Alex Albon says the 2024Formula 1 season feels like a "missed opportunity" for Williams as it dropped to ninth in the standings. Williams started the season on the back foot with an overweight FW46, and while a lot of effort went into taking the weight out again, that also impacted its update schedule. The Grove-based team only added one significant two-part update to the car right after the ... Keep reading
Alexandre Premat hasnt been short of rapid team-mates during a career that has sampled multiple disciplines across the world. The 2004 Macau Grand Prix winner went up against Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in GP2, finishing inside the top four both seasons, and alongside Audi colleague Mike Rockefeller saw off the challenge of Peugeot to win the Le Mans Series title in 2008. He also has ... Keep reading
RB introduced a new nose and front wing assembly at the last race of the season but, while the team did use the latest design, briefly during practice on Friday, the team quickly reverted to its regular specification for the rest of the weekend. The car ran with a large Kiel probe rake attached behind the front wheels, with both front wing and nose designs on the car during that session in ... Keep reading
Franco Morbidelli has described 2024 as a great year for him despite failing to score a grand prix podium on what was widely regarded as the best bike on the grid. After two torrid seasons at Yamahas factory team, Morbidelli moved to Pramac this year alongside Jorge Martin, earning the opportunity to ride Ducatis latest GP24 prototype. However, a crash during training in January ... Keep reading
Fernando Alonso says McLaren's Formula 1 title in Abu Dhabi has repaid team boss Andrea Stella for Ferrari's title loss in 2010. Stella was Alonso's race engineer at Ferrari when the Spaniard went into the 2010 season finale with an eight-point lead on Red Bull's Mark Webber and an 15-point lead on Webber's team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Vettel led the race from pole while an early pitstop for ... Keep re
Max Verstappen has insisted he will keep crossing the line racing in Formula 1 if he has to and suggested those who do not understand do not have the "world champion mentality". After a dominant start, Verstappen and Red Bull came under pressure from McLaren and Ferrari in 2024 and the Dutchman was challenged for the drivers' title by Norris throughout the second part of the season. That ... Keep reading
Yamaha is ready to begin track testing of the new V4 engine for its MotoGP bike, although the initial run at Jerez last week had to be delayed. Yamaha, the only MotoGP manufacturer still running inline four-cylinder engines, has been pushing with the development of the new unit in an attempt to catch up with its rivals after several difficult seasons. Its engineers in Iwata have been working ... Keep reading
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Liam Lawson could be looking at a new teammate in 2025 if paddock speculation about Sergio Perezs career is to be believed. However, the New Zealand driver said the pressure to perform within the Red Bull family never goes away. In fact, it will likely only be heightened if Max Verstappen is on the other side of his garage next year. Youre always being evaluated, Lawson shared with ... Keep reading
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Miguel Oliveira has revealed that a short circuit caused him to lose control of his Aprilia MotoGP bike and break his wrist in practice at Mandalika. Trackhouse rider Oliveira was taking part in FP1 at the Indonesian GP, a race he had won in 2022 with KTM, when he was thrown off his Aprilia RS-GP at the sequence of left-handers at Turn 3-4. The Portuguese suffered a fracture on his right ... Keep reading
Red Bull thinks that improving its car balance, rather than simply delivering more downforce on its RB21, is key to its Formula 1 title ambitions in 2025. The Milton Keynes-based outfit faced some struggles throughout this season after an early advantage was wiped away by its main rivals from the Miami Grand Prix. And although Max Verstappen ended the year as drivers champion, thanks in ... Keep reading
The FIA published a new set of renders showcasing the changes that are set to be made to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations. The ruling body is still looking to better balance the performance envelope of the cars before the teams start work on their designs at the start of the new year. Discussions have been ongoing regarding how the car's aerodynamics can be better utilised to meet the various ... Keep reading
It was a good season for me in FIA Formula 3. I went in knowing it was going to be really, really challenging, as F4 to F3 is a big jump, I only did one year of F4 in Italy, and then straight into F3 with Prema. I had to make sure that I was giving my absolute everything on all fronts. It wasnt even about winning in the beginning; it was just about trying to be in the top 10 and be ... Keep reading
Yuki Tsunoda reckons he impressed Red Bull with his technical feedback in his recent Formula 1 test for the team knowing it is an area the squad has doubted him on. The Japanese was handed his first proper run in a Red Bull car at the recent post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test, at a time when the Milton Keynes-based outfit is deciding what to do with its driver line-up for 2025. But while ... Keep reading
Gregoire Munster will team up with M-Sport-Ford for a second full-time season in the World Rally Championship next year. Munster has agreed a new deal with the British squad to pilot one of two Ford Puma Rally1 cars after completing a maiden full season in the WRCs top tier with the operation this year. The Luxembourger, who will turn 26 on Christmas Eve, had been in the running to ... Keep reading
It was one of the more bewildering sights of the 2014 Formula 1 season, as Finbarr OConnell took his place in the FIA team principals press conference at the Abu Dhabi GP. OConnell was working for insolvency firm Smith & Williamson, who in turn had taken on the administration of Caterham Sports Limited. OConnell arrived, dressed in white and green Caterham kit, after the team raised ... Keep reading
Testing free agency as a Formula 1 driver can be a risky business. With so few seats available and even fewer capable of challenging for wins, choosing between seats often appears to be a stab in the dark based on faith in those leading the charge and a teams inherent potential, leadingnumerous championship-worthy drivers to waste precious years behind the wheel of an uncompetitive ... Keep reading
Williams Formula 1 junior Zak OSullivan says he is considering Super Formula as an alternative for 2025 after losing his seat in Formula 2 midway through this year. OSullivan was a surprise late addition to the entry for this weeks post-season test at Suzuka, joining Kondo Racing for the final day reserved for rookies on Friday. It follows his split with the ART Grand Prix team in ... Keep reading
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayems push to drive swearing out of Formula 1 has received unlikely support from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. While Wolff does not see eye-to-eye with Ben Sulayem on every topic in F1, he thinks the efforts to clean up the image of drivers is something worth fighting for thanks to a personal experience he had recently. Amid an ongoing debate about drivers acting ... Keep reading
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MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin believes Aprilia has made the "biggest" leap in recent years with its 2025 prototype. Martin is joining Aprilia next year after clinching his first title with a Pramac Ducati, the Spaniard having been snubbed for a promotion to the factory team in favour of Marc Marquez. Madrid native Martin got his first taste of the Aprilia in the post-season test at ... Keep reading
Adrien Fourmaux clinched victory on his first competitive outing for Hyundai after beating Toyotas Kalle Rovanpera at Rallye National Hivernal du Devoluy. Hyundai and Toyota opted to field Fourmaux and Rovanpera in the French rally to kick start their drivers preparations for next months 2025 World Rally Championship season opener in Monte Carlo. The 10 stage asphalt rally also ... Keep reading
Rwanda has formally announced its bid to hold a Formula 1 race at a new track close to the planned Bugesera airport near Kigali. The spectacular circuit, which will make full use of the hilly terrain where it is to be constructed, is being designed by former F1 driver Alexander Wurz. AS-MS understands Wurz's company has been working on the project with the government and local ... Keep reading
Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel has conceded it would be impossible for the championship to switch to a hybrid powertrain in the future. With Formula 1 leading the way with hybrid technology in single-seaters and IndyCar recently adapting its own iteration, being introduced to its intricacies at a junior level is becoming more important. Asked if F2 had considered making the change, Michel ... Keep reading
