A grid of 42 cars marks a reduction of one car compared to last season, although there was only one race, May's Fuji 450km, in which all 43 cars initially entered for the 2022 campaign actually took part. As has been the case in recent years, Toyota has the most cars entered in the GT500 class with six GR Supras split between five teams, while Honda fields five cars and Nissan ... Keep reading
Vasseur started work as Ferrari team principal in early January after the Scuderia parted ways with former team boss and long-time engine engineer Mattia Binotto at the end of its promising but ultimately disappointing 2022 campaign. The move reunited Leclerc and Vasseur after the former made his F1 debut with Alfa in 2018, having also raced for Vasseurs ART Grand Prix junior team in GP3 in ... Keep reading
DKR drivers Charlie Eastwood, Ayhancan Guven and Salih Yoluc took victory in Sunday's second of two races held at the Yas Marina Circuit and claimed the title after profiting from problems for their rivals in the latter stages. Eastwood had been running third with 15 minutes of the four hours remaining, but moved into the lead after Saturday race winners Malthe Jakobsen and Alexandre Coigny ... Keep reading
The Japanese company is one of six manufacturers that have registered their interest in producing engines for the new regulations that begin in 2026. While continuing with current partners Red Bull and AlphaTauri is no longer possible because they have committed to a future with Ford, Honda is now evaluating options elsewhere. It kept the door open on a 2026 entry by notifying the FIA last ... Keep reading
Making his return to Daytona for the first time since he contested the 2013 Xfinity series, the 11-time X-Games gold medalist and founder of the Nitro Circus started his week on a high note by locking himself into the race on qualifying speed. That meant Pastrana could afford to spend the qualifying Duels races getting used to how his 23XI Racing Toyota car performed in the draft ... Keep reading
Launching a new team can be a daunting process. After all, it can take years for a fledgling operation to grow and for success to be achieved. But that was not the case for frontrunning Ginetta Junior squad R Racing. The Norfolk team went from a tiny single-car outfit to a slick five-car operation in less than a year. Two drivers titles, a pair of teams championships, two Winter Series ... Keep reading
McLaren and Aston Martin, who share engine partner Mercedes, have agreed to a deal where reigning Formula E champion Vandoorne and 2022 Formula 2 champion Drugovich will be made available to the Woking team in case it needs a replacement for regular drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. The deal covers the majority of the 2023 F1 season from the early March start in Bahrain until round 15 ... Keep reading
Hyderabad was the first of a series of three all-new races for Formula E, with Cape Town to follow on 25 February before the world championship heads to Sao Paolo in Brazil on 25 March. With international motorsport in India having endured a fallow period since the collapse of its F1 grand prix, few marshals had extensive motorsport experience before the race weekend. PLUS:Why the ... Keep reading
Verstappen won the prestigious trophy last year following his intense title win over Lewis Hamilton and is one of the six nominees for 2022 after cruising to a second F1 title with Red Bull. The Dutchman took 15 race wins in 2022, breaking the all-time record previously shared by Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, as he wrapped up the championship with four races to spare. But ... Keep reading
With an F1 power unit freeze in place since the start of last year, manufacturers are not allowed to deliver any specific performance upgrades. However, car makers can still introduce reliability fixes, some of which may also deliver consequential power gains. There has even been talk over the winter that some manufacturers have found double-digit horsepower increases as the result of ... Keep reading
Following last years technical regulations overhaul, F1 undergoes minor changes to the new era of ground-effect cars launched last season. The biggest tweak to last year has been the car floors raised by 15mm on safety grounds to combat the porpoising issue which dominated the 2022 season technical rules talking points. Various other rules around the new regulations have been tightened ... Keep reading
As the reigning Formula Regional European champion, Ferrari Driver Academy prospect Dino Beganovic has a lot of pressure on his shoulders as he graduates this year to Formula 3. The Swedish youngster is riding high after claiming his first title in car racing last October, and is one of the series most exciting young prospects heading into this season. Beganovic, who claimed four wins and ... Keep reading
Marquez is in the penultimate year of a four-season deal with Honda, which he signed at the start of 2020 prior to suffering the badly broken right arm that would derail his career. The eight-time world champion who won six MotoGP titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019 has made it clear that his wish is to remain with Honda, but will look outside of the Japanese marque if it does ... Keep reading
