The “self-fulfilling injury” in Williams’s 2024 F1 crash-fest
Alex Albon says Williams suffered a “self-fulfilling injury” with the early season timesaving but weight-adding measures on its 2024 Formula 1 car, which led to additional crash damage.The British team’s 2024 season was blighted by crashes from start to finish, with its FW46 car also starting the year over theContinue Reading
The highlights from an entertaining club racing season
Now in my 48th year of writing for Autosport, I reflect on another interesting season over which I have reported 25 varied meetings at 12 venues, commentating at many, and attended more out of my undimmed passion for club and historic events.Bookended by the Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Pomeroy Trophy andContinue Reading
Ranking Autosport’s Top 50 Drivers of 2024 – 30 to 21
Kevin Turner sits down with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to discuss the annual Autosport Top 50 for 2024, evaluating the best drivers in the National and International Racing scene. In this episode, there are some big shocks as we look at the drivers ranked from 30th to 21st place,Continue Reading
Di Giannantonio will try to “annoy” Marquez and Bagnaia on Ducati GP25
Fabio di Giannantonio says he will try to “annoy” Marc Marquez and Francesco Bagnaia when he is on the same equipment as the factory Ducati riders in MotoGP next year.On the back of his impressive form astride a year-old bike in 2024, di Giannantonio has landed a contract directly withContinue Reading
Tombazis: F1 will stick with current flexi front wing tests
No changes will be made to front wing flex tests used in Formula 1 despite 2024’s minor hubbub over flexing wings, according to FIA head of single-seater matters Nikolas Tombazis.In response to a query made by Ferrari and Red Bull in 2024 concerning the flexibility of the front wings belongingContinue Reading
The Dacia/Prodrive innovation that is positively changing the Dakar challenge
Dacia Sandriders will run an innovative new driver safety device on the team’s debut at the Dakar Rally.The manufacturer will use a ‘seat attenuator’ to absorb impacts over the rough terrain as the car slams up and down on its suspension, helping to reduce the compression of drivers’ spines, whichContinue Reading
Levelling up – how Formula 1’s global audience is opening the door to new partnerships
In mid-December, FIFA announced the 2030 World Cup would take place in six countries, spanning three continents. Meanwhile, most American sports have been heading to Europe in recent years looking to expand their appeal.These events sell out, usually in record-setting times, but do not come close to matching the worldwideContinue Reading
Vinales: If Yamaha had listened to me, I would already be MotoGP champion
Maverick Vinales believes he would have already won a title in MotoGP if Yamaha had followed his advice in the early years of their partnership.Vinales was selected to replace three-time champion Jorge Lorenzo at Yamaha in 2017, having impressed the squad in junior classes and during his two seasons inContinue Reading
The top 10 BTCC support drivers of the past 10 seasons
There have been 258 drivers who have triumphed in a race in one of the support categories at a British Touring Car Championship event in the past 10 seasons. That’s a truly staggering number and certainly makes picking the best 10 of these a very tricky task.Given that 39 ofContinue Reading
Autosport writers’ favourite cars from the 1990s
The last Formula 1 race of the 20th Century occurred 9190 days ago. That means we are now closer to the start of the 2050 season, assuming the world championship is still around to commemorate its centenary anniversary, than we are from the 1990s.It was a decade that many stillContinue Reading