Zakspeed founder Erich Zakowski passes away at age 89

Far more successful in touring cars, GTs and sportscars Zakspeed had a disappointing five-year spell in Grand Prix racing from 1985 to 1989, logging a single points finish.After WW2 Zakowski’s family moved from Prussia and eventually settled in the town of Niederzissen, not far from the Nurburgring, where he trained as a mechanic and set up his own garage and eventually racing team.From the …Keep reading
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F1 not alarmed about spiralling Las Vegas GP costs

The event is the first promoted directly by F1 owner Liberty, and the company has borne the cost of buying the land for the pit and paddock area and creating the permanent buildings that are on it.The costs have risen over the construction period, while other expenses connected to putting on the race have also escalated.An insight into the rising CapEx costs was given by Liberty Media CFO Brian …Keep reading
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How a lesson from Haas helped Aston Martin’s surprise Brazil F1 turnaround

Those events saw three out of four starts made from the pitlane as the team tried to learn more about the update package it debuted at Circuit of the Americas. And just to make life even tougher, Fernando Alonso was forced to retire from both races with floor damage.And yet, just days after the Mexican disappointment, the team showed both pace and operational savvy at Interlagos as the green cars …Keep reading
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F1 in talks to overhaul sprint format for 2024

F1 changed the format of its six sprint weekends for this year. Instead of the sprint race setting the grid for Sunday’s main grand prix, the sprint received a separate qualifying session on Saturday, disconnecting it from the rest of the weekend.But with qualifying for the main race on Friday and Saturday being a standalone sprint day, the interrupted flow of the weekend has caused confusion …Keep reading
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F1 teams pushing to relax parc ferme rules but must limit engineer ‘fantasies’

Parc ferme was introduced to limit how much teams could alter their set-up between sessions to effectively deter bespoke cars for qualifying and the races as part of money-saving measures.But since the FIA introduced a cost cap for F1 in 2021 and with curfews limiting how late teams may work to refine their cars, there is now scope for parc ferme regulations to be eased.This topic has climbed up …Keep reading
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Audi commitment to F1 is unwavering, insists Sauber

The German manufacturer announced last year that it had agreed to become a “strategic partner” of the Sauber outfit for its official entry as a manufacturer squad in 2026, while Sauber earlier this year confirmed an undisclosed stake had been bought by Audi.Since then however, Audi has stayed out of the public spotlight and not revealed much about its progress, an approach that has led to some …Keep reading
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