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Former F1 driver and F1 commentator Martin Brundle has spoken out in light of McLaren’s Team Principle Andreas Seidl leaving the team, voicing his concern for their future going forward. McLaren announced earlier in the week that Seidl had departed the team for a new role as Chief Executive Officer of Sauber Group, ahead of…
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The launch will take place at their Silverstone base, where construction of the team’s new £200 million headquarters is well underway. Having finished seventh in the Constructors’ Championship in the last two years, the team’s owner Lawrence Stroll is hopeful that the new base – along with new personnel like their new Technical Director Dan…
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Italian motorsport team Prema have announced they will run a team in the brand new all-women driver series, the F1 Academy. The series aims to develop and boost young drivers and aid in their development in the steps towards a Formula 1 career. The F1 Academy will use the Tatuus T421 chassis, fitted with a…
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The FIA has confirmed that Nyck De Vries will drive under number 21 when he makes his full-season debut next year. The Dutchman will race alongside Yuki Tsunoda at Alpha Tauri next year, replacing Pierre Gasly who will move to Alpine. De Vries, an ex-Formula 2 and Formula E champion, found himself in Alex Albon’s…
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F2 veteran Marcus Armstrong is set to pilot Chip Ganassi Racing’s fourth Indycar entry on road and street courses in the 2023 season. Following Jimmie Johnson’s move to NASCAR team ownership with the Petty GMS Motorsports organization, the car will run under #11. Armstrong will be teaming up with New Zealand compatriot and six-time champion…
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Formula One have announced an all-female F1 academy racing series to help younger female drivers, find an extra route into the sport. This shortly after W series ended their season early due to financial difficulties. The series will be on a similar level to formula 4 and will be a gateway for women to get…
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Helmut Marko has revealed that Red Bull’s wind tunnel, which is currently situated in a listed building, has garnered some complaints from the Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey. Newey, who has amassed eleven Constructors Championships with his input to Formula 1 car design over the years has aired his complaints about the wartime building the…
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Columbia has become the latest country to express interest in an F1 race, with the mayor of Barranquilla, Jaime Pumarejo stating that the “process is progressing favourably”. The Barranquilla city official told Colombian Newspaper El Heraldo that a new addition to the calendar is “a real, palpable possibility” but later admitted “there is still a…
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Beitske Visser drove to victory today in Singapore, keeping her hopes for the title alive as Championship leader Jamie Chadwick crashed out of the race with under five minutes to go. The second win of Visser’s W Series career – her first since the second race of the inaugural 2019 season – came after she…
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Jamie Chadwick has the potential to secure a third W Series Championship this weekend in Singapore as the single-seater female racing series heads to Asia for the first time. Having won five out of six races this season – only losing out to Alice Powell at the last event in July – leaving her with…
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The 2022 NTT INDYCAR season is over and the sensational Will Power took home the championship for a second time after a long eight years. It’s been a rollercoaster of a season with unexpected wins, records being broken, and a lot of lightning weather warnings. The championship fight went through right to the very end,…
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Women working in F1, F2 and F3 were among a group of professionals who came together last weekend to actively promote the participation of women in all areas of motorsport. The FIA Women in Motorsport Commission held its second networking event of 2022 at the Italian Grand Prix on 8th September, bringing together more than…
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Formula 2 is back after the summer break sees a triple header to start the second half of the season and wow its been a good weekend. Here’s everything that took place over the weekend at Spa. Free Practice Well it wouldn’t be Spa with a bit of unpredictable weather. Ralph Boschung returned to his…
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Alice Powell ended Jamie Chadwick’s seven-race long run of wins in a nail-biting sixth race of the 2022 W Series season at the Hungaroring, taking her first win of the year. After taking her first pole position of the season, Alice controlled the race from the front and remained there – even with two safety…
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Alice Powell has secured her first pole position of the 2022 W Series season in a frantic qualifying session for the sixth race of the year. The 2021 W Series runner-up took the third pole of her W Series career at the Hungaroring – more than a year after her second at Silverstone last July.…
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Reigning double champion Jamie Chadwick secured her seventh straight W Series win and extended her lead at the top of the championship standings this weekend at Paul Ricard. Starting from third on the grid having received a two-place grid penalty after qualifying on Friday, the Briton passed pole-sitter Beitske Visser twice during a dramatic race…
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Ayumu Iwasa was cool, has brought home his first victory in Formula 2 in Le Castellet, having narrowly missed out on a maiden win in Silverstone. The DAMS driver performed a perfect overtake on the opening lap to pull ahead of his rivals and reached the chequered flag 8.6s seconds clear of Théo Pourchaire in…
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Logan Sargeant left it as late as possible to snatch pole position for the Feature Race in Le Castellet, narrowly edging out Ayumu Iwasa and Frederik Vesti by tiny margins. Iwasa had held provisional pole going into the final laps and Vesti couldn’t quite match him, ending up 0.023 seconds down on the DAMS driver’s…
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Alpine has announced it’s launching an initiative to promote equal opportunities in motorsport and automotive – including scouting talented females from karting and helping them move through the ranks to F1. The Rac(H)er programme is designed to reinforce equality and provide opportunities based on merit, from scientific and technical fields through to their racing drivers.…
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Jamie Chadwick, reigning double champion of W Series, has taken pole position for her home race in Silverstone today. She has continued her perfect start to 2022; winning all three races so far this year, and is in prime position to go for her fourth race today with a pole position-winning time of 1:56.758. Two…