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Alpine Formula 1 advisor Flavio Briatore thinks the team’s fortunes suffered in recent years because the wrong management was in place.Speaking for the first time in public about his vision for the squad and verdict on why Renault’s works team has slipped down the order, Briatore pointed to prior leadership being to blame.And this factor he says is one of the chief reasons that he made a quick …Keep reading

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has given an insight into his relationship with Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen after revealing he failed to lure the Dutchman from his Formula 1 rivals.Wolff explained ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix that he had continued to hold meetings with Verstappen’s father Jos and manager Raymond Vermeulen over the summer in the hope of signing him to become Lewis …Keep reading

Christian Horner has launched a staunch defence of Red Bull’s decision to retain Sergio Perez for the remainder of the 2024 season – insisting the team has “the two best drivers” for the current car.With team-mate Max Verstappen leading the drivers’ championship and despite Horner admitting Perez has been stuck in a “spiral” amid recent struggles, the team stuck by the Mexican and threw its …Keep reading

Alpine’s announcement that it will promote Jack Doohan to a Formula 1 race seat in 2025 leaves just three cockpits available on next year’s grid.But in reality, there are not that many options available for drivers still trying to secure their futures, because in all likelihood there is just one vacancy left completely open.While Mercedes, RB and Sauber/Audi have yet to officially confirm …Keep reading

Erik Jones needs a win to qualify for this year’s NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. He, along with more than 20 other drivers, has just two weeks to grab four remaining spots. It’s a result of modern NASCAR’s cutthroat championship format, where no driver can win the title before the last lap of the year.  Jones sits a distant 27th in points after a growing season with his team, Legacy Motor …Keep reading

Michael McDowell beat teammate Todd Gilliland to pole position at with a lap of 49.136s around the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Both drivers are facing a must-win situation and led a legion of Fords at the front of the field.For McDowell, it was his fourth pole of the season and his third on a drafting track. He had zero poles in the previous 16 years of his Cup career, now making the most of FRM’s …Keep reading

According to recent paleontological studies, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was not a fast creature, with a maximum running speed potentially as slow as 10 m.p.h. Rexy, the current points leader in IMSA’s GTD Pro field, is much much quicker. Rexy, bright green, with a toothy grill for a mouth and teensy arms on the door panels, is a Porsche 911 GT3 R—or, as he’s affectionately called, a 911 GT3 …Keep reading

Good. Right now, it really seems the multi-team scrap for victories that Formula 1 was enjoying before the 2024 summer break has been preserved. That’s even with a series of new parts arriving on cars across the grid.Mercedes led the way on the opening day of practice for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix thanks to George Russell’s headline effort, with McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris …Keep reading

Heading into Daytona, the points battle around the few remaining spots in the playoffs is incredibly close. Martin Truex Jr. enters the weekend in the safest position, 77 points ahead of the cut-line. His Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Ty Gibbs is in an okay spot unless misfortune befalls him at 39 points up. But the battle between Chris Buescher, Ross Chastain and Bubba Wallace is far from over …Keep reading

Mercedes set the pace in Friday practice at a windy Zandvoort circuit, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finishing first and third respectively. They were separated by Oscar Piastri in the best of the McLarens.Championship leader and home favourite Max Verstappen was fifth for Red Bull.What time does qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix will begin …Keep reading