Pramac rider Jorge Martin has called for a rethink of MotoGPs long lap rule after being hit with a penalty for cutting the chicane in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint.Polesitter Martin was leading the half-distance race at Spielberg on Saturday when he overshot the tricky Turn 2 and had to take to the escape road, before rejoining the track in second position behind the factory Ducati of ... Keep reading
Australia is set to retain another talented Rebel, with Rugby Australia and the NSW Waratahs announcing Wallabies prop Isaac Kailea has signed a new contract with Dan McKellars side for 2025. The 24-year-old had a breakout season in 2024, with his strong Super Rugby Pacific form rewarded with selection in his first Wallabies squad in []
MotoGP stars Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin say they wont let the 2024 championship battle come in the way of their harmonious relationship.Locked in a tense fight for the riders title since the beginning of the season, Bagnaia and Martin are separated by just five points at the top of the standings following the factory Ducatis rider double win in the Austrian Grand Prix last ... Keep reading
As Sam Talakai joined Glasgow Warriors, the one-cap Wallabys former coach at the Melbourne Rebels, Kevin Foote, announced his next move by returning to South Africa as the Springboks under-20s coach. Hailing from Johannesburg, the 45-year-old had spent the previous decade in Australia after calling time on his playing career where he captained the South []
The team's latest design first appeared in 1988, the same season the Hall-of-Famer debuted with Los Angeles
Josef Newgarden recovered from a spin to take victory in a chaotic IndyCar Series race on Saturday night at the 1.25-mile St Louis oval.The Team Penskedriver's race narrowly avoided disaster on lap 196 when he was pressing team-mate Scott McLaughlin for the lead and spun at Turn 2, but avoided any lasting damage to rejoin in fourth place.As Newgarden cycled back to the front, the action sparked ... Keep reading
The Nurburgring has been named the fourth-most popular attraction in Germany by the countrys national tourist board.The iconic circuit was the only sports venue to make it into the top 100 ranking, with votes taken from 25,000 people from over 20 countries a vote which has been held annually since 2012.The Nurburgring has moved up one spot from last year, from fifth to fourth, and continues ... Keep reading
David Malukas was left emotional after late contact with Will Power led to crashing out of Saturday nights IndyCar Series round at Gateway.After starting second in the #66 Meyer Shank Racing Honda, Malukas showed tremendous pace throughout the night as one of the only contenders that was able to keep up with Team Penske.The 22-year-old Chicago native found the lead just three laps into the ... Keep reading
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has weighed in on the title battle between his protege Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac rival Jorge Martin in 2024.With no clashing commitments to his GT racing programme with BMW, seven-time champion Rossi is attending this weekends Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg and has already spent a considerable amount of time trackside in his role as the owner of the VR46 ... Keep reading
Entering his 8th season as UVA head coach, DeSorbo takes on a new challenge this summer leading the women's swimming team in Paris
Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has conceded that the team may have hit the ceiling with the development of its F1 car, though suggested the overall limit of the regulations has not been reached.The Milton Keynes-based outfit has established itself as the benchmark in the latest technical era, with Max Verstappen winning almost three-quarters of the races in that time.But rivals McLaren ... Keep reading
Williams head of vehicle performance Dave Robson believes upgrades to the team's 2024 Formula 1 car can provide a baseline for next year's machinery.The Grove-based outfit has struggled to continue the strong form of last season after entering the current campaign with an overweight car as focus instead turned to upgrading its infrastructure during the winter.While upgrades will be added to the ... Keep reading
Ducatis Francesco Bagnaia outduelled MotoGP title rival Jorge Martin to take a convincing victory in the Austrian Grand Prix and retake the top spot in the championship standing.Bagnaia again made the best start from the front row of the grid but couldnt pass polesitter Martin, who did just enough to hold the lead into the opening right-hander and the tricky Turn 2 chicane.However, with the ... Keep reading
