| | 1. New Time Attack competition for 1990s F1 cars launched by AGS successor16:54[-/+]Категория(?) | AGS Formule 1, which now runs a driving school and experience events, has launched the F1 '90s Time Attack Mediterranean Challenge for F1 cars built between 1986 and 2000 and 1985-2000 Formula 3000 machinery.Four rounds are planned, starting this weekend at the Historic French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard.The entry for Ricard includes two AGS chassis, a 1989 JH24 and a 1991 JH25, driven respectively ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
2. Red Bull in no rush to finalise 2025 F1 line-up16:19[-/+]Категория(?) | Red Bull already has Max Verstappen under contract for 2025, while Perez has impressed in the opening part of the 2024 season to ensure he is likely to retain his seat at the team.Perez stated on Thursday that, given the dynamic nature of the 2025 driver market, he expected "to know my future in the coming weeks, because everything is moving quite fast. So I think it's important not to wait for ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
3. Oliveira reckons MotoGP “looks too easy” on TV now15:35[-/+]Категория(?) | Oliveira was speaking of his experiences at Trackhouse Racing’s NASCAR facility in Concord, North Carolina, prior to last weekend’s Americas Grand Prix.Admitting he knew very little about NASCAR prior to his visit, he says he gained a greater appreciation of the series and the intricacies of it that go far beyond drivers simply turning left.When asked about this, he noted that MotoGP could do ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
4. WEC Imola: Ye fastest to lead Ferrari 1-2 in practice15:07[-/+]Категория(?) | Ye went fastest half an hour into the first 90-minute session with a 1m31.347s aboard the customer AF Corse-run 499P Le Mans Hypercar to push the best of the works Ferraris with Anthony Fuoco at the wheel down to second position.Fuoco ended up on 1m31.503s, which gave him a margin of nearly half a second over the first non-Ferrari, the Peugeot 2024 LMH driven by Mikkel Jensen that finished on ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
5. F1 teams and Pirelli had no warning of “painted” Shanghai track surface14:33[-/+]Категория(?) | With F1 teams having done a lot of pre-event work in the simulator based on information from both Pirelli and the FIA, they were caught out when they arrived at the circuit on Wednesday by the visibly different track surface.While drivers said it looked like the track had been “painted”, it emerged that it was actually a liquid bitumen surface treatment that had been applied last year to help ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
6. Sainz will have to "survive with what we have" in F1 China sprint14:16[-/+]Категория(?) | Sainz qualified fifth and team-mate Charles Leclerc seventh as the Ferraris struggled to get their tyres warmed up in a rainy end to Friday's sprint qualifying.Leclerc went off when it started raining, bending his steering rack, which Sainz admitted could have easily happened to him too."With the intermediate tyres we waited a long time at the pitlane exit, they got cold, and then Charles and I ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
7. F1 Chinese GP sprint race and qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more13:54[-/+]Категория(?) | F1 has altered its sprint race schedule once again, with sprint race qualifying shifting to Friday and the sprint race moving to Saturday. The race weekend format then reverts back to a traditional schedule for grand prix qualifying on Saturday afternoon with the grand prix on Sunday. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work. In sprint race qualifying, McLaren’s Lando Norris ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
8. WRC Croatia: Neuville sets the pace to lead title rival Evans13:51[-/+]Категория(?) | The Hyundai driver set the pace winning three of the four stages to open up an 8.6s lead over nearest title rival Evans.Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier coped admirably as stage conditions worsened after every pass to end the loop in third, 21.5s adrift. Hyundai’s Ott Tanak held fourth [+37.3s] despite struggling with his i20 N.M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux completed the top five [+41.6s] ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
9. FIA still chasing answers over bizarre Shanghai F1 grass fires13:26[-/+]Категория(?) | First practice on Friday morning had to be red flagged after a fire erupted on the grass on the inside of Turn 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit.The same section later caught fire at the end of the first session of sprint qualifying, which led to the start of SQ2 being briefly delayed.Following the first problem on Friday morning, the FIA visited the area before qualifying to try to ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
10. Hamilton expects to lose positions if F1 China sprint is dry12:53[-/+]Категория(?) | Hamilton was one of the standout performers of a wet final qualifying segment on Friday afternoon, taking second behind McLaren's Lando Norris.The seven-time world champion said his car "came alive" in the wet, but he's realistic about its potential if Saturday morning's sprint is held in dry conditions."It was pretty tricky conditions. Not a lot of grip for everyone, but so happy," he told F1 ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
11. Verstappen 'deserves' fourth in China F1 sprint qualifying with wet struggles12:38[-/+]Категория(?) | Having claimed every pole position so far in the 2024 F1 season, Verstappen looked strong favourite again after topping Q2 of sprint qualifying in the dry.But as rain fell at the Shanghai International Circuit it produced a major unknown given no driver had any wet running at a track F1 had not visited for five years.With multiple drivers slipping off the track in Q3, Verstappen had two lap times ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
12. Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated12:23[-/+]Категория(?) | Rain made the already slippery Shanghai surface even more treacherous and Friday afternoon's final segment of sprint qualifying was peppered with incidents, with world champion Max Verstappen going off twice and Charles Leclerc tapping the wall with his front wing.McLaren driver Norris bagged sprint pole, but not before his lap was briefly deleted. Right before embarking on the lap that would ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
