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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…

Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Monday questioned the purpose of BRS working president KT Rama Rao‘s sudden visit to New Delhi. He sought to know whether the BRS leader went to the national capital to plead with the union ministers to withdraw charges levelled against him in the Formula-E race funds transfer.The minister charged KTR, who was the…

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Congress has termed the Delhi visit of BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao as an effort to “save his skin” from corruption allegations and get assurance from BJP top leaders for his “safety”. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Chief Whip Adi Srinivas said Mr.Rama Rao went…

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 11, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Joey Logano took home his third NASCAR Cup Series championship Sunday in Phoenix. Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Legitimacy (li-ji-tuh-muh-see) noun. The state or quality of being legitimate.Synonyms: rightfulness, lawfulness,…  read more www.espn.com

While women have competed in Formula 1, the World Endurance Championship, the World Rally Championship, World Rallycross, and Formula E before, never has the entire field in one of the FIA’s headline series been made up of only women. That changed at Formula E’s pre-season test in Spain last week when the final session of the four-day test was dedicated…

Mercedes have put the car from Lewis Hamilton’s controversial 2021 championship defeat on display in the lobby at their factory. Hamilton last drove the W12 when he lost the world championship to Max Verstappen in the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. The outcome of the race was notoriously swung when race director Michael Masi broke the rules…

Max Verstappen’s eighth win of the season last weekend means it is realistically a question of when, not if, he will clinch this year’s drivers’ championship title. The only driver who can beat Verstappen to the championship this year is Lando Norris. Charles Leclerc could theoretically tie the Red Bull driver on 393 points, but only if he takes a…

Following its entry into Formula E, Lola Cars has started exploring the next steps of its revival. The brand emerged from 12 years of dormancy earlier this year when it announced its intentions to enter the all-electric series as a powertrain manufacturer in collaboration with Yamaha. It was part of a new strategy for the famed chassis and car manufacturer…

Last weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos was far from being the first F1 event to have its schedule changed significantly after it had already begun. After the planned grand prix qualifying session on Saturday afternoon was delayed and delayed and delayed due to heavy wet conditions until eventually being postponed by race control, the session was moved to Sunday…

In a sport that loves its statistics, there are few more remarkable stats to consider than this: McLaren has not won a single Formula 1 constructors’ championship title during the lives of its two current drivers, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. For one of Formula 1’s most successful and most loved teams, McLaren have only tasted championship glory of any…

Formula E testing took place last week against all the odds and despite huge uncertainty in the days leading up to the event after a last-minute venue change. Jaguar’s Mitch Evans set the pace across four days of running, posting a 1m27.461s during the final session on Friday morning around the Jarama Circuit in Spain. But no less than five…

Season 9 Formula E champion Jake Dennis is coming into this campaign rejuvenated after losing his crown last season, according to Andretti team principal Roger Griffiths, and his driver agrees he’s coming in with a better mindset. While Dennis was a race winner and further three-time podium finisher in 2023-24, his form fell away towards the second half of the…

While the Gen3 electric single-seaters have reached the halfway point of their career, the Gen3 ‘EVO’ cars took to the track this week. More powerful, more technological and equipped with new tyres, they are machines of a new kind on which the teams will use to put on a show and try to win. Given the dramatic weather conditions that…

The controversy which surrounded Red Bull team principal Christian Horner earlier this year “had an impact” on their staff, according to a long-serving ex-F1 engineer. Julien Simon-Chautemps, whose F1 roles included three years as Kimi Raikkonen’s race engineer, believes the allegations around Horner’s behaviour influenced the departure of Red Bull’s long-serving chief technical officer Adrian Newey. Horner was cleared of…