December 3, 2024

Following his unceremonious exit from Alpine, the Haas-bound Esteban Ocon has taken to social media where his disappointment has been made crystal clear. The 28-year-old and Alpine’s increasingly fractious relationship came to a crunching end at the Qatar Grand Prix, where he crashed out on the first corner following a collision with Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg and Williams’ Franco Colapinto.With …Keep reading

As Audi looks ahead to its ambitious Formula 1 project in 2026 with Sauber, it is simultaneously leaving behind its history in other disciplines of motorsport. The German manufacturer has pulled the plug on every single one of its racing programmes in order to redirect its focus on F1, even though its swathe of fans don’t associate the brand with single-seater or formula racing.A picture showing …Keep reading

“We’re the only [watch] brand that can talk about motorsport as far as we’re concerned,” TAG Heuer’s Nicholas Biebuyck tells me. As the brand’s Heritage Director, Biebuyck oversees one of the most extensive archives in horology. But today, the topic isn’t just Formula 1 or TAG Heuer’s decades-long relationship with motorsport; it’s Ayrton Senna. The Brazilian racing legend, widely …Keep reading

Safari Rally Kenya is set to cover more competitive kilometres next year although general changes to World Rally Championship event formats are likely to be “evolutionary” rather than “revolutionary”.Changes to event formats have been a topic of discussion in 2024 with the FIA and the WRC Promoter keen to offer event organisers more flexibility regarding itineraries within the fixed …Keep reading

The FIA wants to make changes to its rules following investigations into president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and his governance.A series of proposals have been submitted ahead of a vote of the FIA general assembly on 13 December.The plan is to replace the existing senate and ensure that any ethics complaints would be handled by the FIA president and the president of its senate.The BBC reports that the …Keep reading

Formula 1’s Qatar Grand Prix, and potentially the fight for the constructors’ championship, was turned on its head when Alex Albon’s right mirror flew off his car and landed on the track.Race control’s initial handling of the stranded mirror opened the door for the 10-second stop-and-go penalty that Lando Norris picked up and dropped him from challenging for the win to battling for a single …Keep reading

Liam Lawson has accepted blame for running Valtteri Bottas off the track and costing the Sauber driver a shot at his first points of the Formula 1 season during the Qatar Grand Prix.Bottas, who will leave Sauber at the end of the year, has yet to secure a top-10 finish this season but a floor upgrade ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix has made the team more competitive in the closing stages of …Keep reading

In many cases, when a MotoGP rider is able win a championship for the first time, his life changes more on the outside, in what is seen, than in what he feels or what goes through his head.That does not apply to Jorge Martin if we take into account what the Spaniard says in this interview with Motorsport.com, held in Madrid last week.One gets the feeling that Martin is more relieved than elated by …Keep reading

Toyota’s new World Rally Championship signing Sami Pajari has announced that Marko Salminen will be his co-driver for his first full-time season in the Rally1 class next year.Pajari has spent the last three years working alongside Enni Malkonen, but that partnership recently ended after winning the WRC2 title at last month’s Rally Japan.     The 23-year-old Finn cited that at this point of …Keep reading

There is a lot to suggest that Sergio Perez’s Formula 1 career will come to an end in a week’s time.On Sunday evening in Qatar, Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko for the first time clearly gave the impression that the decision had at least then been as good as made if they alone could make it.”We will fully support him until the chequered flag drops in Abu Dhabi. Whatever he …Keep reading