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Hyundai’s Ott Tanak drew first blood as the 2025 non-hybrid World Rally Championship Rally1 cars and new tyre supplier Hankook made their competitive debut in Monte Carlo.The 3.28km Route de la Garde stage offered the first opportunity for the crews to compete against each other in the less powerful but 87-kilo lighter and more agile Rally1 cars.It also provided the first barometer for …Keep reading

Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes has insisted 2025 rookie Jack Doohan will get a “fair chance” to impress despite the team signing the more experienced Franco Colapinto as a reserve driver.Over the summer Doohan was announced as Esteban Ocon’s replacement for the 2025 season, with the Australian handed an early debut in the Abu Dhabi season finale as part of his preparation for a full …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has labelled his Ferrari Formula 1 testing debut “one of the best feelings of my life” after completing 30 laps at Fiorano.Having spent two days getting up to speed with his new team in Maranello, Hamilton boarded the 2023 Ferrari SF-23 on a cold and foggy morning at the Scuderia’s private test track for his first laps in a Ferrari F1 car.Despite the poor weather, hundreds …Keep reading

The McLaren M23 should be regarded as one of the all-time great Formula 1 cars. It has to be with three world titles – two drivers’ and one constructors’ — and 16 grand prix victories over a world championship career spanning a remarkable six seasons. That longevity makes it a kind of bridge between eras, not least because in its dotage the Cosworth-powered machine set a young Brazilian by …Keep reading

Oliver Turvey has been signed to Williams’ Formula 1 team as a test and development driver to assist with the Grove squad’s progress on its new simulator package.The Briton switches to Williams after holding a similar role for McLaren for over 15 years, and had tested multiple times over that span with the Woking squad alongside other racing activities. Alongside his motorsport …Keep reading

Three-cylinder engines are on their way to European single-seaters for 2025, and it looks as though there is every chance that they will revitalise a much-loved category.Since the demise of the FIA’s old Formula 3 European Championship at the end of 2018, when the ‘F3’ title was given by the governing body to the GP3 Series, the old philosophy of F3 cars has raced on in the Euroformula …Keep reading

The fans outside Ferrari’s test track in Fiorano had been there long before dawn. Some had scaled the security fencing, others had brought stepladders and pulled away at the green netting that had been installed to keep out prying eyes and camera lenses.At one point, the growing throng of Tifosi was five or six people deep, each with craned necks trying to catch a glimpse of Lewis …Keep reading

Marc Marquez feels it’s only “logical” that Francesco Bagnaia will have first say in matters at Ducati, but is confident the Borgo Panigale marque will give him equal treatment in MotoGP this year.Marquez is joining a Ducati team where team-mate Bagnaia is already the top dog, with the double champion having scored the factory’s first world titles since Casey Stoner in 2007 and helped …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has embarked on his first on-track outing with his new Ferrari team, sampling a 2022 F1 car at the team’s Fiorano test track.Seven-time world champion Hamilton took the wheel of the F1-75 on a foggy Wednesday morning as hordes of Italian tifosi flocked to Ferrari’s proprietary test venue in Maranello to spot a glimpse of their new hero.Donned in a red overall and a bright …Keep reading

Red Bull’s floor update for the 2024 United States Grand Prix came at the expense of ultimate car “potential” but removed many of the correlation and balance issues that affected its RB20, according to technical director Pierre Wache.The development direction of the RB20 hit a problematic streak at the tail end of the European season last year, culminating in a difficult Monza weekend at the …Keep reading