Indonesia declares interest to make WRC return
Indonesia has formally declared its interest in hosting a round of the World Rally Championship in the near future.The WRC Promoter met with the Indonesian Minister for Sport and Youth, Dito Ariotedjo, in the nation’s capital city Jakarta this week to discuss the possibility of Indonesia making a return toContinue Reading
Dakar 2025, Stage 10: Roma fastest as Lategan retakes overall lead
Nani Roma scored Ford’s first stage victory of the 2025 Dakar Rally on Wednesday, while Toyota driver Henk Lategan recaptured the lead in the overall standings.Stage 10 marked the first visit to the unforgiving Empty Quarters desert in Saudi Arabia, as competitors tackled 120km of dunes and sand between HaradhContinue Reading
Lamborghini appoints BMW LMDh manager Leschiutta as new motorsport boss
Lamborghini has recruited Maurizio Leschiutta from BMW where he headed up the M Hybrid V8 LMDh programme to become its new motorsport boss.Leschiutta has taken over as head of motorsport to oversee the Italian manufacturer’s LMDh prototype, GT3 and one-make sportscar programmes at the Italian manufacturer’s in-house Squadra Corse competitionsContinue Reading
Sauber F1 chief Alunni Bravi to leave team at end of January
Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi will part ways with the Formula 1 squad at the end of January after an eight-year stint.The bespectacled Italian was added to the board of the Sauber team following its takeover by Longbow Finance in 2017, the investment company headed byContinue Reading
“A perfect marriage” – Las Vegas and Formula 1 proving to be a good match
Fittingly for a city known as the Marriage Capital of the World, the arrival of Formula 1 in Las Vegas marked the beginning of a memorable union, with race organisers already planning for year three.The Las Vegas Grand Prix burst onto the 2023 F1 calendar with the glitz and glamourContinue Reading
FIA explains why it feels driver criticism on F1 fines is overblown
The FIA has countered criticism from Formula 1 drivers on how it spends the money generated by fines.The situation around driver fines was one of several topics that caused unease among F1 drivers last season as they grew increasingly frustrated at how FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem has been runningContinue Reading
Kyle Larson is taking a much more laid-back approach to prepping for the Indy 500
Don’t expect Kyle Larson to pound endless laps testing an Indy car ahead of this year’s 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25. A year ago, the California native spared no expense in preparation for his maiden attempt at “The Double”: running the Indy 500 and the 600-mile NASCARContinue Reading
Trackhouse reveals 2025 MotoGP bike in USA
Trackhouse Racing has become the first team to reveal its new bike for the 2025 MotoGP season.The American squad took the covers off its satellite Aprilia RS-GP bikes in a special ceremony at its headquarters in the US, where its new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the NASCAR Cup series wasContinue Reading
Leclerc’s ex-engineer becomes Cadillac technical director in WEC and IMSA
Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project. Xavier Marcos Padros is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after sevenContinue Reading
Why Bearman’s Ferrari debut – and the phone data disaster that preceded – matters for F1 2025
Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and now Oliver Bearman – the most recent Formula 1 drivers to have opened the Autosport International Show.In cutting the red ribbon to allow the public access to the 2025 show last Saturday, Haas rookie Bearman closed a remarkably fast circle of single-seater career progression. ForContinue Reading