WRC Finland: Dominant Rovanpera moves closer to home win
Kalle Rovanpera has opened up a commanding lead after dominating Saturday’s Rally Finland stages to close in on a maiden World Rally Championship victory on home soil.Toyota’s two-time world champion delivered a stunning drive in changeable conditions to win five of the day’s six stages, including two victorious passes ofContinue Reading
MotoGP British GP: Bastianini wins sprint from Martin, Bagnaia crashes
Enea Bastianini won MotoGP’s British Grand Prix sprint for the factory Ducati team, but a crash for his team-mate Francesco Bagnaia allowed Jorge Martin to close in the title race.Bastianini passed long-time leader Martin on lap seven of 10, claiming a first victory of any kind in MotoGP since MalaysiaContinue Reading
Red Bull to replace Wheatley internally in F1 management shakeup
Red Bull will promote from within the team to replace departing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.Wheatley will leave Red Bull at the end of the current campaign after an 18-year stint at the F1 world champions. The 57-year-old will become the Audi F1 team principal in a switch after overhauling its ownContinue Reading
Bagnaia slams “ridiculous” towing problem in Silverstone MotoGP qualifying
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia has hit out at other MotoGP riders for deliberately slowing down in British GP qualifying in order to get a tow from him, describing the situation as “ridiculous”.Bagnaia was followed by Gresini’s Marc Marquez on their first runs in Saturday’s pole-deciding session at Silverstone, with the addedContinue Reading
Toyota may consider team orders to help WRC title contender Evans
Toyota could consider team orders to help Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship bid in Rally Finland after the title contender suffered an “unusual” mechanical issue, according to Jari-Matti Latvala.Evans was firmly in the fight for victory, sitting in second behind team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, when the Welshman’s GR Yaris suffered aContinue Reading
Secto Rally Finland Saturday morning highlights
Kalle Rovanperä saw his Secto Rally Finland lead more than double on Saturday morning as his Toyota GAZOO Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans plummeted down the order with a technical problem. SourceContinue Reading
MotoGP British GP: Aprilia’s Espargaro stuns Ducatis to take pole
Aleix Espargaro claimed pole position for Aprilia in the British Grand Prix, beating the factory Ducati MotoGP bikes of Francesco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini.Espargaro delivered an impressive effort of 1m57.309s in the dying minutes of qualifying, taking advantage of late troubles for Bagnaia and Bastianini to put himself in primeContinue Reading
WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads Ogier, mechanical issue ends Evans victory bid
Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Finland lead after dominating Saturday morning’s stages, while World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans witnessed his victory bid evaporate.Two-time world rally champion Rovanpera completed a clean sweep of the loop including the return of the famous Ouninpohja test to open up 21.9s lead.His fellowContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: What happens during an F1 summer shutdown?
You’ve heard the phrase mentioned in Formula 1, but what is the “summer shutdown” and what actually does it mean? The relentless nature of Formula 1, especially in this record-breaking season with 24 races running from February to December, means that this year’s summer shutdown will be a welcome one forContinue Reading
Nurburgring endurance race goes ahead after paddock blast causes multiple casualties
The six-hour Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie race will go ahead as planned after a serious explosion in the paddock on Friday.Autosport’s German language sister site Motorsport-Total.com understands that 22 people were injured by the explosion of a compressed air cylinder during the final stages of the pre-event tests, which were halted immediately.The compressedContinue Reading