Новости за 22.12.2024

Mexican driver endured disappointing season New Zealander tipped to step up next year Sergio Prez has lost his seat at Red Bull after a disappointing season. Prez, who joined the team in 2021, came under increasing pressure as the Formula One campaign wore on, finishing 285 points behind his teammate, Max Verstappen, as Red Bull surrendered their constructors championship title to McLaren . Verstappen clinched his fourth

Gedlich Racing has introduced a new format into the Winter Series racing championships, with the inaugural editions of the 6 hours of Portimao and 6 hours of Barcelona. The two six-hour races will not count towards any championship, but the cars and teams of the GT and GT4 Winter Series are eligible to take part. That means GT2 and GT3 cars will be joined by single-make machinery from Ferrari ... Keep reading

Hyundai Motorsports World Rally Championship programme manager Christian Loriaux has left the team ahead of the 2025 season. Loriaux has played a critical role within the Korean marque since first joining the operation in 2021 as a technical consultant, before graduating to the role of WRC programme manager. Shock news of Loriauxs departure arrives after a 2024 season where Hyundai ... Keep reading

Having been signed by Racing Bulls for the 2025 Formula 1 season, Isack Hadjarhad very much been in and out of the conversation as speculation surrounding Sergio Perezs Red Bull future mounted. With Liam Lawson always viewed as the most likely candidate to step up and replace the Mexican after he took Daniel Ricciardos RB ride midway through 2024, the opportunity for new blood presented ... Keep reading

When former Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto accepted the call to head up Audi's Formula 1 operations earlier this year, he knew it was going to be a tough task. It is one thing honing an established team as he did at Maranello into fighting for world championship glory; it is quite another building something up from the back of the grid. But even he admits that the Audi challenge has been ... Keep reading

KTM has reiterated that it is committed to competing in MotoGP despite pressure from creditors to withdraw to save cash. The flagship brand of Pierer Mobility Group underlined its future in the championship is not under threat after an agency responsible for handling its debts issued comments to the contrary on Friday. In a report after a first meeting between KTM and its creditors at the ... Keep reading

Rory Butcher is best known for winning 11 races during an accomplished British Touring Car Championship career that he elected to pause at the end of 2023. But the amiable Scot, also a handy historic racer who pedalled a Lotus Elan 26R to third in Septembers Spa 6 Hours, had also proven himself a force in GT racing before entering the BTCC in 2017. Butcher still regards his 2016 season with ... Keep reading

Trackhouse RacingsRaul Fernandezhas insisted he doesnt want to go through a bike change in the middle of the season again in MotoGP. Fernandezwas the only rider within the Aprilia contingent to start the 2024 season with a year-old RS-GP, as the Noale-based brand could only build limited examples of its overhauled MotoGP contender. It wasnt until after the summer break at ... Keep reading

Reigning Formula E champion Pascal Wehrlein will join Porsche customer JDC-Miller for his maiden outing in the Daytona 24 Hours next month. The factory Porsche driver will share the #85 963 LMDh with Tijmen van der Helm and Bryce Aron in the blue riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on 25-26 January, 2025. The announcement follows Wehrlein making a surprise appearance with ... Keep reading

Autosport has released its final instalment of a two-part mini-series where Kevin Turner sits down with Haydn Cobb and Gary Watkins to discuss the Autosport Top 50 of 2024. The annual ranking evaluates all of the best drivers across the National and International Racing scene from the year just gone and in part two are positions 20-1. So it is now the business end of the ranks with some key ... Keep reading

Silly season is a common term in F1 referring to the time of year in which many teams announce their driver line-up for the following season. It usually takes place during the summer as thats when the market is at its most frantic, with driver changes causing doubt over the futures of others. But, silly season started a lot earlier this year due to Lewis Hamilton announcing his move ... Keep reading

