Button stays with Jota for factory Cadillac switch in 2025 WEC
Jenson Button will remain with the British Jota squad in the World Endurance Championship on its graduation to the factory ranks with Cadillac next season.The 2009 Formula 1 world champion will move over with Jota from Porsche to Cadillac to drive one of two V-Series LMDhs to be fielded byContinue Reading
Penske Entertainment buys Grand Prix of Long Beach
Penske Entertainment has announced the purchase of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach — acquired from longtime owner Gerald R. Forsythe. The historic Grand Prix of Long Beach, the longest-running street race based in Southern California, now joins the likes of the IndyCar Series, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Detroit GrandContinue Reading
The seven-day lead time at Michelin that made the Barcelona MotoGP finale possible
MotoGP tyre supplier Michelin had just seven days to manufacture and dispatch the tyres required for this weekend’s new season finale in Barcelona.The challenges arising from changing the venue for the title decider have been enormous for all parties involved. One of the key players who had to act quicklyContinue Reading
Acosta “f***ed up everything” in error-prone but stellar rookie MotoGP season
Tech3 GasGas rider Pedro Acosta conceded that he gave away potential victories in his rookie MotoGP campaign by “f***cking up everything”.Although Acosta managed to live up to the hype upon his graduation to the premier class this year, his season on the KTM RC16 has also been plagued by aContinue Reading
JA on F1 Podcast: How Mercedes’ Antonelli signing compares to Liverpool’s Salah acquisition
This week we are doing something a little different. We explore how F1 teams make key decisions on areas like driver recruitment, development and race strategy and compare it with how things are done at a top Premier League football club. F1 is a sport built around technology, whereas in footballContinue Reading
Why Sainz shouldn’t feel too downbeat about impending Ferrari exit
With the bombshell announcement at the start of this year that Lewis Hamilton would be moving to Ferrari for 2025, it was revealed that Carlos Sainz would be losing his seat at the Maranello-based team. Much speculation surrounded where he would go, and there was talk of him signing forContinue Reading
Does the Monaco GP deserve its place on the F1 calendar? Our writers have their say
The Monaco Grand Prix’s position on the Formula 1 calendar remains intact, bar a minor date tweak, as a new deal has been signed to run until 2031.But given the iconic race’s place in F1 has come under question in recent years, is this the right move for the series?Continue Reading
Ferrari admits it was late to party on flexi wings in F1
Ferrari has admitted it was late to the party in exploiting the benefits of Formula 1’s flexi wing tricks because it was convinced the FIA would clamp down on the practice.F1 teams have found that exploiting aero elasticity on front wings with the current generation of cars can be aContinue Reading
Can Mercedes defend its GT World Cup?
Raffaele Marciello’s victory in the 2023 FIA GT World Cup was his final act as a Mercedes driver before joining BMW. The only two-time winner of the single-driver GT3 event since it gained FIA status in 2015 will return this weekend for his maiden Macau appearance aboard an M4 andContinue Reading
Should Red Bull sign Colapinto for 2025? Our writers have their say
As Franco Colapinto has impressed the Formula 1 paddock at Williams as a mid-season replacement for Logan Sargeant, there has been plenty of calls to keep him on the grid for 2025.But with no room at the Grove-based squad, as Carlos Sainz comes in alongside Alex Albon, the team hasContinue Reading