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Mercedes put an end to months of speculation by announcing on Tuesday that Russell would be joining its works F1 team next year, replacing Valtteri Bottas after spending three seasons with Williams. Russell has been a member of Mercedes’ young driver programme since 2017, and deputised for Hamilton at last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix after

Even without a win during the regular season, Hamlin had remained in the hunt to head the standings into the Playoffs until the last of the 26 races at Daytona. With five wins so far this season, Hendrick Motorsport’s Kyle Larson eventually claimed the regular season ‘title’ and the critical 15 playoff points that came with

With F1 continuing to cut back on the amount of testing that is allowed, plus having reduced Friday running this year, there are concerns that the next generation of drivers lack opportunity to get mileage in current cars under their belt. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has said he is aware of the problem, and thinks

Williams announced on Wednesday that Albon would be joining the team for the 2022 season, replacing the Mercedes-bound George Russell as Nicholas Latifi’s team-mate. It will mark a racing comeback for Albon in F1 after he lost his full-time seat with Red Bull at the end of last year, moving into a reserve and test

The deal between BMW and Dallara to partner on the German manufacturer’s LMDh programme focused on the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America was signed in Italy on Wednesday. Dallara is one of the four constructors licensed to build the next generation of LMP2 chassis out of which an LMDh must be developed. BMW is

Based on the Emira road car, which was debuted in July at the company’s Hethel test track by 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button, the race model is powered by a 3.5-litre Toyota V6 engine and will be eligible for GT4 championships including GT4 European Series, British GT, ADAC GT4, DTM Trophy and the

So how big a change is that going to be? As great as the shift from V8s to hybrids? And while many governments around the world seem to speak today only of electric cars as the future, how powerful a message will Formula One be sending that the future of cars and mobility doesn’t have

One-time FE race winner Rowland will leave Nissan e.dams after three seasons to replace Alex Lynn at Mahindra in a multi-year deal, partnering fellow Brit Alexander Sims. The 29-year-old compared favourably against Buemi during his spell with the Japanese marque, finishing within a point of his experienced teammate in his sophomore campaign with a maiden

Russell has been given the nod to step up to Mercedes for 2022 after three seasons with the Williams outfit. He will replace Valtteri Bottas, who has driven for the German car manufacturer since 2017. With Bottas having played his part in a clean sweep of constructors’ championships for Mercedes since then, Russell needs no

The Mission R revealed at this week’s IAA Mobility motor show in Munich “provides an indication of what the future of one-make series with all-electric cars could look like,” according to the German manufacturer. The combined power output from the motors give the car approximately 1075bhp in qualifying mode and 670bhp in race configuration. That

The Japanese driver that has come through Toyota’s junior driver programme has emerged as one of 2021’s surprise packages, highlighted by a maiden WRC podium after finishing second at June’s Safari Rally. In fact, up until an uncharacteristic crash at Rally Ypres last month, Katsuta was the only driver to have finished every rally inside

Continuing a series of mid-season auctions for the famous Holden team, the latest offering is WR026, which was built new for Mostert’s 2021 campaign. That makes it Mostert’s first Holden race winner, following his victories in the car at Symmons Plains and Darwin earlier this year. It will also be WAU’s final Gen2 build ahead

Once again the Hansen squad had to work hard through qualifying as other teams and drivers set the pace, this time Finn Niclas Gronholm and then reigning title winner Johan Kristoffersson topping the order through Saturday and Sunday morning. But as Timmy Hansen made set-up changes to his Peugeot 208 ahead of Q4, and used

The only major threat to Verstappen’s race arrived after his first pitstop when he resumed behind Valtteri Bottas, but the Mercedes driver was soon cleared with the aid of DRS. As Hamilton worked around an alternative strategy, which put him on the quicker medium tyres but for a lengthy stint, Verstappen held a 2.5s lead

The pitlane is the tightest of the season in terms of the separation between the garages, and before the weekend FIA race director Michael Masi mandated a 60kmh speed limit in order to address potential issues. The major concern given the high likelihood of safety cars is what might happen if many cars pit at

Prior to the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, it had been expected that making moves around the newly-renovated track would be difficult due to the number of high-speed sweepers that would make it difficult for cars to follow each other closely. But second sprint race winner Martins and third-place finisher Frederik Vesti both said they were

While Verstappen grabbed pole position for his home race, the Dutchman is left in an exposed position strategy wise by having two Mercedes cars right behind him. That was caused by team-mate Sergio Perez failing to make it out of Q1 when he was released too late from the pits for his final run and

The Finn set a 1m34.326s to take pole position for the Dutch round off the back of her win last weekend at Spa – her second in the series. Despite some confusion around the timing board, which suggested Powell could have taken pole, it concluded that Kimilainen had the top spot. It puts her back

The factory Toyota drivers have been testing the all-new Rally1 Yaris in France as development of the Japanese marque’s 2022 WRC challenger ramps up. Up until now testing has been conducted by Toyota’s test driver Juho Hanninen, but this week’s tarmac test in France, held near to the Monte Carlo rally route, allowed Evans and

When the Dutch GP was first put on the 2020 calendar and plans for the track revisions were confirmed, Pirelli considered making a special tyre to cope with the extra high loadings that were expected on the re-profiled final turn. Banking has been an issue for F1 tyres in the past, most notably with the

The 1982 World Rally Championship runner-up said in an interview with Le Figaro that there was a “limited level” in the all-female series “since the best performers don’t participate.” Mouton, head of the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission, said: “If the W Series can be seen as a detection/selection channel to attract more young women

The Finn announced his shock departure from M-Sport last Friday leaving the British squad with immediate effect despite being rostered to pilot the team’s WRC2 entry at the Acropolis Rally later this month. Suninen was also set to jump back behind the wheel of a M-Sport WRC Ford Fiesta at Rally Finland in October. In

Hamilton faced booing and jeering from F1 title rival Verstappen’s fans at the Hungarian Grand Prix before the summer break following their controversial collision at Silverstone two weeks earlier. Hamilton brushed off the boos at the time, but is set to face a similarly hostile welcome to the Dutch Grand Prix this weekend as Verstappen

The two-time Porsche Carrera Cup GB title winner has predominantly raced historic machinery since his final Carrera Cup season in 2011 – including finishing as Classic Formula Ford runner-up two years ago – but made his return to a modern Porsche in the Sprint Challenge GB as a guest driver at Thruxton last weekend. Harvey

Kimi Raikkonen is the most experienced Formula 1 driver of all time. Starting the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix moved him past Rubens Barrichello’s previous mark of 322 world championship starts, and his decision to call time on his F1 career – announced on the eve of the Dutch Grand Prix – came after his 341st