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Honda is pushing Red Bull to give Yuki Tsunoda a test run in its Formula 1 car to show what he can do.The Japanese manufacturer has long backed Tsunoda’s career, and its partnership with Red Bull has been instrumental in him having a seat at juniorAlphaTauri/RB squad since 2021.But despite showing some decent flashes of speed during his spell at the Faenza-based outfit, Red Bull has never been …Keep reading

Max Verstappen edged Mercedes driver George Russell to 2024 Formula United States sprint pole by just 0.012-seconds, with GPS trace data revealing that his approach to just one critical corner made the difference.The result meant Verstappen claimed his first qualifying triumph — remember that sprints do not count towards official pole tally statistics — since he topped GP qualifying in …Keep reading

Qualifying was also wet for Coppa Shell + 488, the rain twice bringing a halt to the sessions with a flooded track. The first to set off from the pitlane were the Ferrari 488 competitors.Qwin Wietlisbach (CDP – D&C Racing) set the fastest time in 2m00.983s, which was half a second quicker than the German Schoemer. Wietlisbach was the only man to get under the 2m01s mark, but the times were all …Keep reading

Lance Stroll is the first person to admit his sense of style has come a long way since he joined the Formula 1 grid almost a decade ago. The 25-year-old Aston Martin Racing driver, whose resume includes three podiums from more than 160 race starts, was a self-confessed “sweatpants and t-shirt guy” in the early years of his career. Although he’s still a fan of relaxed silhouettes and …Keep reading

McLaren’s decision not to introduce a new floor design for the United States Grand Prix was made to assess its other new components without “any confusion”.The Woking team brought a revised front wing and front suspension package, in addition to a series of changes to its rear brake duct furniture and rear wing.However, McLaren stopped short of introducing a new floor design that has been in …Keep reading

Abt Audi driver Kelvin van der Linde moved into the lead of the championship with victory in the penultimate DTM race of 2024 at Hockenheim, as Mirko Bortolotti could only salvage fifth place.Starting from pole position, van der Linde was able to outduel Winward Mercedes driver Lucas Auer to claim his third victory of the season and overturn a 12-point deficit to Bortolotti into a two-point …Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo’s final Formula 1 race weekend could have been handled in a better way, his former RB team has admitted.The Australian was dropped by RB after the Singapore Grand Prix in favour of Liam Lawson, as the squad wants to evaluate the New Zealander’s potential to see if he could be a candidate for Red Bull in 2025 or 2026.But although the decision to make the driver switch was made …Keep reading

Thierry Neuville has explained his two off-track excursions that cost the World Rally Championship title favourite the lead at the Central European Rally. The Hyundai driver started Saturday with a 6.4s lead over Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier before two spins on stage 11 dropped him to fourth, behind rivals Ogier, Ott Tanak and Elfyn Evans, 33.6s in arrears.The two errors could impact the WRC title …Keep reading

The first Ferrari Challenge qualifying run of the day for the Coppa Shell AM grouping took place under mainly appalling weather conditions, with the pouring rain making it a complicated session, which was interrupted to allow the track to dry out.A few minutes into the session, Race Direction put the red flags out after two Ferrari 296s (one of which the #171 of frontrunner Andrea Levy) ended up …Keep reading

Maverick Vinales did not shy away from the hand gesture he made at a motionless Marco Bezzecchi following the pair’s high-speed crash in the latter stages of Saturday’s sprint race at the Australian Grand Prix.The factory Aprilia rider had qualified third on the grid for the Phillip Island race but was unable to maintain his position at the start, losing several places to eighth, a position he …Keep reading