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McLaren have made another raft of changes to their technical department following the first three rounds of the 2024 season, with David Sanchez departing the organisation just a few months on from starting in his new role.

Mercedes have shared some insight into the investigations going on at their dedicated F1 power unit facility in Brixworth after Lewis Hamilton’s engine-related retirement from the Australian Grand Prix.

Leading engineer David Sanchez leaves McLaren just three months after joining the team from Ferrari.

Leading engineer David Sanchez leaves McLaren just three months after joining the team from Ferrari.

Leading engineer David Sanchez leaves McLaren just three months after joining the team from Ferrari.

Ferrari appears to have eliminated the poor pitstops and questionable strategy calls that have dogged recent seasons. Combined with a seemingly successful focus on improving race pace for 2024, the Scuderia has run Red Bull closest before scoring a 1-2 in the Australian Grand Prix.Meanwhile, Mercedes is entering its third year of ground-effect struggle. The W15 has so far proved inconsistent, like ...Keep reading

The woman who complained about Christian Horner's behaviour is "very upset, angry, scared, intimidated and lonely", a family friend tells BBC Sport.

The woman who complained about Christian Horner's behaviour is "very upset, angry, scared, intimidated and lonely", a family friend tells BBC Sport.

The woman who complained about Christian Horner's behaviour is "very upset, angry, scared, intimidated and lonely", a family friend tells BBC Sport.

The woman who complained about Christian Horner's behaviour is "very upset, angry, scared, intimated and lonely", a family friend tells BBC Sport.

Since leaving Formula 1, I’ve been able to devote more energy to my passion for broadening participation in motorsport. The penny is dropping: as a community, we’re recognising that we have to do things that are genuine and impactful. But are we doing enough? Absolutely not. We’re not doing anywhere near enough.I always say that if you’re going to make fundamental change in anything, it ...Keep reading

Sunderland announces that chief operating officer Steve Davison will leave the club at the end of the season

Sanchez joined McLaren from Ferrari in January among a series of hires to augment the team's engineering staff, but it became apparent that his duties as the technical director in charge of concept and performance were "not aligned" to those discussed previously. Team principal Andrea Stella will thus assume Sanchez's duties in the interim, as the team searches for a replacement to head up the ...Keep reading

Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh as a duo in this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round two of the 2024 WEC.Final confirmation of an arrangement that bucks the trend of running three drivers in all races in Hypercar, as well as in LMP1 before it, came on Tuesday with the publication of the entry list for the Italian WEC round on 21 April.Team founder Chip ...Keep reading

On Monday 1 April, American media giant Liberty announced it had acquired 86% ownership of Dorna Sports and the MotoGP World Championship in a blockbuster €4.2 billion deal.The buyout, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, means Liberty now owns the world's two biggest motorsport series in F1 and MotoGP.During an investors call on Monday, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei ruled out any ...Keep reading

In 2026, F1 switches to revised power unit regulations which do away with the expensive and complicated MGU-H system and instead put a bigger emphasis on electric power provided by the MGU-K.F1 will also adopt sustainable fuels for the turbocharged V6 engine, which will remain in place as part of a projected 50/50 split between electric and internal combustion power.For 2026, Red Bull and sister ...Keep reading

BBC Sport's F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your questions before this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.

The opening races of the 2001 season foreshadowed what would be an era of dominance for Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. After finally defeating McLaren's Mika Hakkinen in 2000 the German would go on to dominate the sport for another four seasons. Schumacher duly took pole in Sao Paulo, then the third race of the season, following two wins out of two in Australia and Malaysia. Main rival Hakkinen ...Keep reading

Logano has had a miserable start to the 2024 NASCAR Cup season, with just one top 10 finish in the first six races and four finishes of 22nd or worse, including a pair of DNFs.He didn’t know quite what to expect going into Richmond, but the weekend got off to a surprisingly strong start when he advanced to the final round of qualifying on Saturday, which guaranteed a start in the top 10.Sunday ...Keep reading

Aguri Suzuki rubber-stamped his place in Formula 1 history as the first Japanese racer to stand on the podium – doing so at his home race at Suzuka – while he also briefly operated his own team in the mid-2000s...