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Red Bull has revealed how Formula 1’s financial realities played their part in it losing key staff members like Jonathan Wheatley and Will Courtenay this year.The Milton Keynes-based squad is undergoing a period of organisational restructuring, with a number of its senior figures having accepted jobs elsewhere and set to move on.Its chief technical officer Adrian Newey is departing for Aston …Keep reading

2017 Bathurst winner, David Reynolds, was fifth during the opening laps of the 40-minute qualifying session at Mount Panorama when he lost control of the Team18 Chevrolet Camaro, crunching into the concrete wall at The Esses with 23 minutes remaining.As a result, he lost his best qualifying lap and dropped out of contention for Saturday’s Top 10 Shootout. By the end of the session, he had dropped …Keep reading

Matt Payne took provisional pole position for the Bathurst 1000 after a qualifying session of fine margins at Mount Panorama.Payne and his Grove Racing Ford streaked around the 6.213km circuit in a time of 2m05.6452s to edge out fellow Mustang pilot Cameron Waters by a scant 0.0060s.“It just seemed to hook up really nicely and it just seemed to turn really well at ‘The Grate’,” he explained …Keep reading

Toyota’s announcement of a technical partnership with Haas has inevitably triggered the idea that it could mark the first step in an official return to Formula 1.Since the Japanese manufacturer’s decision to quit grand prix racing at the end of 2009, amid the fallout of the global financial crisis and its failure to win on track, the world and series are in a very different place where competing …Keep reading

A full-size clay model of the GEN3 GR Supra Supercar has provided fans with a preview of the four V8-powered cars that will take on the Chevrolet Camaros and Ford Mustangs.The model is a derivative but not a copy of the two-seater coupe and has been built by the Melbourne-based Toyota Design Australia team.Walkinshaw Andretti United, the homologation for the Toyota Supercars project that was …Keep reading

The Haas Formula 1 team has announced a technical partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing, the motorsport division of the Japanese manufacturer.The deal will see Toyota, which is to become Haas’s ‘Official Technical Partner’, join the American-owned operation in a relationship where they will share knowledge and resources.Toyota Gazoo Racing will provide design, technical and manufacturing …Keep reading

The Round of 12 opened with another spoiler as Ross Chastain took the checkered flag at Kansas. The field then raced into Talladega where yet another non-playoff driver stole all the glory with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winning the race. This means no one got to automatically advance into the Round of 8 via a win this round, but that doesn’t mean no one is locked in.Locked in or feeling goodWilliam …Keep reading

Michael Andretti’s decision to step down from running his race team on a day-to-day basis will have no immediate bearing on its bid to join the Formula 1 grid.Motorsport.com has learned that Andretti’s Silverstone factory continues to recruit staff in a bid to have a full 2026 chassis ready before the New Year.Former F1 and IndyCar driver Andretti has built one of the most successful motorsport …Keep reading

Supercars has revealed a new season format from next year with a Finals rounding out the campaign to decide the 2025 champion.The Australian series will switch to a three-stage split season, with the opening eight rounds counting for a Sprint Cup and the two endurance races determining an Enduro Cup champion, before the Finals format kicks in.There will also be a point resets, with all 10 drivers …Keep reading

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has conceded Red Bull couldn’t have been expected to keep all of its key members together amid a string of high-profile departures in recent weeks.Off the back of designer Adrian Newey announcing his exit in May – and since signing for Aston Martin – Red Bull will also see sporting director Jonathan Wheatley leave for Sauber/Audi and head of strategy Will …Keep reading