The team issued a brief statement on Monday afternoon announcing that the Canadian had been sidelined for the 23-25 February test as a result of a minor accident but that he likely faces a quick recovery. Aston Martin says it will release a further update on Strolls condition ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the opening round of the season scheduled for 3-5 March. Whilst ... Keep reading
A title-winner as Audis factory team in 2017-18, Abt has struggled for performance and reliability on its comeback to Formula E as a Mahindra customer team, enduring a frustrating quartet of races across Mexico City, Diriyah and Hyderabad. As the only team yet to score a point in FEs Gen3 era, Abt sits at the very bottom of the team standings going into this weeks inaugural event in ... Keep reading
Vowles left Mercedes, where he was highly regarded as its strategy director, to head up Williams after the departure of former team principal Jost Capito. The move was endorsed by Mercedes chief Toto Wolff, who said he had "no doubts whatsoever" that Vowles "has all the necessary skills to become a fantastic team principal". Williams driver Alex Albon said he was excited about Vowles' ... Keep read
At one stage last year Wolff suggested the 2022 car, which eventually won the Brazilian Grand Prix in the hands of George Russell, should be consigned to the caves under the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart. But instead Wolff later thought about placing the car in the F1 teams lobby as a reminder not to be complacent, but he now says the aim of putting it on show would be to encourage his ... Keep reading
The Miami Grand Prix is back! Formula 1 returns to the Sunshine State for only the second year in its history as F1 Miami tickets go on sale in the most sought-after grandstand spots! May 2023 will see the world flock to Florida for this high-octane, all-American show of motorsport magnificence. Expect celeb sightings, F1 drama and sunny weather. Book your F1 Miami tickets here! Max ... Keep reading
Indeed, the narrative surrounding the Silverstone-based squad these days is more about when it will start winning in F1, rather than if. With its new star driver, the fruits of its recruitment drive paying off with its AMR23 design, a new factory almost finished, and the support of huge investment from Lawrence Stroll, all the right elements appear to be falling into place for that push towards ... Keep reading
A timely caution following a strategic pass for the lead on the final lap of the second overtime preserved Stenhouses win in the NASCAR blue ribband, the first for the two-time Xfinity champion since the summer Daytona race in 2017. It was a much-needed win for Stenhouse and his team, as he ended a personalwinless streak of 199 races while the team took its first win since 2014 ... Keep reading
The former Haas driver suffered a spectacular accident on the opening lap of the 2020 Bahrain GP when he made contact with the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat and speared into the barrier on the exit of Turn 3. His car split in half upon the violent impact and exploded into flames, with Grosjean miraculously escaping with only minor injuries despite sitting in the car for 28 seconds while it was on ... Keep reading
Bert Taylor is laughing and, all things considered, its lovely that hes able to do that. At the end of 2020, he exited the British Touring Car Championship when he quit the BTC Racing squad he had founded, but sold to fellow ex-short-oval man Steve Dudman. Its fair to say that the two did not split on good terms. In early 2021, Taylor became ill with COVID-19 and then suffered a ... Keep reading
Toyota will enter the third year of WECs Hypercar era with an updated version of the GR010 Hybrid that won the last two titles, but will have to do without tyre warmers as part of a change in regulations for 2023. Both Porsche and Cadillac have extensive data about how cold Michelin tyres perform on outlaps when they debuted their respective 963 and V-LMDh cars at the Daytona 24 Hours last ... Keep reading
Yamaha will be the only manufacturer on the grid in 2023 to field just its two factory team bikes, after losing its satellite tie-up with RNF Racing who has joined forces with Aprilia for the next two seasons. The role of satellite teams has changed considerably in MotoGP in recent years, with them very much seen as simply more than mere customers with Ducati taking the lead in this ... Keep reading
Hamlin, who led the race for six laps, said on his podcastthat he had a big opportunity to win until the final pitstop cycle, when he pitted from a top-five place with 23 laps to go with Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota team-mate Martin Truex Jr. The plan was for them to rejoin in tandem, but Truex needed much less gas to get the end and exited the pits too far ahead of Hamlin to draft ... Keep reading