January 27, 2025

The five big takeaways from the WRC Rally Monte Carlo

The 2025 World Rally Championship season is well and truly underway with last weekend’s season opener in Monte Carlo already offering a glimpse into what lies ahead.There is always an air of excitement and anticipation before the start of a new season, and last week the levels were raised given the unpredictability as to who would adapt to the new 2025 regulations the best.‘Monte …Keep reading

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Newey expects F1 2026 to be engine-dominated

Adrian Newey thinks Formula 1’s all-new technical regulations for 2026 may well lead to an engine-dominated series for the first few seasons, drawing parallels with 2014.Newey, who will join the Aston Martin team as managing technical partner in March, believes there is a “big chance” one of the engine manufacturers designing the more hybrid-oriented power units will steal a march on the rest …Keep reading

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Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy students to be unveiled at Autosport Awards

Williams team principal James Vowles will take to the stage at the Autosport Awards later this month to showcase the 10 candidates who have been selected as the first cohort of the Komatsu-Williams Engineering Academy.The programme was launched last season, with the aim of attracting new and previously untapped talent from around the world.A launch event was staged on the rooftop of the …Keep reading

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Corey LaJoie will attempt the Daytona 500 — and take on a new broadcast role, too

After much speculation and intrigue, Corey LaJoie has finally revealed his 2025 plans. LaJoie joins an impressive list of open entries who will attempt to make the 67th running of the Daytona 500 next month — part of a partial season schedule he’ll drive with Rick Ware Racing.Lajoie has run eight straight at Daytona (with a fourth-place finish last year), though this will mark the first …Keep reading

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Mercedes reveals F1 2025 car launch date

Mercedes will unveil its 2025 Formula 1 car on 24 February, two days before pre-season testing commences in Bahrain.The W16 will be the team’s first car since the 2012 W03 not to be raced by Lewis Hamilton, as it prepares for a season with its new line-up of George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli.Motorsport.com had previously reported that the Brackley-based outfit would not be …Keep reading

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Why Red Bull remains skeptical about its F1 development tools

Between the ever-finer margins separating the Formula 1 grid and relying on an older wind tunnel, Red Bull knows it is not out of the woods yet as it tackles its development issues.To some degree Red Bull’s car balance problems that helped derail its 2024 constructors’ title bid coincided with correlation issues, with the team struggling to get the real world results to match up with the data …Keep reading

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Rovanpera: Difficult WRC Monte Carlo opener “not a total disaster”

Kalle Rovanpera described his recovery to fourth in Monte Carlo as “not a total disaster” for the start of his pursuit of a third World Rally Championship title.Rovanpera has openly admitted that Monte Carlo is not among the events that suit him, but last weekend he struggled to perform to his own high standards on Hankook’s slick tyre.The Finn found himself sitting in sixth on …Keep reading

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Alpine becomes Pramac’s main partner in MotoGP

Alpine has confirmed it will team up with the Pramac MotoGP squad for the 2025 season, becoming the Italian outfit’s “main partner”.As revealed by Motorsport.com in December last year, the French marque will join forces with Pramac, which won the 2024 MotoGP riders’ championship with Jorge Martin. It meant that Pramac became the first independent team to achieve the feat since 2001 …Keep reading

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When and where is Hamilton testing next with Ferrari?

Lewis Hamilton is set to continue his acclimatisation to the Ferrari Formula 1 team at Barcelona over the next 10 days, with five days’ worth of testing on the agenda for the Scuderia.First, Ferrari will run a three-day test from 28-30 January with the SF-23 from the 2023 season, making the most of FIA’s new, more restrictive sporting regulations regarding ‘Testing of Previous Cars’ by F1 …Keep reading

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