British Touring Car Championship race winner Tom Onslow-Cole will make a surprise return to the series after an absence of seven years for the next three rounds. Onslow-Cole, who took victory seven times in the series, will replace the injured Ollie Brown at Team Hard for the next three rounds […]
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Lewis Hamilton is officially joining the club of successful Formula 1 racers turned team owners. However, unlike Bruce McLaren, Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart and other famous names that came before him; Hamilton’s chosen to put his millions not in F1, but in the newly-founded Extreme E. The electric off-road racing […]
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has announced he will have a team competing in the inaugural all-electric off-road racing Extreme E series next year. © Charles Coates/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 12: Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP poses for a photo in the […]
Lewis Hamilton has formed a team to compete in the Extreme E Series, the environmentally conscious series that will race 550-horsepower electric SUVs next year. The circuit will compete around the world in five locations threatened by climate change. Hamilton’s team will be X44, a reference to the six-time Formula One […]
World Rally Championship team bosses believe Rally Estonia deserves to be a regular fixture on the calendar following its debut last weekend. M-Sport’s Richard Millener and Hyundai’s Andrea Adamo told Autosport it was a successful debut for the Tartu-based competition, which was drafted in to bolster a calendar badly depleted […]
The Williams Formula 1 team has named Simon Roberts as acting team principal for its “transition period” after the Williams family stood down following the Italian Grand Prix. Last week it was announced that Claire Williams would step down from her role as deputy team principal after the Monza race, […]
© LAT Images Williams family depature news a The Williams Formula 1 race team preparing for the 2020 Italian Grand Prix found the news that the Williams family would step away from the squad “surprising” and a “shock”. The announcement that Frank and Claire Williams will end their involvement with […]
World Rally Championship team bosses believe Rally Estonia deserves to be a regular fixture on the calendar following its debut last weekend. M-Sport’s Richard Millener and Hyundai’s Andrea Adamo told Autosport it was a successful debut for the Tartu-based competition, which was drafted in to bolster a calendar badly depleted […]
Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has launched his own motorsport team – X44 – which will contest the maiden Extreme E season in a major coup for the electric off-road series. The move marks Hamilton’s first role in team ownership, with the squad’s X44 name referencing the #44 race […]
Robin Frijns was relieved to score his maiden DTM win at his home round at Assen, having felt “frustrating” Audi team orders in the past had masked his true potential. Frijns qualified on the front row for the first of the two Dutch races on Saturday, and overhauled polesitter Loic […]
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has admitted he questioned whether he was the right person to lead the outfit in the wake of its early season Formula 1 struggles. The Italian outfit has fallen away from the front of the field in 2020, and faced a bruising outing in Belgium […]
Renault is set to be represented on the World Touring Car Cup grid in 2020, with Vukovic Motorsport planning to field a Megane RS TCR car for the full season. The Swiss team’s sole entry will be driven by 2019 Renault UK Clio Cup champion Jack Young, who will become […]
The Spanish Cupra marque will be represented in the British Touring Car Championship for the first time next season with new cars to be built by Team Hard. The Kent squad has been using its ageing Volkswagen CCs since 2017, and has also fielded a single BMW 125i M Sport […]
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that teams should open up internal radio communications in order to entertain the public. An outwardly uneventful race in Belgium, along with Lewis Hamilton’s continued dominance of the 2020 season have led to some disappointment among fans, with Mercedes looking odds-on to win […]
McLaren cannot afford to underestimate Ferrari’s ability to “strike back” despite its current Formula 1 struggles, according to team principal Andreas Seidl. McLaren moved up to third place in the constructors’ championship at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after Lando Norris finished the race in seventh place. The result lifted […]
In what areas is McLaren still outperforming Renault and how much of that is down to the drivers? Jamie Holding, via email I don’t think it’s as simple as saying ‘the drivers are doing a better job’. Looking at the Renault and its engine customer, the McLaren car is better. […]
The Techeetah team which has dominated Formula E in recent years will contest the debut season of the Extreme E series to replace Venturi after its decision to withdraw. Venturi Automobiles became the first squad to enter the all-electric off-road SUV racing series, having contested FE since its inaugural 2014-15 […]
The upcoming clampdown from the FIA on car copying in Formula 1 will have “zero impact” on Racing Point’s business model, according to Otmar Szafnauer. The FIA has confirmed will be tweaking the regulations from 2021 to clamp down on car copying, preventing teams from reverse engineering other designs through […]
The Envision Virgin Racing outfit has become the first team in Formula E to be given a certified carbon neutral status. Recognised by the Carbon Trust, the grade accounts for the squad’s operational facilities based at Silverstone and London in addition to the travel for its 40 race staff. The […]
Williams has announced that its Formula 1 team has been acquired by American private investment firm Dorilton Capital. Williams confirmed back in May that it was considering a partial or full sale of its F1 team in a bid to ease financial pressures, and that it was undergoing a strategic […]