Nico Hulkenberg led the line admirably for Haas as the American team stepped up its performance for 2024. Brilliantly consistent in the first 10 races, all but one of his finishes in those were inside of the ninth-10th-11th bracket, then he took advantage of Haas upgrades to finish sixth in the Austrian and British Grands Prix. The German scored points in all but one of the last seven rounds ... Keep reading
Back to winning ways in 2024 after 946 days without gracing an F1 podiums top step Lewis Hamiltons emotional Silverstone victory was the highlight of his season, but he was excellent in qualifying and on the orthodox two-stop strategy at Spa too. Hamiltons in-race tyre management remains top class, as his pace while rising in Las Vegas and Abu Dhabi showed, plus how he held off Max ... Keep reading
Sebastien Buemis latest appearance in this list isnt just down to his heroics in the last knockings of a WEC campaign that secured Toyota the manufacturers crown. PLUS:How never-say-die Toyota salvaged WEC manufacturers' glory in Bahrain The chance of a repeat of the 2022 and 2023 drivers titles for the Swiss and his team-mates disappeared early in the season, but then Buemi ... Keep reading
After finishing runner-up in 2023, Mirko Bortolotti went one better by delivering his maiden DTM crown with a consistent campaign. There was only one win, a well-judged wet-dry affair at the Red Bull Ring, but nobody eclipsed the SSR Lamborghini Huracan drivers tally of seven podiums. He showed steel too, fending off a train of cars headed by chief rival Kelvin van der Linde for second at ... Keep reading
Gabriel Bortoleto continued to emulate Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Oscar Piastri in 2024, following up his rookie Formula 3 title with becoming Formula 2 champion at the first attempt. The target was to quickly adapt to F2s new Dallara, and the Brazilian suffered a slow start to the year with reliability woes in Jeddah and getting tangled with Pepe Marti in Australia, before a run of ... Keep reading
Across five Formula E races in the second half of the 2024 season, Antonio Felix da Costa took four wins spanning Berlin, Shanghai and Portland where he doubled up. Even after losing an earlier victory at Misano, due to an illegal throttle pedal spring that offered no tangible advantage, the Portuguese ended the campaign with the most wins of any driver. Read Also: Formula ... Keep reading
He was agonisingly close to becoming the first driver to win back-to-back titles in NASCAR's knockout format, but there was still plenty to be proud of for Ryan Blaney in 2024. It was a year that mirrored his championship season in many ways, including how the final two races went. Despite losing the title fight, his drive in the closing laps at Phoenix was still mightily impressive, erasing a ... Keep reading
Despite continuing to be overlooked by Red Bulls lead Formula 1 team, Yuki Tsunoda showed great maturity over 2024, with three seventh places the highlights of his year in Australia, Miami and Brazil. He also managed his best F1 qualifying result to date with third on the grid in slippery conditions at Interlagos, and over the season outscored both Daniel Ricciardo and Liam Lawson to assert ... Keep reading
Qualifying was where George Russell gained an important edge at Mercedes in 2024, which he put down to his confidence rising in situations where the pressure is on.He ended up with a small but still significant 0.148s advantage over a driver with 104 F1 poles in Lewis Hamilton. Their head-to-head split ended up as 24-6, with only Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas having better. From strong ... Keep reading
George Russell has implored FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to express what his goal is with motorsports governing body, amid the ongoing tension between the Emirati former rally driver and Formula 1 racers. The 2024 F1 season finished with the Grand Prix Drivers Association still awaiting a formal response to its request for its members to be treated as adults in a ... Keep reading
Joey Logano is now a three-time Cup champion, becoming just the 10th driver to ever win that many titles. His season was an odd one in truth, but something weve come to expect from the Penske Ford man. He was very quiet in the regular season, winning just once to make the playoffs. But when the time came, he did exactly what he needed to do in order to advance through each round. At ... Keep reading
Fifteen years have passed since the Dutchman was a thorn in the side of Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo in Formula 3, yet Renger van der Zande still performs on a high level and was arguably the years outstanding IMSA SportsCar driver. The 38-year-olds shining moment was a spectacular pass on Nick Tandy to secure victory in a thrilling ending to Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta, to ... Keep reading
