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Max Verstappen is not fully appreciated by outsiders and has been unfairly demonized by ‘nationalistic’ Formula 1 television coverage by Sky, reckons design legend Adrian Newey.In a wide-ranging interview with Jake Humphrey’s popular High Performance podcast reflecting on his time at Red Bull, Newey offered some fascinating insights into Verstappen’s character.He also opened up on some …Keep reading

Formula 2 title contender Gabriel Bortoleto has emerged as the frontrunner to land the second Sauber seat in 2025 if the squad opts to pursue the young driver route.The Brazilian, who won the FIA F3 title in 2023,  is coming on the back of an encouraging F2 campaign where he has taken two feature race victories and is currently second in the standings. He is just 10.5 points behind championship …Keep reading

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has shown interest in purchasing a team in MotoGP, claims Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei.It was announced in April that Liberty would acquire 86% of the shares of Dorna Sports, the Spanish company which has owned MotoGP since 1992.The deal was valued at $4.2billion, with the remaining stake staying with MotoGP management and in August Liberty …Keep reading

Toyota needs to have at least three full-time drivers contesting the 2025 World Rally Championship, according to team principal Jari-Matti Latvala.His comments followed a difficult weekend at the Acropolis Rally, where Latvala admitted that the team’s drivers’ and manufacturers’ title were “pretty much gone” following a 1-2-3 for rivals Hyundai.Reflecting on the way the title race has …Keep reading

FIM’s Grand Prix Commission is set to approve a freeze to engine development in MotoGP until the new regulations come into force in 2027.Motorsport.com has learned the GPC aims to ratify this change at its next meeting, provisionally scheduled in the run-up to the next round of the season in Misano.However, the two Japanese manufacturers, Honda and Yamaha – which currently benefit from the …Keep reading

Alan Rees had the distinction of helping to found two Formula 1 teams, and was one of the earliest employees of a third. The Briton, who has died aged 86 after a long illness, was a partner in both March and Arrows, which entered the grand prix arena in 1970 and ’78 respectively. In between times, he was recruited by Shadow to put together its UK operation for an F1 entry in 1973.Although he had …Keep reading

Toyota has elected to replace Takamoto Katsuta with protege Sami Pajari for the next round of the World Rally Championship in Chile later this month.This is part of a decision to hand Finnish duo Pajari and co-driver Enni Malkonen a further two WRC Rally1 outings in Chile and at the following Central European Rally after impressing to finish fourth on their top-flight debut in Finland last …Keep reading

Team Mugen’s association with Red Bull in Super Formula is set to come to a conclusion at the end of the 2024 season, Motorsport.com has learned.Red Bull and Honda have collaborated with each other’s junior schemes since the two entities came together in Formula 1 when the energy drink giant’s second team, then known as Toro Rosso, took the Japanese manufacturer’s engines in 2018.With …Keep reading

Honda and Alpine have been found to be in procedural breach of Formula 1’s power unit cost cap by the FIA, although it has been made clear neither overspent.Motor racing’s governing body announced on Wednesday morning that it had completed its administration process in evaluating the cost cap of all the current teams and engine manufacturers up until the end of 31 December 2023.It stated that …Keep reading

Norman Nato will return to the Nissan Formula E team for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign, replacing Sacha Fenestraz.The Frenchman has rejoined the Japanese manufacturer after just one season with Andretti where he scored a single podium in Shanghai and finished 15th in the drivers’ standings, with his spot in the American team taken by Nico Muller.The 32-year-old previously raced for Nissan during …Keep reading