November 21, 2024

For one weekend each year, a stretch of grandstands separates the Bellagio Fountains from 20 cars zipping down the Las Vegas Strip. While Lando Norris’ papaya orange McLaren and Max Verstappen’s leading Red Bull Racing are three races within reach of the championship title, the city faces its own sprint: A race against permanent drought. The excess that accompanies the race weekend, from a …Keep reading

Sportscar stalwart Rob Bell is retiring from racing to take up a management role within McLaren Automotive’s motorsport arm.The winner of two Le Mans Series class titles and the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup will become sporting director as part of a management reshuffle in which McLaren Formula E boss Ian James will assume responsibility for the road car company’s GT and one-make racing …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda isn’t ruling out the possibility of one day running in the Indianapolis 500, but not anytime soon. The 24-year-old, who competes for Red Bull’s sister outfit RB in Formula 1, drove an Indycar for the first time on Tuesday as part of a celebration of Honda’s ‘Hybrid Heroes’ ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix. The outing, which also saw three-time Formula 1 World …Keep reading

World champion Max Verstappen thinks it is “weird” that the FIA elected to axe Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich before the end of the season.The FIA dropped a bombshell after the Brazilian Grand Prix when it announced that Wittich would not be remaining in his position, and instead would be replaced from the Las Vegas round by Rui Marques.Although there was no official explanation about …Keep reading

Hyundai has not ruled out the possibility of running a fourth car in the next year’s World Rally Championship with a decision likely to come at Rally Japan.Hyundai’s top management will be heading to this weekend’s WRC season finale where it is understood discussions regarding its plans for next year will be held.The team is expected to field three significantly updated i20 N Rally1 machines …Keep reading

Honda has provided an explanation for not bringing any substantial updates to its MotoGP bike in Tuesday’s official test in Barcelona.While rival manufacturers took big steps in their preparations for the forthcoming season during the seven hours of running at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Honda did not have its 2025 bike on hand to test, nor did it have any major new parts available to …Keep reading

Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica will remain with the AF Corse Ferrari customer Hypercar squad for the 2025 World Endurance Championship.Kubica had looked likely to stick with the #83 squad when speaking to Motorsport.com after the 2024 WEC finale in Bahrain, with the team duly announcing the Polish driver had been retained in its driver line-up for next season ahead of the 2025 WEC entry list …Keep reading

Toyota is not planning to replace Rob Leupen as team director of its World Endurance Championship squad for next season.It has revealed that the duties at the race track undertaken by the Dutchman, who is leaving Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe in Cologne after 30 years of service, will be taken up by existing team members.TGRE vice-chairman Kazuki Nakajima explained that the plan is “to spread the …Keep reading

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu reckons that “everybody” is against 2026’s planned cost cap offset for Audi to account for Swiss wages, stating that it risks opening a can of worms.The higher average wage in Switzerland means that the current Sauber team operates at a theoretical disadvantage when it comes to funds available for development, assuming an equivalent-sized workforce to the teams …Keep reading