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[ad_1] Shannen Kiely will step down as Erebus managing director after next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Kiely joined the team as PR and media manager in 2016 before rising to MD in 2020, playing a key role in steering the team through the pandemic and to its first teams and drivers title in 2023. An … Read more
[ad_1] Red Bull Racing promised the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix would generate a closer contest, and technically it was right. Max Verstappen’s victory margin over the next-next team was 18 seconds, down from 25 seconds in Bahrain last weekend. Sometimes it’s the hope that kills you. Every practice, qualifying session and race from the 2024 … Read more
[ad_1] Visits to Bathurst rarely disappoint, and the 2024 Supercars opener at Mount Panorama was no exception. Triple Eight teammates Will Brown and Broc Feeney have immediately established themselves as title protagonists one weekend into their first season as teammates to set up the mouth-watering intrateam duel so many had hoped for. But some older … Read more
[ad_1] When they this year’s Supercars championship is wide open, they really mean wide open. The reigning champion isn’t here. The reigning champion before him isn’t here. The one before that? Not here. Neither is the one before him. There are only two active champions still on the grid: Mark Winterbottom, who last won in … Read more
[ad_1] Broc Feeney’s day ended in heartbreak last time he tackled Bathurst in his Triple Eight Camaro. He and co-driver Jamie Whincup had kept themselves in victory contention against the odds after an afternoon of double-stacking behind the sister car. With one pit stop remaining, a shot at the win was in sight. But Mount … Read more
[ad_1] Ask any driver for an assessment at the end of pre-season testing and they’ll tell you it’s too early to draw conclusions. Testing times can’t be read into because fuel levels and run plans are so variable. Cars suffer teething issues that obscure form. Teams deliberately try to hide their true level of performance. … Read more
[ad_1] Lewis Hamilton has been “emotional” in the build-up to his final season in Mercedes colours before he makes a blockbuster switch to Ferrari in 2025. Hamilton confirmed at the start of February that he would join the fabled Italian team from next season, ending what will have been a 12-year association with Mercedes just … Read more
[ad_1] Lewis Hamilton will forever be remembered for his integral role in bringing about the Mercedes era in Formula 1. He’ll also almost certainly go down in history as the man to bring that era to an end. It was only five months ago that Hamilton committed to Mercedes with what was billed as a … Read more