New name, Porsche power: Formula E’s minnow secures its future
The Formula E team formerly know as ERT has had its future assured following its acquisition by a Los Angeles-based asset management company. That takeover by the Forest Road Company was completed earlier this month and, as first reported by The Race, part of the deal is for the team – to be known as Kiro Race Co – to…
Heir to Hamilton’s throne: Antonelli is F1’s next big thing | Motorsport
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 15, 2024, 11:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes F1 garage beginning next season. Clive Rose – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Andrea Kimi Antonelli has a party trick. Name any race weekend he has driven in and he can…
Alpine turn orange, McLaren go chrome for United States Grand Prix · RaceFans | Motorsport
Alpine will run in a predominantly orange livery at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix having revealed its third change of design this year. Meanwhile McLaren are bringing back the retro-style chrome-coloured livery they raced last year. The Alpine A524s will run in a special livery to promote the upcoming video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Many video…
Formula E’s ERT rebrands to Kiro Race Co following Forest Road acquisition
Capital for acquisition provided by co-founders of Ares Management Technical partnership also agreed with Porsche Motorsport Team will race with an American licence but remain at Silverstone The ERT Formula E team will rebrand to Kiro Race Co from the 2024/25 season after being acquired by private investment firm Forest Road. The Los Angeles-based investment firm has acquired 100 per…
Alpine is first F1 team to produce special livery for a video game · RaceFans | Motorsport
Alpine will run in a predominantly orange livery at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix having revealed its third change of design this year. The team will run in a special livery to promote the upcoming video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Many video games have appeared on F1 cars in the past. Williams famously included Sega and…
The mark of a ‘true great’? The 10 drivers who won titles when their teams failed to · RaceFans | Motorsport
As Fernando Alonso never fails to remind us, winning the drivers’ championship is all about having the best car. Verstappen and McLaren are on course to win 2024 titles So as you’d expect, most F1 drivers who won the championship did so in a car which also won the constructors’ title in the same year. But not always: Since the…
RaceFans Round-up: Horner told me I’d have a seat in ’24 | Motorsport
In the round-up: Liam Lawson says he always knew he’d return to a Formula 1 race seat this season. Show which drivers and teams you are supporting Which F1 drivers and teams are you supporting this season? Here’s how you can show your support for your favourite on the grid on RaceFans: Log in with your RaceFans account (sign up…
Hailie Deegan leaving NASCAR to compete in Indy NXT Series | Motorsport
Oct 14, 2024, 05:53 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan said Monday she will move from NASCAR to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports. Deegan will drive the No. 38 entry for the full 14-race calendar of the series one step below IndyCar. She will be part of a five-driver team at…
Another two-month gap? Formula E’s new calendar crisis
Formula E is once again facing an enforced two-month break in its schedule having not managed to replace its planned 2025 race in the Thai city of Chiang Mai. The scheduled date between the Jeddah and Homestead races in February and April was never officially confirmed as being intended for Thailand and was left as a ‘to be confirmed’ slot…
2024 United States Grand Prix Live F1 TV Times | Motorsport
Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the United States Grand Prix weekend. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow all the action with your fellow RaceFans. Here’s how to watch the 2024 United States Grand Prix live in the UK and USA: 2024 United States Grand Prix live session times…
Will Lawson prove Red Bull was right to drop Ricciardo? Six US GP talking points · RaceFans | Motorsport
The second of three races in the United States this season, Formula 1 headed to Austin, Texas for the United States Grand Prix – the only one of the three at a permanent circuit. But to the disappointment of many who will be attending at Circuit of the Americas this weekend, Daniel Ricciardo will not be racing after being dropped…
How many feeds do you use to watch Formula 1 live? · RaceFans | Motorsport
Unlike so many sports, Formula 1 offers its viewers so many different options for how to follow the live action – albeit limited by region based on broadcast agreements. The sport has evolved unrecognisably from the early 90s, where all that fans had available was a single world feed broadcast that provided all the coverage and information about the race…
A forgotten Formula E pioneer on her four-race stint
Michela Cerruti is one of the forgotten original drivers of Formula E and not just because she was one of only three women that have raced in the 133 E-Prixs held in the championship’s 10-year history. The Italian, now 37, competed in Formula E’s first four races in 2014 and 2015 scoring a best result of 12th. She was replaced…
She’s Electric! Alicia Palmowski to drive in Formula E test – Not Really Here Group
Glossop racing sensation Alisha Palmowski is ready to take another step forward in her career after being invited to test drive in the FIA’s Formula E Women series. 18-year-old Alicia will join Envision Racing for the session next month in Valencia, following on from her debut season driving single-seat cars where she finished runner-up in the GB4 Championship. Along the way,…
Meet British F4’s most dominant champion | Motorsport
Since its inaugural season in 2015, several big names in motorsport have kick-started their careers winning races in the British F4 championship. Future F1 drivers Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Logan Sargeant and Jack Doohan. IndyCar racers Colton Herta and Linus Lundqvist. All of them first tasted single-seater success in the series. But even with the pedigree of all those names,…
Toyota’s radical design · RaceFans | Motorsport
With the news that Toyota Gazoo Racing will forge a technical partnership with Haas, it seemed appropriate to dig into the archives and look back at Toyota’s time as a factory team in Formula 1. Back in 2008, drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock got to try out a real life Batmobile at Silverstone to celebrate the release of The…
NASCAR charter dispute will test Hamlin’s newfound patience | Motorsport
Oct 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Denny Hamlin’s role as team owner at 23XI Racing has taught him patience, a quality he has not always been known for as a driver. Sean Gardner/Getty Images All it took for Denny Hamlin to learn patience was becoming a NASCAR team owner. He used to be someone who made a decision and just went…
Rowland ‘easily on a par’ with Verstappen says former teammate…
Today at 05:34 AM Ex-Formula E racer Sacha Fenestraz says his former Nissan teammate in the all-electric series, Oliver Rowland, is so talented that he “is easily on a par” with three-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen. In a recent interview with Motorsport Latam, Fenestraz explained how his perspective on his teammate evolved during their time together in Formula…
Haas boss Ayao Komatsu: Toyota tie-up enhances Ferrari link | Motorsport
Oct 11, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Haas’s new Formula One technical partnership with Toyota is aimed at enhancing long-standing arrangements with Ferrari rather than replacing them, team boss Ayao Komatsu said on Friday. The team uses Ferrari engines and gearboxes, as well as a wind tunnel and simulator at Maranello where Haas maintain a design office. Editor’s Picks 2 Related…
Why Toyota want no comparisons with their first F1 adventure · RaceFans | Motorsport
“Please make sure that tomorrow’s headlines don’t read: ‘Toyota finally returns to F1’,” implored the company’s CEO Akio Toyoda as he announced their new tie-up with Haas today. The Japanese car making giant is back in F1 for the first time since it pulled the plug on its works team at the end of 2009. But its new alliance with…