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Quadrant, which was launched by Norris, his management company ADD and the Veloce media concern in November 2020, says it has closed “a seven-figure investment round to fuel its growth ambitions.”The brand has its own clothing line, produces social media content, and is involved in gaming and esports.Norris’s new business partner Lenney, better known as WillNE, has a total of over seven ...Keep reading

In the wake of a challenging 2023 season, where Haas finished bottom of the constructors' championship, it parted ways with its long-serving boss Guenther Steiner over the winter. His replacement Komatsu is currently undertaking a review of the Banbury-based team's operations to turn things around to get it further up the grid. And while Gene Haas's recent outspoken remarks about the performance ...Keep reading

In a bid to allow Yamaha and Honda to improve their competitive form after difficult 2023 campaigns, MotoGP has introduced a new concessions system for 2024.Yamaha and Honda benefit the most from this, through things such as unlimited testing and unrestricted engine and aerodynamic development.Ducati suffers the most under this new ruleset, with the world champion marque limited on test tyres ...Keep reading

F1 DRIVE – London, the world’s first official F1 karting experience, is opening its doors to the public for the first time on Tuesday, 6 February, with tickets going on sale this Thursday, January 25.

We caught up with McLaren's Oscar Piastri to quiz him on what a typical day in his life looks like…

Max Verstappen has said he is “definitely” still keen on contesting the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the future, with the Dutchman also revealing that Fernando Alonso is interested in being one of his team mates.

Given he’s now in his third stint at McLaren, it should come as little surprise that Ian Morgan has a deep passion for the Woking-based giant he first worked for over 25 years ago.“The fact that I’m here now says a lot about the company and why after my initial foray in 1998 I’ve been drawn back every time,” the director of motorsport at McLaren Automotive tells Motorsport.com.Morgan ran ...Keep reading

While a raft of in-season upgrades delivered an impressive ramping up of McLaren’s form throughout 2023, the team started pondering towards the end of the year whether the changes had also introduced nasty characteristics that made the car less settled on the edge. This was especially highlighted in the final races of the year when the car’s unpredictable nature prompted Lando Norris to make ...Keep reading

The 2023 season marked an utterly dominant year for Ducati in MotoGP, as the manufacturer scored a record 17 of 20 grand prix victories on its way to the constructors’ title.Having ended Ducati’s 15-year championship drought in 2022, Bagnaia became its first back-to-back riders’ title after beating Pramac’s Jorge Martin after the battle between them went down to the final race of the ...Keep reading

Williams struggled at the start of the year with an FW45 that was still lacking downforce compared to most of its rivals, while also being hard to balance across various circuit layouts and conditions.But led by Albon, the team scored big on those few tracks that suited its car well, including the Anglo-Thai driver's seventh-place finishes in Canada and Monza, to get ahead of fellow strugglers ...Keep reading

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has not won a race since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Mercedes having been no regular match for Red Bull in F1’s ground effect era that started in 2022. However, there is a sense of growing confidence within Mercedes that the work it has done on its 2024 F1 car has helped eradicating key problems that has held it back. While some have ...Keep reading

The Grade II listed gates were taken on by a council after the estate they belonged to went bust.

The Brazilian went out in the middle of the session and dropped a staggering lap of 1m32.656s around the 3.56-mile road course to seize the top spot in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R.The lap bested last year’s mark of 1m34.031s set by Tom Blomqvist, who is now Derani’s team-mate. Derani's time also eclipsed the previous fastest-ever prototype lap set by Oliver Jarvis in ...Keep reading

Forecasters say it is rare for a storm to affect the whole country and warn flooding is also possible.

Northumbria Police revealed the figure following a request for transparency by councillors.

Newcastle Falcons end a run of 14 defeats as they finish their European Challenge Cup campaign with victory at Perpignan.

In our latest Lights To Flag feature the German reveals all about his two cracks at the top echelon of racing, and discusses his future motorsport ambitions and transition to punditry...

About 40 people are taking part in a two-day event in Newcastle.

In an era of no testing and with sprint events compromising track time on race weekends it’s not easy to come into a high-profile team like McLaren, especially alongside a driver of the obvious talent of Lando Norris.In addition Piastri had spent a year on the sidelines, having not raced since his last F2 event at the end of 2021. Private testing with an old Alpine in the first part of 2022 gave ...Keep reading

The team has retained Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda for this season, leaving Liam Lawson, who contested five races last year, on the sidelines.The fresh identity, incoming major US-based sponsors and an extra push from owner Red Bull has obliged AlphaTauri to focus on getting the best possible results, rather than serve primarily as a training ground for a potential recruit to its sister team ...Keep reading