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The Monza Rally Show will return this year with World Rally Championship teams and drivers set to attend the event at the famous Italian circuit.The event will celebrate Pirelli’s four-year stint as the WRC’s sole tyre supplier with the championship set to welcome Korean tyre manufacturer Hankook as its control tyre from next season.Pirelli will promote the 6-8 December event in conjunction with …Keep reading

In a year when the fight at the front of Formula 1 has closed up perhaps like never before, the scale of McLaren’s advantage in Singapore went against the grain.Indeed, just one weekend on from Baku, where Oscar Piastri had to fight tooth-and-nail with Charles Leclerc for a win that hung in the balance until the penultimate lap, the picture in Singapore could not have been more different.Lando …Keep reading

Rinus VeeKay is officially among those on the free agent market after confirming via social media his contract is up with Ed Carpenter Racing. While the last couple of seasons were a struggle when it came to results, this past campaign saw flashes of a resurgence for both the Dutchman and Ed Carpenter Racing. He captured a best result of fifth (Iowa, Race 1) to pair with an additional six top 10s …Keep reading

In true Formula 1 fashion, peace talks between McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner took place at *checks notes* 30,000 feet in first class of an airplane. The pair, who can maybe best be described as frenemies, boarded the same flight to the UK following Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, where they slipped into matching airline pajamas and buried the hatchet over the …Keep reading

Parity has always been the goal in the Next Gen era, and as a result, dominant performances like the one we saw last weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway have become a rarity. Kyle Larson moved ahead pole-sitter Alex Bowman just 33 laps into the race and never looked back.He was never passed under green-flag conditions again and dominated the remainder of the race. Larson’s victory was unlike …Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo was set to secure Yamaha’s best MotoGP result of 2024 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix until running out of fuel with two corners to go.Having qualified an encouraging ninth on a weekend when he was the sole representative for Yamaha, Quartararo showed solid pace and capitalised on crashes ahead of him to run fifth as the Misano race neared its conclusion.But with the chequered …Keep reading

Proceedings in Singapore were not quite as compelling compared to those in Azerbaijan a week ago. There was no battle for the lead, nor was there a real three-team battle at the front; instead, this was a championship big-picture race.Lando Norris put the field to the sword, but Max Verstappen gamely mitigated the damage to his championship lead – and then said little about it afterwards as he …Keep reading

The long-awaited IndyCar charter system has been established and confirmed, with 10 teams accepting the terms in the charter. The new system that has been accepted will see charters for 25 entries in North America’s premier open-wheel racing series, effective immediately. “This is an important development that demonstrates an aligned and optimistic vision for the  future of our sport,” …Keep reading

His demeanour at the end of the Singapore GP – not to mention the rumours linking Liam Lawson with his seat – left F1 media in little doubt that the Marina Bay event could be Daniel Ricciardo’s final race.But if that’s the case, is it fair or is Red Bull making the wrong decision?Our writers offer their views.His time in F1 is up – Ben HuntSadly, despite being one for characters in Formula 1, I …Keep reading

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes his Red Bull Formula 1 rival Christian Horner is just “stirring sh*t up” by namechecking George Russell as a future Red Bull option.Red Bull’s long-term driver line-up has been one of the main conversation topics over the Singapore weekend, with Daniel Ricciardo expected to be replaced ahead of Austin’s US Grand Prix by reserve driver Liam Lawson at Red …Keep reading