13. Norris' F1 China sprint pole lap down to "all or nothing" approach11:56[-/+]Категория(?) | Norris had his penultimate timed lap deleted for track limits at Turn 16, but his 1m57.940s follow-up ultimately proved unbeatable during a wet and slippery final part of sprint qualifying - which yielded multiple mistakes across the field.This lap was initially chalked off for track limits as well, suspected to be a result of Norris going off at the final corner of the previous lap, but it was ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
14. F1 team-mates' qualifying battles: Chinese GP11:41[-/+]Категория(?) After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.Red Bull
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15. 2024 F1 Chinese GP sprint qualifying results: Norris takes pole11:38[-/+]Категория(?) | Norris will start ahead of Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three quickfire segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Per the new sprint weekend format, these sessions set the grid for Saturday’s sprint and have no impact on Sunday’s main event. Chinese ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
16. F1 Chinese GP: Norris takes sprint pole in chaotic dry-to-wet qualifying11:38[-/+]Категория(?) | Rain emerged at the end of the SQ2 session and continued to pepper the Shanghai circuit during the intermission, necessitating the use of intermediate tyres for the final stage of qualifying to decide pole.Track conditions were evidently very slippery, as a number of drivers over-extended beyond the circuit's environs and had to recover from the run-off; Charles Leclerc hit the wall after spinning ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
17. Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit10:55[-/+]Категория(?) | The French manufacturer has admitted surprise at the BoP for its Le Mans Hypercar, now known as the 9X8 2024, which will hit the track 31kg heavier and with 10kW (13bhp) less power than its predecessor did at the Qatar WEC season-opener in March.The increase in minimum weight and the decrease in power for the Peugeot at this weekend’s Imola 6 Hours have come in the face of more a favourable BoP ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
18. Audi a player, not a spectator, in F1 driver market - Sauber10:21[-/+]Категория(?) | Ahead of what is expected to be a pretty intense silly season as drivers vie for the best cockpits, Audi has found itself at the centre of the market talk as it looks for the stars that it wants to carry into its debut campaign in 2026.Its approach has become especially intriguing after Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko revealed ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix that his squad found itself ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
21. F1 Chinese GP: Stroll leads FP1 as small fire causes early red flag07:42[-/+]Категория(?) | The Canadian intervened in the end-of-session series of soft tyre laps to leapfrog Oscar Piastri's effort moments before the chequered flag, which nobody else had enough time to beat.His surprise appearance at the top of the timesheets rather defined the atypical order locked in at the close of the session, as many teams opted for varying run plans to prepare for the sprint weekend in China.A ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
23. How MotoGP brakes work: Secrets of stopping a 220mph bikeЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The bikes’ 1000cc engines produce 270hp but their tiny contact patches and lack of downforce relative to cars costs them dearly in lap time when compared to a Formula 1 machine.For example, Valtteri Bottas lapped his 2019 F1 Mercedes in 1m32.029s in qualifying for the US Grand Prix at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, compared with Maverick Vinales’ 2m00.864s in MotoGP qualifying there in ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
24. Hyundai enacts contingency plan after WRC Kenya fuel issueЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Neuville’s i20 N was struck by a fuel system issue at Safari Rally Kenya that ended any hopes of a podium finish.The problem resulted in the Belgian losing more than 10 minutes, dropping from second to fifth overall. At the time Neuville, who leads Toyota’s Elfyn Evans by six points in the championship, felt the problem wasn’t related to the rally’s unique set of conditions.Hyundai team ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
25. Vanwall working on 2025 WEC comeback with heavily-revised HypercarЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Having not been granted a spot on the 19-car Hypercar grid for the 2024 season amid the arrival of Lamborghini, BMW and Alpine, among others, Vanwall is pressing ahead with plans to make a comeback next year, team boss Colin Kolles told Autosport sister title Motorsport-Total.com.The German outfit's Le Mans Hypercar will undergo a major upgrade for its planned return, with the biggest change being ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
26. Russell: Mercedes locked in F1 "battle of fine margins"Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The German manufacturer has endured a bruising start to the 2024 season, with it yet to finish on the podium and currently lying in fourth in the constructors’ championship – just one point ahead of Aston Martin.But while on paper its situation does not look promising, Russell thinks that Mercedes' fate has been exacerbated by tiny elements – and a relatively minor uplift in pace would ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
27. Acosta: MotoGP paddock 'needs more people like Kevin Schwantz'Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | MotoGP is going through a transitionary phase, as it looks to re-establish its global mainstream standing following recent years of declining interest in the wake of the retirement of Valentino Rossi.Ahead of last weekend’s Americas Grand Prix, Liberty Media announced it would be buying Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a deal worth €4.2 billion.Liberty has been able to make household names of ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
