July 2, 2024

Damon Hill says Lando Norris has silenced critics following his first Formula 1 victory in Miami.Speaking ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, 1996 world champion Hill stated that Norris breaking through at the 110th attempt will have proven a vocal minority who doubted the McLaren driver’s credentials wrong.In the races since, Norris finished a close second in Imola, Montreal and Barcelona …Keep reading

The crash between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the Austrian Grand Prix reignited the debate about the limits of defensive driving and the consequences the drivers should face when they go too far.So is it time for the FIA to clamp down on defensive tactics like Verstappen’s, or should we accept this is all part of racing? Here are our writers’ views.F1 needs more regulation to stop …Keep reading

Former Mercedes Formula 1 engine chief Andy Cowell will replace ex-McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh as Aston Martin’s group CEO from 1 October, the team announced on Tuesday.Cowell is best known for overseeing Mercedes’ High Performance Powertrains division between 2013 and 2020, during which it built the engines that led the Silver Arrows squad to dominate F1 and win seven title doubles in …Keep reading

Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix was never likely to produce a huge list of updates as being a sprint in the middle of a triple header made it far from ideal to bring new parts.Nonetheless, some teams bucked the trend as they continue to try to eke out the tiny performance gains that are proving so critical in the fights up and down the grid.Interestingly, Mercedes has continued its policy of …Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin has completed a GT3 test in Hungary after the sanctions imposed against him by the European Union were lifted at the start of the year.In a ruling by the European Union’s General Court on 20 March, Mazepin was removed from the list of individuals who had been sanctioned in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The EU had reasoned that there were no obvious …Keep reading

Yamaha’s Alex Rins is set to miss this weekend’s MotoGP German Grand Prix following a crash at Assen, with former Tech3 rider Remy Gardner set to replace him.Six-time grand prix winner Rins was thrown from his M1 at the opening corner of last weekend’s Dutch GP and suffered two small fractures in his right hand and one in his left leg.Rins flew to Madrid for further checks and underwent …Keep reading

Hyundai looks set to join the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class and race at the Le Mans 24 Hours within the next three years. The South Korean manufacturer, Motorsport.com has learned, is gearing up to develop an LMDh hybrid prototype for a programme that is likely to encompass the GTP category in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. What is not clear is the timing of a move that has …Keep reading