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Oliver Solberg begins leading fog-induced Monte Carlo Rally
swedish pilot Oliver Solberg (Toyota) finished in 1st place Monte Carlo Rally first daythe opening round of the 54th World Rally Championship (WRC), which runs from Thursday to Sunday this week.
The last of the three specials scheduled for this Thursday had to be canceled due to poor visibility and heavy fog with only seven drivers taking part.
Before the red flag came out, the Belgian player Thierry Neuville He has already expressed the need to suspend the route, saying: “In these circumstances any race in the world would have been canceled. It’s extremely dangerous and it doesn’t make sense.”
Three Toyota cars successfully escaped from the trap. At first Oliver Solberg. The son of 2003 world champion Petter Solberg is competing in his first full season in WRC after racing part-time for Hyundai in 2022. He finished the day with a time of 43 minutes 10.3 seconds, 44 seconds ahead of second place.
He surprised by setting the second best time from the first stage (16:11.3), but was especially notable in the second stage (16:47.3), where he beat his teammate by more than 30 seconds. Elfyn Evans (17:18.4).
Evans was exactly second at the end of the three stages with a time of 43:54.5. The British athlete set the best time in the first race (16:05.7) and held on despite worsening running conditions.
3rd place went to a French athlete Sebastian OgierHe is also a Toyota driver and holds a world title. In the second special of the day (17 minutes 56.5 seconds), he was more than a minute behind the leader, but in the third he recovered and beat his teammates’ time, finishing with a cumulative time of 44 minutes 18.9 seconds.
Pilots who fail to complete the third stage will receive a nominal time assigned by the organization based on their remaining records.
The Monte Carlo Rally will see drivers covering a total of over 339 kilometers across 17 stages. The case will continue until this Friday, January 23rd, with dual disputes for three sections of Gap West. Four stages remain, including the Monaco Super Special, on Saturday the 24th, and a further four stages remain on Sunday the 25th.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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French team Alpin will show its 2026 season jersey at a presentation in Barcelona on Friday, January 23, at 12:30 Kiev time.
2026 will mark the beginning of a new multi-year collaboration between Alpin and Mercedes, following the completion of Renault’s own powertrain programme. The team confirmed that Mercedes will supply Alpine engines during the new technical regulations period from 2026 to 2030.
In addition to the engines, the team will also receive gearboxes from Mercedes. Alpin will focus on performing as efficiently as possible in 2024 and 2025.
The presentation can be watched online on the team’s YouTube channel.
The team will retain its current driver lineup, with French driver Pierre Gasly and Argentinian Franco Colapinto expected to be present at the event.
Source: Sport UA
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Cadillac Formula 1 crew chief Graham Loudon said the team is prohibited from using the “Formula 1” name in open job positions until participation is officially confirmed.
In 2023, General Motors and Andretti Global announced their intention to bring the Cadillac brand to Formula 1, but the championship rejected their application. Despite this, the team continued to seek staff until Andretti Global CEO Michael Andretti resigned in October 2024.
In November 2024, GM confirmed that it had reached an agreement with Formula 1 for Cadillac to enter the championship as the 11th team in 2026. Official confirmation of Cadillac’s entry into F1 from the FIA and Formula 1 took place in March 2025.
Graham Loudon talked about the recruitment process and restrictions on the use of the Formula 1 name.
Loudon said: “We advertised a lot of vacancies before we officially joined, but we couldn’t use the word ‘Formula 1’ because we didn’t have the right to do so. So they wrote ‘position at the highest level of motorsport’ and that became the secret word of Formula 1.”
The team aimed to hire 525 people by December 31, 2025 and advertised 595 positions.
“We received 143,265 applications. It was incredible,” the Cadillac executive added.
The American team is preparing for the first official tests in Barcelona, which are scheduled to begin on January 26, 2026. Drivers include Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas.
Source: Sport UA
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Formula 1 team Williams Racing may miss the first block of pre-season testing, which will be held in closed format in Barcelona from January 26-30. This was due to problems with the new car during mandatory safety checks.
According to journalist Jorge Peiro, the Grove team recently failed a crash test, without which it was impossible to participate in the tests. In his opinion, the situation has either not changed at all or progress has been minimal since the receipt of this information.
The crash test failure is forcing Williams to urgently improve its chassis design, which could significantly impact the season’s preparation programme. Under the new technical regulations of 2026, testing every day is critical to collect data and tune the machine.
Williams Racing risks entering the pre-season program seriously behind its rivals unless the team quickly fixes the problems and fails FIA inspection again.
Source: Sport UA
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