WEC Fuji: Porsche pips Toyota in red-flagged opening practice
Porsche led home favourite Toyota in a red-flagged opening practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.Laurens Vanthoor set a best time of 1m30.581s in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh at the very beginning of the 90-minute session to head the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Ryo HirakawaContinue Reading
Why Piastri Accepts McLaren Team Orders, But Won’t Hold Back – Azerbaijan GP Media Day
Formula 1 returns to Baku for the 2024 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, and it seems with it that McLaren have finally found a solution to their Papaya Rules / #1 Driver / team orders problem. But are Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri happy with the outcome? Alex KalinauckasContinue Reading
Verstappen: I could think about driving a Newey-designed Aston Martin
Max Verstappen has refused to rule out an Adrian Newey reunion at Aston Martin in the future.Design guru Newey was behind the Red Bull cars that delivered Verstappen’s three drivers’ championships, but his departure was confirmed earlier in the year and he has now signed for Aston.He will take onContinue Reading
The winding road that took an Australian F1 prospect to Supercars stardom
James Courtney announced his retirement by accident – on the television news. With his eyes set on a career in real estate, it made sense for the 44-year-old to plug the Gold Coast firm he was joining and talk up his expertise. But in doing so, he also stated thatContinue Reading
Mercedes ditches problematic floor upgrade for Baku
Mercedes will not run its problematic floor first introduced at Spa at any point in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, as it assesses whether this has caused its post-Belgium victory form dip.Mercedes entered 2024’s recent summer break on the back of three wins in four races – including an on-the-road 1-2Continue Reading
New camera technology to monitor track limits being trialled at Mallory Park
A revolutionary new car tracking and track digitisation system could change the way circuits make revenue – and police track limits.I R Kinetics has developed an infrared system that can track all cars in every race in real time to a greater degree of accuracy than is currently possible usingContinue Reading
Sainz: Ferrari race execution keeping it in F1 constructors’ title hunt
Carlos Sainz reckons Ferrari’s execution of races and strategy has kept it in the Formula 1 constructors’ title hunt, despite a “poor” middle part of the season.Amid expectations that McLaren will surpass Red Bull in the constructors’ championship standings owing to their respective performance shifts and current eight-point difference, FerrariContinue Reading
Alonso fears he ‘doesn’t have time’ to benefit from Newey’s influence
Fernando Alonso says he played a role in trying to convince Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey to join Aston Martin, though he admits he might run out of time to benefit from his work.After months of speculation Aston Martin announced on Tuesday it had signed Newey to work onContinue Reading
Piastri accepts McLaren team orders but says he’s still free to race Norris
Oscar Piastri is ready to look at the “bigger picture” and help Lando Norris in his Formula 1 drivers’ title fight but insists he will not be simply pulling aside to let his McLaren team-mate past.Team boss Andrea Stella confirmed on Thursday that, heading into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix thisContinue Reading
Norris: Piastri won’t have to hand me F1 race wins
McLaren driver Lando Norris says team-mate Oscar Piastri won’t have to give up Formula 1 race wins to support his title bid.McLaren has come out backing Norris as he aims to overturn Max Verstappen’s 62-point lead in the drivers’ championship, with Red Bull’s downturn in form offering the Briton aContinue Reading