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Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says Williams’ James Vowles “could have done without” his blunt evaluation of Mick Schumacher.Mercedes reserve Schumacher was in the frame to replace ousted Logan Sargeant from this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix onwards, as was Red Bull reserve Liam Lawson.With Red Bull wanting to be able to recall Lawson should it require his services on short notice, Vowles …Keep reading

Nuburgring has announced that it has agreed a contract for 2025 with VLN for the NLS series.The exact dates for its 2025 season will be communicated at a later date, but according to information from Motorsport.com’s sister website Motorsport-Total.com, there will be no more races in November next year.“With the early agreement, the VLN as the organizer of the Nürburgring Endurance Series and …Keep reading

Toyota is aiming for damage limitation in this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship as it aims to keep its title chances alive.The Japanese manufacturer doesn’t expect a repeat of its victory last time out in the WEC at Interlagos in July and is bracing itself for a “challenging weekend” on the Circuit of The Americas, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical …Keep reading

Marc Marquez has never been better-placed to claim a maiden MotoGP win as a Ducati rider than this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix.Marquez has walked the top step of the rostrum five times at MotorLand Aragon with Honda, meaning a victorious Prosecco spray for a third of all MotoGP grands prix to have been held at the sprawling Spanish circuit.After clocking the best lap times in both Friday sessions …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton set the pace for Mercedes in Friday practice for the Italian Grand Prix, but he was only 0.003s faster than Lando Norris in the McLaren.Championship leader and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen ended up an unrepresentative 14th.What time does qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix will begin at 3pm local time (+2  GMT) on Saturday at …Keep reading

If Will Power is going to win a third IndyCar Series championship, it’ll have to happen by overcoming an decent points deficit.With three rounds to go, beginning with this weekend’s doubleheader at The Milwaukee Mile, the 43-year-old Aussie trails championship leader Alex Palou by 54 points. If Palou adds even one point to that total after Sunday, he becomes the first back-to-back series …Keep reading

Count Linus Lundqvist and Graham Rahal among those eagerly anticipating getting on-track this weekend in IndyCar’s return to The Milwaukee Mile.And while some of that comes down to the fact IndyCar last competed at the historic venue in 2015, the other part of that is due to the intense side-by-side battles witnessed at a similar, relatively flat track just two weeks ago at Gateway. The race at …Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular 45G crash at Parabolica may not have been what Mercedes wanted, but his brief outing has actually served to further convince the team about his brilliance.In fact, digging into the data of his handful of laps and trying to get to the bottom of how he ended up losing control at the final corner of the Monza track has highlighted both his tremendous natural …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton led FP2 for the Italian GP, 0.003s ahead of Lando Norris, while a Max Verstappen Parabolica slip and then a mid-session stoppage kept Red Bull outside top 10.FP2 was halted for over 10 minutes through the start of the second half of the one-hour session due to Kevin Magnussen crashing his Haas at the second Lesmo.In the early stages on the medium tyres, the home crowd enjoyed …Keep reading

The € 21m upgrade to the Monza circuit was a key talking point ahead of Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix – but now we’ve had the chance to see the real impact of those controversial kerb changes from trackside.Motorsport.com headed to the famous Ascari chicane to see how the cars were taking the three-part sequence that leads onto Monza’s back straight now its kerbs have been lowered and …Keep reading