May 16, 2024

Magnussen’s last three race outings – the Chinese GP, Miami sprint and Miami GP – brought him from three licence penalty points to 10, just two short of the FIA’s limit for F1 drivers earning a race ban. This was introduced into the FIA’s superlicence system in 2014.While his Shanghai and main Miami race penalties were considered slam dunk cases given Magnussen’s actions put Yuki Tsunoda and …Keep reading

Pramac has until the summer to unilaterally validate the agreement that would allow it to remain the only team with full factory support from Ducati in 2025 and 2026. Renewing the agreement would maintain its current conditions, so that the two riders in its line-up would be hired directly by the Bologna factory, and both would have the latest generation of Desmosedici that are identical to those …Keep reading

The Grove-based outfit is pushing to get itself much closer to F1’s 798kg minimum weight limit, with a host of new lighter parts to be fitted to Alex Albon’s car at Imola.In a surprise confession before track running begins, team principal James Vowles has said that the squad ironically left itself on the back foot last winter by its chase to reduce chassis weight.An aggressive development …Keep reading

The race organiser is confident that there will be significant take-up of the rules it is putting in place for the carbon-neutral fuel.According to club president Pierre Fillon, there will be at least one hydrogen prototype on the grid for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship in 2028 and “two or three the year after, or maybe more”.“We have been working on hydrogen since …Keep reading

Newey is set to leave Red Bull after an extremely successful 18-year stint at the team, designing the cars that propelled Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to multiple world championships.But amid political unrest at Red Bull, an investigation into Christian Horner that was dismissed and a “whole host of other reasons”, Newey has decided to walk away from the Milton Keynes-based team, shifting …Keep reading

The entry list for Formula E’s Berlin double-header wasn’t short of new names, as the World Endurance Championship’s Spa clash last weekend offered the chance for some fresh faces to make their mark. While the likes of Formula 2 frontrunner Paul Aron was getting his first taste of racing in the all-electric championship, save for a 30-minute session in Misano last month, his team-mate across …Keep reading

O’Neill, who held the roles of sporting director and team manager at Haas in F1 from 2014-17, steps into a newly created role by JHR and will work alongside current team manager David Morgan.O’Neill first worked in F1 by spending seven years at Jordan, fulfilling the roles of team manager and chief mechanic. He was then drafted in to set up the Virgin/Marussia team, which later …Keep reading

The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary.Aston Martin and partner team Heart of Racing announced one-car programmes with the Valkyrie for both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship last October, but since then it has emerged that the WEC …Keep reading

Bastianini’s two-year contract with Ducati expires at the conclusion of the 2024 season and the Italian marque is yet to decide who will partner Francesco Bagnaia at its works team in 2025.Although the 26-year-old is still in the running for that coveted spot, his chances of extending his stay at the team are looking bleak due to the current success enjoyed by championship leader Jorge Martin …Keep reading