An off-shoot of the successful DAMS squad, e.dams had been part of Renault’s entry in Formula E during the first four years of competition, before uniting with Nissan as Renault departed from the series. After the DAMS Formula 2 squad was bought by ex-F1 driver Charles Pic, Nissan bought up the e.dams spin-off to take
Month: November 2022
The Monegasque driver made the most of Ferrari’s strong start to the 2022 campaign as he won two of the opening three grands prix. However, the combination of a resurgent Red Bull, plus reliability and strategy struggles at Maranello allied to driver errors led to derailing Ferrari’s title hopes. All of this has been pushed
Francesco Bagnaia ended a 15-year wait for Ducati when he won the world title at the Valencia finale earlier in November, the Italian overturning a 91-point deficit at the halfway point of the season to beat 2021 champion Fabio Quartararo by 17. In the latter part of the campaign, Ducati did issue instructions to its
Alpine clinched P4 in the standings at the Abu Dhabi season finale, ending the year 14 points clear of McLaren and finishing as the leading midfield team behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. It marked the team’s best result in the constructors’ championship since 2018, and was a big turnaround from its low-key showing in
The 1997 F1 title winner is one of four drivers due to get behind the wheel of the Gibson-engined Vanwall Vandervell LMH over the course of a three-day test at the Spanish track starting on Wednesday, Autosport has learned. Villeneuve, 51, is known to be scheduled to share the prospective World Endurance Championship contender with
However much Binotto became an easy target for the critics amid Ferrari’s reliability and strategy errors that grabbed the headlines in 2022, it was his many under-the-radar qualities that were key to having got the squad back to the front in the first place. And, after a season where it learned some tough lessons about
6:09 AM ET Esteban Ocon has taken a parting shot at former Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso, saying the Spaniard barely did any work to push the team forward. Alonso is joining Aston Martin next year and has already predicted his new team can beat Alpine in 2023. The Spaniard grew increasingly critical of Alpine and
The Birmingham-born driver will hence make his debut as a Formula E driver next season, which kicks off in Mexico on 14 January, with the incoming Nissan-powered team. Hughes has spent the past two seasons as Mercedes’ reserve driver in support of Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries, and remains with the squad in its
Williams driver Albon fell ill on the Saturday of the Italian Grand Prix, requiring immediate surgery for appendicitis before complications led to respiratory failure. He was ultimately discharged a few days later and returned to racing at the Singapore Grand Prix. Albon said in Singapore that he was “fit as I can be” and pain-free
4:01 AM ET Mattia Binotto has resigned as the boss of Ferrari’s Formula One team after its disappointing season. Ferrari came into 2022 as strong favourites for the championship and won two of the opening three races, but their challenge soon faded. Binotto’s team won just three more times as Max Verstappen and Red Bull
Each Spring, Sebring hosts the classic 12-hour race, but in the virtual world, drivers will have to contest four hours and 500 miles of the legendary track on December 3rd, 2022. There will be everything to play for as the Le Mans Virtual Series moves one step closer to the season finale — with a
The Australian parted ways with McLaren after the recent Abu Dhabi Grand Prix off the back of two tough Formula 1 seasons as a McLaren driver. While there was one significant highlight, Ricciardo’s victory at Monza in 2021, he was for the most part out-paced by team-mate Lando Norris. That ultimately led to what was
Preparations are in full swing for the new era of sportscar racing, with Cadillac, Acura, BMW and Porsche all in a race against time to have their new LMDh contenders ready for the Daytona 24 Hours in January. PLUS: The long road to convergence for sportscar racing’s new golden age Outside of private testing, the four
Ben Sulayem took over at the helm of motor racing’s governing body at the end of last year, just weeks after the controversial finish to the 2021 F1 world title battle in Abu Dhabi. Since then, the governing body has found itself in the firing line over a number of issues, including its report in
Join the mighty Turbo Heroes, McLaren-Honda’s Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, as they battle the evil racer Exhaustus in a thrilling journey across the globe in a tense battle to return mythical artifact the Jade Dragon of Suzuka to its spiritual home in Japan. Turbo Heroes evokes the classic 8-bit gaming era of the 1980s
The Spanish rider, who returns to KTM with its rebranded Tech3 GasGas squad for the 2023 season, said it was “difficult to accept” the team’s decision to pause development on his bike ahead of his departure. Espargaro struggled this season, finishing 16th in the standings with a best finish of third at the season opener
The raw statistics suggest Luke Browning was never troubled on his way to winning the 2022 GB3 Championship, living up to his pre-season tag as title favourite. With more wins, podiums and laps led than his rivals, the Briton earned the title, but the story of the season is one of a hard-fought, season-long championship
The Australian agreed on an early parting of ways with McLaren this year after the partnership had failed to deliver the results that were expected. After weighing up his options for 2023, Ricciardo eventually agreed to become Red Bull’s third driver for next season as he eyes a full-time return to racing in 2024. And
Gabarrini has been crew chief to the two riders to claim MotoGP world titles for Ducati, Stoner in 2007 and Francesco Bagnaia this year, while he also worked with Stoner at Honda when he took his second world title in 2011. Gabarrini, who returned to Ducati as Jorge Lorenzo’s crew chief in 2018, has worked
There were two factors at play here: the first that the setup of its power unit, and especially its turbo size, was not ideal for the high-altitude races in Mexico and Brazil. But beyond that was the confirmation from Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto after the final race that the Maranello squad had had to
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