The European Union's highest institution will open an "in-depth investigation" to determine whether the purchase of MotoGP by Formula 1 owner Liberty Media violates its antitrust framework. The European Commission, one of the EU's decision-making bodies with executive power, is determined to closely analyse Liberty's acquisition of Dorna, which holds the rights to the MotoGP World ... Keep reading
The world already knew the talents of the younger Vanthoor brother aboard a GT3 car. Hes been one of the most consistent performers in the category for two different manufacturers Audi and now BMW for ages. But in 2024 he showed that hell be a force in prototypes in coming years. Just like sibling Laurens at Porsche 12 months before, he took to an LMDh hybrid immediately, and ... Keep reading
Isack Hadjar finished as the Formula 2 runner-up after a season in which he took more victories than any other driver, triumphing four times across feature races at Melbourne, Imola, Silverstone and Spa. The Frenchman was also unfortunate to be denied in Monaco. Hadjars title bid ultimately ended with a failed launch in the Abu Dhabi finale, but this shouldnt overshadow what was overall ... Keep reading
BMW has announced that Kelvin van der Linde will join its pool of factory drivers in 2025, two years after he split with rival German brand Audi. As reported by Autosport last week, the South African will unite with younger brother Sheldon van der Linde at BMWs factory roster next year after spending the last two seasons as an independent driver without any manufacturer affiliation. The ... Keep reading
Oliver Rowland became a genuine title challenger, Formula Es dark horse of 2024, upon returning to the grid and rejoining Nissan. Along the way were two wins and a further five podiums, and he led the standings during the Misano weekend when Antonio Felix da Costas disqualification handed him victory. The Briton was a lap away from doubling up in Italy when a software glitch stranded ... Keep reading
It all looked so good back in April. Tom Ingram radiated confidence, Excelr8 Motorsports winter work to its Hyundai i30 N Fastback all nicely validated during a three-day test in the dry at Anglesey! He then burst out of the blocks with pole and two wins at the Donington opener. In any other year he would have taken the title despite his Knockhill slip-up and the pierced radiator that ... Keep reading
Rising MotoGP star Pedro Acosta feels "relieved" after visiting the headquarters of beleaguered Austrian manufacturer KTM, according to his manager. Acosta travelled to Mattighofen in Austria on Tuesday to understand how KTM's dismal financial situation could have consequences for its MotoGP programme, now that he has become an integral part of its factory team. Latest reports indicate that ... Keep reading
Aston Martin regressed over 2024 as upgrades did little to improve its competitiveness in Formula 1, but the evergreen Fernando Alonso still squeezed every drop from his car. The Spanish veterans consistent points-scoring exploits in the opening rounds of the season, spearheaded by fifth in Jeddah, laid the foundations for Astons run to fifth place in the constructors championship, and ... Keep reading
Jake Hill is probably the first grandson of a chart-topping 1950s crooner to make Autosports own hit parade, and thats appropriate because the diminutive Kentishman has no other love (check out grandad Ronnie Hiltons 1956 tune of that name) than motorsport. Its been a long, hard road to the top of the BTCC, but winter developments at West Surrey Racing to its BMW 330e M Sport ... Keep reading
Pato OWard was at the centre of drama both on and off the track in 2024. While his popularity was called into question by Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles, the Mexican bounced back from a winless 2023 by gathering a career-best three victories (tied for most in IndyCar) and came within two corners of capturing the Indy 500. Read Also: IndyCarThe top 10 IndyCar drivers of ... Keep reading
Messy is how Alex Albon sums up his third season with Williams. Problems came from both sides; his crashes in Melbourne and Brazil were awkward since they led to missed races (in Australia for Logan Sargeant), but Williamss car-build issues also meant he was competing with a long-hidden weight penalty and reliability kept undoing him too. Albon was excellent in qualifying, reaching ... Keep reading
Winning IMSAs closely fought GTD Pro class enhanced Laurin Heinrichs reputation as a leading light of Porsches GT ranks. The 23-year-old AO Racing driver, in his first season Stateside, was not put off his stride by a mid-year team-mate change as Seb Priaulx stepped away, and only this duo won more than once all season: Indianapolis glory with Michael Christensen followed back-to-back ... Keep reading
Tadasuke Makino breaking down in tears upon scoring his first victory at Autopolis must rank as one of the moments of the Super Formula season. The Dandelion Racing driver used that breakthrough to mount a serious title challenge, picking up a second win at Motegi and emerging as Sho Tsubois closest rival as he kept the title fight alive - barely - until the final race. In Super GT ... Keep reading
