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
The Kiwi dream team: Shane van Gisbergen on driving with Scott McLaughlin at the Rolex 24
Shane van Gisbergen and Scott McLaughlin have a lot in common: New Zealanders who parlayed multiple Supercars championships in Australia (often battling each other) into U.S racing careers — SVG in NASCAR, and McLaughlin in IndyCar. But this weekend, their careers paths briefly overlap, as the duo become teammates inContinue Reading
Greener than green – WMG team is showcasing the future of motorsports with Waste2Race car
Designing and building a high-performance race car using recycled materials, food waste and other unlikely scraps is nothing new to the WMG team at the University of Warwick.Their current project is a hydrogen-powered car fuelled by sewage, the Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype (LMP3) having been built from a selection ofContinue Reading
What’s new for 2025 in WRC?
Predicting this year’s World Rally Championship is virtually impossible following the biggest shake-up to regulations and the calendar since 2022.One of the key ingredients of the original Rally1 regulations is no more, after the FIA decided to remove hybrid power from the cars for 2025. After a long-drawn-out affair, duringContinue Reading