The backstage partner in a triple crown clean sweep
At face value, the cars that won this year’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix and Le Mans 24 Hours share little beyond their Ferrari badges.Charles Leclerc’s SF-24 and the 499P Le Mans Hypercar driven by Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina would appear to have even less in commonContinue Reading
WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads Evans by 0.2s, as Tanak crashes
Kalle Rovanpera snatched the Rally Finland lead from Toyota World Rally Championship team-mate Elfyn Evans at the end of an eventful Friday morning that included a crash for Ott Tanak.Rovanpera headed to midday service with a 0.2s margin over Evans, who had impressed in difficult wet conditions in his bidContinue Reading
Why the WRC’s “piece of art” stage is so special
For many, Rally Finland’s Ouninpohja stage is the greatest piece of road in rallying and this weekend it returns to the World Rally Championship for the first time in full since 2016.The long overdue comeback of this 32.98km gravel rollercoaster is a major talking point at this year’s edition ofContinue Reading
Ducati announces factory support for VR46 from MotoGP 2025
Ducati has revealed it has reached an agreement for VR46 to replace Pramac as its primary satellite squad from the 2025 MotoGP season.The multi-year deal, with an initial phase of two seasons, was announced on the eve of the British Grand Prix on Friday.Pramac had been Ducati’s only factory-supported teamContinue Reading
A history of F1’s second-half comebacks – do McLaren and Mercedes have a chance?
The greatest comeback since Lazarus? Everyone loves a good comeback story, and Formula 1 has enjoyed plenty of them over its nearly 75-year history as a gladiatorial contest of man and machine.As things stand in the current season, Max Verstappen has a somewhat healthy 78-point lead over Lando Norris, butContinue Reading
Sainz is walking in the footsteps of F1 legends – but will he carve his own?
If we were to ask what Jacky Ickx, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell have in common, the answer may not be obvious to everyone. Sure, they’re all Formula 1 legends – though Ickx wrote the most glorious chapters of his career at Le Mans – but they’re also the onlyContinue Reading
Secto Rally Finland Shakedown highlights
Esapekka Lappi revelled in home conditions, setting the early tone on Thursday morning shakedown. SourceContinue Reading
Gasly faced “problems on top of problems” after Alpine mistakes
Pierre Gasly has called for Alpine to cut out its “mistakes”, having been stuck with “problems on top of problems” in the lead-up to Formula 1’s summer break.The Enstone-and-Viry outfit endured a nightmare start to the season with its car way off the pace of the rest of the peckingContinue Reading
WRC Finland: Tanak suffers high-speed crash in stage three
Ott Tanak has crashed out of Rally Finland in an incident that briefly red flagged stage three of the World Rally Championship gravel rally on Friday morning.The Hyundai driver went off the road just over two kilometres into the brand new Sarrikas test [15.93km], held in wet conditions. Tanak andContinue Reading
WRC Finland: Neuville pips Katsuta to claim early lead
World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville snatched the opening stage victory from Takamoto Katsuta to claim an early Rally Finland lead.Neuville was the last of the Rally1 cars to tackle the Harju super special stage in host city Jyvaskyla and was able to pip Toyota’s Katsuta by 1.1 secondsContinue Reading