Real-Ass Car Enthusiast And F1 Driver Liam Lawson Buys Clapped-Out Subaru Forester Project The AlphaTauri F1 stand-in star bought a 2000 Suabru Forester to turn into a project car. Motor1 · Jan 23, 2024
Why AlphaTauri changed tack on being an F1 rookie training ground The team has retained Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda for this season, leaving Liam Lawson, who contested five races last year, on the sidelines. Autosport · Jan 21, 2024
What if Verstappen and Red Bull had never raced in F1 2023? Fernando Alonso humbles Lewis Hamilton then Carlos Sainz in wheel-to-wheel combat plus profits from Charles Leclerc’s engine failure to win the opening race of 2023. The two-time Formula 1 world champion’s Bahrain success marks his first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. Motorsport · Dec 22, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #47 Tomoki Nojiri After two years of dominating Super Formula, Nojiri returned to earth in 2023 amid his struggles to come to terms with the new SF23 aero package, with its reduced rear downforce and resultant shift towards oversteer. That showed when he suffered an uncharacteristic pre-season testing crash. Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Why Williams F1 team keeping Sargeant makes more sense than you think A 22-0 whitewash in qualifying, and 27-1 points split are the bare numbers behind Sargeant's first season relative to team-mate Alex Albon. Sargeant was comprehensively overshadowed after being promoted earlier than expected when other options to replace Nicholas Latifi fell through. Autosport · Dec 2, 2023
2024 F1 season driver line-up and calendar: Everything you need to know Last year was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with a few teams such as McLaren and Ferrari starting to improve their car towards the end of the year. Motorsport · Nov 29, 2023
Red Bull junior Iwasa initially saw Super Formula as 'negative' move Iwasa will partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Team Mugen in Japan’s biggest single-seater championship next year, taking the place vacated by fellow Red Bull academy member Liam Lawson. Motorsport · Nov 28, 2023
Everything you need to know about the 2024 F1 season: Driver line-up and calendar The 2023 Formula 1 season has come to its conclusion in Abu Dhabi, with many eyes now turning to the start of 2024. The year was dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, with a few teams such as McLaren and Ferrari starting to improve their car towards the end… Autosport · Nov 27, 2023
Memorable moments of F1 2023 When Max Verstappen won the season-opening Grand Prix in Bahrain, little did we know this year would be one of the most record-breaking in history, with 18 victories (so far) for the Dutch driver and just one non-Red Bull win all season. Autosport · Nov 26, 2023
The Top 10 SUPER GT/Super Formula drivers of 2023 Super Formula fans were treated to their best title battle in years after some one-sided contests in 2021 and '22, and while SUPER GT had a more turbulent year filled with red flags and incidents, the series still produced a championship battle that went down to the wire. This year's… Motorsport · Nov 24, 2023
Red Bull junior Iwasa gets 2024 Mugen Super Formula seat As previously reported by Motorsport.com, Iwasa will partner two-time champion Tomoki Nojiri at Mugen next season, taking over the seat vacated by Liam Lawson. Motorsport · Nov 23, 2023
Nojiri unsure which overseas category would excite him Nojiri said in the wake of last month’s Suzuka finale that the exploits of his title rivals Ritomo Miyata and Liam Lawson on the world stage - as well as Ryo Hirakawa’s Formula 1 testing deal - had put the idea of racing abroad back on his radar. Motorsport · Nov 23, 2023
F1 rookies to have driven in FP1 this year ahead of Abu Dhabi GP Last month’s Mexican GP was scattered with Formula 2 drivers partaking in FP1 as F1 teams are facing a last minute challenge to meet requirements for the season. Autosport · Nov 20, 2023
Yuki Tsunoda Is Steering AlphaTauri in the Right Direction In his third season of F1, the 23-year-old has been a source of consistency on a team that has been forced to rotate drivers throughout the year. Sports Illustrated · Nov 16, 2023
Motorsport · Nov 15, 2023 Dandelion credits Makino for sparing team three-year win drought Honda squad Dandelion scored its first victory in two years in last month's season finale at Suzuka, as rookie Kakunoshin Ota beat Liam Lawson to round off his first season on the top step of the podium.
Motorsport · Nov 14, 2023 How Toyota's new Japanese star proved he's ready to go global Chances for drivers to win both the Super Formula and SUPER GT titles in a single season are extremely rare. That is why the exclusive club of ‘double champions’ numbered only four drivers until they were joined by a new member in 2023: Ritomo Miyata.
Autosport · Nov 14, 2023 The new Toyota superstar who has joined an exclusive Japanese racing club Chances for drivers to win both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in a single season are extremely rare. That is why the exclusive club of ‘double champions’ numbered only four drivers until they were joined by a new member in 2023: Ritomo Miyata.
Autosport · Nov 2, 2023 Have your say on the best of 2023: Autosport Awards nominees revealed The Awards, which date back to 1982, celebrate the top drivers and competition machines each year. The nominees in the six categories open to public vote in 2023 have now been revealed (below).
Autosport · Nov 1, 2023 Lawson: Red Bull wants me on F1 stand-by in 2024 Lawson bowed out of Super Formula after narrowly missing out on the title to Ritomo Miyata in last week’s Suzuka finale, as he made his return to the Japanese series following his five grand prix starts for AlphaTauri in place of an injured Daniel Ricciardo.
Motorsport · Oct 31, 2023 Nojiri takes heart from Alonso after Super Formula title defeat Team Mugen driver Nojiri went into the final double-header of the season 10 points behind series leader Ritomo Miyata aiming to become Japanese top formula racing’s first driver to win three consecutive titles since Satoru Nakajima in 1984-86.
Autosport · Oct 29, 2023 Alfa Romeo targets 2024 Super Formula spot for Pourchaire The Frenchman is well placed to seal the Formula 2 title at the Abu Dhabi finale and, while mathematically he could still lose out on the championship to Mercedes junior Fredrik Vesti, even if he failed to secure the title it would make no sense for him to remain in…
Motorsport · Oct 28, 2023 Lawson laments Suzuka red flag as Super Formula title hopes fade Red Bull Formula 1 junior Lawson was classified sixth in Saturday’s penultimate round of the season, with the results declared after just three laps due to a stoppage caused by a terrifying crash between Hiroki Otsu and Ukyo Sasahara at 130R.
Autosport · Oct 28, 2023 Super Formula Suzuka: Nojiri wins as 130R crash ends race early Hiroki Otsu was trying to make a move on Ukyo Sasahara for 17th place on lap 4 when the two came to blows at 130R, with both spinning heavily into the barriers.
Motorsport · Oct 28, 2023 Suzuka Super Formula: Nojiri wins as 130R crash ends race early Hiroki Otsu was trying to make a move on Ukyo Sasahara for 17th place on lap 4 when the two came to blows at 130R, with both spinning heavily into the barriers.
Motorsport · Oct 27, 2023 Suzuka Super Formula: Nojiri leads Miyata in practice Team Mugen driver Nojiri set a best lap of 1m38.895s in the closing moments of Friday afternoon's 90-minute session, which was the only running ahead of qualifying for the first of two races at Suzuka on Saturday morning.