Rovanpera edges Tanak to claim opening stage
The Toyota driver, starting first on the road, blitzed the 5.16km Umea Sprint super special stage held in front of a sizeable crowd, to grab an early rally lead. Despite some sections being incredibly slippery and traction at a premium, Rovanpera was the driver to beat as he completed the test 1.6s faster than his […]
Porsche wants other LMDh manufacturers to run customer cars
Thomas Laudenbach, head of Porsche Motorsport, believes that the supply of LMDh prototypes to privateer teams by multiple manufacturers is essential to the long-term health of the WEC and IMSA. So far, Porsche is the only one of the four marques that have built LMDh machinery for year one of the category to make its […]
WRC Sweden: Rovanpera edges Tanak to claim opening stage
The Toyota driver, starting first on the road, blitzed the 5.16km Umea Sprint super special stage held in front of a sizeable crowd, to grab an early rally lead. Despite some sections being incredibly slippery and traction at a premium, Rovanpera was the driver to beat as he completed the test 1.6s faster than his […]
Albon unlikely to transform approach to develop as Williams F1 team leader
Albon will enter his second season with Williams in 2023 looking to build on an impressive campaign last year that saw him spearhead the team’s efforts, scoring four of its eight points. Albon’s efforts were rewarded with a new long-term contract, but some figures within the team said they wanted to see him be a […]
Neuville relying on WRC teammates for Sweden set-up after illness
The Belgian is still recovering from flu which prevented him from taking part in the second of two test days on the snow in Finland to prepare for his weekend’s second round of the WRC season. Neuville was able to conduct one day of testing, but melting conditions didn’t provide an accurate representation for Sweden. […]
Peugeot to complete three endurance tests before 2023 WEC season
The French manufacturer, which joined the WEC for the final three races of 2022, has already undertaken two Le Mans 24 Hours simulations of more than 30 hours and has confirmed that there will be a third prior to the 1000-mile WEC opener at Sebring in mid-March. Peugeot undertook its first endurance test with the […]
Perez pushed Red Bull «in a certain direction» on 2023 F1 car
Perez joined Red Bull for the 2021 season to replace Alex Albon, but like Albon and Pierre Gasly before him the Mexican found it tough to get close to team-mate Max Verstappen and get on top of Red Bull’s machinery. With the onset of new ground effect regulations for 2022, Perez made a strong start relative […]
Honda continues dominant run as Okayama SUPER GT test ends
Having topped both days at last week’s Fuji test and the opening day of the Okayama test on Wednesday, the NSX-GT contingent shone once again on Thursday, with the four Bridgestone-shod Hondas occupying places one to four in the faster two-hour morning session. This time it was the turn of the #8 ARTA machine of […]
Abiteboul bringing F1 thinking to Hyundai WRC structure in Sweden
The former Renault F1 boss is undertaking only his second WRC event as team principal after leading the team at Monte Carlo in January, but the Frenchman has already identified areas for improvement. One of Abiteboul’s key early objectives is to improve the way the team communicates, engages with its drivers and its decision-making process. […]