July 26, 2024

The most immediate question – who would drive for the team – was cleared up last weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway when current Stewart-Haas Racing Xfinity Series driver Cole Custer was named driver of the No. 41 Cup team beginning next season.The move wasn’t a surprise considering Custer – the reigning Xfinity Series champion – has previously driven for Haas in Cup and his father …Keep reading

The last Friday practice sessions prior to Formula 1’s summer break came to a close with Max Verstappen headlining FP1 at the Belgian Grand Prix, before Lando Norris slotted in the fastest time of FP2.Verstappen is guaranteed qualify without a chance of starting on pole thanks to a 10-place engine penalty for taking new power unit components for the Spa-Francorchamps weekend – as he has done in …Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin has accomplished a lot in just a relatively short amount of time in motorsports, stacking up a CV full of wins from around the globe in addition to capturing three Supercars titles in Australia.And it started at an early age for the Kiwi, setting the mark as the youngest winner in the history of Supercars after taking the checkered flag at Pukekohe in 2013 at 19 years, 10 months …Keep reading

Mercedes thinks its “pretty bad day” of practice at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix was the result of losing 0.9 seconds on the straights against McLaren.Neither George Russell nor Lewis Hamilton made much of an impression on the opening day of running at Spa-Francorchamps, as McLaren ended FP2 1-2 on the timesheets.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Belgian GP: Norris heads FP2 from Piastri …Keep reading

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri gave McLaren a 1-2 in FP2 for the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen, while in the other Red Bull Sergio Perez was again massively adrift.The result provided a significant twist in the weekend’s early narrative after Verstappen had dominated the field in FP1, while the pressure on Perez increased given his gap to his team-mate, with Red Bull set to decide on …Keep reading

Despite no official confirmation about the end of Renault’s engine efforts in Formula 1, it has been clear for several weeks where things are heading.Talks taking place behind the scenes with rival manufacturers about potential customer deals, and a preliminary agreement with Mercedes believed to now be in place, told their own story about Alpine F1’s shift from a manufacturer to customer team …Keep reading

Bruno Famin has announced that he will stand down as Alpine Formula 1 team principal at the end of August, with Hitech F2 and F3 boss Oliver Oakes expected as his replacement.Famin was originally hired by Alpine to oversee its engine division in early 2022 before he stepped up to become its motorsport vice president in mid-2023 and then its interim team principal when former squad boss Otmar …Keep reading

Porsche has finally abandoned plans to introduce a revised engine for its 963 LMDh World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender.The update, which was centred on a switch to a 90° crankshaft from a 180° or flat-plane crank, is now “dead”, according to Urs Kuratle, project boss on the 963 at Porsche Motorsport.“We are not doing the crankshaft; it is not going to …Keep reading