’s still time before you have to settle down in front of your TV, computer or whatever forContinue Reading
Autosport Business Exchange brings together motorsport minds to discuss industry trends
McLaren CEO Zak Brown will deliver the keynote at next week’s Autosport Business Exchange in London.Presented by Qiddiya, the event will explore how the motorsport industry continues to evolve in ways that put fans at the heart of the action.Invited guests will have the opportunity to hear from experts inContinue Reading
Gordon Ramsay to cater F1’s pit garage hospitality offering at 10 races
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has signed a partnership with Formula 1 to supply food for the championship’s pit garage hospitality suites at 10 2025 races.F1 has regularly used a pitbox at races since the 2022 season as an additional hospitality area for people willing to pay to watch sessions fromContinue Reading