The team have been unable to claw back engine performance because of a freeze that was introduced in 2022 and runs until the end of 2025 with the aim of allowing manufacturers to spend their time, money and resources developing the new-for-2026 PUs, without having to divert resource to continually improving the current generation of
Month: September 2024
Sep 30, 2024, 04:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Renault will end Formula 1 engine production at their Viry-Chatillon factory after the 2025 season, with the French carmaker’s Alpine team set to race with power units made by another manufacturer. Alpine announced in a statement on Monday that the facility outside Paris, which employs more
A quartet of second-generation stars – Magnussen, Wurz, Coronel and Gene – are set to race for gold medal glory for their nation at the 2024 FIA Motorsport Games next month in Valencia. Luca Magnussen, Oscar Wurz, Rocco Coronel and Eric Gene each come from families with incredible racing pedigrees. The young stars will compete
The countdown to the third FIA Motorsport Games has reached a crucial milestone, with just one month remaining before the “Race of Nations” officially launches in Spain on 23 October. Centred around the port city of Valencia on the country’s Mediterranean coast, it will represent the third edition of the multi-disciplinary extravaganza following its successful debut
Tony Shelly Joining Bruce McLaren in F1 during 1962 was the second driver to hail from New Zealand, Tony Shelly, who entered the British Grand Prix at the wheel of a John Dalton vehicle. His appearance was brief, though, as he retired after just five laps due to a fault with the car. Shelly went
Sep 30, 2024, 03:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton will join Ferrari from Mercedes next year. Clive Mason/Getty Images Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton battled with depression for years from an early age as he dealt with the pressure of pursuing a career in motor racing and faced bullying at school. Hamilton, who
The inaugural Eco Rally Cup demo event in Hefei, China, marked a significant milestone under the direction of the Anhui Province Motorsport Federation, the local government, and the CAMF. This was the first-ever Eco Rally event in China, serving as a demo and Candidate event for the prestigious #BridgestoneFIAEcoRallyCup. Spanning six cities, the event showcased
Formula 1 drivers display an incredible set of skills weekend in, weekend out, but there are certain occasions when they go beyond what seems to be the limit of human capability – as we showcase in our latest video compilation… Some stunning charges through the field are featured, including Ayrton Senna’s so-called ‘Lap of the
Stoffel Vandoorne was one of motorsport’s most highly rated young drivers when he made his F1 debut with McLaren, first as a stand-in for the injured Fernando Alonso and then as the two-time champion’s team mate. In our latest Lights to Flag feature, the Belgian racer opens up on his journey to the top echelon,
Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 04:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Motorsports icon Michael Andretti told The Associated Press on Sunday he’s at a point in his life where he no longer wants to run the day-to-day of his global operation and that’s why he turned over leadership to his business partner. No, Dan Towriss
Press conferences for the top three overall and winning manufacturer, plus the winning drivers in FIA WRC2, FIA WRC2 Challenger and FIA WRC3 took place following Rally Chile Biobío, round 11 of the 2024 FIA World Rally Championship. Following HERE to watch the press conferences.
