September 9, 2024

Mini replaces F1-bound Bearman for F2 Baku debut

Gabriele Mini will partner Andrea Kimi Antonelli for Prema when F2 heads to Azerbaijan this weekend after full-season driver Oliver Bearman was called up by Haas to replace Kevin Magnussen, who is serving a race ban for the weekend.The ban came after the Dane notched up 12 points on his FIA superlicence for a rolling 12-month period, making him the first driver since Romain Grosjean in 2012 to be …Keep reading

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Latvala: Toyota’s WRC title chances “pretty much gone”

Toyota’s chances of winning the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ crown are “pretty much gone” after Hyundai scored a 1-2-3 at the Acropolis Rally, reckons team boss Jari-Matti Latvala.The reigning manufacturers’ champions endured a weekend to forget, leaving Greece 35 points behind Hyundai in the championship standings with only three rounds of the season remaining.Toyota’s rally …Keep reading

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DTM debutant Pepper slams Rast after crash: ‘Rules are different for him’

Factory Lamborghini driver Jordan Pepper blasted Rene Rast after their collision in Sunday’s DTM race at the Sachsenring, saying the rules are different for the three-time champion.Schubert BMW’s Rast was trying to overtake Pepper for 11th when he tagged the Grasser Lamborghini of the DTM debutant into Turn 1, sending him crashing into the back of Marco Wittmann, who was running ahead of …Keep reading

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Alpine ‘just weeks’ from Mercedes engine call as it assesses costs

Alpine expects to have a final decision on its 2026 engine partner in less than a month’s time, as Renault’s board presses on with its assessment of its Viry-Chatillon-based Formula 1 engine project.Renault had begun the process of developing a power unit that would satisfy the 2026 regulations, which features a more even split between the internal combustion engine and the hybrid components in …Keep reading

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