Tsuchiya Supra team confident it won't miss opener after crashThe #25 Hoppy-sponsored Toyota GR Supra GT was heavily damaged on Saturday morning when team newcomer Togo Suganami speared into the barriers exiting Turn 1 in the wet conditions.Suganami escaped from the accident unhurt, but the damage was enough to Read More
Vandoorne: Efforts to avoid Sao Paulo E-Prix lead "dangerous"Vandoorne claimed his first pole for DS Penske after beating Antonio Felix da Costa in the qualifying duels, and led the early stages of the race before fading back to sixth at the finish.The unique nature of the Brazilian circuit, Read More
Mir penalised for Quartararo clash in Portugal MotoGP sprint raceSaturday saw the inaugural MotoGP sprint contest take place at the Algarve International Circuit, which was won at the end of the 12 laps by Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia.Mir’s sprint race lasted only 13 corners, however, after he was involved in Read More
Tech3 won't replace injured Espargaro for two MotoGP roundsThe Spaniard crashed into the tyre barriers located at Turn 10 of the Portuguese track in FP2, in an impact that caused several fractures to his jaw and back, as well as severe trauma to the lung area.Espargaro will remain Read More
Jordan Taylor's Cup debut at COTA "an intense experience"The 31-year-old sportscar ace will make his Cup debut Sunday at COTA, driving the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet for the injured Chase Elliott.Although he admits he “almost crashed the car” in his first two laps of practice on Friday, Read More
Dennis critical of "plonker" Ticktum after Sao Paulo E-Prix clashDennis was running just outside the top 10 and was shadowing points leader Pascal Wehrlein after both title protagonists qualified down the order for Saturday’s race.Heading into Turn 1 just before half distance, Ticktum’s NIO 333 machine made heavy contact Read More
Zane Smith literally burns it down in Truck win at COTABusch’s pit strategy got thrown out the window when Parker Kligerman’s stalled truck brought out a caution soon after Busch had claimed the Stage 2 win.Several contenders, including Smith, got on pit road before pit road closed for the caution Read More
Sao Paulo E-Prix: Jaguar's Evans beats Cassidy in late-race duelEvans defended fiercely against Envision’s Cassidy over the final lap, notably into the Turn 4 chicane and through the final sequence of corners, as the leading trio were covered by just over half a second at the flag.Antonio Felix da Read More
Marquez: MotoGP sprint race risk “more or less the same” as normal grand prixSaturday at the 2023 Portuguese Grand Prix saw MotoGP stage its first ever sprint race, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia winning the 12-lap contest as poleman Marquez completed the podium.Several riders were critical of the riding aggression seen in the sprint Read More
Raikkonen: COTA track "a bit trickier" in NASCAR Cup carsTrackhouse are the defending winners of this event with Ross Chastain taking the checkered flag in 2022.Raikkonen made his Cup debut at Watkins Glen last August, starting 27th and finishing 37th after getting collected in incident exiting the bus stop chicane. He's Read More
Bastianini out of Portugal and Argentina MotoGP rounds with injuryBastianini was involved in a collision triggered by VR46 Ducati counterpart Luca Marini on the second lap of Saturday’s inaugural MotoGP sprint race.Marini crashed while trying to go up the inside of Bastianini and skittled the factory Ducati rider, who Read More
Quartararo warns "jungle" MotoGP sprints will see "a big accident"The inaugural MotoGP sprint race took place on Saturday at the Portuguese Grand Prix, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia triumphing in the 12-lap dash.Quartararo, who ended up without points in 10th, was involved in a first-lap clash with Joan Mir after Read More
Byron earns COTA Cup pole; Raikkonen and Button in the midfieldReddick, in the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing, had topped Group B qualifying in the first round Saturday with a track record lap of 94.210 mph.However, he wasn’t able to repeat the performance in the final round as Byron Read More
Piquet fined $950,000 for racist comments towards HamiltonIn an interview on a Brazilian podcast in November 2021, Piquet used a racial slur referring to seven-time world champion Hamilton, while being asked on his views on Hamilton's British Grand Prix clash with Max Verstappen.Piquet soon apologised for his Read More
MotoGP Portuguese GP: Bagnaia wins first-ever sprint raceAs part of a major shake-up to the MotoGP format for 2023, half-distance sprint races take place on the Saturday of every grand prix weekend.Bagnaia converted second on the grid to make history as MotoGP’s first ever-sprint race winner, as Read More
Mercedes: Not realistic to be beating Red Bull this F1 seasonRed Bull has started the 2023 season in truly dominant form, with its RB19 appearing to be around one second per lap quicker than the rest of the field in race trim. While Red Bull has played down talk that it is a shoe-in for the Read More
Well that had just about everything including a last lap pass! What a start to the 2023 season! And we do it all again tomorrow with the full-length grand prix. Wow! https://t.co/Avi2ADbdpbhttps://t.co/4q5dEsDC6R 3 Likes
Johnson: Legacy Motor Club "not where we wanted to be"Erik Jones, who drives the No. 43 Chevrolet, finished eighth last weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway – his first top-10 of the season while his teammate, Noah Gragson in the No. 42 Chevrolet, ended up 12th, his best finish of Read More
Sao Paulo E-Prix: Vandoorne pips da Costa to pole The DS Penske driver was marginally slower in the opening sector in Brazil during the qualifying final shootout, but found over a tenth of a second in the middle sector to put him in prime position.The Belgian held his advantage Read More