Tanak's WRC Rally Chile lead down to “hard work not luck”The Ford squad closed in on a second WRC win of the season with Tanak ending Saturday with a 58.3s lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen ahead of Sunday’s final four stages.Tanak took a 4.2s overnight lead into Saturday but it was Read More
Aric Almirola earns pole position for Talladega Cup raceIn pre-qualifying inspection, three Fords from three different teams had issues. The No. 2 Team Penske Ford of Austin Cindric, the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford of Todd Gilliland and the No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford of Ryan Preece Read More
WRC Chile: Tanak ends Saturday comfortably on topThe 2019 world champion won four of the six stages to open up a 58.3s advantage aboard his Ford Puma, having started the day with a 4.2s margin over Suninen.An inspired tyre call across the morning loop helped Tanak increase Read More
Nick Sanchez left bloodied in fight with Matt Crafton at TalladegaSanchez was trying to climb back towards the front of the pack after a mid-race penalty while leading Saturday's NASCAR Truck race at Talladega.Late in the event, the playoff driver tried to force the issue up the middle in a Read More
Brett Moffitt wins NASCAR Truck race at TalladegaMoffit, making his first start of the 2023 season in a second entry for Front Row Motorsports, took control of the race late in the third stage but lost the lead to Christian Eckes just before a late wreck sent Read More
Evans explains Toyota's WRC Rally Chile tyre strategy mistakeEvans and his team-mates Kalle Rovanpera and Takamoto Katsuta all opted to take only soft tyres for the loop held on roads that were much more abrasive than those navigated on Friday.While Evans briefly managed to overhaul Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen Read More
Albuquerque enjoys "wild" unpredictability of 2023 IMSA title fightAfter Mazda followed Nissan through the exit door at the end of 2021, last season's DPi class was contested exclusively between Cadillac and Acura teams, but the move to all new LMDh cars running spec hybrid systems for 2023 has Read More
McElrea planning for IMSA events in ’24 while pursuing IndyCar shotThe 23-year-old Los Angeles-born New Zealander is coming off his second season in IndyCar’s developmental category, earning two wins, six podiums and two poles en route to finishing behind champion Christian Rasmussen. McElrea contested both seasons with Andretti Global (then Read More
WRC Chile: Tanak in control as Toyota tyre call backfiresTanak claimed two of the three morning stages but it was decision to run hard tyres for the final stage that helped the Estonian to open up a commanding 47.5s lead over Hyundai driver Suninen. Tanak had started the day Read More
Espargaro fumes as Aprilia MotoGP reliability gremlins strike againEspargaro was in the fight for a top-five position when his RS-GP suddenly slowed on lap eight of Saturday’s 12-lap race, forcing him into the pits and into retirement.It follows a similar episode in last weekend’s Indian Grand Prix, but Read More
How Alpine is preparing its new LMDh car for 2024 WEC seasonWhen Alpine first made the decision to enter the WEC’s Hypercar class in 2021, it was able to obtain the Rebellion R-13 LMP1 car from its previous owner, rebrand it as the Alpine A480, and join the grid in little Read More
“Super-slow” Quartararo despondent after woeful Yamaha sprintQuartararo led home the Yamaha charge as he dropped one place from his grid slot of 14th, having failed to escape the first part of qualifying earlier in the day.Team-mate Franco Morbidelli was a place further back in 16th, while Read More
Marquez: "Time will tell" if Honda MotoGP changes are enoughGoing through its worst-ever phase in grand prix racing, Honda has had to resort to changes in its technical line-up in a bid to keep hold of star rider Marquez and challenge for the title for the first time since Read More
Two riders in contention for Motocorsa Ducati WSBK seatItalian rider Bassani's move to Kawasaki, where he will replace Yamaha-bound Jonathan Rea, was finally made official on Friday on the eve of the penultimate round of the season at Portimao.It opens up a coveted seat at one of the Read More
Horner: Red Bull must try to keep "riding the wave" of 2023 F1 successRed Bull clinched its sixth constructors' title with six races to spare in Japan, which is another entry for the Milton Keynes squad into the series' record book that it has been steadily rewriting this year.Team principal Horner conceded that losing its Read More
MotoGP Japanese GP: Martin smashes lap record for poleMartin posted a 1m43.198s on his first run in Q2 on Saturday morning to beat Brad Binder's Friday benchmark, which in turn surpassed Jorge Lorenzo's 2015 record, by almost three tenths of a second.It gives Martin a second pole in Read More
Honda selects replacement for axed MotoGP technical boss KokubuSato, previously head of development for the Honda RC213V, will start in his new role as general technical director on October 1, the same day the Japanese Grand Prix takes place at Motegi.However, it remains to be seen whether the Read More
Loubet explains frightening WRC Rally Chile exitAfter an impressive start to the rally, Loubet was sitting fourth heading into stage three when he went off the road at high-speed.The Frenchman appeared to carry too much speed into a right-hand corner which resulted in his car being Read More
WRC Chile: Inspired Tanak ends eventful Friday leading SuninenTanak completed the day's six demanding gravel stages with a 4.2s lad over Suninen, who impressed in only his third Rally1 start.Tanak led the rally after winning the opening stage before losing the advantage following a spin and loss of Read More
Maserati GT2 racer to make competition debut at Paul RicardLeonardo Gorini and Luca Pirri have been entered as the GT2's inaugural drivers, as the Italian manufacturer makes its long-awaited follow-up to the revered MC12 GT1 that bowed out at the end of its title-winning 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship campaign.Maserati Read More
Kawasaki signs Bassani to replace Yamaha-bound Rea in WSBKAs reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Bassani will leave Motocorsa Ducati after three seasons to join Alex Lowes at Kawasaki next year.It follows Rea’s decision to end his deal with Kawasaki with a year left on his contract and Read More
Inside the adaptations needed to realise NASCAR's Le Mans return“Strange and exciting.” Those are the words that came into FIA chief technical and safety officer Xavier Mestelan Pinon’s mind when he was told about the Garage 56 entry for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. And for good reason. Read More
Aston Martin: 2026 gearbox “a golden opportunity” for F1 to cut costsAfter using customer units from McLaren and latterly Mercedes since its early Force India days in 2009, the Silverstone outfit is currently ramping its own transmission department ahead of 2026, when its new relationship with Honda obliges the team to Read More
WRC Chile: Evans leads as Lappi, Loubet suffer high-speed rollsEvans guided his Toyota GR Yaris to two fastest times from the three stages, to open up a 2.6s-lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen, as the WRC endured a spectacular return to South America's gravel roads.M-Sport’s Ott Tanak headed to midpoint Read More
Albon: AlphaTauri's current F1 form “worrying” for WilliamsAfter a strong run of points finishes for Albon, Williams is currently in a solid seventh in the championship on 21 points, ahead of Haas on 12, Alfa Romeo on 10, and AlphaTauri on five.However, while Williams has no new parts Read More
2023 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & moreFrancesco Bagnaia heads to Japan with a reduced lead of just 13 points following his third retirement of the season in India last weekend.Jorge Martin is Bagnaia's closest challenger in the title fight, with Marco Bezzecchi also having an outside Read More
Suzuka 8 Hours gets earlier July date for 2024For the last two years, the FIM Endurance World Championship event has taken place in the first week of August, but a desire to avoid a clash with the Olympic Games in Paris has led to next year's being race Read More
