February 4, 2025

NASCAR, in a way, is taking notes from F1’s old playbook. The American stock car series recently renewed its long-standing partnership with Comcast, and as part of the new deal, the sanctioning body is introducing the ‘Xfinity Fastest Lap’ point.As it stands, the driver and team who secures the fastest race lap during any given points-paying race will be awarded the “bonus point.” The rule …Keep reading

You’ve no doubt come across RACEWKND, the art-book-slash-magazine where each issue carries a satisfying heft and a specific theme: say, the Miami GP’s inaugural race or F1 in the 1970’s. Now, the team behind those all-too-periodic periodicals is back with something new and, thankfully, more regular: a quarterly magazine called RQ1. “Each issue of RACEWKND is a deep dive into a single topic …Keep reading

Sauber is set to establish a United Kingdom base as it prepares to morph into the Audi Formula 1 factory team in 2026.The team’s headquarters will remain in the Swiss municipality of Hinwil, while running its power unit operation in Neuburg, Germany.But it will now open a third location in the UK’s ‘motorsport valley’, which covers England’s South East and Midlands regions where …Keep reading

Sauber opening a technical centre for Audi’s coming Formula 1 entry appears to solve one big headache for the nascent project, while also drawing new parallels with rival squad, Haas.The news that Sauber is now searching for premises on which to open its ‘Sauber Motorsport Technology Centre UK’ means it is primarily hoping to attract F1 staff based in the United Kingdom, while also …Keep reading

Haas will continue to work in Ferrari’s Formula 1 wind tunnel despite signing a high-profile technical partnership with Toyota last year.Although Toyota’s F1 team came and went expensively during the 2000s without securing a single victory, its wind tunnel in Cologne was once considered so cutting edge that other F1 outfits used it in preference to their own. However, Haas has decided …Keep reading

The FIA has changed its stance by imposing stricter tests on F1’s controversial flexing wings to avoid the topic causing more drama over the 2025 Formula 1 season, but by delaying their introduction it is guaranteed to remain a talking point.Until late last season, the FIA’s single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis said the FIA was satisfied with the current – if admittedly imperfect – static …Keep reading

MotoGP will host its first full-fledged pre-season test of 2025 at the Sepang International Circuit outside Kuala Lumpur on 5-7 February. The series had already organised a shakedown at the same venue last week, but only test riders, rookies and race riders from Yamaha and Honda were allowed to take part in that three-day event.As such, this week’s test marks the first opportunity for …Keep reading

Two-time Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne has warned of potential unintended consequences as the all-electric championship launches its Pit Boost next week at the Jeddah E-Prix.Formula E introduced a raft of updates to its sporting and technical regulations this season, unveiling its Gen3 Evo. The car uses softer Hankook rubber and is equipped with four-wheel drive, which is used during …Keep reading