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
FIA and Formula E give green light for Pit Boost to debut in Saudi
The FIA and Formula E have officially confirmed that the Pit Boost concept, which will require drivers to make a mandatory pitstop, will debut during the Jeddah E-Prix weekend.As revealed by Autosport in December, the concept will be implemented for the 2024-25 season having been in development for over twoContinue Reading
Bagnaia insists he will remain a “gentleman” in MotoGP despite Tardozzi criticism
Francesco Bagnaia insists he will continue to act like a “gentleman” in MotoGP despite being criticised for lacking aggression on track.During the thick of his championship fight with Pramac’s Jorge Martin last year, Bagnaia was instructed by Ducati team manager Davide Tardozzi to “stop being a gentleman” or risk beingContinue Reading
How one social media post proved Hamilton’s financial worth to Ferrari
Damp weather and the foggy conditions did not prevent the tifosi turning out for a mere glimpse of Lewis Hamilton driving a Ferrari for the first time in his long and distinguished career.He may not have been setting record times as he completed 30 laps around Fiorano on Wednesday but,Continue Reading
Magazine: Hamilton at Ferrari leads first monthly issue
Autosport magazine has relaunched as a monthly and Lewis Hamilton in red makes the cover for the latest issue, out today (23 January).The seven-time Formula 1 world champion’s move to Ferrari is arguably the biggest storyline of the 2025 motorsport season and seemed a fitting subject to kick off ourContinue Reading
What to expect from F1’s 75th anniversary livery launch in London
It does not take long when scrolling through the expert advice on LinkedIn to stumble across the seven-minute rule – ‘always make sure you speak within that timeframe at the start of a meeting, or you risk losing the room’.Now Formula 1 will test its own version of the theoryContinue Reading
Fines, points deductions possible for F1 driver swearing with new FIA stewards’ guidelines
The FIA has issued a series of stewards’ penalty guidelines that could result in Formula 1 drivers collecting fines or championship points penalties for swearing or other sporting code violations.An updated version of the FIA’s sporting code was released on Wednesday with a guidelines for infractions committed under Article 12,Continue Reading
Podcast: Analysing Hamilton’s Ferrari testing debut
Lewis Hamilton logged his first laps aboard a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano today, as the seven-time world champion continued his familiarisation process with his new team.Having not been released by Mercedes for the Abu Dhabi tyre test, which marked the end of the 2024 season, the 30 lapsContinue Reading