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McLaren would be just a handful of points behind Red Bull in an epic 2024 Formula 1 title battle, had it avoided errors and converted lost victory chances from the campaign’s first half.Last weekend’s British Grand Prix marked the 12th of 24 races in the current season, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull leading both the championships they’ve won for the last two years, or three in the Dutchman’s …Keep reading

Aston Martin has announced that Ferrari’s former chassis technical director Enrico Cardile will join it next year as its F1 chief technical officer.Just 24 hours after Ferrari finally confirmed that Cardile was leaving, with it reported over the British Grand Prix that Aston Martin had secured his services, the timing of his move and his new role has now been revealed.Cardile now looks set to …Keep reading

Sergio Perez is under more pressure than ever to bounce back from a disastrous run of races if he wants to retain his Red Bull Formula 1 seat.With team boss Christian Horner saying it is “unsustainable” for the Mexican to continue to perform as he is right now, our writers look at the possible candidates to replace him should he lose his drive.It’s time to promote TsunodaThe F1 world tends to …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Formula 1’s British Grand Prix proved that Mercedes finally appears to be properly back in the game.For where George Russell’s triumph in Austria owed much to the race leaders crashing out, Hamilton’s Silverstone win was one based on pure pace – where it could be argued the W15 was the fastest car.Mercedes has made great progress this year and has unlocked significant …Keep reading

KTM protege Pedro Acosta has given himself a 4.5 grade out of 10 after the opening half of his rookie MotoGP season.Tech3 GasGas rider Acosta made a storming debut in MotoGP at the start of the year, as he outperformed all his KTM compatriots and finished on the podium in only his second grand prix at Portimao. Another trip to the rostrum at Austin only cemented the belief that he is a …Keep reading

The permanent win was the one on the track as he ended a frustrating 80-race winless streak by holding off Tyler Reddick to win on the 2.2-mile, 12-turn course through the Grant Park area of downtown Chicago.For the second consecutive year, the race was cut short by darkness as teams had to wait out a one hour, 45-minute rain delay in the second stage.Once again, the race saw the use of wet …Keep reading

Scott Dixon’s race was over before it even began at Mid-Ohio when his #9 Chip Ganassi-run Honda suffered a hybrid failure on the formation lap.Primed to roll off 13th on the grid and targeting a record-extending seventh win at Mid-Ohio, disaster struck the 43-year-old New Zealander when he stopped at Turn 5.Unable to move, Dixon’s car was pushed behind the wall and he was left in a fit of …Keep reading

The IndyCar Series results have been feast or famine lately for Scott McLaughlin, and on Sunday a strategy to work the overcut worked in his favor for a third-place finish at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.Starting sixth in the No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, 31-year-old McLaughlin quickly moved up one spot shortly after the start of the race by passing Marcus Ericsson at the first turn.He then opted to …Keep reading

Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano drove the No. 15 AMR Ford Mustang at the Chicago Street Course, finishing eighth in the NASCAR Xfinity race. It was the team’s first top-ten of the year.On Monday, it was announced that the team and Deegan have parted ways. She was supposed to run the entire season with AMR, but said in a statement that “our goals no longer align.”After Logano’s …Keep reading

Andretti Global team-mates Colton Herta and Marcus Ericsson found themselves flip-flopping fourth place between them in Sunday’s IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio as their tire strategies split in the closing stages.Herta started fourth ahead of Ericsson, who lost fifth place to a lunging Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) at the first corner, the Kiwi then also trying his luck to pass Herta on the outside …Keep reading