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
No “point to prove” for Aitken after 2023 race-defining Le Mans crash
Aitken is taking part in the World Endurance Championship classic for the third time, having contested it with the LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing squad in 2022 before joining the Action Express Racing (rebranded Whelen Engineering Racing at Le Mans) Cadillac squad in IMSA.He was at the wheel for the raceContinue Reading
Verstappen wants ‘impossible’ F1 2026 weight reduction for fun, agile cars
The FIA released details of the new regulations set for two seasons ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, with cars set to become marginally shorter and narrower compared to the current crop of machinery.A 30kg drop in weight is set to come with that in a welcome relief for drivers,Continue Reading
Supercars Darwin: Feeney beats Winterbottom in Saturday race
From second on the grid Feeney (Triple Eight Chevrolet Camaro) had to follow polesitter James Golding (PremiAir Racing Chevrolet) for the opening three laps before finding a gap at Turn 6, and building a lead of up to three seconds.As the opposition pitted, Feeney waited until mid-race to make hisContinue Reading