Williams loaded Colapinto with “more information than a human can take”
Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says he was impressed with how the team’s rookie driver Franco Colapinto managed a mid-season debut in Italy.Williams academy driver Colapinto was promoted to a race seat at the expense of Logan Sargeant in between a busy double-header of Zandvoort and Monza, makingContinue Reading
MotoGP San Marino GP: Bagnaia swoops to lead practice at Misano
MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia has responded to recent form threats from Marc Marquez and Jorge Martin to set the fastest lap at Misano on Friday.Bagnaia was quickest in hot afternoon temperatures at the San Marino Grand Prix and his home circuit where he won MotoGP races in 2021 andContinue Reading
The unexpected issues that club racers can face
“I’m just going to check your neck for any soreness.” Stood at the side of a race track with a medic gently massaging my neck was not what this writer had on his bingo card last month, but then neither was having my first proper ‘crash’ in a racing car.IContinue Reading
WRC Acropolis: Tanak regains lead from Ogier, Fourmaux retires
Hyundai’s Ott Tanak has regained the Acropolis Rally lead while Adrien Fourmaux’s pursuit of a maiden World Rally Championship victory has come to a halt.Tanak moved into a five-second rally lead when he took advantage of a mysterious issue for rally leader Sebastien Ogier’s Toyota GR Yaris on stage five.OgierContinue Reading
Mercedes car more “on edge” since summer break
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that its Formula 1 results since the summer break have been impacted by its car being more “on the edge”.The German manufacturer had gone into the shutdown period buoyed by three victories in four races – with George Russell having triumphed in Austria and LewisContinue Reading
F1 Italian GP News Round Up – Rookies and Race Bans
Jake Boxall-Legge and Filip Cleeren join Bryn Lucas to discuss the consequences of Magnussen’s ban, and the problems and possible solutions surrounding rookies in F1, with the 2025 season set to be filled with many new faces. 0:00 Magnussen’s race ban 5:19 Should Bearman take over for the rest ofContinue Reading
Friday’s favourite: The V10 beast that still holds the Bahrain track record
1m31.447s. The fastest lap of the 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix, set by Pedro de la Rosa, remains the official lap record at the Sakhir circuit – something the Spaniard will boast about whenever the opportunity arises. And it doesn’t take him even a second to name the McLaren MP4-20 hisContinue Reading
Autosport Podcast: Italian GP analysis – Part two
Bryn Lucas is joined again by Jake Boxall-Legge and Filip Cleeren as they continue their analysis of the Italian Grand Prix.On this episode, they discuss Kimi Antonelli’s exciting F1 debut, with the 18-year-old showing scintillating pace until a crash at the Parabolica on his second hot lap put him inContinue Reading
Gounon gets Alpine drive for Fuji WEC round
Alpine reserve driver Jules Gounon will replace Paul-Loup Chatin at the Signatech-run team for the Fuji 6 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship.Alpine made the announcement on Friday ahead of next week’s race, explaining that plans for Gounon’s outing had been made prior to the season with the team’sContinue Reading
EKO Acropolis Rally Greece Friday morning highlights
Sébastien Ogier holds a 5.9-second lead over Adrien Fourmaux at the midway point of Friday’s action at EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, as several of his FIA World Rally Championship title contenders were hit by mechanical woes. SourceContinue Reading