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Abel Motorsports was up against the clock to be the 35th entrant in the 108th edition of the Indy 500, with Friday marking the deadline.Despite its best efforts, team manager John Brunner confirmed to Motorsport.com that his squad will not be among the participants."We're out," Brunner said. "We're pulling the plug."Brunner also noted that there would be no exemptions after the fact, either."We ...Keep reading

The championship leader went to the top of the order early on in the session prior to a red-flag period, but struggled upon the resumption of the session as his RB20 appeared to lack balance in the majority of the session.A lock-up at Turn 17 had nixed one lap and a miscue at the Turn 14-15 chicane cost another attempt at putting a time on the board, leaving the Dutchman languishing in 19th ...Keep reading

The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W154, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.Further updates to make the car more benign to handle for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are still in the works, but it has fast-tracked a new floor that was originally ...Keep reading

The surging growth that has seen the full-time entries go from 18 in 2017 to now 27 has presented an ongoing problem that continues to worsen. That number is likely to only get tighter next year with Prema fielding two cars.At a time when there is a collective effort to push forward with a charter system in IndyCar and increased interest from prospective new teams, Rahal stressed the importance of ...Keep reading

Newey announced earlier this week that he will be leaving his current Red Bull outfit at the start of next year, having grown unhappy about many aspects of working there over the past few months.The arrangement that Newey has reached with Red Bull means he will be a free agent from March 2025, which has opened the door for several teams to try to get hold of his services.While Newey is thought to ...Keep reading

The Enstone-based team has endured a torrid start to the new campaign as the A524 was initially off the pace and lacking downforce amid its major off-season concept change, running extra bodywork weight to pass a specific crash test and down on engine power compared to the Honda, Mercedes and Ferrari units with the Renault power Alpine uses.It is one of three teams yet to score – alongside ...Keep reading

Evans was offered a brief taste of the future when he piloted a modified Toyota GR Yaris during his pre-event Croatia Rally test last month.Fan vision captured from the test showcased the GR Yaris running with revised aerodynamics centred around the rear wing, which appeared to conform to the FIA’s proposed 2025 regulations. It is understood Toyota is the only team that has attempted to create ...Keep reading

Ahead of F1’s second sprint event of the year in Miami, Mercedes has taken on board a better understanding of what it did wrong in Shanghai two weeks ago.There, thanks to new parc ferme rules that opened up after the Saturday race, it elected to make massive set up changes to both Russell and Lewis Hamilton’s cars ahead of qualifying for the grand prix.Those changes proved not to bring any ...Keep reading

The Woking-based outfit has spent recent weeks working on addressing weaknesses that it feels its MCL38 car has.However, despite the raft of changes that it has revealed ahead of first practice in Miami, Lando Norris has explained that the tweaks brought this time out are more aimed at purely lifting performance.Asked what he expected from the upgrade package, Norris said: "Hopefully a quicker ...Keep reading

Ocon and team-mate Pierre Gasly endured a torrid start to the 2024 season with Alpine, which is one of three teams that are yet to score points.The Bruno Famin-led outfit fast-tracked a new floor to China, which both drivers will now use in Miami, while it has also made efforts to bring the weight of its A524 down.Off the track, Famin has recruited senior engineer Sanchez as the Enstone-based ...Keep reading

Following Nico Hulkenberg's impending departure at the end of 2024 to join Sauber next season, in preparation for its Audi rebrand in 2026, Haas now has an empty seat for 2025.Bearman, who is currently reserve driver for both Haas and Ferrari, is considered as the favourite to take over Hulkenberg's drive due to his current position in the team and will take part in six FP1 sessions this year.The ...Keep reading

As a consequence of production delays over the winter, the team had come into the 2024 campaign without a third chassis ready for its drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant.It was a situation that proved costly at the Australian GP when a practice crash for Albon meant his car could not be used again that weekend, and the team had to make the difficult decision of moving him across to take ...Keep reading

Earlier this week Red Bull confirmed its long-time design guru Newey would be leaving the team after a 19-year stint, which yielded seven drivers' and six constructors' championships so far.Newey was understood to be dissatisfied with the political power plays going on behind the scenes at Red Bull, which are yet to be resolved.When asked if Newey's shock departure amid its intra-team turmoil is a ...Keep reading

As the RB20 is prepared for action we are able to see the front and rear brake assemblies in various states of undress. Disc fairings are used at both ends of the car to help control the passage of airflow and transfer of heat, with a window employed at the front end to allow some of that heat to migrate to the secondary nest within the drum, as seen on the left-hand side of the car. Notably ...Keep reading

Ducati has two MotoGP rounds now in 2024 to choose from a list of three - Jorge Martin, Marc Marquez and Enea Bastianini - as to who will be its second factory team rider next season, something which will be highly influenced by economic factors, sponsorship and the individual will of general manager Gigi Dall'Igna.If we consider that all three candidates have sporting arguments to end up in the ...Keep reading

Audi is one of several possible destinations for Sainz ahead of his upcoming exit from Ferrari, with the German OEM having long been interested in securing his services for its F1 entry in 2026 when it rebrands the Sauber squad.In recent weeks, Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko suggested that Sainz has “a very lucrative offer from Audi that we can't match or beat” as the world champion ...Keep reading

The all-female feeder series aims to give young women access to more track time at a high-performance level, enabling them to develop the fundamental level of technical, physical and mental ability to progress to the highest level.That ethos matches the philosophy of eponymous founder Tilbury, who set up the brand with the aim of “empowering everyone, everywhere to unlock the magic of ...Keep reading

Scheduled for 14-16 June, no new date has been given for the event but Dorna Sports hopes to still stage it this year.MotoGP was originally set to race in Kazakhstan at the new Sokol International Racetrack, near the country’s largest city of Almaty, last year as part of an expanding calendar.However, due to the circuit not being ready at the time for its 9 July slot, the event was axed and not ...Keep reading

Despite a contract that runs until 2028 and a dominant car in the RB20, Verstappen's future at Red Bull was called into question in the wake of the team's power struggles that had been simmering under the surface for a while and boiled over this year.Verstappen previously said it was key to his Red Bull future that all key pillars of the team remained in place, but one of its most crucial members ...Keep reading

F1 returned to Vegas for a first grand prix in 41 years with the 2023 event eventually won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, using a new track incorporating the city’s famous Strip.But the event attracted considerable criticism for some initial ticket packages costing close to $1,000 for just the Thursday practice running, before prices fell considerably closer to the event.This decision was down ...Keep reading