July 19, 2024

Nico Muller says that his decision to leave the Abt Formula E team was fuelled by the need for a “new challenge” as he looks poised to join Andretti.The Swiss driver is in his second campaign with the German squad, having joined from Dragon at the start of the 2022-23 season.Despite Abt struggling for outright pace during those two years, in part due to the Mahindra powertrain which it will …Keep reading

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera claimed four of Friday’s seven stages to take control of Latvia’s maiden World Rally Championship round from impressive home hero Martins Sesks.The Toyota driver delivered blistering pace and made a smart tyre decision to capitalise on a strong road position to lead the high-speed gravel rally by 15.7s.Rovanpera’s nearest rival came in the form of Sesks …Keep reading

Lando Norris put his McLaren on top of Formula 1’s FP2 times at the Hungarian Grand Prix, 0.243 seconds clear of Max Verstappen.After FP1’s scorching track temperatures, which neared 60C, the temperatures upon the Hungaroring circuit had started to fall below 50C for the start of FP2, ensuring the tyres had a marginally easier time of it.Sergio Perez had moved to the top of the order with a …Keep reading

McLaren’s Lando Norris led the way in Friday practice, edging out championship leader Max Verstappen of Red Bull by 0.243s.Carlos Sainz was a strong third for Ferrari, clocking a time that was just under four tenths off the outright pace.What time does qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix will begin at 4pm local time (+2  GMT) on Saturday at …Keep reading

The Mercedes Formula 1 team says it is back where it needs to be after morning dramas triggered by the global CrowdStrike IT outage.A defect in a software update rolled out by the American cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike affected Microsoft Windows machines around the world on Friday morning.The problems caused a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) on affected machines, with banks, airlines …Keep reading

Red Bull has fast-tracked a substantial update for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, with changes moving it away from the Mercedes-style engine cover gulleys it has raced so far.The new parts are wide-ranging, with the most visual aspect – a new engine cover and sidepod layout – only being run on Max Verstappen’s car this weekend.The changes appear to be a mix of circuit-specific …Keep reading

The FIA is to trial fitting a simplified air conditioning system to Formula 1 car cockpits after drivers suffered health scares in the extreme heat of the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, Motorsport.com can reveal.When the Qatar track returned to the F1 calendar last year, its schedule placing in early October meant even during its night-time track session settings, temperatures for the race never dipped …Keep reading