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Although it doesn't morph into Audi until 2026, Alessandro Alunni Bravi believes Sauber can be a player in the 2025 driver market.

Christian Horner insists that there is no need to confirm the team's 2025 driver line-up until much later in the season.

Today's team representatives press conference with Christian Horner, Mario Isola, Andrea Stella and Alessandro Alunni Bravi.

Our pace in the dry wasn't spectacular but with Lewis, we will be looking to keep those faster cars behind us in tomorrow's Sprint.

Contrary to expectations, we did not see any graining today, while with the dry compounds we saw quite significant degradation, but it is too early to have a clear idea regarding strategies.

Fourth and sixth to start the Sprint tomorrow is obviously not what we were aiming for but it's a circuit that you can overtake on and therefore we know we are in the fight.

Today has been a positive day for us - not just for having both cars in SQ3, but also for the performance shown on the medium compound in dry conditions in SQ1.

We did not maximise the potential of the car today.

We are working a bit in the dark and the asphalt is particularly difficult to understand, but we are working in the right way and hope the fact we have saved a set of mediums will be useful later.

We'll have to be ready for everything because there still seems to be some inclement weather around, but so far, so good this weekend.

Not a great day for us obviously, and certainly not what we've become accustomed to qualifying this car.

Today was tough and we struggled in both sessions to generate good grip on the Medium tyre.

We have the two races now, so let's see if we can score some points in the Sprint and qualify well for Sunday.

It's a bit disappointing to be P12 and P13 but they're still decent positions. We'll do our best to move up tomorrow in the Sprint.

Lando Norris claims pole, loses it, then has it reinstated as Sprint Shootout proves to be every bit as crazy as expected.

Constantly evolving, low grip track and different strategies result in a session which poses far more questions than it answers.

The Chaborz M-3, a lightweight military buggy used by the Russian Armed Forces, will enter the Silk Way Rally in 2025 pending upgrades to make it fit for rally raid competition. The entry will be overseen by the government of the Chechen Republic, where the car is made. Adam Khakimov, the Republic’s Minister of Industry and Energy, told TASS on Tuesday that entering the largest rally in Russia will help promote tourism and interest in off-road vehicles.

Once such modifications are performed, which include redesigning the chassis and certain body parts, the M-3 will likely race in the Open category. While sharing various traits with side-by-side vehicles, especially being based on the FunCruiser Lite UTV, it does not meet T3 or T4 regulation.

Sergey Zlobin recently tested the M-3 on the campus of the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes. A former F1 test driver for Minardi and rallycross competitor, Zlobin won the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class as well as the European Le Mans Series’ GTE title before transitioning to a directorial role at SMP Racing, which currently competes in domestic series.

“[He] evaluated the characteristics and capabilities of the off-road vehicle,” Khakimov said about Zlobin. “The information obtained will be used to determine the necessary improvements and adjustments to the parameters of the buggy in accordance with the requirements of auto racing championships.”

The Russian Special Forces University, a school to train Spetsnaz personnel, commissioned ChechenAvto and FunCruiser Lite maker F-MotoSport to produce the M-3 in 2016. Chaborz means “bear wolf” in Chechen and is also the series name for the M-6, a larger six-seat patrol vehicle released around the same time.

Times from today's free practice session for the Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix.

The Taurus T3 Max dominated the Dakar Rally‘s Challenger class in January, winning nine of twelve stages and finishing 1–2 with Cristina Gutiérrez and Mitch Guthrie. However, they perhaps performed a little too well.

A complaint was lodged against both drivers’ engines during the race, prompting the FIA to claim them for teardown and inspection back in France. Three months later, the FIA confirmed the motors are legal and their finish will stand.

João Monteiro and South Racing Can-Am filed the protest on 17 January, claiming Guthrie and Gutiérrez originally had bearings in their engines made from composite material in violation of FIA rules. The allegation came on the heels of Taurus drivers Eryk Goczał and his uncle Michał Goczał being disqualified for using such material in their clutches, which is forbidden under Article 2.3 of the FIA International Sporting Code’s Appendix J, Article 286.

During a hearing on 3 April, the FIA’s Technical Delegate clarified this restriction does not apply to certain engine parts and that “the use of bearing made of composite material is allowed.” The verdict came down during the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid, incidentally won by Monteiro in the SSV category.

“We will continue down the same path we have been following, never ceasing to develop the most efficient car in the Challenge category market, the lightest, the one with the lowest maintenance cost, with the capability for any driver, regardless of the team, to be as competitive as their abilities demonstrate,” concludes a statement from Taurus, a joint collaboration between MCE-5 Development and Wevers Sport.

Lamborghini Iron Lynx are set and ready for the 2024 6 Hours of Imola, the second round in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari is located just over an hour’s drive away from the team’s headquarters and they are eager to put on a good show for their home fans.

The Lamborghini SC63 in action in the Qatar 1812km. Credit: Marius Hecker / DPPI

The Lamborghini SC63 is the Italian marque’s first entry into the Hypercar category in the WEC. The bright green car certainly turned heads at the season opening Qatar 1812km and finished a respectable 13th out of 19 Hypercars on the grid. The car also finished a promising 7th in the 2024 12 Hours of Sebring, where the team experienced what the engineers called probably the toughest conditions the car will face all year.

After completing these races without major issues, the team are focusing on maximising their potential at their home race. Now with race experience under their belts, the team will use that to create a baseline set up during the practise sessions. Reliability and learning remain the top priorities for a programme still so early in its development, but the team are very keen to showcase what they can do in front of their adoring home crowd.

Credit: Lamborghini Iron Lynx

The 4.9km Imola circuit is a favourite for drivers and teams alike, but offers a significant challenge. For the Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers who share driving duties in the one SC63 competing this weekend, their experience may prove invaluable. Mirko Bortolotti won in GT cars at Imola, Edoardo Mortara competed at the circuit in the early days of his career, while Daniil Kvyat finished 4th in the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix with Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda.

Especially compared to the wide, smooth Lusail International Circuit in Qatar, the tight twists and turns of Imola mean that traffic management and overtaking opportunities in general will be tough for the Hypercars to contend with. Traffic management will be particularly tricky when attempting to negotiate their way past the slower LMGT3 cars with which they share the track.