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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 6, from April 16th to April 22nd, 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…
When performance wanes or is not up to standard, Cup Series teams tend to eventually turn to the mode of trying to fix what’s wrong – and many times that includes a change in personnel.When Elliott – the sport’s most popular driver – ended his 42-race winless streak on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, he did so with much of the same No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports team that was in place when …Keep reading
After four podium-less seasons during which Haas scored just 52 points in total, team principal Guenther Steiner and technical director Simone Resta left the squad last winter.The former was replaced by ex-trackside engineering director Komatsu while the latter’s position was taken over by Andrea de Zordo, who used to be the outfit’s chief engineer.These decisions were made amid team founder and …Keep reading
McLaren started off 2024 in good shape, heading into the fifth round of the season as the third team in the pecking order, ahead of Mercedes.But while it remains a force on high-downforce circuits, the team admitted at the start of the year that its persistent low-speed weakness still hadn’t been addressed yet.That weakness could come back to haunt it at some circuits more than others, with F1’s …Keep reading
Teams spend months and even years working on improving the designs of their cars to make them lighter and faster in the hopes of beating the competition. There are many obvious elements on an F1 car’s bodywork, including the front wing and the side pods, which all work together to make the car more aerodynamic.However, there are several smaller features that can go unnoticed, especially during …Keep reading
The iRacing Nurburgring Endurance Championship returns this weekend as part of its nine-round 2024 championship. Inspired by Nordschleife-based events in the real world, this series of endurance events brings a full slate of GT and touring cars to the ‘Ring. Competitors can choose between five different classes. GT3 racers can choose between the Audi R8 LMS EVO II, BMW M4, Ferrari 296, Mercedes-AMG, or Porsche 911 GT3 R (992). GT4 racers have the choice of the Aston Martin Vantage, BMW M4, and Porsche 718 Cayman. TCR teams can select the Honda Civic Type R TCR or Hyundai Elantra TCR. The…
The BMW M Power Tour returns for 2024 with 10 consecutive weeks of racing action! This year’s collaboration between BMW and iRacing features a varied selection of BMW M Motorsport cars competing across the world’s top tracks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with prizes on the line for the top three drivers in the overall standings at season’s end. This week’s BMW M Power Tour event features the BMW M4 GT3 at Autódromo Internacional do Algarve (also known as Portimão). Races will launch every two hours starting with 0:00 GMT on Tuesday. To learn more about the event, its time…
China last hosted an F1 race in 2019 until the COVID-19 pandemic derailed its grand prix.F1 now returns to the demanding Shanghai International Circuit after four years away, with teams facing several unknowns on how this generation of cars will perform there.On top of that, the circuit has since been resurfaced, meaning very little existing data is valid at the 5.4km track outside Shanghai and …Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton’s decision to join Ferrari for next year means that Mercedes is on the hunt for a new team-mate for George Russell.And there are two different paths that the team can go down: hunting out the most experienced driver it can to help its push to the front, or throwing everything behind its rising junior star Andrea Kimi Antonelli to get him up to speed.On the experienced front, the …Keep reading
Having read Autosport almost all my life, I’m chuffed to have been given a regular column in a magazine/website that I respect. I am sure that I will return to what I know best before too long – running race teams – but for the moment, while I recharge my metaphorical racing batteries, I plan to tell a few stories about my 40-odd years in the sport.I’m going to kick off with Carlos Sainz …Keep reading