Kubica and Deletraz both make the move across from the Prema squad, joining WRT's previously-announced silver-rated driver Rui Andrade at the wheel of the Belgian team's #41 Oreca 07-Gibson. Sean Gelael is so far the only driver named for the #31 WRT entry. Kubica contested his first full season in sportscar racing for WRT in 2021 in the European Le Mans Series, winning that year's title ... Keep reading
The Parisian, who took the European Formula 2 title in 1976, made 49 F1 starts between 1975 and 1981, getting his full debut at the 1975 French Grand Prix for Tyrrell. But Jabouille will always be synonymous with Renault, the marque with which he contested most of his grands prix. In 1979 Jabouille took Renault's first ever Formula 1 win at the French Grand Prix at Dijon-Prenois. The win not ... Keep reading
The Andretti driver lapped the 17-turn 2.9-mile course in 1m39.3721s, beating his1m39.9303s effort from the morning session. The opening two-and-a-half-hour session featured two red flags both for harmless spin-and-stalls by Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren and Helio Castroneves of Meyer Shank Racing. Herta became the first driver to crack the 100-second barrier with a 1m39.9303s ... Keep reading
Its easy to forget what a risk he seemed to be taking when he flew the family nest of McLaren to strike out on his own at Mercedes. But six world titles prove that it was entirely justified, and whos to say there wont be more? In our cover feature, our Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas analyses Hamiltons past decade, with insights from the Mercedes teams engineering chief Andrew ... Keep reading
A lack of success enjoyed by most of the new series launched in the UK last year certainly does not seem to have put off organisers from developing fresh ideas for 2023, as a plethora of creations are set to grace the circuits this season. INSIGHT: Did the new national series of 2022 fly or flop? Some of the new offerings seem distinctly familiar, while others are radically different - ... Keep reading
Vasseur briefly lived with Wolff when he moved to the UK to be Renault team principal in 2016, and the pair have been close ever since. But with Vasseur having taken over the helm at one of Mercedes' chief F1 rivals, there has been much intrigue about how much they will be able to remain friends if they get locked in an intense battle for victory. Furthermore, F1's infamous labelling of the ... Keep reading
From 2014 to 2022, the Indy 500 offered 100 points to the winner, 80 to the runner-up and 70 to the third-place finisher as opposed to 50-40-35 for regular IndyCar races. Although no Indy 500 winner in that period went on to take the series title, it was felt that double-points unduly hurt those who suffered a bad Month of May. An official IndyCar statement read: Over the years, the rule ... Keep reading
The Italian posted a 2m03.995s as the Pro drivers took to the track for the second time in the final 40 minute session of the day. Supercars ace Chaz Mostert emerged second fastest overall after posting a 2m04.088s, driving the #65 Melbourne Performance Centre Audi, the time set in the opening practice session. The Sun Energy1 Racing Mercedes outfit was third thanks to Luca Stolzs effort ... Keep reading
Although the event is being hailed as the 2023 car launch, Red Bull has history from last year of bringing out a rebranded old car and pretending it is a shiny new model. The likelihood is that, with the first F1 test still several weeks away, what appears in New York will at best be a hybrid of the 2022 and 2023 models, featuring some old and new elements. It will then, almost certainly, be ... Keep reading
Tim Harvey only spent one year as a TWR Volvo driver in the British Touring Car Championship, between stints at Renault and Peugeot. But his 1995 season alongside Rickard Rydell sticks in the 1992 champions mind, for all the right reasons. I can say almost unequivocally my best times and favourite team-mate without any animosity, ego, anything, would be Rickard, says Harvey, speaking ... Keep reading
Coming out of the hairpin at the reimagined Deep Forest Raceway, I have momentum on the Ford GT Gr.3 ahead of me. I duck out from behind its rear wing, moving left as we approach an innocuous-looking kink that leads onto the main straight. Were now alongside each other, and to check the ever-decreasing gap between the two cars, I instinctively look to my right, not with a press of a button ... Keep reading
Red Bull is the second team to launch its 2023 machine after Haasreleased digital renderings of the new livery that will be run on its VF-23 challenger last week. The Milton Keynes-based team won both the drivers' and constructors' F1 titles last year, as Verstappen secured his second world title. Its launch follows the news announced earlier today that Ford will return to F1 as an ... Keep reading