28. What is the cooldown room in F1? All you need to know about the procedureЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Over time F1 fans have watched the live broadcast cut to the driver cooldown room after each grand prix to see the top three finishers debrief the race.In 2023 it caused various memes online, as world champion Max Verstappen headed to the cooldown room for 21 of 22 grands prix. Fans joked that it was like the Red Bull driver had his own podcast with different guests - or drivers - on each ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
29. Bottas: Permanent fix for Sauber F1 pitstop woes "by Imola"Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Sauber introduced more advanced pitstop equipment for this year, but from the first race in Bahrain, it has encountered cross-threading issues on the wheel nuts, which led to disastrous pitstops over the first few races.The Swiss team made some modifications and changed procedures to mitigate its hardware issues since Bahrain which has generally worked, but Sauber's pitstops are still generally ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
30. Quartararo: Marquez's Honda MotoGP exit "woke a lot of people up" at YamahaЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Earlier this month, Quartararo inked a fresh multi-year deal with Yamaha, keeping him with the Iwata-based manufacturer until at least the end of the 2026 season.The new contract was agreed despite an underwhelming start to the new campaign for Yamaha, leaving the 24-year-old to fight for lower reaches of the points in the opening three rounds of the season.It also followed six-time champion ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
31. How national entries in the first month of the season stack upЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The headline figures are certainly very encouraging. Almost two-thirds (64%) of the English club series with comparable data have either attracted a larger grid or one the same size as their 2023 average for their opening event.Considering all the pre-season talk about rising prices having a negative impact, and there being plenty of doom and gloom in some quarters, it is undeniably a good start ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
32. COTA: F1 and MotoGP double-header possible but not probableЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Earlier this month it was announced that Liberty Media, the American entertainment company which also owns F1, acquired a 86% stake in Dorna Sports, valuing the MotoGP, WorldSBK and MotoE promoter at €4.2 billion.It revived the idea of the two championships experimenting with a joint weekend, which according to Dorna sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta was "not discarded" but not actively worked ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
33. WRC 2025 rules limbo creating “critical” situation for teamsЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport-Ford collectively wrote to the FIA opposing the governing body’s recommendations for next year, that include the removal of hybrid power from Rally1 cars alongside a reduction in aero and power.The thinking behind the FIA’s vision is to bring the Rally1 car more into line with the performance of Rally2 cars, which will be given a boost in power through an upgrade ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
34. Top five roles on Motorsport Jobs this weekЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | 1. McLaren Racing - Fan Engagement Intern - WokingMcLaren Racing has the opportunity for a Fan Engagement Intern.You will be getting experience in helping to engage the team’s fanbase by responding to fan enquires, providing insight into current trends across the sports industry and providing admin support to the digital team.2. Williams Racing - Social Media Manager GroveWilliams Racing is ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
35. Perez: Red Bull can be more resilient to graining after MelbourneЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Red Bull continues to be the dominant team in 2024, but its race performance was less convincing in last month's Australian Grand Prix, in which Ferrari looked to edge ahead.The Melbourne race was marked by heavy front graining, which is believed to be a factor in why Ferrari was so strong relative to Red Bull.Max Verstappen's early retirement meant it was much harder to make comparisons, but ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
36. Jota's first Le Mans car to return to competitionЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The Zytek 04S LMP1 the British squad fielded at Le Mans in 2005, the start of a career at the French enduro that included 10 LMP2 class podiums before its graduation to Hypercar with the Porsche 963 last year, has been purchased by historic racing regular Jamie Constable.He plans an attack on the Peter Auto Endurance Racing Legends series and will race the car for the first time this weekend in ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
37. Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at ImolaЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have more of a fight on its hands second time out for the Hypercar field in 2024 this weekend in Imola.Porsche certainly ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
38. Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut for Arrow McLaren at Long BeachЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Pourchaire will make his IndyCar Series debut behind the wheel of the #6 Chevrolet as Malukas continues to recover from a left wrist injury and surgery following a mountain biking accident over the off-season.The Frenchman comes into the mix with an impressive CV that includes claiming the 2023 Formula 2 championship, which came courtesy of two wins and 10 podiums with French-based outfit ART ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
39. Red Bull says it can't match "very lucrative" Audi F1 offer to SainzЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Sainz and his management have been engaged in discussions with every F1 team that has a viable opening for next season when he will be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton.This selection is headlined by the possibility of Sainz going to Red Bull as a replacement for Sergio Perez or if Max Verstappen makes a shock choice to leave F1's current best squad as a result of the ongoing Red Bull ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
