The Ford squad has made a strong start to the 2024 season, headlined by maiden third-place finishes for Adrien Fourmaux in Sweden and Kenya, which has helped the Frenchman to third in the championship standings. The results arrive after a difficult year for the British team last season that featured a run of reliability issues
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Verstappen and Red Bull have continued their dominant form established in the second half of 2022, with the Dutchman winning the 2024 season’s first two races from pole by a big margin before a braking problem caused him an early retirement in the Australian Grand Prix. Despite there being another year to go after this
A new front wing contributed to a good performance from Valtteri Bottas in the Melbourne race, although a pit stop delay meant that it wasn’t converted into points as he slipped back to 13th. At the next event in Suzuka, the team will have another upgrade package – which will be its third in four races –
Despite overhauling its motorcycle for the 2024 season, Honda hasn’t been able to chip its way into the leaders after two rounds of the campaign. Honda’s top result so far is a 12th position, scored by Joan Mir in Portugal and Zarco in Qatar. After a Portuguese GP in which he struggled to 15th, Zarco says Honda hasn’t stumbled
Although Ferrari is yet to qualify within two tenths of three-time world champion Max Verstappen this season, the Scuderia had a promising one-two in the Australian Grand Prix, with Sainz leading home team-mate Charles Leclerc and the McLarens. After both Red Bulls were dominant in the first two rounds, Verstappen was leading the race from
The Mahindra driver had his best race of the season during Formula E’s inaugural visit to Japan this weekend after qualifying an impressive third. Having taken second off the line from eventual race winner Maximilian Guenther, Mortara gradually slipped back in the pack but still crossed the line in sixth to register his and the
The WRC points leader climbed to second position across Saturday morning, benefitting from punctures delaying his Toyota rivals Elfyn Evans and Takamoto Katsuta. However, Neuville’s bid for a podium was dashed when his i20 N struggled for power, and he was forced to stop on several occasions before ending the stage in EV mode. Neuville
The Woking outfit ended the 2023 season with momentum on its side, but thus far Ferrari has led the pursuit of pacesetters Red Bull. However Norris, who logged McLaren’s first podium of the season with third place in Australia, is encouraged by the fact that there is still more to come from the car. “On
Rovanpera has proved to be the class of the field in Kenya, which is regarded as the most gruelling event on the WRC calendar. The reigning two-time world champion is the only Rally1 driver to avoid punctures or any major delays across the 13 stages to date, which has resulted in a huge 2m08.9s lead
Binder was a highly rated rookie when he stepped up to MotoGP in 2020 with the factory KTM team, having won the Moto3 crown in 2016 and runner-up in Moto2 in 2019. The South African showed podium pace in his first race at Jerez in 2020 and would score a historic maiden win for KTM
The challenging 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit saw the bow-tie brand put together a 1-2-3-4 sweep, led by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who led 92 of 100 laps from pole to seize the victory. The outing showcased significant improvements for Chevrolet, who claimed the 2023 manufacturers’ title despite only winning five races to rival Honda’s
Having sat out the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to undergo appendicitis surgery, Sainz had a successful return to racing in Melbourne, taking the win with little competition after race leader Max Verstappen was forced to retire due to a brake issue. Leclerc followed the Spaniard home in second place after qualifying only fifth, two tenths
Last year’s Qatar Grand Prix winner found refuge at Valentino Rossi’s team having lost his Gresini Ducati ride to Marc Marquez towards the latter half of the season. Di Giannantonio’s VR46 reprieve came amid a substantial form jump that led to his first top five, podium and win results in the premier class. As such,
Evans started Saturday sitting in second trailing leader Kalle Rovanpera by 56.9s but ended the morning loop in fifth [+3m34.2s] after picking up punctures in stage eight [Soysambu] and 10 [Sleeping Warrior]. Read Also: Evans picked up a left-rear failure in the day’s opening test before losing the right rear in the famous Sleeping Warrior
The Portuguese driver was running third in the final laps of Formula E’s maiden race in Japan, having climbed from eighth on the grid and challenged long-time leader Rowland for second. Da Costa launched to the outside line approaching Turn 15 as Rowland defended, with the former attempting to complete the pass around the outside
