The Warwickshire-born driver secured a crushing victory in the first race with the Gen3 machinery, as the Porsche-powered cars showed great pace at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with eight seconds in hand over Pascal Wehrlein at the line. Having secured second on the grid, Dennis was able to pass polesitter Lucas di Grassi after the Brazilian suffered a small mistake into the first corner ... Keep reading
The Briton qualified third and, although he dropped behind the Porsche of Pascal Wehrlein as the German manufacturer showed great pace in Mexico, he battled with polesitter Lucas di Grassi to try to secure a podium. In that battle, Hughes was also attempting to keep fourth away from the chasing Andre Lotterer, but a yellow flag produced for team-mate Rene Rast - who had pulled over on the exit ... Keep reading
Only 34 drivers in the history of the world championship have managed the ultimate prize of winning an F1 drivers' title, with half of those winning more than one. That means that there were a great many names to consider when weighing up the latest top 10 for Autosport's new podcast series. Indeed, many could be considered more complete drivers than those who did snare the world championship ... Keep reading
The French manufacturer unveiled its all-new Clio Rally3 at the Pas de la Casa Circuit in Andorra today following an extensive 5,000 kilometre development programme carried out since May last year. The Clio Rally3 signifies Renaults renewed commitment to rallying, with the brand now joining Ford in having built cars to Rally3 regulations. As reported last year, the Renault Group through ... Keep reading
F1will overhaul the regulations for its V6 hybrid power units in 2026, placing a greater emphasis on electric power and sustainable fuels as part of the series push to become carbon neutral by 2030. The plans have already successfully brought the Volkswagen Group intoF1through Audi, which will enter in 2026 as an engine supplier. Its sister brand, Porsche, remains ... Keep reading
In GTE, the #888 R8G Esports Ferrari of Alexander Smolyar, Scott Andrews, Timotej Andonovski and Erhan Jajovski headed the class. The race was halted due to two red flags in the opening six hours, then at dawn Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen retired the #1 Team Redline entry following a disconnection while leading. The event was also host to some extremely close-quartered racing. At ... Keep reading
Bird had to contend with software issues in Friday's free practice session and, although these were corrected overnight, a motor failure forced the Jaguar driver to pull over in the stadium section of the circuit to enact a reset of the systems. Jaguar then had to change the rear of the car in time for qualifying, but did not have enough time to complete a full set-up and thus Bird could only ... Keep reading
Dries Vanthoor and Mohammed Al Saud, also victorious last year with WRT, were joined by Jens Klingmann, Diego Menchaca and Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer aboard the winning #7 BMW M4 GT3. With Vanthoor at the wheel, WRT took the lead for the final time with 20 minutes to go when Robert Renauer pitted the Herbert Racing Porsche for a fuel stop. Despite a fortunately-timed Code 60 which minimised his ... Keep reading
As revealed by Autosport earlier this month, the series will use a short burst of testing with the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro prototypes in a bid to finally formalise the homologation. The driving force behind the additional testing is Ford which is known to be dissatisfied with the aerodynamic performance of the Mustang compared to the Camaro, while there are also question marks over ... Keep reading
Rookie Piastri replaces Daniel Ricciardo, who in stark contrast was in his 12th season last year, and carried with him the experience of scoring eight grand prix victories. While Piastri has a lot to learn, Stella is confident that the team can look to Lando Norris as it hones the 2023 car. "I think the important point is to have continuity with Lando, he keeps the kind of reference," said ... Keep reading
F1s governing body caused a stir just before Christmas when it announced it was banning all drivers from making any non-neutral "political, religious or personal" statements or comments without prior permission. In an updated version of the FIA's International Sporting Code, which governs the running of sanctioned motorsport competitions from the start of 2023, the governing body outlined a ... Keep reading
The British squad pulled off the signing of the silly season by securing 2019 world champion Tanak following a shock departure from Hyundai at the end of last season. M-Sport today unveiled a new look 2023 Ford Puma which will contest the 13-round WRC season. The team has elected to field only two full-time manufacturer entries this year, with Tanak joined by French rising star Pierre-Louis ... Keep reading
