How a pivotal team rebrand is giving an ex-Red Bull protege a new lease of life
“I have to say this is the most motivated I’ve felt at a pre-season test, because I hate testing to be honest.”Dan Ticktum’s candour and frankness during a motorsport career that counts two Macau Grand Prix victories has won him many fans as well as alienating plenty of others. ThatContinue Reading
Red Bull “not confident” for 2025 F1 car, despite Verstappen’s latest title
Red Bull has admitted that it is “not confident” about its chances in Formula 1 next year, despite Max Verstappen clinching his fourth world championship in Las Vegas.In the wake of a major threat from McLaren’s Lando Norris in a run of races after the summer break, Red Bull andContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: Did Las Vegas hit the right notes with its difficult second album?
As any musician will testify, the second album is often the hardest to make.The pressure to deliver a creative product the that exceeds expectations can often be the undoing of many artists as their musical career bombs.The same can be said for F1 races. After the initial hype of beingContinue Reading
Radio failure behind Stroll’s Aston Martin Las Vegas F1 pitstop shambles
Lance Stroll’s 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix opening pitstop disaster was caused by his Aston Martin Formula 1 car suffering a radio failure on “lap one” of the race.The 26-year-old responded to instructions to aid his launch from 18th on the grid, but then could not communicate with his engineerContinue Reading
Hyundai “needs to do better” and learn from “painful” WRC title defeat
Team principal Cyril Abiteboul has insisted Hyundai “needs to do better” and learn from Ott Tanak’s Rally Japan accident that contributed to a “painful” World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title defeat.The Korean marque missed out on a first manufacturers’ title since 2020 in dramatic circumstances on the final day of theContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Las Vegas experiment that offers clues to 2025 push
Ferrari kick-started its 2025 plans in a public way at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as it ran a new floor that was purely experimental and was never actually intended to be raced with now.It ran on Carlos Sainz’s SF-24 during free practice in a bid to help the ScuderiaContinue Reading
How Cadillac Got Their Spot On The 2026 F1 Grid
Formula 1 has announced that it has an “agreement in principle” with General Motors to join the grid in 2026 through its Cadillac brand. Bryn Lucas is joined by Jake Boxall-Legge in a special video to break down how the negotiations, which had seemingly stalled, suddenly got pushed through duringContinue Reading
Wickens moves up to IMSA GT ranks with DXDT
Robert Wickens is set to continue his journey and step up to the IMSA SportsCar Championship with DXDT Racing Corvette in 2025.The 35-year-old Canadian will join the team for the five sprint rounds behind the wheel of the #36 Corvette Z06 GT3.R, beginning with the Grand Prix of Long BeachContinue Reading
Mario Andretti named as director on board of General Motors F1 team
The Andretti family will retain an involvement in the revised plan for a General Motors Formula 1 team, with 1978 world champion Mario Andretti serving as a director on the board.On Monday F1 announced it has agreed in principle a deal to allow an entry for the GM group toContinue Reading
Why General Motors has got the green light that Andretti did not
Formula 1’s statement on Monday that it is moving forward with plans to allow a General Motors entry could be viewed as a complete turnaround in attitude from series bosses.It was only back in January that FOM declared an application by Andretti-Cadillac to enter F1 was rejected because it didContinue Reading