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Daniel Ricciardo is bringing motorsports to the small screen with the upcoming Hulu series, “Downforce.” The comedy has been likened to the early aughts Hollywood drama “Entourage” – if it were set in the Formula 1 paddock. The show was first announced in 2022 when the Hollywood Reporter confirmed Ricciardo’s foray into TV production with the half-hour scripted series, however the Australian has …Keep reading

Speaking at the recent Italian Grand Prix, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said a project is on the table for F1 to organise a rookie sprint race at the post-season Abu Dhabi test.Our F1 writers weigh up the practicalities of the proposal.Jonathan Noble – The idea’s practical issues are not insurmountableWhen talk of a rookie sprint race after the Abu Dhabi test first popped up, it seemed to be one of …Keep reading

The 2024 MotoGP season is tipping into the final third of the calendar, but there is a school of opinion that the 2025 championship is already decided.When Ducati opted for Marc Marquez’s services for the next two seasons, ahead of pace-setter Jorge Martin, and paired him with double title holder Francesco Bagnaia it tantalisingly created another dream team: arguably the greatest grand prix …Keep reading

There’s a joke that’s been going around the Formula 1 paddock since the start of the season: Britain has never had such well-kept gardens!It’s a reference to Formula 1’s ‘gardening leave’ – the informal name for that period after an employee ends his time working at a team but before he is contractually free to join someone else.After all, if someone has signed for a rival competitor, it is …Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s protege Thierry Vermeulen lost a likely DTM victory at the Sachsenring because a mechanic left a tyre on the ground in the pitlane to adjust his glasses, incurring a long-lap penalty.Emil Frey driver Vermeulen had put in a dominant performance in the second leg of the weekend, edging out Kelvin van der Linde for pole position in qualifying and then building a three-second lead …Keep reading

MotoGP will implement a new race radio communication system between race director and riders from the 2025 season, Motorsport.com can reveal.A meeting was convened by Dorna last Thursday at Misano, where the series’ promoter informed the teams about its decision to introduce radio communication in MotoGP.The system will be introduced in phases and initially only the race director will be allowed …Keep reading

Just when we thought the dust had settled on Logan Sargeant’s mid-season exit from Williams, it seems the American’s unceremonious dumping is still impacting one unexpected pocket of the F1 fanbase. For the 1.7 million people playing the F1 Fantasy game, a bizarre loophole emerged in the wake of the announcement that Sargeant would be replaced by Argentina’s Franco Colapinto for the …Keep reading

The radical World Rally Championship points system introduced this season that has divided opinion is being reviewed and could undergo a change next year.This year’s all-new points structure has proved a hot topic among competitors and fans thanks to its complexity and weighting that many feel has devalued the overall rally victory.This year, points have been split across Saturday and Sunday …Keep reading

In a year when so many Formula 1 teams have hit different upgrade problems, there is one common theme among them: car balance headaches.From Max Verstappen complaining his RB20 has turned into a ‘monster’, to Ferrari’s return of high-speed bouncing, to the Mercedes becoming nervous in qualifying and Aston Martin losing its way for a bit.Each team has experienced a near identical scenario of …Keep reading

Gabriele Mini will partner Andrea Kimi Antonelli for Prema when F2 heads to Azerbaijan this weekend after full-season driver Oliver Bearman was called up by Haas to replace Kevin Magnussen, who is serving a race ban for the weekend.The ban came after the Dane notched up 12 points on his FIA superlicence for a rolling 12-month period, making him the first driver since Romain Grosjean in 2012 to be …Keep reading