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Roughly speaking, the distance between Misano’s Marco Simoncelli circuit and the Mandalika circuit in Indonesia is about 12,000 km (or 7,316 miles to be more precise). That is not very impressive in isolation.But the perception changes a little if we take into account all the equipment that has to be moved, including the bikes of the teams of the three categories and that of world championship …Keep reading

Callum Ilott will join Prema Racing for its debut season into the IndyCar Series in 2025, the team announced on Tuesday.The 25-year-old Briton is a veteran of 38 IndyCar starts, which feature two top five finishes during his time with Juncos Hollinger Racing. Now, he is set to return to the Prema family, having initially driven for the junior formula giant in 2017 while competing in the Formula 3 …Keep reading

A “flustered” Nico Hulkenberg’s two late errors boosted rookie Formula 1 drivers Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman, plus Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton, in unseen incidents at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix’s close.By keeping his pace high and medium tyres alive in the first stint on Sunday, Hulkenberg was eventually given a team order to move past temporary team-mate Bearman ahead, while his …Keep reading

The FIA has decided to add a fourth DRS zone to the Marina Bay circuit for Formula 1’s return to the Singapore Grand Prix.The decision comes after drivers failed to lobby the governing body to add the extra zone to boost overtaking opportunities in the race last year.Following a layout change to the circuit ahead of the 2023 event, the FIA had consulted the teams about the possible addition of the …Keep reading

Formula 3 CEO Bruno Michel has insisted it was “completely impossible” for the championship to race at this year’s Macau Grand Prix and has explained why Formula Regional is the series to fill the void.F3 cars had raced around the Guia street circuit on 38 separate occasions before this campaign but there will be no return for the machinery in the near future.On why F3 has moved away from the …Keep reading

BMW now has the “pace to fight for wins” in the World Endurance Championship with its M Hybrid V8 LMDh, WRT team boss Vincent Vosse believes.Vosse made the statement after the #15 WRT BMW shared by Marco Wittmann, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor took M Hybrid’s first WEC Hypercar class podium with second place behind Porsche in last Sunday’s Fuji 6 Hours.”We had the pace to fight the Porsche …Keep reading

Renault CEO Luca de Meo has agreed to meet employees of Alpine’s French power unit division in Viry-Chatillon as he weighs up a decision on whether to abandon its F1 engine programme.Renault is strongly considering abandoning its in-house F1 power unit programme in Viry and shifting to Alpine becoming a customer team instead for the all-new 2026 engine regulations.In July, staff at Renault’s …Keep reading

Peugeot says a double points finish in the Fuji World Endurance Championship round doesn’t mean it has made a breakthrough, as the 9X8 2024 is still “not brilliant” on pure pace.A strong final stint on fresh tyres propelled the #93 Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar of Mikkel Jensen, Nico Muller and Jean-Eric Vergne to fourth place in Sunday’s Japan event, just three seconds off the final spot on the …Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has insisted the reigning Formula 1 constructors’ championship-winning outfit must now “attack” after being leapfrogged by McLaren.Oscar Piastri’s victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, along with Lando Norris’ recovery from 15th on the grid to fourth, Sergio Perez’s late-race tangle with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen’s uncharacteristic weekend …Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles believes “you have to let good drivers race” as he weighs up working with Audi to find a permanent Formula 1 seat for Franco Colapinto.The Argentinian began the year in F2 but was promoted for the final nine F1 races to partner Alex Albon in place of Logan Sargeant, who had struggled to improve on his form from last season.Colapinto was right on the pace on his …Keep reading