The annual Monte Carlo curtain raiser will see the WRC embrace hybrid technology for the first time following the introduction of new Rally1 regulations. The new rules have required Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport Ford to construct all-new cars built around a tougher space frame chassis, while the 1.6 litre turbo charged engines are now coupled
Sainz linked up with Ferrari for the start of the 2021 season, joining from McLaren as a replacement for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Sainz and Leclerc quickly formed an impressive partnership both on-track and off-track as they helped Ferrari finish third in the constructors’ championship, bouncing back from its worst result in 40 years
Having switched from his longtime home at Racing Point, Perez struggled for much of the 2021 season to get fully up to speed with the RB16B. A win in Baku in June was a major boost, and he logged four third places on his way to securing fourth in the points table. However, new world
Bagnaia won four races in 2021 and finished runner-up in the standings to Fabio Quartararo, missing the championship by 26 points, in a breakout campaign for the factory Ducati rider. The Italian got the first win of his MotoGP career at the Aragon Grand Prix last September when he battled hard with six-time world champion
The Russian made his debut with the Haas team after having finished the 2020 Formula 2 season in fifth position, with a 14th-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix his best result of the year in F1. With the Haas proving the slowest car of the F1 field all season long, Mazepin struggled at the
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The Japanese manufacturer enjoyed an extremely successful spell with the Woking-based team in the late 1980s and early 1990s before it left the sport in 1992. The two companies were reunited in 2015, when Honda returned to F1 for the hybrid era. However, the partnership ended prematurely after three disappointing seasons, with Honda moving to
But it is not the only sport or pastime to enjoy such a surge. In October 2020, The Queen’s Gambit became a hit on Netflix, based on the 1983 novel about a female chess prodigy, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, who rises to become the greatest player in the world. It resulted in a massive swell
Since the championship’s inception, the battery has been a single-spec component. It was first supplied by Williams Advanced Engineering [WAE] prior to a switch to McLaren Applied for Gen2, but WAE has won back the tender for Gen3 beginning in 2022-23. For the advent of the new 470bhp machines, the battery will again remain standardised.
A push by the FIA to cut back on downforce for this year, to help ease the stress on tyres, triggered some changes to the floor and bargeboard regulations. These alterations, which came during a phase when teams had to carry over their 2020 chassis, especially hurt the high rake cars like Mercedes and Aston
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As we take a look back at the IMSA Grand Touring Prototype era, let’s hear from one of the 50 Great IMSA Drivers, Bobby Rahal.
Ahead of this season, the American squad finished assembling its car in Bahrain ahead of the start of pre-season testing as the chassis was basically unchanged from 2020. But with a rules overhaul for next season meaning teams will have all-new cars, Haas will finish assembling it in the Dallara factory in Italy before flying
The Toyota driver has finished runner-up to team-mate Ogier in the last two seasons having taken the championship fight down to the wire in 2020 and 2021. With Ogier calling time on his full-time WRC career after lifting an eighth world title, Evans appears among the early contenders to challenge for the crown next year
With the overhaul of the technical regulations on the horizon for 2022 and limited car development allowed for this year, F1’s most successful and famous team was able to spend much of this season focusing on getting the basics right. It resulted in a season that showed impressive steps forward by Ferrari in pretty much
F1 witnessed a titanic battle between Red Bull and Mercedes this year as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton went head-to-head for the drivers’ championship. The drivers entered the final race tied on points, and the title was settled on the last lap of the season following a controversial restart after Verstappen overtook Hamilton to clinch
F1 teams are currently working hard on their designs for the all-new ground effect cars that will come in to play in 2022. And, after an ultra-competitive 2021 campaign, there have been some fears voiced that the change of regulations could trigger more of a field spread with some teams having found better ways to
Yee-haw, that was some weekend in the U-S-of-A. We certainly felt the love at COTA and around Austin. From McLaren Fan Heist to Daniel Ricciardo getting behind the wheel of his hero’s race car, oh and, of course, the United States Grand Prix! Both Lando and Daniel raced hard to keep us sitting third in
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Ahead of its drivers’ and teams’ title coronation in Berlin in August, Autosport broke the news that Mercedes would exit Formula E at the end of the inbound 2022 season – the final year of the Gen2 rules. This comes despite the marque revealing earlier this year that it will shift towards offering an all-electric
Verstappen secured his maiden F1 drivers’ title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, when he benefited from a late safety car restart to overtake Lewis Hamilton on the final lap. But despite his success, Red Bull lost out to rival Mercedes in the fight for the constructors’ championship. Teams are often conflicted about which championship
Born out of regulations, introduced in 2017, designed to create faster, more aero dependent, extreme WRC cars, Toyota, Hyundai, M-Sport Ford and Citroen constructed cars wild enough to be dubbed the “modern Group B.” Plus: Why the WRC’s ‘modern Group B’ era was rallying at its bonkers best Now the curtain has fallen on 2017 cars
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was crowned champion for the first time in the Yas Marina finale after he beat Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton thanks to a late safety car period following a crash by Nicolas Latifi. Although Michael Masi’s call to relaunch the race with one lap to go was controversial, fears that the championship
Piastri took the junior formula ladder by storm by winning championships in three consecutive seasons in Formula Renault Eurocup, FIA Formula 3 and FIA Formula 2. With powerhouse Prema, Piastri dominated F2, taking the title with a 60.5-point gap to runner-up Robert Shwartzman. It didn’t yield the 20-year-old from Melbourne an F1 seat for next
Ducati rider Bagnaia won four races in 2021 on his way to second in the standings, having proved to be world champion Fabio Quartararo’s main rival in the title battle. Though the championship tussle between the pair never got to a heated stage as Quartararo secured the crown with two races to spare, both riders
As part of an upgrade that is aimed at improving safety, and homologating the circuit for motorbikes, a major revamp is underway. The construction work, which began on November 15, is set to cost the venue around 80 million Euros, but should help secure its long term future for top categories including F1. From next
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Back in October, the German series announced a nine-round schedule with a ‘TBA’ venue on 3-5 June. However, this date has been scrapped from the latest draft calendar announced on Thursday following the end of championship promoter ITR’s agreement with Assen. The move leaves the 2022 schedule with eight rounds – four in Germany and