Outgoing Alpine Team Principal Bruno Famin has said that Formula 1’s financial rules have driven the French marque from ditching its engine production in favour of becoming a customer team. Famin will step down as Team Principal of Alpine’s F1 team at the end of August in order to focus full-time on a period of […]
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Red Bull Technical Director Pierre Wache has conceded the team “expected more” with its 2024 Formula 1 car, despite anticipating there would be closer competition. Red Bull commenced the current campaign appearing to have maintained the dominance last season that saw it storm to an unprecedented 21 victories in 22 rounds. Max Verstappen surged unopposed […]
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Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro pulled off a remarkable lap time in the final seconds of MotoGP qualifying to snatch pole position from factory Ducati’s grasp at the British Grand Prix. The 2023 British GP race winner compiled a lap record time of 1.57.309s, 0.208s quicker on his Aprilia than factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia in second […]
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Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin continued to dominate the weekend’s proceedings heading into qualifying, finishing as lead rider in every MotoGP practice session thus far at Silverstone. His lap time of 1.59.039s continued his strong momentum from Friday, with championship rival Francesco Bagnaia and Aleix Espargaro finishing only 0.069s behind. The factory Aprilia duo of Espargaro […]
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Former McLaren Formula 1 drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Carlos Sainz have paid tribute to the Woking-based outfit’s turnaround in form in recent months, having established itself as one of the leading teams on the grid after a torrid start to life under the current racing regulations. Speaking to the media at the Belgian Grand Prix, […]
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Lewis Hamilton spoke with enthusiasm after last week’s Belgian Grand Prix when he predicted “It’s going to be one hell of a second half of the season” given how competitive it has become at the front of the Formula 1 pack. Following Hamilton’s victory at Spa-Francorchamps (inherited after George Russell’s disqualification), the 105th of his career, […]
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Red Bull boss Christian Horner has predicted that a “flat-out” title battle will develop between the top four teams in Formula 1 in 2025 based on recent races this term. McLaren has built upon its momentum last season to emerge as a genuine threat to Red Bull’s title aspirations with 42 points separating the two […]
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WTR Andretti’s Felipe Albuquerque topped the opening IMSA practice session of the Sportscar Weekend at Road America, courtesy of a 1:51.089 laptime behind the wheel of the #10 Acura ARX-06 GTP machine. The 90-minute practice session marked the first time all four classes were in action together since June’s Six Hours of the Glen with […]
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Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen ended Friday’s nine stages of Secto Rally Finland with an eight-second lead over teammate Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin who in turn is a slender 0.6 seconds ahead of Sébastian Ogier and Vincent Landais in a Toyota 1-2-3. The morning loop saw Ogier lead after the day’s opening stage before […]
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Max Verstappen is adamant that Red Bull’s “main concern” as it strives to protect its advantage in both Formula 1 championships is greater than Sergio Perez’s plight. Perez’s ongoing wretched run continued at Belgium in the last race prior to the summer break as he converted a front row start into an eighth-place result on […]
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