During a season launch in New York on Friday, where Red Bull announced a new major partnership with Ford from 2026, the team revealed what it claimed was its 2023 challenger the RB19. However, the car on display appeared to have no visible differences from last years championship-winning RB18 and even featured the 2022 mirrors that would be illegal for this season as they are too ... Keep reading
The22-year-old Formula 2 convert ended the first day of official IndyCar testing at the Thermal Club track in Palm Springstenthof 27 runners. Armstrong was 0.535s off pace-setter Colton Hertas top time and 0.510s behind leading Ganassi driver Alex Palou. Having tested at Sebring with Dale Coyne Racing last fall, it was Armstrongs first day of running with the squad ... Keep reading
The matter relates to a loan that the current AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver took in 2018 from Schothorsts investment fund Investrand to help fund an F2 campaign with Prema Racing. The Dutchman had needed to raise half a million Euros for that season and with help from sponsors like Jumbo, he managed to get half of that amount. For the other half, he borrowed from Investrand. Schothorst ... Keep reading
Factory Mercedes driver Engel had alreadytopped the 40-minute qualifying session to snare provisional pole with a 2m01.053s lap, which eclipsed the 2m01.286s time set by Shane van Gisbergen in 2016. Engel, the 2014 Bathurst poleman, then staged a thrilling battle in the second part of the Shootout with fellow Mercedes driver Broc Feeney and the pair traded fastest times as they flirted ... Keep reading
Liam Lawson lapped Mount Panorama in a V8-powered Red Bull RB7 today in a special demonstration run at the Bathurst 12 Hour. There was a lot of anticipation heading into the weekend that the demo, with the car that carried Sebastian Vettel to his second world title in 2011, could yield a new unofficial Bathurst lap record. The Bathurst benchmark was set in 2011 when Button stopped the clocks ... Keep reading
Red Bull motor sport advisor Marko made the claim in a recent TV interview while discussing the Dutchmans appearance in the Virtual Le Mans 24 Hours and his dedication to driving whenever he can. The simulator in a plane story was subsequently widely reported, but Verstappen says what he actually told Marko last year was that he will have one installed in the new motorhome that he is taking ... Keep reading
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Ericsson took only four laps to lower the IndyCar lap record at the venue, beating Colton Herta's Thursday effort with a 1m38.422s lap. Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver Christian Lundgaard, who was second quickest on Thursday afternoon, was just 0.145s slower than the defending Indianapolis 500 winner. Kyle Kirkwood, who replaces Alexander Rossi in Andretti ... Keep reading
Ganassi took only four wins in 2023 compared to the nine claimed by Team Penske, although it did secure victory in the blue ribband Indianapolis 500 with Marcus Ericsson. Dixon, Alex Palou andEricsson finished third, fifth and sixth in the final points table, but none entered the 2022 finale with a truly realistic shot at the title which was claimed by Will Power over Penske ... Keep reading
The American auto giant announced on Friday that it would be returning to F1 in 2026 after striking a deal with Red Bull to work together on power units. The partnership will mark the return of the Ford name to F1 after 22 years, its last foray coming when it owned the Jaguar team that was ultimately sold to Red Bull in 2004. During its time away from F1, Ford has remained at the top level ... Keep reading
The Mercedes-AMG GT3s were clearly the class of the field at Mount Panorama today, with GruppeM driver Engel topping the final qualifying session for the Intercontinental GT Challenge opener before going toe-to-toe withTriple Eight young gun Broc Feeney in the pole shootout. A rapid final lap from Engel sealed the Allan Simonsen Pole Award, his 2m00.881s the fastest ever lap for a GT3 car ... Keep reading
The 38-year-old has been a mainstay of the WEC since the series inception, initially as a Toyota driver in the top LMP1 class until he was dropped by the marque in mid-2014. After a limited programme with the KCMG LMP2 team in 2015, which included his first of four Le Mans 24 Hours class wins, Lapierre joined the Signatech-run Alpine LMP2 outfit in 2016 and took that year's WEC class title ... Keep reading
The Blue Oval has been worried about the competitiveness of the Mustang compared to the Camaro since the seventh-generation model was official unveiled at Bathurst last year. Those concerns were heightened at the VCAT aero homologation test, ultimately prompting another round of testing with the two prototypes last month. It's understood the concerns lie with both the aero performance of the ... Keep reading
The Sharks have copped a significant blow with rising star Kade Dykes out for the season with a ruptured ACL.
