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Formula 2 served up a treat with the Hungarian sprint race as drivers lined up on the grid with a mix of soft and hard tyres, but it was Richard Verschoor who mastered the madness to take his fourth career victory.Starting from pole, Trident driver Verschoor ran the harder compound, a decision that was mirrored by Kush Maini (Invicta) alongside him on the front row.Promoted to de facto third on …Keep reading

“We want it more than you can possibly imagine.” Heading into the Formula E season finale this weekend, Jaguar team principal James Barclay’s demeanour exudes calmness as his team sits on the cusp of a historic double. But underneath that calm exterior is a man who knows all too well what is at stake in London, having come so close to the ultimate success before.The statistics show that the …Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera recorded his 200th World Rally Championship stage win on his way to extending his lead at Rally Latvia on Saturday morning.The two-time world champion won three of the four morning gravel tests to increase his advantage to 34.8s.That lead was over Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier, who managed to pip local star Martins Sesks to second across the loop.Hyundai’s Ott Tanak charged from …Keep reading

Lando Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in the final Hungarian Grand Prix practice session as Oscar Piastri fell just half a tenth away from his Formula 1 team-mate.Norris put together an impressive lap to wrest top spot from George Russell by almost 0.5 seconds, amid a second set of soft-tyre runs in preparation for qualifying. The Briton’s lap subsequently withstood efforts from Piastri and Max …Keep reading

Nikita Bedrin became the 10th different race winner of the Formula 3 season with his victory in the sprint race at the Hungaroring.After starting in second, the Russian made his move on lap one, running around the outside of Prema driver Dino Beganovic at Turn 2 before completing the move at Turn 3.Although championship contending Beganovic put pressure on, an error on lap 10 forced both of the …Keep reading

Mercedes says Lewis Hamilton struggled to adapt to this current generation of Formula 1 cars and has been “working on how he drives”.The seven-time F1 world champion ended his 945-day winless run with a victory last time out in the British Grand Prix, giving premise to suggestions he has now got to grips with the ground-effect cars, which returned to F1 in 2022 as part of the new set of …Keep reading

Robin Frijns topped the second practice session for the London E-Prix as championship leader Nick Cassidy headed rivals Mitch Evans and Pascal Wehrlein.Envision’s Frijns set a 1m10.544s that left him 0.118s clear of Oliver Rowland, the Nissan driver making his return to the all-electric championship having missed both races in Portland due to illness.The second Envision of Sebastien Buemi was …Keep reading

Red Bull says “everything is open” with the driver line-up of its two Formula 1 teams after the summer break, as speculation continues to swirl around Sergio Perez.With recent disappointing performances having left Red Bull feeling that Perez’s form is “unsustainable” for the long term, the Mexican driver knows he needs to lift his game.While ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix Perez said he had no …Keep reading

Croatia will be absent from the 2025 World Rally Championship calendar, rally organisers have confirmed.As previously reported, Croatia was tipped to fall off the expected 14-round WRC schedule for next year following the addition of three new events namely the Canary Islands, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia.The WRC Promoter was in discussions to renew a deal with Croatia and a statement from the …Keep reading

Aston Martin arrived at Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix with a substantial update that it hopes will cure some handling quirks that have hurt its form recently.A previous upgrade that made its debut at Imola delivered more downforce, but also made the car nervous on the edge, which was not ideal for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll.The revisions that appeared at the Hungaroring are, according to …Keep reading