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After 110 grand prix starts and 16 podium finishes, McLaren driver Norris won his maiden F1 race on Sunday after he benefitted from a safety car period following a collision between Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Williams driver Logan Sargeant.Norris was running fourth when his main rivals began to make their first and only pitstops, which they made before the safety car was deployed.The McLaren …Keep reading

Marcos has been Leclerc’s race engineer since he joined from Sauber at the start of 2019, getting the role after his working as a factory-based engineer when Carlo Santi had been race engineer for Leclerc’s predecessor Kimi Raikkonen in 2018.This followed long-time Ferrari driver coach and esteemed race engineer Jock Clear working to implement Leclerc’s engineering team for his first season with …Keep reading

On just his third lap of the session, Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, putting him just 0.121s clear of the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in which Fuoco had topped Thursday’s earlier FP1.Fuoco also set his time in the early minutes of the 90-minute session, and neither would be bettered – although Alex Lynn came close aboard the sole Chip Ganassi …Keep reading

Zarco raged at chief FIM steward Freddie Spencer following last month’s Spanish GP after a collision with Aleix Espargaro late in the race.The French rider’s frustrations at the stewards’ processes – among other things – led to a fiery outburst in race control, before telling the media that he felt Spencer was not right for his job.On Thursday ahead of this weekend’s French GP, Zarco …Keep reading

This weekend marks the start of the traditional gravel rally season welcoming the strongest Rally1 field of the season to date, comprising five previous Portugal winners.Toyota has elected to field both its part-time drivers in the same event for the first time, with reigning world champion Kalle Rovanpera, a two-time Portugal winner (2022, 2023), alongside Sebastien Ogier, who has triumphed on an …Keep reading

With NES openly blaming marshals, theories on social media insist that NES never had enough marshals in the first place, which led the series to react with a second statement, doubling down on its position.As if the NLS-NES-situation is not complex and controversial enough, the latest cancellation of the NES2 round on 4 May adds more fuel to the fire, with the AvD-led Nurburgring Endurance Serie …Keep reading

Michael Andretti’s face of thunder as he stormed down to the Porsche garage was just as memorable as the celebrations that soon followed after Jake Dennis secured his maiden Formula E title in London last season.The incident that prompted such rage from the founder of the Andretti Formula E team had centred around Porsche factory driver Pascal Wehrlein’s tactics at a crucial moment of the …Keep reading

The WRC is currently gripped by discussions over the technical rules for next year after teams strongly opposed the FIA’s proposal to make changes to Rally1 and Rally2 cars in a bid to boost entry numbers at events.The FIA intends to remove hybrid power from Rally1 cars and further reduce the performance of the vehicles by modifying the rear wing and the air restrictor. The WRC manufacturers …Keep reading

Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com during last weekend’s third Miami GP at the Hard Rock Stadium, Epp said that the advent of a third grand prix in America – last November’s Las Vegas GP – expands the scope to distinguish them from one another.As a result, this means they can differentiate themselves – rather than be in competition with each other – and pursue their own types of …Keep reading

Ricciardo endured a tough start to the 2024 season, being outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening race while struggling to get comfortable aboard the VCARB01.The Australian’s difficulties dashed the momentum of him being considered for a 2025 Red Bull seat, but in recent races, he has been working his way back to competitiveness.In China, following a requested chassis change …Keep reading