November 20, 2024

When I ask Emma Gwyther if she’s ever arranged a last-minute helicopter transfer into a Formula 1 track for one of her ultra-high-net-worth clients, she describes the task the way one might describe running a quick errand at the store. “Oh yes, we’ve done that before,” Gwyther, founder and CEO of Interluxe Group tells me. “We all know what the traffic is like getting in and out of COTA …Keep reading

Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) adds Sting Ray Robb to its driver roster for the 2025 IndyCar season. While this will mark the third team in as many years in North America’s premier open-wheel championship for the Idaho native, the pairing with JHR marks a reunion after the two previously won the Indy Pro Championship in 2020. “Sting Ray is an exciting talent, and we’ve had the privilege of …Keep reading

The Visa Cash App RB cars certainly won’t be difficult to spot on the streets of Las Vegas this weekend. On Wednesday, the team unveiled a sparkling livery that will be run on Liam Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda’s cars during the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, inspired by the Cash App Visa Glitter Card. The announcement was made with the help of “Entourage” actors  Kevin Dillon and Jerry Ferrara, who …Keep reading

Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire is under consideration for a test and reserve role with Peugeot’s World Endurance Championship squad along with former sparring partner Clement Novalak.Poruchaire, who also raced with Arrow McLaren in IndyCar this year, and LMP2 regular Novalak have entered the frame to replace Malthe Jakobsen on his graduation to a race seat in place of Nico Muller for 2025 …Keep reading

Formula 1’s return to the American desert, a first in more than four decades, offered up-close racing and myriad of overtakes, proving that the F1 circus and the accompanying spectacle of Las Vegas were made for each other. As the circus sets up in Sin City once again this week, teams up and down the grid won’t be leaving things up to Lady Luck for the race. They’re armed with intel and …Keep reading

Based on previous results on similar circuits, Ferrari and McLaren are the pre-race favourites as Formula 1 heads to Las Vegas, but two key factors could yet trip them up.This is also notwithstanding a rather resurgent Red Bull after Max Verstappen’s thumping victory last time out in Brazil, his win in F1’s return to Sin City last year and how his team’s car packages have been superb on …Keep reading

23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, will add a third full-time car next year. Alongside the No. 23 of Bubba Wallace and the No. 45 of Tyler Reddick, they will also field the No. 35 Toyota Camry with Riley Herbst behind the wheel.Herbst, 25, brings Monster Energy with him as a primary sponsor, which already backs 23XI’s Tyler Reddick …Keep reading

FIA GT World Cup podium finisher Augusto Farfus has described this year’s Macau event as “one of the most difficult weekends I’ve had in my career” despite claiming second.Farfus admitted he arrived on the back foot as he was driving a BMW M4 for the Macanese Team KRC outfit that had never previously contested the race and that he had never met beforehand.This, coupled with the changeable …Keep reading

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has opened up on the team’s decision to switch to Mercedes powertrains for Formula 1’s new rules for 2026, stating the team simply wanted “the best engine in the back of the car”.The team’s parent company Renault had invested in F1’s switch to a near-50:50 split between its internal combustion engine and electric motor, but elected to shutter down its powertrain …Keep reading

Mercedes will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1999 as part of a World Endurance Championship campaign with the Iron Lynx team.The German manufacturer will enter the WEC for the first time in the LMGT3 class with the successful Mercedes-AMG GT3, a winner of the 24-hour classics at Spa and Nurburgring.That will give Mercedes a spot on the Le Mans grid, 26 years after its last …Keep reading