The eight-time world champion claimed four of the days nine stages, including two of the afternoon tests, to fend off a charging Tanak.Ogier headed to service with a 11.9s lead over Tanak having started the day one second behind Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, who rolled out of the lead on the mornings stage 11. Tanaks strong run was rewarded by 15 provisional championship points - ... Keep reading
Bagnaia had qualified second behind championship leader Jorge Martin, but was down to 14th by the end of lap 1 following a dreadful start on his GP24.Lacking the speed to mount any sort of recovery, the Italian then ran wide over the gravel at the exit of Turn 7 on the third lap, rejoining the track at the rear of the field.With it clear by then that the problem he was suffering was significant ... Keep reading
Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre.Taking fuel shortly before the 1h44m red flag, caused when Earl Bamber's Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh clipped the WRT BMW M4 GT3 of Sean ... Keep reading
Bourdais beat the sister Cadillac Racing entry of Pipo Derani and Philipp Engs BMW in the quickfire 15-minute qualifying session, ahead of this weekends 2h40m event that is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only.Deranis #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R had taken pole in each of the trio of preceding races, but its challenge at Laguna was stymied by a vicious crash in Jack ... Keep reading
Thick fog provided a curveball for the field, but it failed to derail Ogier as the eight-time world champion led Tanak by 10.1s after the mornings three stages.Hyundais Thierry Neuville held onto third [+1m12.1s], while M-Sports Adrien Fourmaux [+1m44.0s] leapfrogged Hyundais Dani Sordo [+2m44.2s] into fourth.Toyotas Evans completed the three stages, but an overheating issue put ... Keep reading
The World Rally Championship promoter held a meeting with the key stakeholder group that included Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and Skoda alongside representatives from the FIA to deliver its vision for the future.The meeting largely centred on the championships promotional strategy which has attracted criticism from teams and drivers in recent months.The WRC Promoter issued a brief ... Keep reading
Erik ten Hag 's side were undone in the first half when a Casemiro error allowed Kai Havertz to stay onside, before he cut it back to a razor sharp Leandro Trossard. Here is how the teams rated.
Formula E revealed the full line-up for the Berlin rookie test, with some familiar faces from Formula 2 appearing. Each of the 11 teams has nominated two rookies to take part in a full day of testing following the weekend's Berlin E-Prix.Twenty-two drivers will take part in the test session, with several current Formula 2 drivers such as Jak Crawford and Zane Maloney being joined by F2 2022 ... Keep reading
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Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British teams 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of car.This is proof of the 963 and our decision to build cars for customers, Kuratle ... Keep reading
Turkington, whose previous pole position in the series came back in August 2022 at Snetterton, ended up in a fight with the sister West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Adam Morgan, whose only BTCC pole was at Rockingham in 2018 in his Ciceley Mercedes days.With just seven seconds of additional hybrid and turbo boost allowed due to his pre-weekend championship position of fourth, and with Morgan ... Keep reading
The reigning and two-time IndyCar Series champion handled getting behind early and utilised a sensational out-lap strategy to secure the lead and march to a 6.6106s victory.Palou, who came in as the defending race winner, led 39 of the 85 laps en route to collecting his first win of the season and 10th of his IndyCar career. The victory vaulted Palou into the overall lead in the championship ... Keep reading
The British driver had looked on course for his first F1 victory in Sochi in 2021 having secured his first pole position and led from the front, only to make a critical strategy error and stay out on slicks as a deluge of rain hit the circuit in the dying laps.That error of judgement has stuck with Norris, Joseph and the McLaren team, not least with taunts over social media - though Norris himself ... Keep reading
The Kiwi romped to a 4.6s win having only taken the lead of the 46-lap race extended by six laps due to two safety car periods for the first time just four laps from the end having started down in ninth.Cassidy went into energy conservation mode at the Tempelhof Airport circuit immediately, which was using a new layout this year, and dropped towards the back of the field where he remained ... Keep reading
The eight-time world champion endured a difficult French GP weekend on the Gresini-run Ducati prior to Saturdays 13-lap sprint.Out of the Q2 places after Fridays running, Marquez was knocked out of Q1 in qualifying and starts 13thfor both races at Le Mans.Despite this, he was able to launch his way up to fifth off the line in Saturdays 13-lap sprint and went on to finish second having ... Keep reading
After their third and fourth place finishes in Monaco a fortnight ago, Vandoorne and Vergne arrived in Berlin with the firm intention of taking another big points tally. And they did, on the very first race!It's true that the two members of the DS Penske Team know the track inside out, as Berlin is the only city to have featured on the championship calendar since its inception. This time, however ... Keep reading
The Portuguese driver took his second win on-the-road of the season in Germany, after also winning in Misano before he was disqualified due to a technical infringement, having led the majority of the race.Cassidy, who took victory in the opening race at the Tempelhof Airport circuit on Saturday, finished second on Sunday having snatched the position away from Nissans Oliver Rowland with two ... Keep reading
Martin emerged on top in an epic battle with fellow Ducati riders Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez to win the French Grand Prix, extending his lead in the championship to 38 points after five rounds.The win on Sunday completed a perfect weekend for the Spaniard, who topped practice on Friday, claimed pole position in qualifying and grabbed maximum points from the sprint race on Saturday.The ... Keep reading
The two left pitlane running nose to tail and moments later went side-by-side and were not giving each other any space coming out of Turn 11.Ferrucci, coming up the inside, managed to get byGrosjeans #77 Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet as they approached traffic heading into Turn 12.A replay showed Ferrucci raising his hand above the aeroscreen of his #14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet and ... Keep reading
Qualifying on pole with a new Le Mans lap record, Martin converted that to a dominant third sprint win of the 2024 season.With Francesco Bagnaia retiring with bike issues and his factory Ducati team-mate Enea Bastianini only fourth, Martin is now 28 points clear in the championship.This all comes as Martins 2025 future remains uncertain, with Ducatis decision between him, Marc Marquez and ... Keep reading
After Ericsson and Herta qualified down in 21st and 24th respectively, the pair collided on the second lap of the Indy GP in a frantic opening to the fourth round of the IndyCar Series on Indianapoliss 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.It caused Herta whose qualifying was ruined when his team ran him out of fuel to tumble to the back of the field after being forced off the track and ... Keep reading
The WRC Promoter presented its vision to its key stakeholder group, which included Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and Skoda alongside representatives from the FIA during a meeting at Rally Portugal on Saturday.Improving the promotion of the championship has been earmarked as a key goal by teams and drivers that have been critical of the WRC Promoter in recent months.On Saturday the WRC Promoter ... Keep reading
Eight-time world champion Ogier added yet another record to his glittering resume by scoring a record sixth career Rally Portugal after beating Hyundais Ott Tanak by 7.9s. The triumph marked Ogiers 60th WRC win and his second from three rallies during a part-time campaign for Toyota this year.Rally Portugal, one of the founding members of the WRC in 1973, is a special place for Ogier having ... Keep reading
The Gresini Ducati rider endured a tough qualifying which saw him knocked out in Q1, though he recovered brilliantly in the sprint to finish second.Marquez did the same again on Sunday, though took 17 laps to get into the podium places before closing down a two-second gap to catch eventual winner Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia.After securing second with a last-lap overtake on Bagnaia, Marquez ... Keep reading
A tense 20-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off Sundays race action at Le Mans, with poleman David Alonso narrowing Dani Holgados championship lead with his third win of the season.Tech3 GasGas rider Holgado leaped Alonso off the line at the start and ran in the lead for the opening eight laps, before Intact GPs Collin Veijer came through at the Turn 6 right-hander on the ninth tour.Veijers ... Keep reading