January 14, 2025

Ed Hemsworth strides through the Red Bull Racing hospitality unit on a chilly Las Vegas night, blending seamlessly into the polo-clad army of mechanics, engineers and executives who make up one of the most successful teams in the history of Formula 1. But Hemsworth’s role — Race Parts and Lifing Controller — is a linchpin, an invisible yet indispensable thread that ties the factory to the …Keep reading

Don’t expect Kyle Larson to pound endless laps testing an Indy car ahead of this year’s 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 25. A year ago, the California native spared no expense in preparation for his maiden attempt at “The Double”: running the Indy 500 and the 600-mile NASCAR Cup Series race at Charlotte on the same Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend (a joint effort with Arrow …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project. Xavier Marcos is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after seven years at the Scuderia.The Spaniard was a …Keep reading

Trackhouse Racing has become the first team to reveal its new bike for the 2025 MotoGP season.The American squad took the covers off its satellite Aprilia RS-GP bikes in a special ceremony at its headquarters in the US, where its new Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the NASCAR Cup series was also displayed.The team has ditched the design it used in the second half of 2024 in favour of a …Keep reading

Santino Ferrucci’s skill set has noticeably evolved in the last few years, and it’s not just owed to his time in the IndyCar series, or even overseas. The 26-year-old will tell you his offseason pursuits on dirt have really broadened his abilities, which translated into some incredible fights to top finishes in the 2024 season. It’s that progression that continues to entice the young driver to …Keep reading

Lamborghini youngster Luca Engstler couldn’t walk without a wheelchair in the aftermath of his 230km/h crash in the Macau GT in November.Engstler ran wide at the exit of the Mandarin Bend in qualifying for the FIA World Cup at the Guia Circuit, with his Lamborghini Huracan GT3 spinning around and slamming hard into the wall at the other side of the track.The 24-year-old fell unconscious …Keep reading

A podium sweep, a first-time rookie winner and a team that had not existed until weeks before the first round breaking through against the category’s giants. There was no shortage of feel-good stories following American Spirit Team Johansson driver Ryan Hunter-Reay’s victory in what turned out to be the final CART race of 2003 at Surfers Paradise.But a race that is today viewed as the end …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and now Oliver Bearman – the most recent Formula 1 drivers to have opened the Autosport International Show.In cutting the red ribbon to allow the public access to the 2025 show last Saturday, Haas rookie Bearman closed a remarkably fast circle of single-seater career progression. For as his now F1 rivals Leclerc and Norris were opening ASI 2020 (and in the …Keep reading

Many believe that Gigi Dall’Igna is not very aware of what’s coming his way. Despite his eminently technical vocation, his position as general manager of Ducati means that his sphere of influence is not limited exclusively to the design of the Desmosedici, the most dominant prototype in MotoGP history.His voice was also decisive in the decision to let Jorge Martin go and incorporate Marc …Keep reading

Mahindra team principal Fred Bertrand says the outfit “is committed to Formula E”, despite the Indian manufacturer having yet to formally decide on its future in the all-electric championship.Mahindra has been part of Formula E since the championship’s inception back in 2014, during which time it has taken five victories and finished a season-best of third in the 2015-16 teams’ …Keep reading