Exclusive: Inside the secrets of F1’s new driver cooling kit
In the wake of last year’s Qatar Grand Prix, where drivers suffered in the heat and humidity, the FIA responded with the introduction of new rules to improve cockpit cooling.The first step happened this year with teams allowed to add another opening on top of the chassis, so that onContinue Reading
What F1 tracks could replace Zandvoort after 2026?
It was announced earlier this month that Zandvoort would hold its final Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix in 2026.With the current calendar seeming to be fixed at 24 races per year, this leaves a space for another track to host a GP in only a couple of years’ time.Will weContinue Reading
Russell never expected GPDA F1 role to get “so political”
George Russell “never expected to have so much on my hands and for it to be so political” in his Formula 1 role as a Grand Prix Drivers’ Association director. Since the start of the 2021 season, Russell’s third in F1, the Mercedes driver has been a director of the drivers’Continue Reading
Moffat joins WSR BMW line-up for 2025 season
Five-time British Touring Car Championship race winner Aiden Moffat will drive a West Surrey Racing-run BMW during the 2025 season.The 28-year-old Scot has been named as one of the two drivers for WSR’s LKQ Euro Car Parts stable of BMW 330i M Sport machinery, alongside two other cars.That comes asContinue Reading
What is the Red Bull Junior Team? A look at the unique F1 academy
Almost half of the Formula 1 grid in 2025 will have come from the Red Bull Junior Team, making it one of the most successful academy programmes in motorsport.Jack Doohan, Pierre Gasly, Alex Albon, Carlos Sainz, Isack Hadjar, Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson and reigning world champion Max Verstappen have allContinue Reading
McLaren “impressed even more” than expected by former Red Bull stalwart Marshall
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella revealed the Formula 1 constructors’ champions were “impressed even more” than expected by former Red Bull engineer Rob Marshall.Marshall joined the Woking-based outfit as technical director, engineering & design in January after 17 years with Red Bull, with his arrival coinciding with a number ofContinue Reading
How Alpine is helping Loeb’s bid for Dakar history with an unlikely challenger
The Dakar Rally returns to provide one of motorsport’s toughest tests for human and machine in January, with Saudi Arabia again hosting the challenge. It may not be the event it once was when run through Africa to the Senegalese capital [the event’s name gives it away] but the testContinue Reading
GT Winter Series creates split GT3 class for 2025
Gedlich Racing’s GT Winter Series will introduce a GT3 and GT3 Pro split category for its sixth season of running in 2025.GT2 and GT3 compete at the sharp end of the field, with Balance of Performance provided by SRO Motorsports Group.For the first time, GT3 cars will be split intoContinue Reading
The valiant runner-up finish that avoided blowing Bortolotti’s DTM title hopes
Mirko Borolotti has pinpointed his determined runner-up finish in an eventful race at Zandvoort as being crucial to his 2024 title-winning DTM campaign, as he defied a delaminating left-rear tyre.The SSR Performance Lamborghini driver trailed race winner Marco Wittmann’s Schubert Motorsport BMW by 7.239s at the flag, holding up aContinue Reading
Tardozzi told Bagnaia to ‘stop being a gentleman’ in MotoGP 2024
Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi instructed Francesco Bagnaia to ‘stop being a gentleman’ during the 2024 MotoGP season, a new documentary released by the Italian manufacturer has revealed.Despite being on the back foot for almost the entire year, Bagnaia continued to show respect to Pramac rival Jorge Martin in theContinue Reading