The Racing Bulls Formula 1 team has announced Red Bull junior Isack Hadjarwill partner Yuki Tsunoda in 2025, as the starting grid for the new season is now set. Hadjarwill take up the seat vacated by Liam Lawson, whose own move to the main Red Bull squad as Sergio Perez's replacement was announced on Thursday. Hadjar was the runner-up in the 2024 F2 season with Campos Racing, ceding the ... Keep reading

The second season of the all-female F1 Academy championship was notable for having closer ties to Formula 1, as cars were decked out in the liveries of Grand Prix teams, and for the stunning dominance of its champion who curiously was crowned twice. But across the spectrum of motorsport categories, there were numerous noteworthy performances to be found in 2024. Here we chart 10 of the ... Keep reading

Hyundai Motorsport has produced a special behind-the-scenes documentary charting Thierry Neuvilles run to a maiden World Rally Championship title. Titled, Never just win the film has been produced in-house by Hyundai Motorsport, led by the teams videographer Sebastian Scott and has today been released on Youtube. The documentary offers rare insights into the 2024 WRC season as ... Keep reading

Sam Bird believes what goes around comes around after supporting McLaren team-mate Taylor Barnards quest for a maiden Formula E podium in Sao Paulo. McLaren left the Brazil season-opener earlier this month with a double points finish as Barnard became the youngest podium finisher in the all-electric championships history in third, one spot above Bird. The British duo had ... Keep reading

Alpine Formula 1 team boss Oliver Oakes says the team improving its fortunes over the second half of the 2024 season has shown that streamlining its Enstone operation was the right way to go. Hitech junior team chief Oakes was brought in alongside advisor Flavio Briatore by Renault boss Luca de Meo to help steady the ship at Alpine after a rocky first half of its 2024 campaign. As part of De ... Keep reading

The third edition of the Gedlich Racings Formula Winter Series will see leading teams from all corners of Europe compete head-to-head, using the Tatuus T-421 chassis, and run on Pirelli tyres. The tyre change brings the series in-line with many of Europes leading summer single-seater classes. For the first time, the series will race in Portugal, as the season begins at Portimao from 30 ... Keep reading

McLaren surpassed even its own pre-season expectations in 2024, taking its first Formula 1 constructors championship title for 26 years. Whilst the team clearly had a couple of major waypoints in its development cycle that improved the general operating envelope of the MCL38, a standout feature of its campaign was how it honed its car to the varying circuit characteristics. These updates ... Keep reading

Dacia Sandriders technical director Philip Dunabin has played down expectations for the team's first run at the Dakar Rally despite securing a 1-2 on its debut at the Rallye du Maroc. The Romanian manufacturer has partnered with Prodrive to contest the World Rally Raid Championship [WR2C], including a tilt at the Dakar beginning in Saudi Arabia on 3 January, with Nasser Al-Attiyah, Sebastien ... Keep reading

The SRO-licensed GT4 Winter Series will welcome a new class for its second season in 2025 with the addition of a club category for older GT4 machinery. As was the case in 2024, there will be Pro, Pro-Am and Am classes for driver line-ups of differing rankings, alongside the Cayman Trophy class for Porsche Cayman GT4 CS entries. These four classes will be joined by the new-for-2025 club class ... Keep reading

Outgoing Tech3 rider Augusto Fernandez has revealed he is angry as a poor 2024 season led to him losing his MotoGP seat - but is confident he can make a comeback in the future. Fernandez struggled for speed in his sophomore campaign with KTMs satellite squad, finishing 20th out of 22 full season riders with just 27 points scored. It marked a notable drop in performance compared to ... Keep reading

Williams driver Alex Albon thinks Franco Colapinto's tough final Formula 1 races with the squad should not overshadow the excellent results the Argentinian produced. Colapinto's impressive early races since stepping in for Logan Sargeant in Monza turned heads in the paddock, and they also yielded Williams five important points over three race weekends, which looked crucial at the time before ... Keep reading

The overbearing cloud drifting over the entire 2024-25 season for the Chicago Bulls is their draft pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. If this selection lands in the top ten, the Bulls would retain their pick and continue to build on their youthful roster. On the contrary, if their draft slot is outside the top […]

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