Electric racing looks to make mark on status quo June 26, 2024 The United States is motorsport mad: they live for Nascar and IndyCar and have recently adopted Formula 1 once again. This weekend the electric version of the world’s dominant motorsport, Formula E, heads to Portland for its penultimate weekend of racing. With four races to go until a Formula E champion is crowned in London [...]
Formula E and motorsport at heart of a China waking from its slumber May 25, 2024 In Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi last summer, Formula E chief executive told City A.M. that a return to racing in China after four years was on the cards. “We need to be in mainland China,” he said. “I know we can dance around that a bit but we need to be in mainland China. “Every [...]
Aston Martin Vantage 2024 review: From sports car to supercar May 13, 2024 The new 665hp Aston Martin Vantage is gunning for McLaren and Lamborghini. Tim Pitt drives it on the road and racetrack.
Williams to use F1 engineering expertise to help other sectors April 11, 2024 Formula 1 team Williams Racing have launched a new company that will apply the sport’s technology to engineering in other sectors. The new company will be based out of Grove, alongside the F1 team A statement read: “A mix of highly-skilled people and unique engineering assets will combine to offer services including: platform dynamics; advanced [...]
Formula 1 owner Liberty revs up motorsport interest with £3bn deal for MotoGP parent Dorna April 2, 2024 F1 owner Liberty Media will takeover the motorcycle racing league MotoGP via a £3bn deal with Bridgepoint and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Radical SR10 XXR review: British-built track car is ready to race March 25, 2024 Tim Pitt straps in for a world exclusive first drive of the Radical SR10 XXR: a British-built track car that is ready to race
Jos Verstappen denies leaking Christian Horner files but wants Red Bull boss out March 3, 2024 Horner's position remains under scrutiny despite Red Bull's winning start to the new Formula 1 season.
Motorsport UK chair: F1 and sport here needs more recognition February 29, 2024 City A.M.’s Matt Hardy sat down with Prodrive and Motorsport UK chair David Richards to discuss the quality of “our” Silicon Valley, entering Formula 1 and the future of motorsport on these shores. When you compare the Bay region of California with its millions of inhabitants overheating in the West Coast sunshine with the often [...]
Williams F1 team and Komatsu agree deal as ‘striking’ car livery unveiled February 5, 2024 The deal brings back a partnership first forged over forty years ago.
E1: What is it and where is series with Brady, Kohli and Nadal racing? February 3, 2024 The latest motorsporting discipline gets underway this weekend but instead of cars hitting the track, RaceBirds will take to the waves as an all-electric racing series called E1 hits the start button. From the makers of Formula E and Extreme E comes E1, where racers go through a knockout competition over a number of races [...]