The Briton started Formula E’s first-ever race in Japan from pole and he controlled the pace at the front of the field for much of the 35-lap contest. But the Nissan driver found that he could not save as much energy as those behind in the slipstream, admitting that he was only just able to
Our drivers delivered another last-lap extravaganza as we headed to Japan for the first ever #TokyoEPrix! 00:00 Race start 00:47 Yellow flag 1:06 Hughes into the wall 1:19 Disaster for Evans 1:53 Günther takes control 2:24 Three-way battle 3:03 Final lap 4:30 Results of the Tokyo E-Prix 4:53 Drivers’ Championship standings 5:13 Podium Watch Formula
Following problems with wheelnuts for Bottas in Bahrain and team-mate Zhou Guanyu in Saudi Arabia, the former endured another lengthy stop in the Australian GP at a stage when he had a chance of scoring points. Bottas eventually crossed the line in 14th place, and Alunni Bravi immediately got on the radio to offer the Finn
The German took the lead of the race with 10 laps remaining, having circulated inside the top three throughout and built enough of a lead to retain the top position after taking his final Attack Mode. Having managed the pace at the head of the field, Guenther came under attack from Rowland on the final
The Briton pulled out a margin of more than two tenths in the opening sector during the final qualifying duel before Maserati MSG’s Guenther pulled half of the deficit back in sector two. The margin came down further in the final sector but Rowland held on to claim his second Formula E pole of the
Aprilia has gradually moved up the pecking order in MotoGP over the last few seasons, making it an attractive target for riders as nearly the entire grid reaches the end of their two-year contract cycle after 2024. Fabio Quartararo has been linked to Aprilia in recent weeks amid his continued frustrations with Yamaha, and the
It was previously revealed that the turbocharged, 1.6-litre V6 internal combustion engine element of the power unit is being reduced from 550-560kW down to 400kW (535bhp), and that the battery element will jump from 150kW to 350kW (470bhp) to replace that power loss – despite the eradication of the MGU-H. The latest draft of the 2026
Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo has struggled to start the 2024 season. Is his future in F1 under threat? Kym Illman/Getty Images Daniel Ricciardo‘s underwhelming start to the 2024 season has become one of Formula One‘s major talking points. The 34-year-old Australian’s return to Red Bull’s second team, known this year as Visa Cash App RB,
The Jaguar driver, who is set to make his 100th Formula E start later today as will the British manufacturer, moved to the top of the times with his final effort – a 1m19.339s. A red flag was deployed after just eight minutes of running in Saturday morning’s second practice session when debris was left
The reigning world champion delivered a dominant display to reel off the fastest times in all six of Friday’s stages to open up a commanding 56.9s lead over Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans. Rovanpera’s most impressive drive arrived in stage four where he was 11.1s faster than nearest rival Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, who retired from the
After an 11-year stint at the Repsol Honda team that yielded six titles but no victories since 2021, Marquez moved to Gresini this year in order to get his hands on a more competitive Ducati bike. The Italian, family-run outfit is a world away from the more corporate Honda operation, creating a more convivial environment
The team faced no disruptions or setbacks over the course of the Melbourne event, which saw Carlos Sainz lead team-mate Charles Leclerc home in a one-two finish. Sainz was helped by a brake issue that caused the early retirement of Max Verstappen. However, many observers believed that Ferrari would have been in the fight for victory
The #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais has lost its fifth place result at the Losail International Circuit after post-race checks revealed that the bodywork of the car didn’t comply with the homologated model. In a report published on Friday, it was noted that “the result from
The Briton claimed his first win in the all-electric championship for more than two years in the Sao Paulo E-Prix with a last-lap overtake for the lead, which also marked McLaren’s maiden victory in Formula E. But ahead of the first Formula E race in Japan, Bird was quick to dismiss that he and McLaren
Jean-Éric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne will find themselves in a situation that smiled on them three times last season, racing on a circuit on which no one has ever driven. In addition to being an individual sport, which requires the two team-mates to work together to improve the energy efficiency of their cars, Formula E
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