December 13, 2024

Testing free agency as a Formula 1 driver can be a risky business. With so few seats available and even fewer capable of challenging for wins, choosing between seats often appears to be a stab in the dark based on faith in those leading the charge and a team’s inherent potential, leading numerous championship-worthy drivers to waste precious years behind the wheel of an uncompetitive …Keep reading

Liam Lawson could be looking at a new teammate in 2025 if paddock speculation about Sergio Perez’s career is to be believed. However, the New Zealand driver said the pressure to perform within the Red Bull family never goes away. In fact, it will likely only be heightened if Max Verstappen is on the other side of his garage next year.“You’re always being evaluated,” Lawson shared with …Keep reading

Patrick Dempsey got into racing in a big way. By 2015, he was essentially a full-time driver running the full World Endurance Championship in a Porsche 911 RSR, racking up a podium at Le Mans and a class win at Fuji that year. But, life, as it so often does, intervened. After that year, he walked away from both his career-defining role on Grey’s Anatomy and racing to focus on other projects and …Keep reading

“I saw him for about two corners and then I was trying to spot him but then I was like, ‘S***, he’s in the lead. This thing is powerful.’”Mitch Evans’s victory from last on the grid in the Formula E Sao Paulo E-Prix season-opener last weekend was certainly a surprise to the Kiwi, his Jaguar team and many others, but a close second was the impact of the new Attack Mode.Read …Keep reading

Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel has conceded it would be “impossible” for the championship to switch to a hybrid powertrain in the future.With Formula 1 leading the way with hybrid technology in single-seaters and IndyCar recently adapting its own iteration, being introduced to its intricacies at a junior level is becoming more important.Asked if F2 had considered making the change, Michel …Keep reading

Changes to the FIA statutes have been granted at the General Assembly in Rwanda, affecting the roles of the ethics and audit committees at motorsport’s governing body.Under new plans, the responsibilities of the compliance officer would mean that power would be handed over to the FIA president and the president of its senate.It would also remove the power of the audit committee to …Keep reading

Alexandre Premat hasn’t been short of rapid team-mates during a career that has sampled multiple disciplines across the world.The 2004 Macau Grand Prix winner went up against Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in GP2, finishing inside the top four both seasons, and alongside Audi colleague Mike Rockefeller saw off the challenge of Peugeot to win the Le Mans Series title in 2008. He also has …Keep reading

Rwanda has formally announced its bid to hold a Formula 1 race at a new track close to the planned Bugesera airport near Kigali.The spectacular circuit, which will make full use of the hilly terrain where it is to be constructed, is being designed by former F1 driver Alexander Wurz.AS/MS understands Wurz’s company has been working on the project with the government and local …Keep reading