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Zilisch, 17, will compete in next Saturday’s race at COTA in Spire Motorsports’ No. 7 Chevrolet. He will also drive the No. 7 in the fall race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.In addition, Spire will coordinate a separate entry for Zilisch at the Oct. Truck race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.Earlier this week, it was announced that once Zilisch turns 18 later this year, he will run four Xfinity ...Keep reading

McLaren came out of the gates much stronger in 2024 than it did 12 months ago, fighting Mercedes in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for the status of third-fastest team behind Red Bull and Ferrari.However, a Ferrari resurgence has prevented it from scaling its podium-winning heights of the latter half of 2023.It has meanwhile become clear that some of its legacy weaknesses have carried over, like its ...Keep reading

Aero devices have been gaining prevalence in MotoGP ever since Ducati first introduced winglets on its bike in the mid-2010s, with other manufacturers also jumping on the bandwagon after seeing how it transformed the performance of the Desmosedici.While the impact of excessive aerodynamics on the quality of racing has made its usage a controversial topic, 2024 saw bike makers only taking things up ...Keep reading

Last month, the IndyCar Series confirmed the switch of its final race on September 15 from the downtown streets of Nashville to the 1.33-mile D-shaped concrete oval in nearby Lebanon, Tennessee.The move to have the season end on an oval for the first time since 2014 (Fontana) has pushed Firestone, the sole tire supplier of the North America’s premier open-wheel championship, in a frenzy.Although ...Keep reading

The all-electric championship, which hits a decade since it was founded this year, confirmed the plans prior to this weekend’s Sao Paulo E-Prix.The new concept will take the two highest-scoring cars in every race from each manufacturer, with points awarded using the current scoring system used for both the drivers’ and teams’ championships.Currently, six manufacturers compete in Formula E ...Keep reading

The German manufacturer was due to see out its third and final season in the FIA-sanctioned series as part of its much-touted cross-country programme with the RS Q e-tron hybrid.However, just a month after scoring a maiden win in the prestigious Dakar marathon in Saudi Arabia in January, Audi announced that it would be shutting down the project with immediate effect, leaving it out of the ...Keep reading

Just one race into the 2024 season – and on the eve of the Sebring 12 Hours – IMSA President John Doonan shared next year’s slate of events, which also included Pilot Challenge.Next year will once again feature an 11-race season, including five endurance rounds that make up the Endurance Cup. “On behalf of my teammates at IMSA, I am proud to be able to announce our schedule for 2025 at ...Keep reading

Following a catastrophic 2023 season, which saw Haas finish bottom of the constructors' table, the team's American owner Gene Haas ran out of patience with the lack of progress and decided not to renew Steiner's contract.In his stead, Haas promoted former trackside engineering director Ayao Komatsu to the role as team principal, with Steiner returning to the paddock in the season opener in Bahrain ...Keep reading

F1 has teamed up with Puma to release its first ever collaborative brand clothing range, as the sport continues to build its ‘cool’ identity within a growing audience. Heavy on black with simplistic design, many garments boldly feature a very prominent modern F1 logo, but they were also developed to reflect some of the sport’s most iconic features.“We looked at a lot of different material ...Keep reading

Silverstone has featured many different guises down the years. But, in the eyes of Bertrand Gachot, who drove several of them while ascending the UK racing ladder, the British Grand Prix venue's core appeal has been successfully retained.A winner at the circuit in British Formula 3 in 1987, a Formula 3000 polesitter in 1988 and a points finisher in Formula 1, a key part of Gachot’s racing ...Keep reading

The smaller rim size was under consideration largely as part of ongoing efforts by the FIA to reduce the overall weight of the 2026 cars.However, the change was opposed by Pirelli both for reasons of practicality and because of the potential marketing impact.F1 switched from 13 to 18 inches in 2022, mirroring the trend of the wider car industry, and a reduction is seen as a backwards step in terms ...Keep reading

Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League (A2RL) will establish a series of high-profile driverless races at the UAE’s Yas Marina Formula 1 track using cars from Japan’s premier open-wheel series, Super Formula, which can travel at over 185mph.The first event is scheduled for 27 April and has been designed to showcase the remarkable pace of autonomous driving by bringing together the world’s best ...Keep reading

The team’s headquarters will remain in Faenza, Italy, where it has been based since Minardi was founded in the late 1970s, but it will vacate the diminutive aerodynamics site in Bicester.This follows a switch for 2022 when RB, then competing under the AlphaTauri moniker, moved to using sister team Red Bull’s larger-scale wind tunnel.It is hoped that the improved UK infrastructure will attract ...Keep reading

Parallel to the restructuring process at the executive level that was launched last year by HRC, the development of the 2024 version of the RC213V has accelerated.The number of new parts for testing has clearly increased, and a plan has been articulated in which Stefan Bradl and LCR duo Johann Zarco and Takaaki Nakagami are actively involved.Just before the 2024 season opener at Losail, Bradl ...Keep reading

The car has been plagued by bouncing, especially with low fuel in qualifying, while its weakness in high-speed corners relative to rivals was very apparent in Saudi Arabia.Shovlin suggests that the team will try different approaches at the upcoming Australian GP as it continues to hone the car.“There's definitely data that we're picking through from Jeddah,” he said. “We're also looking at ...Keep reading

Leclerc opened his 2024 account with a first podium in last weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, one week on from team-mate Carlos Sainz also grabbing third in Bahrain.For Leclerc, who started from second behind polesitter and eventual winner Max Verstappen in both races, 2024 has gotten off to a much more auspicious start than last year, when he retired from the season opener and Ferrari's race ...Keep reading

Driving the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing, the Dutchman pulled off a stout flying lap of 1m49.179s around the 17-turn, 3.74-mile circuit, which came with 25 minutes remaining.Augusto Farfus established the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in the runner-up spot of the session, ending up 0.258s off the mark set by van der Zande.The No. 10 Acura ARX-06 of Wayne Taylor Racing with ...Keep reading

After ending the 2023 season as one of top performing teams, 2024 has been a bit of a rollercoaster for the 31-year-old native of Prosper, Texas.Buescher has gotten caught up in wrecks in the season opener at Daytona and at Las Vegas but in between he ran ninth at Atlanta and second most recently last weekend at Phoenix.Buescher earned a career-best three wins last season and remains confident his ...Keep reading

British driver Phil Hanson set the fastest overall time during the session, putting down a1:48.149s while driving the No. 85 JDC-Miller Porsche 963. That was just a tenth or so quicker than Renger van der Zande's P1 time from the earlier practice.Sebastien Bourdais was second-fastest in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R, trailing Hanson by 0.236s. Another Cadillac was third with Pipo Derani in the ...Keep reading

The event, located just outside of Palm Springs, California, will feature a two-day Open Test, along with group qualifying sessions, two heat races and a 12-car “all-star” battle for a purse of $1.756 million – the largest purse for an IndyCar Series race outside of the Indianapolis 500.A non-points paying event, this will mark the first time since 2008 (Surfers Paradise, Australia) that ...Keep reading