40. Mercedes F1 junior Pin joins the FRECA gridЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Pin was the standout performer as the 2024 F1 Academy season got underway in Saudi Arabia, taking the chequered flag in both races in her Mercedes-liveried entry before a communication error in the second outing resulted in her crossing the line twice, with a penalty dropping her to ninth.Currently third in the standings, trailing Abbi Pulling and Maya Weug – who represent Alpine and Ferrari ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
41. Hamilton: Ferrari F1 switch doesn't need "vindicating"Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The seven-time world champion announced at the start of February that he would be switching to Ferrari in 2025 after electing to activate an exit clause in a deal he had originally signed with Mercedes.And while the ongoing competitive differences between Mercedes and Ferrari have prompted onlookers to debate about whether or not he has made the right move, he says what others think is ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
42. Antonelli completes maiden Mercedes F1 testЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Mercedes junior driver Antonelli is under consideration to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton in a Silver Arrow in 2025, with the team using older machinery to fully assess his abilities before making a decision.The first of these tests was conducted across two days at the Red Bull Ring, where the Italian drove the W12, the car that so nearly took Hamilton to a record-breaking eighth world ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
43. The story behind Shanghai's "painted" F1 track surpriseЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Having had no notification in pre-event notes from the FIA regarding any resurfacing, the colour of the asphalt – which has already worn away on the racing line in places – left some concluding that the circuit had had a paintbrush taken to it.As Daniel Ricciardo said: "It looks like they've painted the track or something. They've done something to the surface."I don't know how the track's ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
44. Ricciardo brushes off F1 future worries, new chassis brings "peace of mind"Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The Australian managed to reignite his F1 career with the AlphaTauri squad last season, either side of his hand fracture-enforced layoff, with a series of strong drives following his mid-season call-up to the Italian squad.He has been so far unable to replicate that form into 2024 with the rebranded team, which has proved particularly difficult as Yuki Tsunoda has dazzled on the other side of the ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
45. Who is riding at the 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix?Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin leads the championship coming into his home event at Jerez, after third and fourth last time out in America kept him 21 points clear in the standings.Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales will be looking to add to his first grand prix victory in three years following his Americas GP triumph with Aprilia.Unlike at the same stage of the season in 2023, all races after been ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
46. Sainz: All my best 2025 F1 seat options are "still open"Чт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The direction of Sainz's career once he leaves Ferrari is currently the subject of major F1 paddock interest, given he is being dropped by the Scuderia in favour of Lewis Hamilton, while also being the only non-Red Bull driver to have won races since 2022.The F1 driver market is in rare early overdrive in 2024, with most of the grid also out of contract just as Sainz and his camp try to plot his ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
47. Norris: McLaren can win races in F1 2024 if it gets everything rightЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | The orange team currently sits third in the 2024 constructors’ standings – 55 points better off and two places higher than at the same stage a year ago – and heads the Mercedes and Aston Martin teams in the tight battle behind the dominant Red Bull squad and Ferrari.While that is a major year-on-year improvement, Ferrari has established itself as Red Bull’s closest challenger so far this ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
48. Leclerc: Sainz simply doing a better job in recent F1 racesЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Since returning from the appendix surgery that ruled him out of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Sainz has outqualified Leclerc in both Australia and Japan, and won the Melbourne race from second on the grid.Leclerc has also finished behind his team-mate in both races, placing as runner-up at the Australian Grand Prix and finishing fourth behind the podium-finishing Sainz at Suzuka.Asked if it was ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
49. Alonso: Stroll more sensitive to Aston F1 car handling issues I drive aroundЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Alonso was speaking in the pre-event press conference for F1’s returning Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, a week on from the announcement that he will continue to race with Aston for at least the next two years beyond his current contract expiring at 2024’s conclusion.When asked if Aston is now developing its AMR24 car package around him as the team’s main figure – Alonso having registered ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
50. Magazine: The potential shocks to come in F1's 2025 driver marketЧт, 18 апр[-/+]Категория(?) | Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull started it. For very different reasons, they have made the driver market silly season far more interesting – and at a much earlier time – than usual this year.Having hit the paddock hard in recent weeks, Alex Kalinauckas digs through the various possibilities, some likely and some not so much, in this issue’s investigation into what the 2025 grid could look like ... Keep reading Медиа: image / jpeg | ↑ |
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