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Hamilton’s move from the Brackley team to Ferrari at the end of this season leaves a prime seat available from 2025 onwards.Mercedes has a strong focus on preparing its protégé Kimi Antonelli for an early graduation, and the young Italian remains a prime candidate.One possible scenario is that Antonelli arrives in 2026, leaving the seat vacant for a driver willing to take a one-year deal, with ...Keep reading

Qatar will host the season-opening round of MotoGP again this year, having been placed at the back-end of the 2023 campaign to allow for the track to be resurfaced.Ducati looks like the favourite for victory at the Losail International Circuit, given the strong form it enjoyed in pre-season testing in both Malaysia and the same Qatari venue.Marc Marquez will gather a lot of attention too, as he ...Keep reading

Verstappen Sr. dropped a bombshell on the evening of the Bahrain Grand Prix when he launched a public attack on Horner, suggesting that he needed to step down for the good of the team.Speaking to The Daily Mail, Verstappen said “There is tension here while he remains in position.“The team is in danger of being torn apart. It can't go on the way it is. It will explode. He is playing the victim ...Keep reading

Bell was announced in the new role on Wednesday shortly after it emerged that he had left Alpine, where he had been working on non-F1 projects.Alonso worked with Bell through his first two stints at Renault, including his world championship-winning seasons in 2005 and 2006, when the Ulsterman was the technical director.When Alonso returned to the renamed Alpine team in 2021, Bell was again present ...Keep reading

This weekend’s IndyCar Grand Prix on the Streets of St. Petersburg will comprise 100 laps (181 miles) around the 14-turn, 1.8-mile track.When is the IndyCar race at St. Petersburg?Date: Friday, 8 March – Sunday, 10 MarchRace start: 12:30pm ETTrack: 14-turn, 1.8-mile clockwise road courseRace distance: 100 laps/181 milesFirestone tire allotment: Six sets primary, four sets alternate to be used ...Keep reading

Hamilton made the comments ahead of this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and in the context of Max Verstappen’s father, Jos, offering his views on the Christian Horner controversy.In the wake of the Bahrain GP, Verstappen Sr made his first comment on the ongoing saga, cautioning that the Red Bull team would be “torn apart” if Horner remained in charge following an internal investigation ...Keep reading

The Dutchman’s place at the Milton Keynes-based squad has been the subject of intense speculation in recent days after his father Jos publicly criticised team principal Horner and called for him to go.Read Also:


Formula 1Jos Verstappen: Red Bull F1 team risks being “torn apart” if Horner stays


That even fuelled speculation that Verstappen’s management could be looking ...Keep reading

The allegations of misconduct by Red Bull boss Christian Horner involving a team employee have been in the headlines around the world for the past month.That controversy has been followed by news of internal investigations involving FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.Asked by Motorsport.com if he was saddened that off-track events are currently dominating the world championship he has contested ...Keep reading

The team on Wednesday announced Jones, 29, will drive one of SHR’s Toyotas in three road course events in 2024 – March 23 at COTA, June 1 at Portland and June 8 at Sonoma, Calif.Jones, the 2013 Euro F3 Open Champion, is a road course regular who is making the transition to stock car racing following a career in IndyCar, IMSA and FIA’s World Endurance Championship.He is the 2016 Indy Lights ...Keep reading

Motorsport.com sister website Motorsport-Total.com understands the manufacturer has completed the next stage of its Sauber takeover, with Audi board member Oliver Hoffmann appointed as a Sauber director above CEO and ex-McLaren F1 team principal Andreas Seidl.Audi announced its plans to enter a works team in F1 from 2026 at the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix in a presentation led by Markus Duesmann and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen started the 2024 F1 season in dominant fashion in Bahrain last weekend, shrugging off the civil war at Red Bull to take a dominant win ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez.Verstappen is once again the favourite for victory at Jeddah, where he finished second to Perez last year.As with last weekend's Sakhir event, the Saudi street race will take place on Saturday. The change has been made ...Keep reading

Sorensen feels the changes Aston Martin has made to the Vantage GT3 that was originally introduced in 2018 are so extensive that it effectively feels like a brand-new car and not a mid-cycle refresh.“A lot of people call it the Evo, I will almost say it's not really [an Evo],” the Dane said. “It looks a little bit like the old car but there is basically nothing else than where you are ...Keep reading

In two separate reports published by the BBC this week, it is claimed a whistleblower has accused Ben Sulayem of attempting to interfere in the result of the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and that later in last season he allegedly pushed for officials to find a way not to certify the new Las Vegas circuit.Read Also:


Formula 1Ben Sulayem investigated for alleged attempt to interfere in ...Keep reading

According to a statement from the WEC organisation, sending cars and equipment by air rather than by sea as originally intended was the only way to ensure that the field would be in place in Europe “on time” for the Imola 6 Hours on 21 April.The decision follows the outbound freight on a ship specially-chartered by the WEC organisation arriving late in the Middle East, which forced the ...Keep reading

The Ferrari factory driver will contest the five GTWCE enduros in one of the Italian manufacturer’s 296 GT3 run by AF Corse alongside his commitments in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship.It will be the first time his programme has taken in the full long-distance leg of the GTWC since he won his second title in 2021.Pier Guidi’s team-mates in the car entered in the Pro ...Keep reading

Romain Grosjean has developed a knack of fast starts to the season during his short time in the IndyCar Series. Four of his five runner-up results have come before June, after all. The Swiss-born Frenchman is simmering any early expectations of winning with his new team, Juncos Hollinger Racing, but believes all the ingredients are there to progress and craft strong results.Ex-Formula 1 veteran ...Keep reading

An independent investigation eventually cleared Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of any wrongdoing after a female employee made allegations against him.However, the subsequent and supposed leak of material at the heart of the case and Jos Verstappen claiming the squad will “explode” if Horner remains has led many to believe that Red Bull faces a choice between keeping its F1 boss and ...Keep reading

Alpine started the season in Bahrain with the slowest car on the grid after finishing the 2023 season in sixth place.The Enstone squad soon realised in the simulator that its concept change for 2024 would be a sideways step at first, requiring further upgrades to regain competitiveness.In the meantime Alpine staff turnover continues as technical director Matt Harman and Dirk de Beer both resigned ...Keep reading

Vargas, who competed in two Euro NASCAR Pro Division races for 3F Racing last year at Oschersleben and Zolder, will run the whole season in the team’s No. 30 Chevrolet with sponsorship from Critical Path Security.“As a young race car driver, you always dream of racing all over the globe, it’s something I wanted to do,” said Vargas, a 23-year-old native of La Mirada, Calif.“Last season ...Keep reading

Sargeant was sent skidding off the track at Sakhir last weekend after the brake bias moved unexpectedly and caused him to lock up.Read Also:


Formula 1Steering wheel brake bias glitch sent Sargeant off road in Bahrain F1 GP


Williams revealed afterwards that the problem had been caused by the brake bias changing in a way that had not been requested.Team principal James Vowles ...Keep reading