McLaughlincurrently sits sixth in the title race at 83 points behind Palou (411-328). It is a remarkable comeback after he sat 29th in the championship standings after two rounds following Team Penskes push-to-pass scandal.The penalty negated his podium finish in the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, but the New Zealander has since gone on to claim two wins, five podiums and seven ... Keep reading
Anyone getting a sense of deja vu? Does the governing body launching a consultation on clumsy proposals without a proper explanation of the reasoning behind them sound familiar?But, no, Im not talking about the controversial changes to track-limits rules launched at the start of last year. Instead, Im referring to the suggested alterations to the regulations surrounding race series.These ... Keep reading
Pramacs Jorge Martin does not believe Francesco Bagnaia is faster than him despite the latter dominating MotoGPs Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.Polesitter Martin lost the lead of the Spielberg race to Bagnaia on lap 2 of 28 and could only keep up with him in the first half of the race, before the Spanish riders front tyre began to show serious signs of wear.It allowed the factory Ducati ... Keep reading
Newly crowned Mini Challenge champion Dan Zelos will make his British Touring Car Championship debut at Donington Park this weekend, replacing Ronan Pearson at Excelr8 Motorsport.Zelos wrapped up a third Mini title last time out at Knockhill after a second dominant season on the bounce with all of his Mini crowns having come with the Excelr8 squad, as well as being the team's BTCC reserve driver ... Keep reading
Pedro Acosta felt like he was leaving KTMs home MotoGP round at Spielberg with pain in his chest after unexpected problems left him trundling down in 13th place.Although the RC16s form has been on a decline for some time, there was a glimmer of hope that the bike would go around well at the Red Bull Ring due to its strong track record.However, after failing to break into Q2, Tech3 ... Keep reading
Fabio Quartararo feels things are getting worse and worse for Yamaha despite its best efforts to dig itself out of its current slump in MotoGP.The 2021 champion struggled to 18th in Sundays Austrian Grand Prix, finishing almost 44 seconds behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati. His final position was compromised by a long lap penalty, though he was already running ... Keep reading
Fifteen-time MotoGP race winner Andrea Dovizioso will ride the Yamaha M1 in this week's private test at Misano, replacing the injured Cal Crutchlow.Dovizioso, absent from the limelight since retiring from racing at the end of 2022, will help Yamaha develop its beleaguered MotoGP bike in a two-day test at the Italian circuit on Tuesday and Wednesday.Dovizioso will replace Yamaha's designated test ... Keep reading
Isotta Fraschini has pulled out of the World Endurance Championship with immediate effect, leaving a depleted Hypercar class for this months Austin round.Disagreement with the Duqueine team, which had been responsible for running a single Tipo 6-Competizione, is understood to be the key reason behind the Italian marque's sudden decision to withdraw from the remainder of the eight-round ... Keep reading
Maverick Vinales believes improving the braking performance will be key in catapulting Aprilia near the front of the MotoGP grid.Americas GP winner Vinales made that comment after the start-stop nature of the Red Bull Ring exposed a major weakness of the RS-GP, with both him and team-mate Aleix Espargaro struggling to slow down the bike as effectively as their rivals.The Spaniard explained ... Keep reading
Mercedes always had faith that its W15 Formula 1 car would be quick, and was actually surprised it could not deliver on its potential earlier in the campaign.The German manufacturer went into F1s summer break with a tally of three wins from the last four races, with George Russell having triumphed in the Austrian Grand Prix, and Lewis Hamilton adding victories in Great Britain and ... Keep reading
The memories of Brad Binder taking a shock home win for KTM at the Red Bull Ring in 2021 are still fresh in the minds of MotoGP fans. Its not often you see a rider nursing slick tyres in a flag-to-flag race with rain lashing down and still coming away with victory.The 2019 edition of the Spielberg was equally a classic thanks to an exhilarating duel between Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso ... Keep reading
Virginia Women's Tennis Coach Sara O'Leary will also be in Paris to support alums as they go for gold