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RB looked set to be the best of the rest in Formula 1’s 2024 midfield, even overtaking Aston Martin as the fifth-fastest team. But in recent races the Anglo-Italian squad has struggled to sustain that trajectory, with its wide-ranging Barcelona upgrades sending it up the wrong path.From grabbing solid points in Monaco and Canada, RB was nowhere in Spain as both Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo …Keep reading

Aleix Espargaro feels his ‘job at Aprilia is done’ and he now wants to help Honda return to winning ways in MotoGP in his role as a test rider.Espargaro has been a key pillar of Aprilia’s MotoGP programme since 2017 and widely hailed for transforming the RS-GP from a perennial backmarker to a multiple race-winning bike.But instead of continuing his relationship with the Noale-based marque …Keep reading

Paraguay’s inclusion on the 2025 World Rally Championship calendar is likely to bolster the Rally1 field following an explosion in local interest in the category.The WRC will head to the South American nation for the first-time next year as part of multi-year agreement announced last month.Paraguay is set to complete the championship’s long-held ambition to host two rounds in the region, with …Keep reading

The 2024 Dutch GP is set to take place on the 23-25 August, where the crowd will no doubt provide a loud and vibrant atmosphere once again.  It may be even louder this year because of how competitive the leading battle is, where there have been six different winners in the opening 12 grands prix of 2024. So it may not be a foregone conclusion that home crowd favourite Max Verstappen will claim …Keep reading

Fernando Alonso believes a double-points finish at the British Grand Prix was a step “back to normality” for Aston Martin after a difficult run of results in Formula 1.The British squad had scored points in each of the first six rounds of the championship, but a comprehensive upgrade introduced for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix made the AMR24 more difficult to drive.As a result, Aston Martin only …Keep reading

Moto2 frontrunner Fermin Aldeguer is still waiting for Ducati to decide the team with which he will make his step up to MotoGP in 2025.Aldeguer had been expected to join Pramac after he signed a MotoGP contract directly with Ducati at the start of his third season in Moto2.But Pramac’s decision to break a long association with Ducati and join the Yamaha fold next year has complicated matters for …Keep reading

The Sauber Formula 1 team has hired a senior figure from Mercedes to bolster its management team ahead of Audi’s official takeover.Sauber has poached Stefan Strahnz from Mercedes for the newly created position of Programme Director, which will see him report directly to team CEO Andreas Seidl.Strahnz, who left his role at Mercedes at the end of June, will join the Swiss-based team on 1 October.At …Keep reading

Adrian Newey and Red Bull have unveiled the RB17 hypercar that the famed Formula 1 designer has been producing with the team’s Advanced Technologies division.Revealed in a display at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the RB17 has changed significantly since the project was first announced publicly in June 2022.The main change concerns the engine, which is now a 4.5-litre V10 instead of an …Keep reading

Toyota driver Mike Conway has conceded that there are “still a few unknowns” ahead of his return to the cockpit at this weekend’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round.The Briton stressed that only after his first laps in opening free practice on Friday morning ahead of the Sao Paolo 6 Hours will he have the final validation of his fitness as he recovers from the injuries that ruled …Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier will make a return to the World Rally Championship in Latvia after being declared fit to compete following a reconnaissance crash that ruled him out of Poland.The eight-time world champion and co-driver Vincent Landais escaped serious injury after being involved in road traffic accident while preparing pacenotes ahead of Rally Poland last month.Ogier spent a night in hospital …Keep reading