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The race organiser is confident that there will be significant take-up of the rules it is putting in place for the carbon-neutral fuel.According to club president Pierre Fillon, there will be at least one hydrogen prototype on the grid for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship in 2028 and “two or three the year after, or maybe more”.“We have been working on hydrogen since …Keep reading

Newey is set to leave Red Bull after an extremely successful 18-year stint at the team, designing the cars that propelled Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to multiple world championships.But amid political unrest at Red Bull, an investigation into Christian Horner that was dismissed and a “whole host of other reasons”, Newey has decided to walk away from the Milton Keynes-based team, shifting …Keep reading

The entry list for Formula E’s Berlin double-header wasn’t short of new names, as the World Endurance Championship’s Spa clash last weekend offered the chance for some fresh faces to make their mark. While the likes of Formula 2 frontrunner Paul Aron was getting his first taste of racing in the all-electric championship, save for a 30-minute session in Misano last month, his team-mate across …Keep reading

O’Neill, who held the roles of sporting director and team manager at Haas in F1 from 2014-17, steps into a newly created role by JHR and will work alongside current team manager David Morgan.O’Neill first worked in F1 by spending seven years at Jordan, fulfilling the roles of team manager and chief mechanic. He was then drafted in to set up the Virgin/Marussia team, which later …Keep reading

The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary.Aston Martin and partner team Heart of Racing announced one-car programmes with the Valkyrie for both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship last October, but since then it has emerged that the WEC …Keep reading

Bastianini’s two-year contract with Ducati expires at the conclusion of the 2024 season and the Italian marque is yet to decide who will partner Francesco Bagnaia at its works team in 2025.Although the 26-year-old is still in the running for that coveted spot, his chances of extending his stay at the team are looking bleak due to the current success enjoyed by championship leader Jorge Martin …Keep reading

Ferrari completed an FIA test last Thursday at Fiorano to trial the second attempt at introducing spray guards to cover the wheels in the wet, in a bid to reduce the amount of spray thrown up that decreases visibility.As part of the test, Ferrari’s Fiorano test track was made wet on the straights and Charles Leclerc’s brother Arthur was sent out with the new designs, which could be modified to be …Keep reading

Abiteboul made the claims after his Hyundai team conducted computer simulations of the 2025 rules to see how removing hybrid, and modifications and air restrictor. will affect the current Rally1 car.This comes after Toyota tested a physical GR Yaris, which featured a modified rear wing, that driver Elfyn Evans described as “not so exciting”.Hyundai, Toyota and M-Sport-Ford have strongly …Keep reading

Mercedes has struggled for performance against the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren with a W15 car that both lacks downforce and has some undesirable handling characteristics baked into it.That meant the Mercedes has been tough to set up and exploit to its full potential, with the various track conditions and temperatures across the first six race weekends all causing different types of …Keep reading

Hamilton announced earlier this year that he would be leaving Mercedes at the end of this season and joining Ferrari as Charles Leclerc’s team-mate for 2025.And although Vasseur has so far, out of respect for current driver Carlos Sainz, been reluctant to talk much about Hamilton, he has now offered some background of the reasons for his determination to lure him on board.In an exclusive interview …Keep reading