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After narrowly missing out on the World Rally Championship manufacturers’ title to Toyota, Hyundai has changed its strategy for 2025 by employing a full-time third car driver it hopes can deliver the prize.  Adrien Fourmaux is the driver tasked with the honour of piloting a third factory Hyundai i20 N Rally1 in next season’s expanded 14-round calendar, in a move that team principal Cyril …Keep reading

Haas boss Ayao Komatsu said he was completely in the dark about the way that Esteban Ocon’s first run for his team in the post-season Abu Dhabi test was used as leverage against the French driver.The Japanese had agreed with Alpine team principal Oliver Oakes several weeks ago to be allowed to get hold of Ocon for next week’s tyre test at the Yas Marina circuit in a bid to give him a head start …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton became the most successful Formula 1 driver in history because of a complete belief in his own abilities.This conviction is something I’ve seen him carry from the moment I first met him at his house in Stevenage more than 25 years ago, when he was just a young karter setting his sights on making it all the way to the top.So Hamilton’s remarks in Qatar last weekend, amid another …Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen will join BMW to race its M Hybrid V8 LMDh car next year after departing the Haas Formula 1 team.The announcement made on the eve of his final race for Haas in Abu Dhabi did not stipulate which series Magnussen will contest as a factory driver for BMW, which has a presence in the World Endurance Championship and North America’s IMSA SportsCar Championship with the WRT and RLL …Keep reading

Adrien Fourmaux will join Hyundai to pilot its third entry on a full-time basis in the World Rally Championship next year.The five-time WRC podium finisher’s future has been the subject of speculation having been linked to a move from M-Sport-Ford to the Korean marque for several months.Fourmaux and co-driver Alex Coria will form part of an experienced driver line-up that includes newly-crowned …Keep reading

It’s hard to find a driver who had a better season than Abbi Pulling. The 21-year-old Briton burst onto the scene earlier this year winning 7 of the first 11 races in the all-female F1 Academy, wrapping up her driver’s championship this past weekend in Qatar before the series finale in Abu Dhabi this weekend. As if that wasn’t enough, Pulling made history in May by becoming the first woman to …Keep reading

Ferrari arrived in Qatar with its experimental floor in tow once more, fitting it on Charles Leclerc’s car for first free practice with Carlos Sainz having initially run it in Las Vegas.Whilst it had been assumed that the truncated practice running of a sprint weekend would result in the floor being installed for a few runs and then hurriedly pushed aside until Abu Dhabi, it actually remained on …Keep reading

Much has changed since Seb Priaulx last raced a Ford Mustang, the model he will contest as a member of the works GTD Pro squad in next year’s IMSA SportsCar Championship. Rewind back to 2020, and a 19-year-old Priaulx was embarking on his first year of racing in the US and just his second in sportscars, after a breakout British GT campaign in 2019 almost netted the title in the Mustang GT4’s …Keep reading

There are four remaining full-time seats on the grid for the IndyCar Series 2025 season, with more than a handful of talented drivers vying for a spot. Here is a breakdown of what we’re hearing, as well as thoughts when it comes to playing the chess board of the landscape.Juncos Hollinger Racing Conor Daly, Juncos Hollinger Racing ChevroletPhoto by: Phillip Abbott / Motorsport …Keep reading

Alpine will become one of the main sponsors of Pramac when it becomes Yamaha’s new satellite team in 2025, Motorsport.com has learned.Pramac had already announced last month that Italian insurance company Prima will remain its title sponsor until the end of the 2027 season.Now, Motorsport.com can report that Prima will share the spotlight with Renault’s sportscar division Alpine, the brand …Keep reading