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Sanchez joined McLaren from Ferrari in January among a series of hires to augment the team’s engineering staff, but it became apparent that his duties as the technical director in charge of concept and performance were “not aligned” to those discussed previously. Team principal Andrea Stella will thus assume Sanchez’s duties in the interim, as the team searches for a replacement to head up the …Keep reading
On Monday 1 April, American media giant Liberty announced it had acquired 86% ownership of Dorna Sports and the MotoGP World Championship in a blockbuster €4.2 billion deal.The buyout, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, means Liberty now owns the world’s two biggest motorsport series in F1 and MotoGP.During an investors call on Monday, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei ruled out any …Keep reading
In 2026, F1 switches to revised power unit regulations which do away with the expensive and complicated MGU-H system and instead put a bigger emphasis on electric power provided by the MGU-K.F1 will also adopt sustainable fuels for the turbocharged V6 engine, which will remain in place as part of a projected 50/50 split between electric and internal combustion power.For 2026, Red Bull and sister …Keep reading
The opening races of the 2001 season foreshadowed what would be an era of dominance for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. After finally defeating McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen in 2000 the German would go on to dominate the sport for another four seasons. Schumacher duly took pole in Sao Paulo, then the third race of the season, following two wins out of two in Australia and Malaysia. Main rival Hakkinen …Keep reading
Welcome back to This Week in iRacing, our weekly post that details all you need to know about what is going on in the world of iRacing! As always, This Week includes topics ranging from official eSports to some of the top community-driven events, and everything in between. Here’s what you should know for 2024 Season 2 Week 4, from April 2nd to April 8th, 2024. For the Members: iRacing Official Series Highlights Every week, iRacing offers daily, even hourly racing that members can get into, based on where their license level is at. There are also some special series…
Logano has had a miserable start to the 2024 NASCAR Cup season, with just one top 10 finish in the first six races and four finishes of 22nd or worse, including a pair of DNFs.He didn’t know quite what to expect going into Richmond, but the weekend got off to a surprisingly strong start when he advanced to the final round of qualifying on Saturday, which guaranteed a start in the top 10.Sunday …Keep reading
For the second time in the 2024 Porsche TAG Heuer Esports Supercup season, Oracle Red Bull Sim Racing’s Cooper Webster is a Feature race winner. The sixth event of the year took the 30 of the best sports car sim racers in the world to the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, better known as Imola, for the penultimate battle of the championship. Following the Sprint invert, Webster led from the drop of the flag, holding off Team Redline’s Gustavo Ariel for the victory. Team Redline scored the Sprint win via Sam Kuitert, who scored his first career TAG Heuer Pole…
The early races have suggested that the Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Aston Martin teams are set to dominate the top 10 in both qualifying and races, leaving everyone else to challenge for rare opportunities to break into the points.RB now leads that group after Yuki Tsunoda secured seventh place in the high-attrition Australian Grand Prix, having qualified an encouraging eighth.”The …Keep reading
Mercedes has planned a two-day test from 16 April for its highly-rated junior driver in Austria, where he will take the wheel of the 2021 Mercedes W12.The acclimatisation test will be the 17-year-old’s first of several planned F1 outings this year as Mercedes prepares him to step up to F1 in the future, adding to his duties in the Formula 2 championship with Prema.Antonelli is under consideration …Keep reading
Mercedes has consistently avoided publicly backing a number one driver during the stints that Nico Rosberg, Valtteri Bottas and now Russell have had alongside Hamilton since 2013.Although the seven-time champion will exit the Silver Arrows at the end of the season to move to Ferrari, long-time Mercedes driver Russell remains under contract until the end of 2025.But regardless of whether Mercedes …Keep reading