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Nicolas Lapierre, Alpine

Lapierre named Sporting Director at Alpine; Gounon replaces him

Nicolas Lapierre has been named as Sporting Director of Alpine Endurance Team, as Jules Gounon takes his place at #36 for Bahrain. Alpine Endurance Team strengthens its management organisation with the creation of the...
Aprilia, Honda, MotoGP

Aprilia, Honda see technical change at the helm of MotoGP team

Fabiano Sterlacchini will start his Technical Director role at Aprilia in November, as Romano Albesiano leaves the stable to move to Honda. Aprilia - Aprilia Racing is proud to announce that Fabiano Sterlacchini will assume the...
Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, F1

Leclerc doesn’t think on pure pace Ferrari can challenge McLaren

Charles Leclerc doesn’t think Ferrari on pure pace can challenge McLaren in F1 constructors’ fight, as Carlos Sainz adds on about Red Bull too. When the 2024 F1 season started and a handful of races...
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, F1

Alonso urges Aston Martin to not be reliant on factors to score

Fernando Alonso urges Aston Martin to act and not be reliant on circuit specific things to be in the Top 10 and be eligible to score points. After the up step at the start of...
Pirelli, F1

Pirelli faces disruption in wet 2025 F1 tyre test at Magny-Cours

Pirelli Motorsport has a disrupted wet tyre test for 2025 F1 season at Magny-Cours with rain being too much for the Mercedes to run whole lot. Day 1 – Today should have been a day of...
Chloe Chambers, Red Bull, Ford, F1, F1Academy

Chambers will switch to Red Bull Ford for 2025 F1 Academy season

Chloe Chambers will switch from Haas to Red Bull Ford for 2025 F1 Academy season, as she is first to confirmed for a second year. The Red Bull Academy Programme and Ford Motor Company are...
F1, FIA, F1 Commission

F1 Commission defers sprint rookie race; revamps 2026 FIA regs

The FIA has released details of F1 Commission meet, as the rookie sprint race post-season has been pushed to 2025. The latest F1 Commission meet that met on October 2, decided on multiple things, which...
Toto Wolff, George Russell, Christian Horner, F1

Wolff laughs off Horner’s suggestions about taking Russell in

Toto Wolff laughs off the suggestions made by Christian Horner about Red Bull potentially looking at George Russell for its F1 team. After the media games from Wolff of bringing Max Verstappen to Mercedes in...
FIA, Formula E

Formula E sets November date for all-women test at Valencia

Formula E has announced an all-women test day in November at Valencia, as it gives a chance to female racers to be part of the series. Formula E has today announced that the first-ever all-women...
Renault, Alpine, F1

Renault faces trouble after Viry staff not pleased with decision

The group of staff at Viry-Chatillon is not too pleased with the decision of Renault to make its base Hyperteach Alpine, as it still expects shuffles and drops. The France’s social and economic committee has...
Sauber, Audi, F1

Audi in no hurry to sort its F1 line-up as names mount

Sauber/Audi are in no hurry to finalise its second F1 driver, but it won’t be too long as well with multiple names now linked to the project. After Nico Hulkenberg was firmed by the previous...
Ugo Ugochukwu, Mari Boya, F3

Ugochukwu moves to F3 in 2025; Boya stays back

McLaren F1 junior Ugo Ugochukwu moves up to FIA F3 with Prema in 2025, as Mari Boya stays back for another year with Campos. Ugo Ugochukwu - PREMA Racing have confirmed that Ugo Ugochukwu is set...
Franco Colapinto, F1

Colapinto talks social media boost after whirlwind F1 run

Franco Colapinto talks about his social media boost he's had post his F1 debut, as he talks about the seat change he's had to undertake. A driver coming off from anywhere outside United Kingdom and...
Andrea Stella, F1, McLaren

Stella expands on ‘win’ rear wing drama; F1 rivals speak up

Andrea Stella sees the McLaren rear wing lookout as a win of sorts since its F1 rivals were busy checking them rather than focusing on bettering themselves. The ‘mini-DRS’ that F1 teams complained about with...
Alpine, Renault, F1

Renault to create Hypertech Alpine at Viry; firm on F1 PU decision

Groupe Renault has decided the fate of its Viry-Chatillon base by creating Hypertech Alpine, as decision is firm on no F1 power unit work for 2026. With the results not coming its way and increasing...
F1, FIA, Rookie, F1 Sprint

