Peugeot claims unfair treatment in veiled BoP attack following WEC Spa Jean-Marc Finot, the French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, told Autosport at Spa that “my feeling is that we are being treated unfairly”. Autosport · May 14, 2024
Evans feels “new ideas” are required after WRC Portugal struggles The Toyota driver felt that “everything he touched went wrong” last weekend as he witnessed his six-point deficit to championship leader Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville balloon to 24 points. Autosport · May 14, 2024
Ferrari announces d'Ambrosio, Serra signings from Mercedes F1 team Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will take on the head of chassis performance engineering role at Ferrari on 1 October and will report to technical chief Enrico Cardile. The news of Serra's move was revealed by Autosport last year. Autosport · May 13, 2024
Neuville stunned by almost “impossible” result in WRC Rally Portugal The Hyundai driver had downplayed chances of a strong result in the first event of the WRC’s traditional gravel season given the disadvantage of opening the gravel roads on Friday. Autosport · May 12, 2024
What the teams made of WRC’s vision to improve promotion The WRC Promoter presented its vision to its key stakeholder group, which included Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and Skoda alongside representatives from the FIA during a meeting at Rally Portugal on Saturday. Autosport · May 12, 2024
WRC Promoter to set out vision for the future The meeting is expected to focus largely on conveying the promoter’s plans and initiatives regarding the promotion of the championship. Autosport · May 10, 2024
The GT3 drivers we want to see at Le Mans next This year's Le Mans 24 Hours is the first for which LMGT3 cars will be eligible. Where in the previous GTE era professional drivers allied to manufacturers other than Aston Martin, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche were frozen out, this year five new marques have been added to the aforementioned quartet,… Autosport · May 10, 2024
Vasseur: F1 Miami shows Red Bull is 'no longer in its comfort zone' Last year Red Bull won all but one of the season's 22 grands prix, and at the start of this year, there was scant evidence to suggest the team and its dominant driver Max Verstappen could be prevented from repeating its walkover. But while it still has the fastest car… Autosport · May 10, 2024
RB: Ricciardo performance in F1 Miami sprint "had been coming" 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… Autosport · May 9, 2024
Why Miami isn’t feeling any heat from Las Vegas F1 competition Speaking exclusively to Autosport 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… Autosport · May 9, 2024
The unheralded “leader” helping Jota to new heights in the WEC Twelve months is a long time in motorsport. Plenty has changed since the last time the World Endurance Championship descended on Spa a little over a year ago. There’s a new system for calculating the Balance of Performance, Peugeot now has a vastly revamped 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, Ferrari and… Autosport · May 9, 2024
MotoGP promoting special liveries to celebrate 75th anniversary Motorsport.com understands that MotoGP rights holder Dorna has held several meetings with premier class teams to help honour the occasion. Dorna has suggested that the special liveries on the bikes should be vintage in nature and limited to one round, likely the British Grand Prix on 2-4 August. There are… Motorsport · May 8, 2024
How to watch WRC's Rally Portugal: schedule, line-up and more The 2024 WRC season is as open as it comes with four different winners in as many rounds to commence the campaign. Championship leader Thierry Neuville kicked things off with victory in the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally, before Esapekka Lappi won in Sweden, Kalle Rovanpera in Kenya and finally Sebastien… Autosport · May 7, 2024
New Autosport podcast: James Allen on F1 launched today Every episode will feature an insightful twenty-minute interview with a prominent figure from inside and around the sport, focusing on themes beyond the everyday news cycle. Autosport · May 7, 2024
Autosport · May 7, 2024 Miami GP boss says expensive F1 food prices were posted out of context Garfinkel, who is the managing partner of the Formula 1 event and also boss of the Miami Dolphins NFL team, spoke to selected media including Autosport ahead of the third race weekend held at his venue.
Autosport · May 7, 2024 Alonso says FIA “on board” with new F1 driving standards guidelines on the way The Aston Martin driver thrust the issue of penalties into the spotlight at the Miami Grand Prix when he suggested some drivers got away unpunished in incidents because they were “not Spanish.”
Autosport · May 6, 2024 Autosport Podcast: F1 Miami Grand Prix review On the Autosport Podcast, Bryn Lucas is joined by Alex Kalinauckas to break down the action, including how Norris took advantage of the perfectly timed safety car after Logan Sargeant and Kevin Magnussen clashed. There's more on Max Verstappen who suffered floor damage from a rare error when cutting the sector…
Autosport · May 6, 2024 MotoGP announces major 2027 technical regulation overhaul As first reported by Autosport last November, a move to downsize MotoGP’s current four-stroke 1000cc engines to 850cc has been a key pillar of the 2027 ruleset being devised by the championship in conjunction with the manufacturers.
Autosport · May 5, 2024 Red Bull relaxed over F1 staff exodus amid Wheatley talks Earlier this week it was announced talismanic designer Newey would step away from its F1 activities before becoming available for rival squads from March 2025 onwards.
Autosport · May 5, 2024 Brown slated to become latest Supercars ace to make NASCAR Cup debut Richard Childress Racing officials confirmed to Autosport that the team is in discussions with Brown to drive the #33 Chevrolet in the 9 June race at the Sonoma road course.
Autosport · May 4, 2024 F1’s points system debate now about extending it beyond 12th As first revealed by Autosport, F1 teams and series bosses are considering the idea of extending the current points-paying positions beyond the current top 10.
Autosport · May 3, 2024 Williams in talks with Newey about F1 reunion Newey announced earlier this week that he will be leaving his current Red Bull outfit at the start of next year, having grown unhappy about many aspects of working there over the past few months.The arrangement that Newey has reached with Red Bull means he will be a free agent…
Autosport · May 3, 2024 The elements that will determine who will be Ducati's second factory MotoGP rider Ducati has two MotoGP rounds now in 2024 to choose from a list of three - Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini - as to who will be its second factory team rider next season, something which will be highly influenced by economic factors, sponsorship and the individual will…
Autosport · May 1, 2024 Ayrton Senna's 10 greatest Formula 1 races For many, Ayrton Senna is the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time, and the passing of years since his death - at the peak of his powers aged 34 in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix - has only strengthened that conviction.
Autosport · May 1, 2024 F1 tightens up jump start rules As revealed by Autosport over the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, teams last week discussed a tweak to the regulations to clear up an aspect of the regulations that had caused unease.