May 30, 2024

Lancia announced this week that it plans to return to rallying after more than 30 years away following a commitment to a Rally4 programme with its new Ypsilon hatchback.Two-time world rally champion Biasion, Lancia’s most successful driver in the WRC with 16 wins and two world titles, attended the Rally4 launch in Turin ahead of this week’s WRC Rally Sardinia.While Lancia’s commitment to return to …Keep reading

The early running in 2024 seemed to indicate a relatively clear pecking order. Red Bull is on top, followed by Ferrari, Mercedes and McLaren. Aston Martin was the clear fifth-best team, not quite able to hang with the rest of the top five on race pace, but still easily clear of RB and Haas.Fernando Alonso’s heroics in qualifying saw him start on the front three rows four times over the first five …Keep reading

Whose fault was it? Formula 1 officials classified the first-lap crash that destroyed the cars—and races—of Checo Perez, chaos king Kevin Magnussen, and Nico Hulkenberg as a ‘racing incident’, which to me still doesn’t quite square with what I saw on the uphill climb out of Sainte Devote. But that’s the joy of being a casual observer—it’s not my decision to make. You’ve all seen …Keep reading

Over the Monaco weekend, Ferrari and McLaren headlined the order as championship leaders Red Bull struggled to contend with the street circuit’s bumps and could only manage sixth through Max Verstappen – sandwiched by the two Mercedes drivers.Read Also:Formula 1Verstappen: Red Bull “clearly doesn’t understand” F1 bump weaknessVasseur acknowledged that the field had …Keep reading

This weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello has always been earmarked by Ducati management as the moment it wants to finalise its factory team line-up for 2025.However, earlier this week it told Motorsport.com that it would not make the official announcement on its decision at Mugello.The race for the second factory Ducati seat has become between championship leader Martin and six-time MotoGP …Keep reading