Rumours over second contract clause that could spell trouble for Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardos Formula 1 career is in fresh doubt after contract details were revealed.
Daniel Ricciardos Formula 1 career is in fresh doubt after contract details were revealed.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has conceded his team doesn't have the outright speed to challenge McLaren for this years' constructors' championship, but hopes it will still be in the mix through consistency.While McLaren has been the form team in F1, taking over from Red Bull, Ferrari's resurgence in recent races has allowed it to remain in outside contention for the world championship.With six ... Keep r
Michelin says it couldn't find any problem with Francesco Bagnaia's rear tyre in its initial analysis following the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Bagnaia suffered an inexplicable drop in pace after losing second place to team-mate Enea Bastianini on lap five of 27 at Misano, a problem that also threatened his place on the podium as Gresini's Marc Marquez closed in.But even ... Keep read
Fabio Quartararo was set to secure Yamahas best MotoGP result of 2024 in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix until running out of fuel with two corners to go.Having qualified an encouraging ninth on a weekend when he was the sole representative for Yamaha, Quartararo showed solid pace and capitalised on crashes ahead of him to run fifth as the Misano race neared its conclusion.But with the chequered ... Keep reading
RB has rubbished conspiracies that its decision to let Daniel Ricciardo snatch fastest lap from Lando Norris at Formula 1s Singapore Grand Prix was about helping sister team Red Bull.A late call to pull Daniel Ricciardo in for soft tyres so he could gun for fastest lap caused controversy after Sundays race because of the potential implications it could have for the championship.For with RB ... Keep reading
Tom Ingram won a thrilling final race of the day in the British Touring Car Championship round at Silverstone after a 25-minute red flag for torrential rain.Ingrams defeat of Ash Sutton after last-corner contact at Luffield means he goes to the final round at Brands Hatch level on points with Jake Hill, who was classified fifth after receiving a penalty.The race looked set to be abandoned after ... Keep reading
Francesco Bagnaia has pointed the blame on a faulty Michelin rear tyre for his sudden drop in pace in MotoGPs Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.The factory Ducati rider had started the second Misano race from pole position and was battling with Pramac rival Jorge Martin for the lead in the early laps.But after losing places to both Martin and team-mate Enea Bastianini on successive tours, he rapidly ... Keep reading
Alex Albon has backtracked on his angry radio message at the start of Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix after team-mate Franco Colapinto's first-corner antics.Albon spoke out on the team radio after the opening turns as he felt that his team-mate had made a lunge down the inside of everyone too late into the braking zone.Franco just divebombed, said an exacerbated Albon at the time ... Keep reading
Proceedings in Singapore were not quite as compelling compared to those in Azerbaijan a week ago. There was no battle for the lead, nor was there a real three-team battle at the front; instead, this was a championship big-picture race.Lando Norris put the field to the sword, but Max Verstappen gamely mitigated the damage to his championship lead - and then said little about it afterwards as he ... Keep reading
BMW M Team RLL secured a magnificent 1-2 in a thrilling six-hour IMSA race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course.Philipp Eng and Jesse Krohn combined to take top honours, with team-mates Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly close behind after fending off a strong challenge from the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Mathieu Jaminet and Nick Tandy.Based just a few miles away in ... Keep reading
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes his Red Bull Formula 1 rival Christian Horner is just "stirring sh't up" by namechecking George Russell as a future Red Bull option.Red Bull's long-term driver line-up has been one of the main conversation topics over the Singapore weekend, with Daniel Ricciardo expected to be replaced ahead of Austin's US Grand Prix by reserve driver Liam Lawson at Red ... Keep
Alpines factory effort in the World Endurance Championship will not be affected by any potential changes to its Formula 1 engine programme.Bruno Famin, vice president of motorsport at Alpine, has stated that the Renault brand will continue to build and maintain engines for its A424 LMDh car at Viry-Chatillon in France for the foreseeable future.Renaults Viry factory has been building engines ... Keep reading
India's chances of returning to the MotoGP calendar in 2025 are fading, Autosport has learned, ahead of the official unveiling of next year's calendar.The race at the Buddh circuit, just outside Delhi, made its debut in the championship in 2023 but did not take place this season despite appearing in the original schedule.In a rather bizarre announcement, both Dorna, the world championship's ... Keep reading
Daniel Ricciardo seemed to know his F1 career is over, taking the time to savour his final moments on track in heartbreaking scenes following the Singapore Grand Prix.
With Red Bulls RB20 known to have weaknesses over bumps and kerbs, the mindset heading into the event had always been one of damage limitation.But things seemed even bleaker after Friday practice when both Verstappen and Sergio Perez seemed to be out of sorts with their cars.They were both unhappy with the handling, the tyres were not firing up and there was a real risk that they were going to ... Keep reading
One-time IndyCar race winner Rinus VeeKay is officially among those on the free agent market after revealing via social media his contract is up with Ed Carpenter Racing.The entirety of VeeKays time in North Americas premier open-wheel championship to this point has been spent with ECR, having made his debut in 2020.In addition to his 2021 Indy Grand Prix win, he has another three podium ... Keep reading
The Monza Rally Show will return this year with World Rally Championship teams and drivers set to attend the event at the famous Italian circuit.The event will celebrate Pirellis four-year stint as the WRCs sole tyre supplier with the championship set to welcome Korean tyre manufacturer Hankook as its control tyre from next season.Pirelli will promote the 6-8 December event in conjunction ... Keep reading
The 2024 F1 season has seen the calendar become more regionalised, as part of an attempt from the championship to increase its sustainability.It has resulted in the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix being placed in a back-to-back, while the Japanese GP was moved from its usual Autumn slot to April.This grouped the Suzuka event with China, however, it did leave an open slot after the Singapore GP ... Keep reading
Hungarys Balaton Park will host both World Superbikes and MotoGP over a one-month period next year, marking the countrys return to top-tier motorcycle racing for the first time in over three decades.Balaton Park Circuit is a 2.5-mile circuit in western Hungary owned by one-time F1 practice session starter Chanoch Nissany. Far from being a repurposed airfield as so many other tracks start ... Keep reading
The steel union leaders and activists have been agitating for the last 1,300 days to protect the plant from privatisation
No one can dispute Stefan Pierer's long-standing business acumen. In addition to holding the position of CEO at KTM, he also sits on the boards of several billion-dollar companies.At the same time, it is clear that business projections are not so easily replicated in an ecosystem like MotoGP. The Austrian company is already running late, according to the timeline set by its most senior executive ... Keep reading
UK citizens are being urged to leave Lebanon.
The DTM will not use the gravel strip Formula 1 experimented with at the final two corners of the Red Bull Ring this year to fix the circuits long-running track limits problem.Ever since the Spielberg venue became a mainstay of the motorsport calendar again after being refurbished by energy drinks giant Red Bull, there have been constant complaints about drivers running off the circuit and ... Keep reading
Fernando Alonso believes Ferrari should have won the Singapore Grand Prix having finished just behind Carlos Sainz.The Aston Martin driver picked up four points for eighth at the Marina Bay Circuit having undercut Haas' Nico Hulkenberg at the pitstop window, who Alonso was in a train with as well as Charles Leclerc - who would eventually finish fifth.Having picked up his fourth top-10 in five ... Keep reading
Toto Wolff has conceded Mercedes "read the race wrong" with Lewis Hamilton's strategy at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.Hamilton pulled out a stellar effort to turn his qualifying fortunes around and take third on the grid at the Marina Bay Circuit, lining up behind championship protagonists Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.But when the tyre blankets were removed ahead of the race start ... Keep reading