The Ford squad has today taken the covers off the latest version of its Puma, which this year will be driven by an all-new driver line-up of 2019 world champion Ott Tanak and French rising star Pierre-Louis Loubet. Tanak has returned to the Cumbrian squad to spearhead the teams attack following his departure from Hyundai at the end of last year, after exercising an option leave the South ... Keep reading
If foreign drivers have become scarce in Super Formula and Super GT recently, non-Japanese engineers are an even rarer breed. Indeed, since the days of the late, great Ricardo Divila, foreign engineers working in the upper echelons of Japans two premier categories can almost be counted on a single hand. There was the Australian Matt Harvey, who spent a single season working for ... Keep reading
It is not lost on him that for four of the last five years, Williams has found itself pegged to the bottom of the constructors championship. Plus, more recently, it has faced fresh uncertainty following the departure of team principal Jost Capito and its technical director FX Demaison. Turning the squads fortunes around quickly is not going to be an easy task for Vowles, as he is comes in ... Keep reading
The upcoming season will be the first where IMSAs new-for-2023 LMDh regulations for its premier GTP class will race in the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, allowing Porsches 963 to race on both sides of the Atlantic. There, it will race against Le Mans Hypercar machinery from fellow automotive giants Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyotathat are built to a different ... Keep reading
The 60-year-old World Rally legend suffered a major shunt just six kilometres into Stage 9 of the Dakar, when his Audi rolled upside down while tackling a dune landing heavilyon its nose and then roof. Sainz had initially looked set to withdraw from the event, and was even on his way to hospital after reporting chest pains, only to change his mind midway through the journey and ask ... Keep reading
The FIA has imposed a testing reduction for this season with the view to ease the financial pressures on teams as testing is one of the largest expenses during a season. Last season teams were handed 28 test days plus a number of extra test outings to conduct tyre testing on behalf of the championships control supplier Pirelli. Under the new testing guidelines, manufacturer drivers will ... Keep reading
Following a difficult 2021 that saw the team opt against car development and fail to score any points, Haas made a flying start to 2022 as Kevin Magnussen finished fifth in the season-opener. But the upswing in form from Haas led to scrutiny from other teams, including McLaren, which raised concerns about the relationships between so-called A- and B-teams in F1. Haas has enjoyed a technical ... Keep reading
The Japanese 45-year-old, who won the Indy 500 in 2017 for Andretti Autosport and in 2020 for Rahal Letterman Lanigan, joins CGR after a single season with Dale Coyne Racing. The ex-Formula 1 driver will share the #11 entry with ex-Formula 2 driver and IndyCar rookie Marcus Armstrong, who will contest all the road and street course rounds. Scott Dixon, Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson ... Keep reading
Wadoux, 21, has been named as part of the Italian manufacturers Competizione GT roster for the coming season and will race a Ferrari 488 GTE Evo run by the AF Corse squad in the GTE Am class of the series. The entry has been made under the banner of watchmaker Richard Mille, whose Signatech-run ORECA-Gibson 07 LMP2 prototype Wadoux raced in the WEC in 2022. She has joined Ferrari after a ... Keep reading
The Autosport Internationalwas back for the first time since 2020 with over 100,000 expected through the doors, at our traditional starting point on the motorsport calendar. Host Martyn Lee is joined on stage by Autosport F1 reporter Luke Smith, Autosport Grand Prix editor Alex Kalinauckas and GP Racing editor Stuart Codling to discuss some of the recent news dominating Formula ... Keep reading
The team endured a difficult off-season, with cancelled tests restricting the amount of running it could do ahead of the Mexico opener while the ZF-designed Mahindra powertrain was also late in arriving. Although performances in testing suggested that the team was not too far behind in terms of pace, the team was not able to optimise the running of its hardware, with di Grassi stating that the ... Keep reading
The Japanese manufacturer was unsuccessful in its bid to defend its riders title with Fabio Quartararo in 2022, with the French rider scoring three wins and ultimately losing the championship to Ducatis Francesco Bagnaia. With Quartararo helping Yamaha to second in the manufacturers standings, the 2021 world champion was able to mask what was largely a difficult year for the ... Keep reading
Over the off-season, Coyne tested Marcus Armstrong but he has been recruited by Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the #11 CGR on road and street courses, while Coynes former full-timer in the #51 entry co-owned by Rick Ware Racing, Takuma Sato, is the primary candidate for the #11 on ovals. Coyne, who sifted through six potential candidates for the #51 car, tested Sting Ray Robb on 4 January at ... Keep reading