The newly-renamed Stake F1 Team launched its new identity – and new car – last night. Here are the first impressions of the Sauber C44. Given the state of this team’s performance as ‘Alfa Romeo’ last term, it would be easy to overlook the Sauber C44, writing it off as another inevitable backmarker of the […]
Shockwaves have been sent around the F1 paddock as a deal to send Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari for the 2025 season has been finalized. It’s official. Lewis Hamilton – the seven-time Formula One World Driver’s Champion – is joining Ferrari on a multi-year deal from the 2025 season onwards. It’s a link that we’ve heard […]
Prost vs Senna is one of the greatest rivalries to ever happen in motorsport. So, grab some popcorn as we tell the full story. Separated by a five-year age gap and entirely different cultural backgrounds, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna were two very different people – but both ferocious competitors. In hindsight, perhaps it should’ve […]
The Dacia Sandrider will take on the notorious Dakar rally in 2025, powered by a Nissan Z V6 running on synthetic fuels. The landscape is shifting in the rally raid sphere. Ford is coming along in a big way with a yet-to-be-unveiled Ranger Raptor behemoth, but after finally winning the Dakar with its hybrid RS […]
The Toyota GR Yaris is the standout rally car of the 2020s, so to celebrate its success, a pair of Toyota GR Yaris special editions have been unveiled. Everyone loves a rally special, right? From the Tommi Makinen Edition Lancer Evo, to the Impreza RB320, there’s a short but strong history of marques producing modified […]
After long-running rumors and speculation, a new Madrid F1 race has been confirmed for the 2026 championship season. Here’s what we know so far. Alongside driver changes and new teams, the state of the calendar is a regular talking point in F1 circles. Does it visit the right circuits? Are there too many events in […]
The short rallying off-season concludes this weekend, as the WRC heads to Monte-Carlo for its traditional curtain-raiser. Here’s our 2024 World Rally Championship preview. It is just shy of 70 days since the engines were switched off at the end of the 2023 World Rally Championship season, but they will be back this Thursday to […]
The 2024 McLaren F1 livery has been revealed, long before the covers come off McLaren’s actual ’24 racecar. Here’s a closer look. For the first time in a long while, there’s plenty of hype surrounding the potential success of the McLaren F1 team. At the tail end of 2023, the Woking-based outfit was arguably Red […]
The Dakar Rally is one of the most grueling motorsport events in the world, and tends to feature some pretty epic cars. Here’s the four main factory contenders vying for victory in 2024. Admittedly, off-road builds aren’t usually our thing here at Fast Car, but in the case of the Dakar Rally, the ‘cars’ involved […]
Following the conclusion of its sponsorship deal with Alfa Romeo, Sauber has rebranded itself to Stake F1 Team. After a six-season stint in partnership with Sauber Motorsport AG, the Alfa Romeo marque will not be on the F1 grid in 2024. However, while Alfa is gone, Sauber is here to stay, albeit with an entirely […]