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Mazepin withdraws from Asian Le Mans Series finale due to illness

Together with Louis Deletraz and Ahmad Al Harthy, Mazepin has won two of the first three four-hour contests in the five-race calendar, including last weekend in Dubai. The results mean his 99 Racing outfit currently leads the LMP2 standings and the race for a guaranteed entry into the Le Mans…

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Hamilton's X44 team departs Extreme E

X44 was run by Prodrive for the first two seasons of the off-road series that began in 2021 and captured the drivers' title in 2022 with Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez after the duo had finished runner-up the year before. Management of the programme switched to Rodin Carlin in 2023…

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Isotta Fraschini hires Alonso academy driver as it reshuffles 2024 WEC line-up

Nineteen-year-old Bennett, a member of Fernando Alonso's driver academy, has been signed to take the place of 2023 European Le Mans Series champion Alex Garcia, who was originally listed alongside Jean-Karl Vernay as the first two drivers for Isotta's assault on the Hypercar class of the WEC with the Tipo…

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Alpine F1 team hires road car specialist Woods for new COO role

Renault has also introduced a similar position at its power unit base in Viry, promoting Audrey Vastroux, who has been with the organisation for 18 years.

Autosport

MotoGP Sepang test: Bagnaia under lap record to lay down marker on final day

Under a cloudy sky that provided cooler conditions for the start of the track action, the two-time MotoGP world champion's 1m56.682s remained the time to beat throughout the day, with several challenges coming up short over a single lap attack.

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Hamilton Ferrari F1 talks "kept secret" for a while, says Gasly

Gasly, who is good friends with Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc and is in regular contact with Hamilton, says that the bombshell Formula 1 news of the seven-time champion's switch to Maranello did not catch him completely by surprise.

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Magazine: Hamilton’s shock Ferrari F1 switch

It’s a week since the news broke of the biggest driver move in F1 history, but it still seems incredible. Rumours of Hamilton going to Ferrari have circulated on and off for years, though it seemed unlikely Hamilton would give up such a good Mercedes gig.

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Sainz admits losing Ferrari F1 seat to Hamilton “not the best feeling”

The Spaniard had hoped to extend his Ferrari contract beyond the end of this year, having set a target of getting it sorted before the campaign got underway at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Autosport

Tony Stewart calls SHR's NASCAR performance "unacceptable"

Stewart-Haas Racing has won two NASCAR Cup Series titles (2011 and 2014), as well as 69 races since its inception in 2009.

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Alpine: Lapierre “perfect teacher” for Schumacher’s WEC introduction

Sinault described Lapierre, who has 16 Le Mans 24 Hours starts to his name, as the “perfect teacher” for Schumacher in the line-up in the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh completed by Matthieu Vaxiviere.

Autosport

Larson encouraged by getting “more uncomfortable” at Phoenix test

The 2021 NASCAR Cup champion will make his IndyCar debut in May's blue ribband with Arrow McLaren, in partnership with Hendrick Motorsports, and completed 172 laps of Phoenix Raceway on Monday.

Autosport

Oddest ever team names in F1 from Antique Automobiles to Life

F1 team names have been a big talking point in the off-season as two constructors underwent a rebrand for the 2024 campaign.

Autosport

British GT title rivals to face off in WEC as Cottingham joins United Autosports

The bronze-graded Briton will partner Gregoire Saucy, the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine champion switching to sportscars after two years in Formula 3, and a yet-to-be announced third driver aboard a McLaren 720S GT3.

Autosport

Ocon retains "strong links" to Mercedes amid Hamilton F1 replacement rumours

Ocon is out of contract at Alpine at the end of this season. He was signed by the Mercedes junior programme during his 2015 title-winning GP3 Series campaign and given his relationship with the team’s boss Toto Wolff, he is seen as a candidate to replace Hamilton.

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Marquez still riding Ducati like Honda in Sepang MotoGP test

Following an initial run in Valencia towards the end of last year, Marquez is getting a second chance at getting accustomed to the GP23 in this week’s official pre-season test at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

Autosport

Vowles: Mercedes F1 "will come back stronger" after losing Hamilton

Last week Mercedes announced the bombshell news that seven-time world champion Hamilton would be departing the team at the end of 2024 to join his former GP2 team boss Fred Vasseur at Ferrari. According to Vowles, Hamilton's shock departure will inevitably be a blow to Mercedes, but he believes all parties…

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MotoGP Sepang test: Bastianini goes under lap record for Ducati to top day two

In the morning session Martin, who headed the opening day of action at Sepang, was the first rider under the existing lap record with a 1m57.273s, fending off a challenge from KTM’s Brad Binder.

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Vowles: Mercedes F1 team "will come back stronger" after losing Hamilton

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The complications associated with F1's new sprint format

The clock is ticking as the first sprint of 2024 is in China on 19-21 April, to be followed by events at the Miami, Austrian, US, Qatar and Brazilian GPs.

Motorsport

What Sauber sees in its ’inside-out, back-to-front’ pull-rod F1 suspension

As part of a push to be more aggressive with its 2024 C44 design, Sauber has made some extensive changes to the car that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will race this season.

Autosport

Watson joins Speedworks Toyota in BTCC

As a BTCC rookie, the Northern Irishman won the 2023 edition of the Jack Sears Trophy, the sub-division for drivers who have never scored an overall BTCC podium before the season. He scored two podium finishes with the Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra squad, in rain-affected races at Knockhill and…

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Kyle Larson encouraged by getting “more uncomfortable” at Phoenix test

On Monday, the 31-year-old Californian stepped into an Indy car for the first time in 2024 and pounded 172 laps around Phoenix Raceway.

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How Christian Horner has thrived in the high-octane sphere of an F1 team

Taking charge of the new Red Bull team in 2005, the principal shunned ‘suit and tie’ culture and delivered rapid success

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FIA’s top F1 legal players leave organisation

Governance and regulatory director Pierre Ketterer and head of commercial legal affairs Edward Floydd, both of whom had a hand in Concorde Agreement negotiations on behalf of the FIA, are departing.

Autosport

Horner to face Red Bull hearing on Friday

In the wake of unspecified claims that are understood to have been made against him by a female employee, parent company Red Bull in Austria has opened up an official probe into the matter.

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