The day Button scored his 'best F1 win'... until next time!Just like Canada 2011, this was a race defined by mixed weather conditions, which played into Button’s super-sensitive hands.Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber had locked out the front row, but Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari rocketed ahead at the start. Read More
Surging Chase Briscoe says a win "is right around the corner"Briscoe is heading into this weekend’s race at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway on the heels of consecutive top-10 finishes, including a season’s-best sixth last weekend at Texas.The strong two-week run – which included top-10 finishes in both stages at Texas and Read More
How MotoGP brakes work: Secrets of stopping a 220mph bikeThe bikes’ 1000cc engines produce 270hp but their tiny contact patches and lack of downforce relative to cars costs them dearly in lap time when compared to a Formula 1 machine.For example, Valtteri Bottas lapped his 2019 F1 Mercedes in Read More
Hyundai enacts contingency plan after WRC Kenya fuel issueNeuville’s i20 N was struck by a fuel system issue at Safari Rally Kenya that ended any hopes of a podium finish.The problem resulted in the Belgian losing more than 10 minutes, dropping from second to fifth overall. At the Read More
2024 NASCAR Talladega schedule, entry list, and how to watchHendrick Motorsports continued its winning ways at Texas Motor Speedway. Chase Elliott snapped a 42-race winless streak, fending off Denny Hamlin and later Ross Chastain in overtime.Chastain was on his way to finish second when he was hit from behind by a Read More
Cam Waters to run NASCAR Truck race at KansasWaters will again drive the No. 66 Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing. The 29-year-old has 11 victories as a Supercars driver and has twice been the championship runner-up. He currently competed for Tickford Racing.He made his NASCAR debut in the Truck Read More
Vanwall working on 2025 WEC comeback with heavily-revised hypercarHaving not been granted a spot on the 19-car Hypercar grid for the 2024 season amid the arrival of Lamborghini, BMW and Alpine, among others, Vanwall is pressing ahead with plans to make a comeback next year, team boss Colin Read More
Perez: Red Bull can be more resilient to graining after MelbourneRed Bull continues to be the dominant team in 2024, but its race performance was less convincing in last month's Australian Grand Prix, in which Ferrari looked to edge ahead.The Melbourne race was marked by heavy front graining, which is Read More
COTA: F1 and MotoGP double-header possible but not probableEarlier this month it was announced that Liberty Media, the American entertainment company which also owns F1, acquired an 86% stake in Dorna Sports, valuing the MotoGP, WorldSBK and MotoE promoter at €4.2 billion.It revived the idea of the two Read More
WRC 2025 rules limbo creating “critical” situation for teamsToyota, Hyundai and M-Sport-Ford collectively wrote to the FIA opposing the governing body’s recommendations for next year, that include the removal of hybrid power from Rally1 cars alongside a reduction in aero and power.The thinking behind the FIA’s vision is Read More
Mercedes locked in "battle of fine margins", says RussellThe German manufacturer has endured a bruising start to the 2024 season, with it yet to finish on the podium and currently lying in fourth in the constructors’ championship – just one point ahead of Aston Martin.But while on paper Read More
Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at ImolaPorsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every Read More
Quartararo: Marquez's Honda exit "woke a lot of people up" at Yamaha Earlier this month, Quartararo inked a fresh multi-year deal with Yamaha, keeping him with the Iwata-based manufacturer until at least the end of the 2026 season.The new contract was agreed despite an underwhelming start to the new campaign for Yamaha, Read More
Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut for Arrow McLarenPourchaire will make his IndyCar Series debut behind the wheel of the No. 6 Chevrolet as Malukas continues to recover from a left wrist injury and surgery following a mountain biking accident over the off-season.The Frenchman comes into the mix Read More
Bottas: Permanent fix for Sauber F1 pitstop woes "by Imola"Sauber introduced more advanced pitstop equipment for this year, but from the first race in Bahrain, it has encountered cross-threading issues on the wheel nuts, which led to disastrous pitstops over the first few races.The Swiss team made some modifications Read More
Red Bull says it can't match "very lucrative" Audi F1 offer to SainzSainz and his management have been engaged with discussions with every F1 team that has a viable opening for next season, when he will be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.This selection is headlined by the possibility of Sainz going Read More
Hamilton: Ferrari F1 switch doesn't need "vindicating"The seven-time world champion announced at the start of February that he would be switching to Ferrari in 2025 after electing to activate an exit clause in a deal he had originally signed with Mercedes.And while the ongoing competitive differences Read More
Mercedes F1 junior Pin joins the FRECA gridPin was the standout performer as the 2024 F1 Academy season got under way in Saudi Arabia, taking the chequered flag in both races in her Mercedes-liveried entry before a communication error in the second outing resulted in her crossing Read More
Antonelli completes maiden Mercedes F1 testMercedes junior driver Antonelli is under consideration to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in a Silver Arrow in 2025, with the team using older machinery to fully assess his abilities before making a decision.The first of these tests was conducted across two Read More
The story behind Shanghai's "painted" F1 track surpriseHaving had no notification in pre-event notes from the FIA regarding any resurfacing, the colour of the asphalt – which has already worn away on the racing line in places – left some concluding that the circuit had had a Read More
Ricciardo says new RB F1 chassis brings "peace of mind"The Australian managed to reignite his F1 career with the AlphaTauri squad last season, either side of his hand fracture-enforced layoff, with a series of strong drives following his mid-season call-up to the Italian squad.He has been so far unable Read More
Sainz: All my best 2025 F1 seat options are "still open"The direction of Sainz's career once he leaves Ferrari is currently the subject of major F1 paddock interest, given he is being dropped by the Scuderia in favour of Lewis Hamilton, while also being the only non-Red Bull driver to Read More
Leclerc: Sainz simply doing a better job in recent F1 racesSince returning from the appendix surgery that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Sainz has outqualified Leclerc in both Australia and Japan, and won the Melbourne race from second on the grid.Leclerc has also finished behind his Read More
Aston Martin ‘not convinced’ Alonso would definitely want to stay in F1The Silverstone-based squad last week announced a new long-term deal with Alonso that will carry their partnership into the new rules era in F1 from 2026.But despite the contract talks being straightforward between both parties once they began, team principal Read More
Porsche lodges appeal over da Costa's Misano Formula E disqualification Da Costa claimed his first win of the season on Formula E’s inaugural visit to the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli last weekend.The Portuguese driver scored his first victory since the Cape Town E-Prix last season having passed Nissan's Oliver Read More