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Lewis Hamilton has taken to social media to offer some more background on his headline-making decision to swap Mercedes for Ferrari at the end of this year, describing it as “the chance to fulfil another childhood dream”.

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Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Newgarden triumphed alongside Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr in America’s biggest sportscar race last weekend in only his second start in PPM’s 963 LMDh prototype.He will now go back to his day job, to focus on trying to win a third IndyCar Series title for Roger Penske’s team, but has made it clear that he’d love to race at Le Mans in ...Keep reading

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Lewis Hamilton says he is "100% committed to the job" he needs to do at Mercedes this year before joining Ferrari in 2025.

Lewis Hamilton says he is "100% committed to the job" he needs to do at Mercedes this year before joining Ferrari in 2025.

Having been quoted briefly in a Mercedes press release that flagged his departure, Hamilton used an Instagram post on Saturday to give an extensive and more personal insight into his decision, and the thought process behind it.After years of competing against the Maranello team, the seven-time world champion made it clear that driving for Ferrari has been a long-held ambition."It's been a crazy ...Keep reading

Reigning Moto2 champion Acosta, who will ride a GasGas Tech3 KTM in his debut season in MotoGP, posted the quickest time of the three days of running on the final session on Saturday.The Spaniard's 1m58.189s was 0.066s faster than KTM test rider Pol Espargaro and over two tenths quicker than Johann Zarco on the top Honda bike.MotoGP's shakedown was usually reserved for test and rookie riders, but ...Keep reading

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On Thursday it was revealed that Hamilton will leave Mercedes to join rival Ferrari from the start of the 2025 season.Top drivers who change teams are often joined by staff with whom they worked at their previous outfits, either because they specifically ask trusted colleagues to join them or because the individuals concerned enjoy working with the driver.The new team is usually open to the idea ...Keep reading

Damon Hill has given his take on why Lewis Hamilton has opted to make his shock move to Ferrari for 2025, with the 1996 world champion suggesting that there was much more to the switch than simply the “romance” of racing for the Scuderia.

The 2022 regulations cycle put much more emphasis on exploiting the ground effect to reduce how much cars were affected by turbulent air from the cars in front, in a bid to improve the racing.Initially, the regulation changes were met with weariness by some designers and observers, fearing the much more limiting and prescriptive ruleset would have F1 inch closer to an IndyCar-like spec chassis ...Keep reading

The Bahrain Grand Prix is less than a month away, with excitement beginning to build for the start of the 2024 F1 season. Teams have been working tirelessly to prepare their new cars ahead of their launches over the coming weeks.Each team has already announced the dates of their car launches and will be preparing to unveil its vehicles to their eager fans. After Red Bull dominated the 2023 season ...Keep reading

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The team is looking to build on the development trajectory that it pursued during 2023 and the most obvious alteration is the design of the sidepods.This is a continuation of the development made by Haas at the United States Grand Prix last season. Its ability to fully commit to the downwash ramp-style sidepod solution was scuppered by the lower of the two Side Impact Spars (SIS) being located ...Keep reading

Suarez, the first Mexican-born Cup Series winner, is competing in the non-points NASCAR Mexico invitational event held prior to Sunday’s Clash. Both series hit the temporary ¼-mile paved oval for the first time on Saturday.At a Fox Sports news conference Friday at the Coliseum, Suarez said the importance of the Mexico’s series’ involvement this weekend could not be understated.“If there ...Keep reading

The seven-time MotoGP world champion will share a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 in both series this year with factory driver Martin, continuing a partnership that began in 2023 in the GTWCE.Martin and Rossi, who will be the silver-rated driver in the line-up, will drive in the WEC’s new LMGT3 class together with bronze Ahmad Al Harthy.Rossi and Martin will then be joined by new BMW signing Marciello in ...Keep reading

Wendy Caxton died after being assaulted by her husband, Alan, at their home in Whickham in 2019.