Year: 2024

20 Jan 2024

New Haas F1 car should suit Magnussen better, says boss Komatsu

Kevin Magnussen struggled at times throughout last season to get as much out of the team’s 2023 challenger as team-mate Nico Hulkenberg because its characteristics did not suit his style.  His preference to carry speed through a corner, which demands a car handles the transition from braking on the approach and turn-in well, was not […]

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19 Jan 2024

Brad Pitt F1 film hits Daytona 24 Hours, Bruckheimer named Grand Marshal

Filming at Daytona will revolve around the 992-shape #120 Porsche 911 GT3 R entered by fictional team Chip Hart Racing – which is run in real life by Wright Motorsports for Adam Adelson, Elliott Skeer, Jan Haylen and Frederic Makowiecki. Their names are absent from car, however, which instead features Sonny Hayes (which is Pitt’s character […]

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19 Jan 2024

Is McLaren yet to unlock Norris’s full F1 potential?

Off the back of his most successful season in F1, Norris has strengthened his status as the Woking-based squad’s lead driver, having scored more than twice as many points as rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri and achieved seven podium finishes – more than in his first four campaigns combined. Yet, a feeling of unfinished business still […]

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19 Jan 2024

Driver killed in car crash at Miami F1 track

Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that the driver died when he was ejected from a grey Dodge coupe at 1:45pm local time on the southbound off-ramp of the Florida Turnpike that leads to Northwest 199th Street. His car slammed into a wall of the bridge and then appeared to have somersaulted over the barrier and off […]

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19 Jan 2024

New W15 F1 car has ironed out “spiteful” rear end

The team has been working hard on a major car revamp that it hopes will allow Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to take the fight to Red Bull this season.  And while it knows that its chances of success depend entirely on how much of a step forward the opposition has made, technical director James […]

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19 Jan 2024

Magazine: F1 2024's tech battleground

Normally, our ‘Revealed’ F1 issues begin by looking at the new rules for the season ahead and what impact they could have on the campaign to come. But, with such incredible stability in 2024, this week we take a different approach. Clearly, with Red Bull so dominant in 2023, many teams will follow the title-winning […]

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18 Jan 2024

Autosport Podcast: F1 tech in 2024

Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker. From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to […]

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18 Jan 2024

Ex-WSBK and 500cc star Anthony Gobert dies aged 48

The news of his death was confirmed by his mother Suzanne Gobert in a post on Facebook, where she talked about his life outside of motorsport and his struggles with addiction. “My heart is breaking as I write this as my first born beautiful son Anthony has passed late this afternoon,” she wrote. “I loved […]

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18 Jan 2024

Prazer takes commercial reins at F1 in new role

Prazer also holds a similar title for the F1-run Las Vegas GP, having been a key player in the development of the street event ahead of last year’s inaugural race. She will work alongside chief financial officer Duncan Llowarch, legal counsel Sacha Woodward Hill and chief corporate relations and communications officer Liam Parker, all of […]

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