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Along with sustainability a key aim of Formula 1’s budget cap is to rein in the performance of the top teams by levelling the playing field. And yet in typical glass-full style Mercedes boss Toto Wolff sees the cap not as a hurdle for the Brackley team, but an opportunity to become even stronger. This sport has long been about spending power. It’s no coincidence that the teams that have dominated have had the biggest budgets, and until now, there has been no official limit to what they’ve been allowed to pump in. The 2021 FIA financial regulations, headlined by a budget cap of $145m, have changed all that. Many areas are excluded from that number, but it still represents a huge change of approach for Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari. All three have been busy shuffling staff into non-F1 projects, which explains why Ferrari has committed to a sportscar programme , and why Mercedes has been busy seeking customers for its Applied Science division. Read Also: … [Read more...] about How Mercedes could actually benefit from F1’s budget cap

Excluding both this year’s Indianapolis 500 – rescheduled from May to August for the first time ever – and the Friday afternoon round of the Harvest Grand Prix earlier this month, which aired on USA Network – the remaining 12 races (six on NBC, six on NBCSN) averaged a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 664,000 viewers, up two percent on 2019 (15 races, 649,000). The six races on NBC averaged 891,000 viewers, while the six NBCSN races averaged 432,000 viewers, according to official national data provided by The Nielsen Company and digital data from Adobe Analytics. This past Sunday’s season-concluding Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg averaged a TAD of 675,000 viewers on NBC, up six and 18 percent respectively on the two NBC races earlier this fall at Mid-Ohio and the second Harvest GP round at IMS road course. Following the three month delay caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the season began on June 6 at Texas Motor Speedway in primetime on NBC, which averaged a TAD of … [Read more...] about NBC reports two percent IndyCar viewership increase

Not long after winning last year's GT500 title alongside Team Kunimitsu squadmate Naoki Yamamoto, Makino was struck by a bout of meningitis and hospitalised, missing the final round of the Super Formula season as a result. The 23-year-old was discharged in January , but sat out private tests at Fuji Speedway and Okayama that took place in the winter, leaving Yamamoto alone in the rebranded #1 Stanley-sponsored NSX-GT. On the eve of this weekend's first official test at Okayama, Team Kunimitsu announced that Makino would sit out the test to continue his convalescence. His place will be taken by Hideki Mutoh, who was left without a drive for 2021 when he was replaced at Team Mugen by Honda youngster Toshiki Oyu. Mutoh previously drove for Team Kunimitsu back in 2014, partnering Takashi Kogure, before moving on to Real Racing, Drago Corse and finally the reformed Mugen squad in 2017. #100 Team Kunimitsu Honda HSV-010 GT: Takuya Izawa, Takashi Kogure Photo by: … [Read more...] about Makino sits out Okayama Super GT pre-season test