F1 team bosses positive about post-season rookie sprint race

F1 team bosses are positive about the idea of staging a sprint race for rookies post the Abu Dhabi GP, in place of the one-day Pirelli tyre test programme. Usually Pirelli has not just regular...
KTM, Aki Ajo, MotoGP

KTM names Ajo as new team manager from 2025 MotoGP season

KTM Racing has named Aki Ajo as its new team manager from 2025 MotoGP season onward, as he his rewarded for his Moto2/Moto3 success. KTM will strengthen the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing MotoGP squad...
Daniel Ricciardo, F1

F1 community wishes well to Ricciardo after potential career end

The F1 community – be it drivers, team bosses or teams – have come up to wish Daniel Ricciardo well after he was dropped by Visa Cash App RB mid-season. With the idea to get...
Francesco Guidotti, KTM, MotoGP

KTM and Guidotti will part ways after 2024 MotoGP season

KTM Factory Racing has confirmed the departure of Francesco Guidotti post the 2024 MotoGP season as it looks ahead to new management. Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s MotoGP team will come under new management for...
Lewis Hamilton, F1

Hamilton plays down any trouble with Mercedes due to strategy

Lewis Hamilton has clarified that there is no trouble between him and Mercedes F1 team after wrong strategy undertaken in Singapore GP. Hamilton started on the soft tyre in F1 Singapore GP after Mercedes felt...
Joey Mawson

Mawson explains bizarre timeline which led to doping ban

Joey Mawson has spilled his side of things in a bizarre timeline after he was handed ban from racing by Sporting Integrity due to consuming banned substance. After he came through the ranks and competed...
Mercedes, James Allison, Lewis Hamilton, F1, George Russell

Mercedes admits Singapore GP strategy mistake for Hamilton

Mercedes admits on wrong choice of strategy for Lewis Hamilton in F1 Singapore GP, as it praises George Russell for holding up Charles Leclerc in the end. There were couple of drivers who started the...
Michael Andretti, Andretti

Andretti ready to move away from operation of team under Towriss

Michael has moved away from the operational side of Andretti Global, after Daniel Towriss takeover of the company via Group 1001. The news of Andretti relinquishing its bigger role at Andretti Global was first reported...
Charlie Wurz, F3

Wurz to stay back in F3 as he joins Trident for 2025 season

Charlie Wurz - son of former F1 racer Alexander - will stay back in FIA F3 for a second year, as he joins Trident for 2025 season. Trident Motorsport is pleased to announce the first...
Guenther Steiner, Haas, F1

Steiner wins Haas’ case against him over trademark infringement

Guenther Steiner has won the trademark case against Haas Automation, after the F1 team filed one against its former team principal. When Steiner filed a cased against Haas Automation for unpaid dues for his work,...
Miami GP, F1

Miami GP to have four new track configurations for all-year use

The Miami GP circuit will see new track configurations for the promoters to run different layouts without the use of public roads outside F1. South Florida Motorsports (SFM), organizers of the FORMULA 1 CRYPTO.COM MIAMI GRAND PRIX,...
Pierre Gasly, F1, Esteban Ocon

Gasly couldn’t do much after used as sacrifice in Singapore GP

Pierre Gasly was not too pleased after he left to be sacrificed to help Esteban Ocon push up in F1 Singapore GP, which didn’t work. In a Haas-like situation, Alpine tried to help Ocon further...
Michael Schumacher, F1

Schumacher family’s blackmailers has criminal case filed against

Three blackmailers have a cased filed against them in a court in Germany after they were found to have been blackmailing the family of Michael Schumacher. The investigation has been on for few months after...
Daniel Ricciardo, Liam Lawson, F1

Lawson gets VCARB seat for rest of 2024 F1 season

Liam Lawson has been confirmed to replace Daniel Ricciardo at Visa Cash App AB for rest of the 2024 F1 season, from US GP onward. After confirmation from Red Bull and Visa Cash App RB...
Daniel Ricciardo, F1, Red Bull

Ricciardo will not see-through 2024 F1 season with VCARB

Daniel Ricciardo has lost his F1 seat as Red Bull takes the decision to not continue with the Australian for rest of the 2024 season. Having set the deadline to firm up their line-up of...