The end of the year was OK, a seventh place in Mexico a real high in an otherwise mediocre run of results. That didn’t get him down, though. Because now he’d have a full pre-season to ready himself. And so, when we caught up in IMG Studios in London in February, for the annual pre-season
Drivers and teams – both old and new – send love to Ricciardo Ricciardo himself shared an emotional post in the moments after his departure from RB was announced, which quickly sparked plenty of comments from drivers both old and new including two of his former team mates. “Head up mate! Many more beautiful moments
Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Aric Almirola crashed victory lane in the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff opener Saturday at Kansas Speedway for his second victory of the season. Almirola, the 40-year-old former Cup driver running a limited Xfinity schedule for Joe Gibbs Racing, has six
Kalle Rovanperä heads Rally Chile Biobío from team-mate Elfyn Evans after dense fog engulfed Saturday afternoon’s stages, turning the battle for victory on its head. The two-time winner of the FIA World Rally Championship will start Sunday’s final leg with a lead of 15.1s over his Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 Hybrid team-mate Evans, benefiting in
When speaking to the media ahead of the next race weekend in Singapore, it was put to Hamilton that Colapinto seemed very humbled by his words, leading to the Mercedes man giving an insight into why he wants to be a good example to young drivers arriving into F1. “It was really lovely to see,
Angelo Lombardo scored top FIA European Historic Rally Championship points for the second time this season with a fine drive on Rallye Elba Storico, a performance that also earned the Sicilian the outright victory after 10 all-asphalt stages. Lombardo, who also banked maximum FIA EHRC points on Rally Costa Brava in March, moved to the
Daniel Ricciardo had high hopes in 2014 when he stepped up to Red Bull and pushed to make his mark alongside four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. In the next chapter of our Greatest Race series, the Australian – whose F1 career now appears to be over after RB’s mid-season driver swap – remembers not one
Open Extended Reactions Red Bull racing adviser Helmut Marko said he believes Daniel Ricciardo lost his killer instinct when he left Red Bull for Renault in 2019. Ricciardo claimed seven of his eight race victories at Red Bull, before spending two years apiece with Renault and McLaren — winning the 2021 Italian Grand prix for
Fun on Grill The Grid Ricciardo has always been good value on Grill The Grid and this was no different in the latest edition of F1’s popular annual quiz. While some appeared slightly nervous about the tasks they would be faced with, the former Red Bull driver was always up for the test. Ahead of
Open Extended Reactions New RB driver Liam Lawson said he did not enjoy being on the sidelines at the Singapore Grand Prix as the situation with Daniel Ricciardo unfolded. On Thursday, Red Bull’s second team confirmed that Lawson will replace Ricciardo for the rest of the year. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The likelihood of that
Precision at 200 miles per hour. Millimetre-perfect steering, millisecond-perfect braking and acceleration. That’s what it takes to race in Formula 1. Performance Engineers help the 20 fastest drivers in the world to be their very best. In the latest episode of F1 Explains, McLaren’s Tom Stallard, a former Performance Engineer, tells podcast presenters Christian Hewgill
Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 03:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Michael Andretti has restructured Andretti Global to give co-owner Dan Towriss control of the organization while Andretti will stay on as a strategic adviser of the team he has led since 2002. Andretti in early 2023 confirmed he had sold part of the company
25 middle and senior managers from 15 FIA Clubs attended the five-day programme. The FIA held the first edition of the Advanced Leadership Programme this week. 25 middle and senior managers from 15 FIA Clubs attended the five-day programme. Split between Geneva and Chamonix, ALP is designed to support individuals to improve their leadership and management skills
“Now it finally does sort of feel real,” the 22-year-old commented. “Obviously I knew about it for the last sort of… the last, probably, two weeks. But until it’s out there to the world, it obviously doesn’t ever really feel set in stone, and I couldn’t tell anybody.” Pushed on what happened in the background,
He vacates his seat having made 257 race starts, claimed three pole positions, eight wins, 32 podium finishes and 1329 points, along with a best finish of third in the drivers’ championship. “I’ve loved this sport my whole life,” began Ricciardo’s message on Instagram, posted a few minutes after RB’s announcement. “It’s wild and wonderful
Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo should go down as one of the best and most consequential drivers of the past 15 years in Formula 1, even if results of more recent times may not have reflected the talent he had. Ricciardo’s departure from RB — finally confirmed on Thursday — was a prolonged farce that
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has been a big supporter of Ricciardo and fought to not only get him another shot first as Red Bull reserve, and then as a race driver at RB, but he also supported the case to keep him during this season despite some difficult results. However, ultimately the Australian’s
Open Extended Reactions Liam Lawson will replace Daniel Ricciardo at RB for the remainder of the 2024 Formula 1 season, Red Bull finally confirmed on Thursday. The saga over Ricciardo’s future dominated the build-up and aftermath of last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Ricciardo was emotional in interviews after the race, where
Lando Norris delivered a commanding performance in Singapore to take pole position and the victory, ahead of his title rival Max Verstappen in P2, with Oscar Piastri coming home third to make it a 1-3 for McLaren. IndyCar star James Hinchcliffe was at the Marina Bay Circuit to cover the race for F1 TV, and
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