The Latest Breaking News from Autosport

After scoring outright wins at Sebring and Monza with its A480 grandfathered LMP1 car in the Hypercar class last season, Alpine reverted to LMP2 in 2023 ahead of a return to the top class next year with the A424 LMDh car developed with ORECA.

United Autosports team boss Richard Dean said the stipulation that the pits are closed when the race director triggers a full course yellow or safety car resembled “a lottery” that some teams could derive “a huge benefit” from while others lost out. 

The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre.

Both drivers made pointed remarks over the radio during Q1 on Saturday as they tussled for track position while running in third and fourth respectively.

His tragic death in an Aida testing accident in 1999 meant Shingo Tachi’s true potential was never fully realised. British Formula 3 observers in 1996 were afforded brief glimpses of the Japanese driver’s talent when, aged 19, he raced a two-year-old Dallara-Toyota run by Alan Mugglestone under the Team Magic…

The Milton Keynes-based team has embarked on an ambitious programme to produce its own power unit from the start of the 2026 season. 

Neal, whose son Matt won three outright BTCC titles with the team, was emulated by Gordon Shedden, who not only took triple crowns but also matched Neal Jr’s record of 52 race wins with Dynamics. 

After Suzuki’s MotoGP withdrawal at the end of last season, Rins landed at the LCR Honda squad while former team-mate Joan Mir became Marc Marquez’s team-mate at the factory Honda squad.

Horner has been active in F1 Commission and team principal meetings in suggesting that grand prix racing’s bosses need a rethink over plans for the 2026 cars. 

Autosport revealed over the Austrian Grand Prix weekend that concerns have emerged about the danger of F1 making a mis-step with the rules if it does not perfectly marry the chassis regulations to planned all-new engines.

Toto Wolff did, however, call Verstappen’s driving at Turn 1, after the Red Bull driver had been held up by Hamilton at the final corner with just 12 seconds remaining in Q1, a “revenge foul”.