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It’s fair to say that Sergio Perez has had a difficult season so far in 2024, sitting with more than 200 points fewer than Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen. So what did his race engineer Hugh Bird have to say to him in between sessions at his home grand prix in Mexico? Can you come up with the best…

In the round-up: Charles Leclerc expects Lewis Hamilton to push him hard as a team mate in 2025. In brief Leclerc expects “big challenge” from Hamilton at Ferrari Charles Leclerc says he expects to face a “big challenge” from incoming team mate Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari next year. “Looking forward, Lewis is obviously a seven times world champion, the most…

Nov 15, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Carlos Sainz will join Williams from Ferrari for the 2025 season. Mark Sutton/Getty Images Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will join Williams for Formula 1’s post-season test in Abu Dhabi next month, the Spaniard’s future employers said on Friday. Sainz is leaving Ferrari at the end of the year to make way for seven times world champion…

Antonio Felix da Costa has said that he and his Tag Heuer Porsche team ‘have the ingredients’ to win Season 11 of the FIA Formula E World Championship. The Portuguese veteran is entering the new campaign off the back of a renaissance in Season 10, winning four races after nearly losing his seat midway through it. Da Costa told Motorsport…

Formula 1 feared Ferrari and Mercedes’ refusal to participate in the original series of Drive to Survive would doom the project to failure. The Netflix series has been a major hit for F1 and is credited with bringing a new audience to the sport. All 10 teams allow the series’ producers, Box to Box, access to their garages during some…

Nov 14, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Roger Penske on Thursday added the most prestigious street race in North America to his portfolio with the purchase of the Grand Prix of Long Beach. He bought the race from Gerald Forsythe, who owned half the event with the late Kevin Kalkhoven. Forsythe bought Kalkhoven’s shares earlier this year amid reports both Formula…

Formula E will take another step closer to finally introducing energy-boosting pitstops with a special practice session dedicated to the ‘pit boost’ technology on the eve of the Sao Paulo season-opener next month. The Race can reveal that a session focused on further practice pitstops will be held at the Anhembi Sambadrome street track on Friday December 6, the day…

Sacha Fenestraz is poised for a return to Super Formula in 2025 with Toyota’s flagship TOM’S team, Autosport understands. The Franco-Argentinian driver is set to replace Ukyo Sasahara in the #37 TOM’S car as part of a wider deal with Toyota that would also see him race in SUPER GT next season. Fenestraz admitted when speaking to Autosport in the…

Nov 14, 2024, 05:10 AM ET Monaco first hosted a grand prix in 1950. Marco Canoniero/LightRocket via Getty Images Formula 1 will race in Monaco until 2031 following a six-year extension to the principality’s contract. The Monaco Grand Prix has been on the F1 calendar since the start in 1950, hosting 70 grands prix across 74 years.  read more www.espn.com

The fight for the Formula 1 drivers’ championship is all over bar the shouting. Unless Max Verstappen suffers a series of bizarre misfortunes akin to Montgomery Burns’ all-star baseball team, his name will go on the trophy for the fourth year in a row. But unlike last year, when Verstappen won all bar three of the 22 grands prix, he…

Nov 13, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Sergio Pérez said he rejected opportunities from two other Formula 1 teams to return to Red Bull for the 2025 season. Perez signed an extension earlier this year but has come under intense scrutiny while falling to eighth in the drivers’ standings. While teammate Max Verstappen is closing in a fourth consecutive championship, the…

Cultural Agency to Drive Formula E Communications Strategy for North America LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Formula E, the world’s first all-electric street racing series, has appointed The ID Agency in Los Angeles as its Public Relations Agency of Record for the United States. This strategic partnership marks a significant step in…  read more www.manilatimes.net

The London Formula E race contract is set to be extended to include a 2026 E-Prix at the unique inside and outside ExCeL venue in London Docklands, The Race can reveal. The plans, which are agreed and likely to be signed by the end of 2024, will include taking the arena venue to the end of the Gen3 era and…

The FIA Formula 1 race director tends to get blamed for things which don’t necessarily fall within their domain. Penalty decisions, to take one example, are a particularly common cause for confusion among fans. The race director can – and often does – query incidents which they feel should be looked at. But it’s the stewards who do the looking-at….

In the round-up: Alpine consultant Flavio Briatore says the team must make up for its power shortfall with a superior chassis next year. In brief Find RaceFans on BlueSky RaceFans has joined the growing community of motorsport enthusiasts on BlueSky. Find us here: Alpine need an extra three-tenths – Briatore Alpine confirmed yesterday it will switch to using Mercedes power…

Nov 12, 2024, 09:31 AM ET Niels Wittich has resigned as Formula 1 race director. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images Formula 1 race director Niels Wittich has stepped down with immediate effect, the FIA confirmed on Tuesday. He will be replaced by Rui Marques from the next race — the Las Vegas Grand Prix — on Nov. 24. F1’s race director oversees…

Alpine have officially announced they will use Mercedes power units when Formula 1 introduces its new engine regulations in 2026. Renault, which owns the Alpine brand, confirmed in September they will cease production of their own F1 power units at the end of next year. Workers at their Viry-Chatillon base opposed the decision not to produce a power unit for…

Liam Lawson is not happy the British national anthem rings out whenever McLaren wins out. “It makes no sense,” he told Red Flags recently. “It’s a New Zealand team. The name is still McLaren.” McLaren was founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963 and entered F1 three years later. But while its founder, like Lawson, is a New Zealander, the team…

The FIA Formula E pre-season test at Jarama was a week of pride, emotion, potential surprises and a chunk of history. Motorsport Week gives you the lowdown on what we’ve learned in Madrid. Formula E was forced to rearrange its pre-season test, moving from the place it calls home – Valencia, where the region was devastated by mass flooding. Once…