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Sargeant struggled through his rookie year with Williams, having an early tendency to overdrive a difficult to handle FW45 to keep up with team-mate Alex Albon. While the Floridian made gains through the latter half of the year, which saw him rewarded with a second year, he still only ended the season with just one […]
KTM had a relatively low-key showing in Malaysia as the new MotoGP season began in earnest with a three-day test this week, with Ducati stealing the limelight with a series of record-breaking lap times. Binder could put up no challenge to either the factory or the satellite Desmosedici riders as he ended up a distant […]
As well as RB moving away from being just a training ground for junior drivers, the squad has been open about forging closer ties with sister squad Red Bull that extends to a technical alliance. PLUS: How the renewed Red Bull influence is presence in RB’s new F1 car It was never likely that this […]
The three-day test at the Malaysian venue provided plenty of indicators as to who has made the biggest leap since 2023, and who could be on the back foot going into the new season. In the midst of high heat and humidity, double reigning champion Franco Bagnaia set a blistering time of 1m56.682s to top […]
Hamilton’s decision to leave Mercedes for Maranello in 2025 and extended deals for Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris at their respective Ferrari and McLaren teams were the first steps in what is expected to be a busy silly season. Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly are among the many drivers on the current grid who […]
Hamilton dropped a bombshell on Mercedes last week when he told the squad that he had activated an early exit from his deal so he can join Ferrari in 2025. The switch immediately opened up suggestions that other senior staff at Mercedes – such as his engineer Pete ‘Bono’ Bonnington – could follow him as […]
Albon has been the subject of intense speculation over his future in recent weeks, with reports linking him to Red Bull as Sergio Perez‘s replacement, as well as the vacant Mercedes seat in the wake of Lewis Hamilton‘s shock Ferrari move for 2025. While speculative reports Red Bull offered Albon a multi-year contract from 2025 […]
The US-based company had a low-key arrangement with the team last season that covered the three American races in Miami, Austin and Las Vegas. That has now extended to a full global partnership with its logos featured on the cars and on drivers’ overalls. Founded in 2004, Nasdaq-listed Celsius Holdings sold an 8.5% share of […]
The Enstone-based outfit revealed a virtually all-new challenger for 2024 at its factory on Wednesday, with technical director Matt Harman claiming that the only carry-over component from last season was the steering wheel. It hopes that the aggressive targets the team has set for the new car, which was only finished in the early hours […]
The Japanese manufacturer had been testing an upgraded version of the M1 across the two tests at Sepang this month in its pursuit to close the gap to the front and become a race-winning force in MotoGP again. Quartararo and new signing Alex Rins both got to ride the 2024 version of the bike in […]