Williams and Duracell extend F1 sponsorship deal
Williams and Duracell have announced that their Formula 1 sponsorship deal will continue with a “multi-year” extension.Battery manufacturer Duracell has been a Williams sponsor since the 2022 F1 season, with the company’s logo and battery branding featuring on the airboxes of the team’s cars ever since.The new deal, which isContinue Reading
Farfus thrilled by podium after “most difficult weekend” in Macau
FIA GT World Cup podium finisher Augusto Farfus has described this year’s Macau event as “one of the most difficult weekends I’ve had in my career” despite claiming second.Farfus admitted he arrived on the backfoot as he was driving a BMW M4 for the Macanese Team KRC outfit that hadContinue Reading
RFK Racing expands its lineup, adding Ryan Preece for 2025
RFK Racing hasn’t run three full-time cars in the NASCAR Cup series since 2016, but that changes in 2025 when the team will enter the No. 60 car alongside the No. 6 driven by team co-owner Brad Keselowski and the No. 17 of Chris Buescher.This newly announced entry will beContinue Reading
How to watch WRC’s Rally Japan: schedule, line-up and more
Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville could finally have his crowning moment at this weekend’s 2024 World Rally Championship season finale in Japan. The five-time runner-up, who is chasing a maiden title, leads his team-mate Ott Tanak by 25 points with 30 available and they are the only two drivers in contention forContinue Reading
Why McLaren’s latest single-seater star has chosen a different career path
The streets of Monte Carlo, with their mythical aura which are steeped in history and a touch of glamour, remain a daunting prospect for even the most grizzled racing drivers to tackle at speed, let alone a teenager with just 20 minutes in which to prepare.It was an unenviable challengeContinue Reading
Ducati trials two-way radio communication in Barcelona MotoGP test
Ducati test rider Michele Pirro was able to exchange spoken messages with team manager Davide Tardozzi over radio during Tuesday’s MotoGP test in Barcelona.In the first minutes of the official test at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona, an intercom that Dorna had been developing was installed in Pirro’s helmet before heContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: The gamble F1 cannot afford to lose at the Las Vegas GP
The talk ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix will be about Max Verstappen being set to win his fourth consecutive Formula 1 world championship. He can seal it in the race on Saturday night by finishing ahead of nearest challenger Lando Norris and it is absolutely right that theContinue Reading
F1 stance to ban third-party tickets from livery event “unfairly targets fans”
Formula 1 has been accused of “stifling competition” after insisting all tickets resold through third parties for the F175 event at London’s O2 next year will be invalid.Tickets for the 18 February event, where all 10 teams will unveil their liveries for 2025 with all 20 drivers set to beContinue Reading
The eight DNFs that denied Bagnaia the 2024 MotoGP title
Francesco Bagnaia joined an elusive club of just five riders to have won 11 or more grands prix in a single season in the premier class when he triumphed in last weekend’s MotoGP finale in Barcelona.Yet when he returned to the Ducati garage after taking the chequered flag, he wasContinue Reading
Marquez completes first laps on factory Ducati in Barcelona MotoGP test
Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez made his debut with the factory Ducati team in the Barcelona post-season test on Tuesday morning.More than an hour after the track action began, Marquez finally headed out on track to get his first taste of next year’s GP25 at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.The Spaniard completedContinue Reading