Tyler Epp, who was promoted to the role after the first Miami GP in 2022 and previously worked in American motorsports with Chip Ganassi Racing, says the requirement to evolve the event as it prepares for its third race of a 10-year deal with F1 was also key to making the move. Miami and China […]
Month: December 2023
Marini “was first guy to approach us” to replace Marquez for MotoGP 2024
Honda announced on the Monday after the 2023 season ended that it had signed Marini from VR46 – with whom he already had a 2024 contract in place – on a two-year deal to replace Gresini-bound Marquez. It ended weeks of speculation as to who would get the seat, with Miguel Oliveira initially its favoured […]
McLaren F1 turnaround shows what Ferrari can achieve over winter
Ferrari finished third in the standings with fewer than half the points of champion Red Bull. But Sainz thinks Ferrari can use the off-season to erase that gap for 2024 based on the example set by McLaren, which overcame a torrid start to 2023 to become the second-fastest team. Asked about the prospects of challenging […]
Ex-F1 racer van der Garde announces retirement
The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing. “Today I say goodbye to racing,” said van der Garde, who took a P2 class win in the World Endurance Championship’s Portimao round earlier this year for United Autosport. “A little […]
Sauber to run under Stake F1 Team name in 2024-25
Online gambling firm Stake will continue as title sponsor, while in addition streaming company Kick.com has stepped up its involvement and acquired the naming rights to the chassis, which will be known as the KICK Sauber C44 next season. The team used the Alfa Romeo name from 2019 until this year, with Sauber Motorsport remaining […]
How F1 sponsorship reflects the changing face of the audience
Max Verstappen wasn’t the only one setting records in F1 this season. The series went through an important milestone in 2023 as it surpassed 300 corporate sponsors for this first time in its history. These were spread across the 10 F1 teams and the series itself. And significantly, over half of them are American companies. […]
Red Bull completes first F1 pitstop in total darkness
The world championship winning team, which is known for its quirky PR activities, trained its pit crew to pull off the so-called “pitch black pitstop” as a celebration for winning the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award for six consecutive years. The trophy is handed out to the team that pulls off the fastest pitstops on […]
20kg weight purge for “cut and shut” RB19 was key to F1 2023 dominance
The Milton Keynes-based squad was in a class of its own throughout the 2023 season, winning 21 out of 22 races on its way to capturing both the constructors’ championship crown and the drivers’ title with Max Verstappen. While its rivals focused their efforts on trying to work out why Red Bull’s car was so […]
FIA opens up on “unsustainable” financial deficit it has been fighting to cut
Todt spoke to L’Equipe this week and took aim at comments from current president Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who has repeatedly said he inherited a tricky financial deficit when he took over in 2021. Speaking to the French newspaper about those remarks, Todt said: “Each year, the accounts have been largely profitable, except the last two […]
Zarco “was thinking of stopping” before Honda MotoGP chance came
The Frenchman capped off his fourth and final season as a Ducati rider fifth in the standings for the Pramac squad, having scored a maiden MotoGP victory in Australia in October. Zarco has signed to join Honda with the LCR squad for the next two seasons, beginning in 2024, to reignite a partnership that ran […]