Formula 1

Alex Albon says Williams suffered a “self-fulfilling injury” with the early season timesaving but weight-adding measures on its 2024 Formula 1 car, which led to additional crash damage.The British team’s 2024 season was blighted by crashes from start to finish, with its FW46 car also starting the year over the weight limit of 798kg to the extent it was losing 0.45 seconds a lap, before …Keep reading

The last Formula 1 race of the 20th Century occurred 9190 days ago. That means we are now closer to the start of the 2050 season, assuming the world championship is still around to commemorate its centenary anniversary, than we are from the 1990s.It was a decade that many still hold dear. Rally fans remember it for being the start of the popular World Rally Car ruleset that replaced Group A …Keep reading

Max Verstappen thinks Red Bull can forget about winning any championship in Formula 1 next year if it does not make good progress with its RB21 car.While the Dutchman celebrated his fourth consecutive drivers’ title with Red Bull in 2024, he is well aware that success owed much to a dominant start to the campaign that gave him a comfortable buffer in the standings.And it was the team’s …Keep reading

Kevin Turner sits down with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to discuss the annual Autosport Top 50 for 2024, evaluating the best drivers in the National and International Racing scene. In this episode, we look at the drivers ranked from 40th to 31st place, featuring drivers from F1, F2, the BTCC, Formula E and the world of Sportscars! 

George Russell reckons his lost 2024 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix victory was a better drive than his Las Vegas domination because of how in the former he held off Lewis Hamilton’s charge.Russell’s mid-race switch to a one-stop strategy meant he cycled to the lead at Spa when his Mercedes team-mate Hamilton had led convincingly on the conventional two-stopper.The younger Briton then …Keep reading

For four years, Ferrari has graced the top step of every Formula 1 podium — just not the red Prancing Horse Ferraris driven by Charles Leclerc or Carlos Sainz. Rather it’s the bottle of Ferrari Trento sparkling wine sprayed by victors in celebration. The simple black bottle has become synonymous with the sport’s iconic ceremony, particularly for the millions of fans who discovered F1 during …Keep reading

Kevin Turner sits down with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to discuss the annual Autosport Top 50 for 2024, evaluating the best drivers in the National and International Racing scene. In this first episode; Kevin goes behind the scenes and explains how our journalists and reporters put the list together, who was unfortunate to just miss out on making the list before discussing positions 50-41, featuring drivers from F1, F2, the BTCC, Formula E and the world of Sportscars!

Oscar Piastri has insisted he and Formula 1 team-mate Lando Norris would do “the right thing for each other” regardless of more prescribed McLaren team orders.Team orders became a talking point for the Woking-based outfit as Norris did battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title, with McLaren’s form piquing and Red Bull’s dipping at the mid-stage of the season.The line of …Keep reading

Race results inevitably stand out most vividly in motorsport history books but qualifying well remains key to building them in Formula 1, with the 2024 season no different.A look back through the numbers from the campaign just gone reveals several interesting statistics to note for the driving pack – for those that did well and others that struggled.Inevitably, car performance plays a …Keep reading

McLaren feels the controversy generated by its rear wings in Formula 1’s 2024 is a “point of pride”, showing just how far the team has come.The design of McLaren’s low downforce rear wings raised eyebrows in Azerbaijan, where at higher speeds the upper element appeared to rotate back more than rival teams were comfortable with, opening up a slot gap between the two elements dubbed a mini …Keep reading