August 2024

Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s long-awaited F1 debut with Mercedes lasted just 10 minutes before he crashed out of FP1 at the Italian Grand Prix.The 18-year-old was running in place of George Russell to gain his first experience behind the wheel in F1 but, having initially set the fastest lap of the session, he spun off at…

Williams team principal James Vowles recalled the decision process that will lead to Franco Colapinto making his F1 debut, as the team turned down options in Liam Lawson and Mick Schumacher.Although Schumacher was heavily linked to Logan Sargeant’s seat in the wake of the Dutch Grand Prix, while Red Bull boss Christian Horner threw Lawson’s…

Marc Marquez, the undisputed master of exploiting low or mixed grip conditions, set the pace on the Gresini GP23 in first practice for the Aragon Grand Prix, but was more than two seconds away from the lap record set at the previous outing in 2022. Newly sun-kissed MotorLand asphalt provided a radiant and idyllic stage for…

Kalex co-founder Alex Baumgartel has parted ways with Honda after just six months, Autosport can reveal.It was during the first pre-season test of the year at Sepang in February that the German technical was seen for the first time in HRC uniform. Honda subsequently revealed that Baumgartel had joined as a contracted technical consultant to…

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James Vowles reckoned it would have been “almost unfair” on Logan Sargeant if Williams had persisted with his services, noting that the American had “reached the limit” of his F1 potential.The Williams team principal elected to stand Sargeant down and replace him with Franco Colapinto for the last nine races of 2024, although he was keen…

Yamaha has chosen Paolo Pavesio to replace Lin Jarvis as the head of its MotoGP programme in 2025, Motorsport.com can reveal.The Japanese manufacturer is expected to announce the appointment of Pavesio as the managing director of Yamaha Motor Racing at Misano next week.Over the past 10 years, Pavesio has held various positions in different departments…

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