Why Vegas’s Monza and Baku similarities aren’t good news for Ferrari and McLaren in 2024
Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up.This is also notwithstanding a rather resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s thumping victory last time out in Brazil, his winContinue Reading
23XI Racing signs Riley Herbst for 2025 Cup season
23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, will add a third full-time car next year. Alongside the No. 23 of Bubba Wallace and the No. 45 of Tyler Reddick, they will also field the No. 35 Toyota Camry with Riley Herbst behindContinue Reading
Live – WSK Final Cup: Round 2 – Cremona
Watch the livestream of the second round of the 2024 WSK Final Cup at Cremona, Italy. SourceContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: Norris’s reaction will be telling for his 2025 F1 title bid
Is it denial, ignorance, or a positive mental attitude? Whatever it is, Lando Norris is refusing to give up hope of winning this year’s drivers’ championship.That is, at least, according to the press release issued by McLaren ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix in which Norris is quotedContinue Reading
Alpine’s Mercedes F1 engine switch for 2026 the ‘pragmatic, obvious’ choice
Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has opened up on the team’s decision to switch to Mercedes powertrains for Formula 1’s new rules for 2026, stating the team simply wanted “the best engine in the back of the car”.The team’s parent company Renault had invested in F1’s switch to a near-50:50Continue Reading
The pre-war racers of a landmark English constructor celebrating 90 years
For 90 years, the voiturette racing cars produced by English Racing Automobiles in the 1930s have engendered passion and national pride. Motor racing in the 1930s was dominated by German and Italian marques, but in 1933 three British enthusiasts decided to get their country into the spotlight.ERA was the brainchildContinue Reading
Bagnaia: New Ducati GP25 a “huge” step forward from 2024 MotoGP bike
Francesco Bagnaia says he can already notice a “huge” difference between Ducati’s new MotoGP prototype and the outgoing GP24 bike he took to 11 grand prix wins this year.The two-time MotoGP champion got his first opportunity to sample an early version of the GP25 that he will race in 2025 onContinue Reading
Missed opportunity or lesson learned? Vasseur on Ferrari’s up-and-down season
As Formula 1 enters a final triple-header that will decide the outcome of both championships, there is an inevitability that at its denouement will be a ton of regret from the losers. That is perhaps more so when it comes to the constructors’ championship fight, since each of the three contendersContinue Reading
Tanak can fight “without hands tied” in WRC title decider
Ott Tanak will be able to fight “without his hands tied” at the World Rally Championship title-deciding Rally Japan, according to Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul.Both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles will go down to the wire on Japan’s asphalt stages this weekend, with the former to be fought betweenContinue Reading
Mercedes makes Le Mans return, enters WEC with Iron Lynx
Mercedes will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1999 as part of a World Endurance Championship campaign with the Iron Lynx team.The German manufacturer will enter the WEC for the first time in the LMGT3 class with the successful Mercedes-AMG GT3, a winner ofContinue Reading