Mercedes takes design U-turn to beat Ferrari
This resulted in a large-scale update arriving in Monaco with further adaptations being implemented throughout the remainder of the season. Let’s take a detailed look at some of the car’s finer details in full, and how that big development programme was rolled out to overtake Ferrari for second place in the Constructors’ Championship. Photo by: […]
F1’s ground effect cars can be ‘confusing’
The radical overhaul of the technical rules for 2022 shifted the aerodynamic bias, with the underside of the car taking the priority over top surfaces to produce 60% of total downforce. Given the scale of the revamp, teams have battled porpoising and bouncing while — behind runaway champion Red Bull — the competitive order has […]
Greensmith announces Skoda WRC2 programme for 2024
Last year’s WRC2 runner-up has revealed that he will remain with the Czech marque and the Toksport team that guided Andreas Mikkelsen to the title in 2023. There had been speculation linking the 27-year-old with a move away from Skoda. Greensmith impressed in his first season in the WRC2 since 2019 after spending three years […]
Why I chose Hyundai over M-Sport for WRC 2024 comeback
The newly-crowned two-time WRC2 champion is set to make his first top-level WRC start since 2019, after electing to rejoin Hyundai – the team he competed for from 2017-2019. Mikkelsen is one of three drivers to share Hyundai’s third i20 entry this year, alongside Esapekka Lappi and Dani Sordo, while Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak […]
The full 2024 World Superbike Championship grid
#RiderBikeTeam 01 Alvaro BautistaDucatiAruba Ducati 11 Nicolo BulegaDucatiAruba Ducati 55 Andrea LocatelliYamahaPata Yamaha 65 Jonathan ReaYamahaPata Yamaha 22 Alex LowesKawasakiKawasaki Racing 47 Axel …Keep reading Source link
Porsche Penske Motorsport eyeing three hypercar Le Mans 2024 attack
It has been revealed that the German manufacturer has put in for an extra entry for this year’s French enduro on 15-16 June to reprise its expanded assault in 2023 when the IMSA SportsCar Championship arm of its PPM operation joined the two-car WEC squad with a single Porsche 963 LMDh. “We’re pushing. We ran […]
Маттиас Экстрём стал быстрейшим на «прологе» Дакара-2024
46-й по счёту главный ралли-марафон планеты в 2024 году пройдёт по территории Саудовской Аравии. Ралли-марафон с «прологом» и 12 этапами стартует 5 января в тысячелетнем городе Аль-Ула и финиширует 19 января в Янбу на побережье Красного моря. За две недели гонки участники преодолеют около 5 тысяч км боевой дистанции. 60% спецучастков будут проложены по новым […]
What Mercedes’ W14 errors tell us about its 2024 F1 car changes
A new chassis, new front and rear suspension, new gearbox and honed aerodynamics and sidepods will be the most visual changes to its heavily revised challenger. In Formula 1, though, the devil is in the detail, and it will be in areas nigh on impossible to spot – like the underfloor, its aero platform concept […]