In the second instalment of McLaren Unseen, we talk to Transport Supervisor Martin Boyes to find out what it takes to keep an F1 team on the road. Sporting the company jacket in the racing team’s colours, Martin outlines the job he does. Pictured among the company’s dedicated fleet of impressive silver transporters with their
Month: December 2022
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The Australian said during the season finale in Valencia that his time with the Italian outfit had been “an amazing journey”. Miller returns to KTM next year alongside Brad Binder at its factory squad, having ridden for the Ajo team in Moto3 in 2014 when he was runner-up in the standings. He said he hopes
He believes that the current arrangement should be adjusted to take into account the increase in the number of events, including the six sprints on the 2023 schedule. The Frenchman is currently on 10 points, and if he reaches 12 before he drops his earliest score in late May he could be banned for a
The DTM faced uncertainty when it emerged that previous organising body the ITR would be disbanded, and that it had entered into discussions with rival promoter the ADAC to continue the DTM name in 2023. Both the DTM and the ADAC’s GT Masters series for crews of two drivers per car utilise GT3 regulations, and
Leclerc looked poised to mount a title challenge for the first time in his F1 career after winning two of the first three races, surging into an early points lead thanks to the victories in Bahrain and Australia. But Leclerc would score just one more win all season as Max Verstappen and Red Bull pulled
Earlier this year Penske revealed he had held talks with the WEC about staging a race on the Indianapolis road course, which previously hosted Formula 1 events from 2000 to 2007, saying the plan was at “the top of his list”. The discussions precede Penske’s eponymous squad joining forces with Porsche for its LMDh programme
Following Ferrari’s failure to win the world championship this year, Binotto offered his resignation after feeling he did not have the full support of the Italian manufacturer’s senior management team. Ferrari accepted his decision to quit and is currently finalising a replacement, with Alfa Romeo team boss Frederic Vasseur favourite to take the job. Binotto’s
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Owing to the tight and small circuit configurations, robust racing between drivers has been prevalent during Formula E races, especially as bodywork has historically mitigated wheel-to-wheel contact. But the exposed wheels of the Gen3 car presents more risk, particularly if drivers lock horns, and Barclay suggests that this is the key reason that Formula E
The windtunnel is part of the new factory project currently underway at Silverstone, but while the main facility is scheduled to be occupied by next May, the adjacent tunnel won’t be in use until the following year. The team currently uses the Mercedes tunnel in Brackley, and will do the initial work on the AMR25
During this offseason, something calling itself the IndyCar Drivers Association sent a letter to five very senior members of Penske Entertainment, asking for IndyCar to step up its marketing. It was, by most accounts, an ill-conceived and ill-constructed missive from a loose band of drivers, and apparently it went down like a cup of cold
The prize giving saw Verstappen, F1 runner-up Charles Leclerc, third-place driver Sergio Perez and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner, collecting the F1 constructors’ championship, pick up the biggest prizes of the night. During a week of World Motor Sport Council and FIA General Assembly meetings, the prize giving culminated in Verstappen being presented the
The Danish pairing, who are in action together in this weekend’s Gulf 12 Hours in Abu Dhabi, will once more drive for Ohio-based MDK Motorsports. It will be Kevin Magnussen’s third start in the Floridian sportscar classic, following on from his Cadillac DPi program with Chip Ganassi Racing – which he bailed out from after last
Gasly heads to Alpine in 2023 after a difficult final year with the Faenza team, which struggled to find form for much of the season. The Frenchman says that his former colleagues are confident that the new AT04 will be the best car they have built to date. He admits that with all teams developing
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It’s time for the next installment in our IMSA.com video series highlighting the technology and on-track accomplishments of each of the 17 manufacturers competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. Today’s episode focuses on Lexus, which currently competes in the WeatherTech Championship GT Daytona (GTD) class with a pair
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The Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) division will form the top class of the IMSA SportsCar series, which kicks off with the series’ marquee event, the Daytona 24 Hours at the end of January. Cadillac and Porsche will also run these cars in the World Endurance Championship, as they chase the biggest sportscar race of all
The team announced recently that current incumbent Mattia Binotto has resigned and will leave at the end of December, with his replacement yet to be confirmed. Alfa Romeo boss Fred Vasseur, who has worked extensively with Leclerc in the past at both ART and Sauber, is widely regarded as a favourite to get the job.
Morbidelli has endured a tough two years in the premier class after finishing runner-up in the standings in 2020 with three race wins. The Italian was hit by a knee injury in the first half of 2021 having struggled for form on his 2019-spec Yamaha at Petronas SRT, before a mid-season move to the factory
The Anglo-Chinese squad unveiled its Gen3 livery and has retained its dark blue background, but has augmented that with solid red, white and teal flashes. It heads into the ninth season of Formula E with a revised line-up, with Sergio Sette Camara coming in to partner Dan Ticktum – as long-serving Oliver Turvey steps away
Norris claimed third place for McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April, benefitting from a late error by Charles Leclerc that dropped the Ferrari driver back to sixth place. Norris said ahead of the summer break that it “blows my mind” McLaren managed to score a podium given its early-season car struggles, the team having
Hawksworth and Barnicoat powered the VS Lexus team to second in this year’s GTD Pro standings on the strength of two wins, four other podium finishes and two pole positions. Success included glory in the prestigious Petit Le Mans, along with IndyCar racer Kyle Kirkwood. Barnicoat finished second in standings and even Hawksworth clinched sixth
Four-time world champion Vettel retired from F1 at the end of the 2022 season, having announced plans to hang up his helmet back in July. The German driver enjoyed stints with Toro Rosso, Red Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin in F1, as well as making a big impact in recent years by speaking up on
1:14 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar has landed its own “Drive to Survive”-type docudrama that will showcase the buildup to next year’s Indianapolis 500. The six-part “100 Days to Indy” will air on The CW Network next spring and chronicle the 100-day window ahead of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on May 28 at Indianapolis
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Belgians Vanthoor and Weerts formed a successful duo at Audi team WRT in the GT World Challenge Europe, taking three consecutive Sprint Cup titles in the Audi R8 LMS as well as an overall title in 2021. Along with the Vincent Vosse-led team, the pair have moved to BMW for 2023, defending the Bavarian brand’s
The new model is the first to have been developed under former Red Bull man Fallows, who started work at the Silverstone outfit in April, and head of aerodynamics Eric Blandin, who was previously at Mercedes. This year’s AMR22 was designed to allow for a change of concept, and it was developed substantially over the