June 24, 2024

Juan Manuel Correa secured an emotional return to the Formula 2 podium on Sunday, 24 hours after losing a top-three result through a post-race penalty and five years to the day since his last official appearance in the top three.That occasion had come in the F2 sprint race during the 2019 French Grand Prix weekend, a race that famously saw Anthoine Hubert send the crowds into raptures as he scored …Keep reading

Only tepid expectations preceded this year’s edition of the Spanish Grand Prix. Most expected the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s painful adherence to conventional track design to suit the Red Bulls perfectly, given the team had laboured with literal and metaphorical bumps in the road.Although the predictions were largely right as Max Verstappen chalked up another win to add to his impressive …Keep reading

Rising World Rally Championship star Sami Pajari will now make his Rally1 debut in Finland instead of Latvia following a change to Toyota’s driver line-up.Toyota announced last month that Pajari and co-driver Enni Malkonen will step up from driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 car in WRC2 to pilot a fourth GR Yaris Rally1 at the gravel rally that will make its WRC debut from 18-21 July.However, the …Keep reading

George Russell says he was inspired by Fernando Alonso’s rocket start in 2011 to grab the Spanish Grand Prix lead.Russell started fourth on the dirty side of the grid, alongside Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton and behind front-row duo Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.And when polesitter Norris immediately focused on intercepting Verstappen, who had a better getaway and dipped onto the grass to …Keep reading

Mick Schumacher will test an Alpine Formula 1 car next week as the team continues to consider its options for its 2025 driver line-up.The French squad is currently evaluating drivers for next year after announcing earlier this month that it would part company with Esteban Ocon at the end of the current season, while team-mate Pierre Gasly’s contract also expires after 2024.Motorsport.com revealed …Keep reading

Romain Dumas took his fifth outright victory in the famous Pikes Peak hillclimb aboard Ford’s F-150 Lightning SuperTruck electric demonstrator, despite briefly coming to a halt and having to restart.Dumas explained that the glitch, which required him to perform a power cycle, had never happened previously in the prototype’s two-year development and is estimated to have cost around 26s.But the …Keep reading

Aprilia has signed VR46 rider Marco Bezzecchi on a multi-year contract to partner Jorge Martin at its factory MotoGP team from 2025.As reported by Motorsport.com/Autosport, Bezzecchi will move to the Noale-based marque after three seasons with Ducati’s satellite VR46 squad, a stint that has so far yielded three grand prix victories and a best finish of third in the standings in 2023. The deal …Keep reading