May 31, 2024

After McLaren announced its arrival at the top echelon of F1 in Miami and Imola, Ferrari officially joined the three-way fight in Monaco. While Monaco’s cramped street circuit will always remain an outlier, it has confirmed trends that Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari have all closed up to within a tenth and a half, with the favourite on a given weekend partly down to the nature of the circuit and …Keep reading

Potential discussions have arisen as Ferrari prepares to open its first electrification plant next month, where it will produce its own batteries and fleet of electric vehicles.Work on the new ‘e-building’ has been ongoing since 2022 at the cost of 500 million euro, with that funding also going towards renewable energies and infrastructure, while up to 250 jobs will have been created as a …Keep reading

On Thursday ahead of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, reports emerged that Ducati has decided to promote Jorge Martin to its factory team for 2025.While initially it looked like it lead to Marquez moving to Pramac to take a factory bike, the six-time MotoGP world champion complicated the situation by stating the team is “not an option for him”.Marquez later acknowledged that his plans to …Keep reading

The Woking-based team introduced a major development step to its MCL38 at the Miami Grand Prix, which helped Lando Norris secure his maiden F1 victory.Since then, Norris took a second place at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while team-mate Oscar Piastri finished runner-up in last weekend’s race in Monaco.But while McLaren is delighted that its updates have helped lift the team to challenge for …Keep reading

A long-serving member of the team, White moved to the Enstone outfit in 2016 to head up the operations side of the squad having previously worked as the deputy managing director of engines for Renault’s powertrain arm in Viry-Chatillon.He had previously worked for Cosworth’s F1 engine project prior to joining Renault in 2004, having been chief engineer at the British firm during its years owned by …Keep reading

Teams across both Hypercar and LMGT3 categories will not be allowed to artificially heat their tyres in the blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship on June 15-16 as per the updated sporting regulations for 2024.The WEC had originally imposed an outright ban on tyre warmers at the start of last season due to environmental reasons, but it was lifted as a one-off basis for Le Mans …Keep reading

It was announced on Friday, on the eve of this weekend’s MotoFest, that a proposed layout has already been drafted and that a feasibility study conducted by circuit designer Driven International has been submitted to the FIA World Motor Sport Council for approval.A period of consultation will take place involving local residents in the coming months to agree on how the project can be taken …Keep reading