McLaren not biased to Norris, will let us fight for F1 title
Oscar Piastri says he doesn’t believe McLaren is favouring his team-mate Lando Norris in their 2025 Formula 1 title fight, nor does he want to receive priority as the championship leader. Piastri is heading into the final six-race stretch with a 22-point lead on Norris, with reigning champion Max Verstappen now 63 points behind after consistently gaining […]
What’s left to play for in F1 2025?
The checklist for the current 2025 Formula 1 season already has one big tick — McLaren wrapped up the constructors’ championship at the Singapore Grand Prix, tying it up in a pretty bow with its 3-4 at the Marina Bay circuit. From a financial standpoint, that’s the big one sorted. The drivers’ title comes with […]
Racing Bulls shows off tortoise livery for F1 US GP
The Racing Bulls F1 squad will contest this weekend’s United States Grand Prix with a one-off tortoise livery. At the Anglo-Italian team, Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson will run a VCARB 02 car dressed in a pearlescent black and brown tortoise shell pattern with gold detailing, complementing its usual white livery. The livery is a nod […]
Why radios haven’t fully replaced F1 pitboards
Formula 1 is often regarded as the pinnacle of motorsport, with high-tech equipment like wind tunnels used to refine designs, complex processes such as computational fluid dynamics used to create intricate wings, and sensors across the cars capturing terabytes of data over a race weekend. Why, then, do teams still rely on rudimentary pitboards to […]
Daniel Juncadella and Mathys Jaubert join Genesis WEC driver line-up
Daniel Juncadella and Mathys Jaubert have joined the Genesis World Endurance Championship line-up for next year in the second wave of signings by the Hypercar newcomer. The new additions follow the announcement of Andre Lotterer and Pipo Derani as the first Genesis Magma Racing drivers on the launch of the South Korean manufacturer’s entry into […]
Theo Pourchaire to replace Stoffel Vandoorne in Peugeot WEC Hypercar line-up
Ex-Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne is leaving Peugeot’s World Endurance Championship squad and will make his exit ahead of the Bahrain 2025 finale in November. The French manufacturer has announced that Vandoorne will depart after this month’s Fuji round to be replaced by 2023 Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire, who will move into a full-time […]
No decision made on WEC, IMSA LMDh future amid cuts speculation
Porsche is insisting no decisions have been made in the face of speculation that it could axe either its World Endurance Championship or IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign for next season. Thomas Laudenbach, Porsche Motorsport boss, refused to comment on a possible reduction in its factory programme with the 963 LMDhs run by Penske in the […]
Estre wins WEC Lone Star Le Mans at COTA for Porsche Penske
Porsche claimed its first World Endurance Championship Hypercar victory of the season in Austin as Laurens Vanthoor, Matt Campbell and Kevin Estre triumphed in a chaotic wet-weather race. Estre took the lead in the #6 Penske-run Porsche 963 LMDh with one hour and 45 minutes to go immediately after the sixth safety car of the […]
Robert Kubica claims Ferrari 1-2 in COTA WEC qualifying
Ferrari driver Robert Kubica claimed hist first World Endurance Championship Hypercar pole position at Austin. The star of the Le Mans 24 Hours in June took the top spot in qualifying aboard the AF Corse-run customer Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by less than a tenth of a second from Antonio Giovinazzi. Kubica, who shares […]