December 10, 2024

When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It’s end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several drivers are making a change, new entries are popping up across the grid, and lawsuits with …Keep reading

Max Verstappen will not face consequences for his heated radio message at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi season finale in which he called the FIA race stewards “stupid idiots” for handing him a penalty.On Sunday Verstappen received a 10-second penalty for colliding with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in the first corner and reacted angrily to his penalty as first-lap incidents are often judged more leniently …Keep reading

Pirelli remains unsure about exactly where its new softest C6 compound will now race, after it proved to only be good for “part of a lap” in Abu Dhabi’s tyre test on Tuesday.F1’s official tyre supplier is introducing an extra soft compound into its range for specific street circuits in 2025, which it hopes will offer better performance and open up strategy options.The initial idea was for it …Keep reading

Iron Dames has announced plans to expand its move into rallying by fielding an all-female crew in the 2025 World Rally Championship.The Italian team, working in conjunction with renowned rally squad Sarrazin Motorsport, headed by former Formula 1, WRC and WEC driver Stephane Sarrazin, will field an entry in the WRC2 class for Sarah Rumeau and co-driver Julie Amblard.Rumeau and Amblard’s …Keep reading

Yuki Tsunoda described the Red Bull car as “very different” to what he is used to, after an encouraging maiden test for the squad on Tuesday at Yas Marina Circuit.The Japanese was finally given a proper test in one of Red Bull’s cars during the post-season Abu Dhabi tyre test.While lap times were largely irrelevant because of the different run programmes that everyone was doing, Tsunoda said that …Keep reading

Ferrari has announced a “multi-year agreement” with Andretti Formula Racing to supply the Cadillac Formula 1 entry with power units upon its entry to the championship in 2026.The team, led by TWG Global – which recently took over the running of Andretti Global – and General Motors, was finally provisionally accepted onto the grid from 2026 by F1 last month, though full confirmation must yet be …Keep reading

Sebastian Montoya has earned a promotion to Formula 2 and will contest the 2025 season with Prema Racing, returning to the squad he last raced for in 2022.The 19-year-old son of seven-time grand prix winner Juan Pablo Montoya will partner Gabriele Mini at the Italian squad, which finished fifth in the 2024 standings.Montoya first joined Prema in 2020 to compete in Formula 4 and Formula Regional …Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux says his sights are set on scoring a maiden World Rally Championship victory next year with Hyundai after completing an emotional M-Sport farewell.Fourmaux’s anticipated move to pilot Hyundai’s third i20 N rally entry was announced last week, just days ahead of his final outing with M-Sport at the Monza Rally Show last weekend, that celebrated Pirelli’s four-year stint as …Keep reading

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ended the last day of 2024 Formula 1 running on top at Abu Dhabi’s post-season test.While testing 2025 tyre compounds for Pirelli, Leclerc set the fastest time over Tuesday’s nine-hour test at the Yas Marina circuit that hosted the season finale two days earlier.In the cooler afternoon conditions after sunset Leclerc clocked a 1m23.510s to go top, completing 134 …Keep reading