Le Mans-leading Ferrari hit with big penalty for BMW crash
AF Corse driver Robert Kubica was trying to put a lap on Dries Vanthoor in the seventh hour of the race when he side-swiped the BMW at the end of the Mulsanne straight, sending the car head-on into the barriers.The contact with the armco sent Vanthoor spinning to the otherContinue Reading
Sam Mayer claims second win of 2024 at Iowa
Sam Mayer holds off Riley Herbst on a late restart to take his second victory of 2024 in the Xfinity Series race at Iowa. SourceContinue Reading
Le Mans 24h, Hour 6: Ferrari keeps Hypercar lead as rain falls
The #83 AF Corse Ferrari continues to hold the net lead in the hands of Yifei Ye after the opening six hours of the race as rain hit the Circuit de la Sarthe, with Frederic Makowiecki grabbing second late on in the #5 Porsche.Robert Shwartzman was able to pull outContinue Reading
NASCAR Cup Iowa: Kyle Larson beats Ryan Blaney to pole
Saturday’s qualifying session was cut to from two rounds to one due to an extended weather delay, but it was still run in groups.The top five speeds from each group were placed in the top 10 starting lineup, with the fastest speed of the 10 earning the pole.Larson, who wonContinue Reading
Le Mans 24h, Hour 3: #83 Ferrari leads from Toyota after rain shower
The World Endurance Championship race has been shaped by a sudden shower at 5:38pm, before which the Nicklas Nielsen’s #50 Ferrari led Laurens Vanthoor’s #6 Porsche, Antonio Giovinazzi’s #51 Ferrari and Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota.The Italian and the Swiss had previously overtaken Sebastien Bourdais’ Cadillac, respectively round the outside atContinue Reading
Truex says it “just felt like the right time” to end full-time career
For the last couple years, Truex has made year-to-year decisions on whether to return the following season – usually putting it off as long as possible.But the debate was never over performance on the track. Even though he remains without a win so far this year, Truex insisted results played no role.“We’veContinue Reading
Le Mans 24h, Hour 1: Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start
Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release.The three Ferrari LMH cars made blistering starts as the 92nd running of Le Mans 24 Hours got away atContinue Reading
Albon “had to bite my lip” on overweight Williams F1 car
As it ran late with the production of its 2024 launch car, Williams started the season with a chassis that was significantly overweight.And while Williams had already taken 14kg out of the car over the off-season, its 2024 FW46 was still four-five tenths per lap slower than it should haveContinue Reading
Estre’s “exceptional” pole lap “not 100% representative” of Porsche Le Mans pace
The Porsche Penske factory team barely got one 963 into Hyperpole with an initial eighth time in the first qualifying session for Estre, before the #7 Toyota lost its laps due to causing a red flag, promoting Jota’s #12 Porsche into the top eight.Driving the #6 car, Estre went onContinue Reading
Le Mans 24 Hours: Kubica tops warm-up, De Vries Toyota crashes
As most teams elected to give drivers pitstop practice in live conditions, only 12 of the 23 Hypercar entries set a time during the short 15-minute session that precedes the World Endurance Championship’s blue riband event, with Kubica heading a Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar 1-2 in his customer #83Continue Reading