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Sergio Perez has opened up on the improvements he and Red Bull have made over the winter after a competitive start to the 2024 season that has left him feeling “a lot happier” and prompted his confidence to “slowly come back”.

Carlos Sainz has fielded more questions over his future F1 plans, stating that he has “no clue” where he will be racing next year as things stand, while vowing to “keep pushing” to impress.

Martin’s 100% podium-finish record in 2024 came to an end last Sunday at the Americas Grand Prix when he was overtaken for third by Ducati’s Enea Bastianini on the penultimate lap.While the Pramac rider’s lead was cut, he still holds a 21-point lead over Bastianini heading to next week’s Spanish Grand Prix.Reigning double world champion Bagnaia won the Qatar GP but missed the sprint ...Keep reading

The ADAC organised a mandatory two-day test at Hockenheim on 9-10 April, giving all teams a chance to get some running under their belts before the opening round of the season at Oschersleben on 27-28 April.Given that testing has been restricted to a certain number of days this year as part of a plan to rein in costs, the official running should have been a rare chance for teams to gauge their ...Keep reading

Sponsored by   This year sees the third iteration of the event, which seems to get bigger and better each year. Las Vegas is a tough act to follow, so Miami is sure to be stepping things up yet again for 2024 – and with MoneyGram, you could be there.If the number of celebrities in attendance and the amount of F1-related events taking place around the city are a measure of an F1 event’s ...Keep reading

When is the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix?This year’s race takes place on 21 April at 3:00am ET over 56 laps of the Shanghai International Circuit, and the time difference means some late nights and early starts for the American audience.This is also the first sprint format weekend as F1 returns to China for the first time since the global health pandemic.The single practice session occurs on Thursday ...Keep reading

Ireland had tabled a bid to secure a three-year contract to host the WRC, beginning from 2025, which planned to bring the championship back to the country for the first time since 2009.Motorsport Ireland announced in January a plan to rotate the rally through three locations; Waterford, Kerry and Limerick, across the three-year deal, should it secure the contract.While the concept was approved by ...Keep reading

From 2026 Honda will move its works engine deal to Aston Martin, ending its successful association with Red Bull.Following Honda's initial decision to withdraw from F1, which led to Red Bull deciding to take its engines in-house and link up with Ford for 2026, the Japanese brand was forced to seek a new works partner when it reversed its exit decision.After being approached by several candidates ...Keep reading

As Formula 1 provides an important update on the sport’s progress on environmental and social sustainability with the release of its first Impact Report, there’s a lot of good information to unpack within it. Let’s dive in and take a closer look at what it means and why it matters…

Formula 1 has released its first Impact Report, revealing that the sport is on target to meet the goals set out in its sustainability strategy by successfully delivering F1’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities.

Five days before the start of the Americas GP, Yamaha announced the extension of Quartararo's contract until the end of 2026.Quartararo justified his decision in Texas with the internal restructuring process that has been launched within the technical department of the Japanese team.Read Also:


MotoGPQuartararo says Yamaha MotoGP renewal down to ‘huge confidential’ ...Keep reading

F1's Net Zero by 2030 campaign aims to cut 50% of absolute carbon emissions compared to its 2018 baseline, which encompasses the energy consumption at its facilities, F1's race events and all the travel and logistics in between.It pledges to put a credible offset strategy in place for the rest of its emissions.While the full suite of data on 2023 is not available yet, F1's latest impact report ...Keep reading

Alpine drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have yet to score points as a late car concept change has seen the Enstone squad make a sideways step while its midfield rivals all made significant gains compared to last year.Initial upgrades brought to Suzuka's Japanese Grand Prix appeared to give a glimmer of hope, with Ocon advancing to Q2 to qualify 13th, but both he and Gasly were powerless to ...Keep reading

Having expressed concern over the winter that it could start the year on the back foot, and potentially even be on the last row, its situation is much better than that. Amid the pack of five teams picking up the rear, its tally so far leaves it seventh in the constructors' championship.But the biggest transformation at Haas is not something that can be measured in points. Instead, it can be gauged ...Keep reading

Although there were high hopes for Acosta given his stellar record in junior categories, the Tech3 GasGas rider has defined even the loftiest of expectations by becoming the youngest rider to score back-to-back podiums, as he followed his third place in Portugal last month with a second-place finish in the Americas GP on Sunday.This has propelled the Spaniard to fourth in the standings, 26 ...Keep reading

The company that runs the squad, Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Ltd., declared a turnover for 2023 of £546.5 million, which covers the year that ended December 31.This figure represents an increase of £71.9 million over the 2022 figure of £474.6 million.As a comparison, Red Bull Technology, the company behind Red Bull’s F1 team, had a turnover in 2022 of £385.6m.However, despite the increase in ...Keep reading

Red Bull Powertrains will be working in conjunction with Ford to help deliver the engine that will power the current world champion squad for F1’s new rules era.It already has its dynos hard at work in evaluating the performance of its new turbo-hybrid design.And while there have been various rumours about the level of progress Red Bull is making with its project, Horner insists everything is on ...Keep reading

BBC Sport's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions before this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

The unique format was initially implemented in the first practice of the season-opening round on the Streets of St. Petersburg last month, with the 75-minute session starting with all cars beginning with 20 minutes of running. From there, the field was split into two groups – by odd and even numbered pit boxes – for two 10-minute segments on an alternating basis.With that being the baseline ...Keep reading

Sunday’s EuroNASCAR Pro Race 2 – the last of the weekend – featured a 10-car accident that knocked out five competitors and shortened the race to 17 laps before Dutchman Liam Hezemans claimed the victory.Among those collected in the early-race wreck was part-time Xfinity Series competitor Ryan Vargas. He was able to continue and finished 12th.“I thought I was at Talladega for a minute,” ...Keep reading