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What we learned from MotoGP's Sepang 2024 test

As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out.

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Friday favourite: The Peugeot "spaceship" that wowed an F1 veteran

Just five race outings in the Peugeot 908 were enough for Christian Klien to select the turbodiesel LMP1 machine as his favourite racing car. A solitary win, achieved in the 2009 Spa 1000km when Audi stayed away, was the high point of the Austrian’s involvement with the Peugeot factory squad…

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Marquez: I'm still not at the same level as top MotoGP riders on Ducati

After an initial try-out of the Ducati GP23 at Valencia last year, Marquez got his first proper opportunity to acclimatise to his new bike during a three-day test in Malaysia this week.

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Superlicence penalty points: What are they and how many does each 2025 F1 driver have?

During a Formula 1 race, stewards can hand out all manner of punishments to drivers that breach the regulations. Time penalties, fines and reprimands are often dished out for incidents like causing a collision or speeding in the pitlane, but the stewards can also issue drivers with penalty points that…

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Hamilton's X44, Ganassi teams depart Extreme E

It has also been announced that Chip Ganassi Racing will depart the series.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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Explained: The software fix that saved Porsche’s Daytona win

A rearguard action amid the massed ranks of PPM’s engineering brain farm, and its nimble-fingered drivers, saved what could have been a case of grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Dreyer & Reinbold “still looking” at full-time return to IndyCar

The last full season for DRR came with Oriol Servia behind the wheel in a campaign that featured four top five finishes after switching from the Lotus power to Chevrolet.

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What are the fastest and slowest corners on the F1 calendar?

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Why Russell’s toughest year in F1 hasn’t got him down

That comes down to typical sportsperson bravado – but the psychological boost of such an approach, to take the positives and shut out the negativity, has long been clear at the top level of all sporting echelons.

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Mercedes knew risks of leaving exit clause in Hamilton F1 contract

As the German manufacturer comes to terms with Hamilton’s shock decision to join Ferrari from 2025, it is well aware that the new two-year deal it agreed with the seven-time champion last year had flexibility on both sides to be terminated as early as the end of this season.

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How Hamilton dropped his Ferrari bombshell on Mercedes

It has been a chance for the pair to digest the events of the previous campaign, run through developments over the winter and talk through aims and ambitions for the battle ahead.

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The risks in Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari F1 move

Lewis Hamilton heading to Ferrari for 2025 is the biggest Formula 1 driver market move since Hamilton himself opted to leave McLaren and move to Mercedes. That decision came back in late 2012, ahead of his Formula 1 debut with the Silver Arrows for the following year.

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The risks in Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 move

Lewis Hamilton heading to Ferrari for 2025 is the biggest Formula 1 driver market move since Hamilton opted to leave McLaren and move to Mercedes.

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What next for Sainz after Hamilton’s Ferrari F1 switch bombshell?

The revelation that Lewis Hamilton will depart Mercedes for Ferrari, which announced a new multi-year deal for Charles Leclerc only last Thursday, necessarily means there is no room for Scuderia incumbent Carlos Sainz beyond the expiration of his current 2024 Formula 1 deal.

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How Hamilton's exit could leave the Mercedes F1 team in a tough spot

Hamilton only signed a fresh two-year deal with Mercedes for 2024 and 2025 last summer, but clearly left wiggle room for the usual exit clauses in case he had a change of heart.

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Ferrari market cap surges $7 billion amid Hamilton F1 bombshell

As reported earlier by Autosport, Hamilton is set to be announced imminently as a Ferrari driver from 2025 after agreeing a shock switch from Mercedes.

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Porsche had enough fuel to finish prematurely ended Daytona 24 Hours

An officiating error by IMSA led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early, but the mistake almost certainly had no bearing on the result as Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell, Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden took victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport even though the car was short-fuelled at its…

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Was F1's assessment of Andretti's shortcomings fair?

FOM's statement on Wednesday afternoon was as detailed as it was blunt about what it felt were the Andretti Cadillac bid's shortcomings.

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How 'relentless rookie' Alonso leads Aston Martin F1 by example

Alonso's move to Aston Martin from Alpine for 2023 raised some eyebrows when it was announced in the summer of 2022, with the Spaniard having a history of making bold team moves that didn't always work out. But the two-time F1 world champion joined the Silverstone squad just as it…

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Barcelona chiefs confident €50m revamp will help secure fresh F1 deal

Earlier this month, F1 announced the Spanish GP would move from Barcelona, where it had been held continuously since 1991, to a new hybrid street circuit at the IFEMA complex in Madrid from 2026 onwards. Barcelona's current deal expires after 2026, meaning that season will see two races in Spain for…

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How 'relentless rookie' Alonso leads Aston Martin F1 by example

Alonso's move to Aston Martin from Alpine for 2023 raised some eyebrows when it was announced in the summer of 2022, with the Spaniard having a history of making bold team moves that didn't always work out. But the two-time world champion joined the Silverstone squad just as it hit…

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