IndyCar and Road America announce multi-year deal extension
North America’s premier open-wheel championship made a much-anticipated return to the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course in 2016, following a nine-year hiatus.”We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with IndyCar,” said Mike Kertscher, President and General Manager of Road America.”This collaboration not only ignites the fervour of our passionate racingContinue Reading
Lundqvist: “Crazy” maiden IndyCar pole sparks British F3 memories
The 25-year-old Chip Ganassi Racing rookie scored the first pole position of his IndyCar career after twice narrowly escaping through the knockout phases to make the Fast Six shootout.Starting in soaking wet conditions, it was only in the Fast Six when a dry line developed, with drivers braving slick tyres –Continue Reading
Verstappen: ‘Red Bull must deliver cleaner F1 weekends’
Verstappen suffered an issue with a brand-new hybrid component of his Red Bull – Honda which left him sidelined through most of Friday’s second free practice.The additional MGU-K element added to Verstappen’s pool of components might come back to haunt him later in the 2024 season in the form ofContinue Reading
Sainz not ready to decide F1 future amid Williams flattery
The Spaniard is currently weighing up opportunities he has from Williams and Sauber/Audi next year, with both squads clear that he is their number one target for a 2025 contract.While the Sauber offer has been there for a while, Williams has been pushing hard in recent weeks to convince SainzContinue Reading
WRC champion Rovanpera narrowly misses podium on circuit racing debut
The reigning two-time WRC champion is dovetailing a partial rally campaign with a four-round stint in the one-make Porsche series this year, with this weekend’s visit to the Dutch Grand Prix venue marking the start of his circuit racing career.The factory Toyota WRC driver finished fourth and fifth from aContinue Reading
Has Ricciardo’s Canada reaction come too late amid Villeneuve attack?
And it is going to take a lot more than a fifth place in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix – and a curt response to the 1997 world champion – to secure it.Unsurprisingly, Villeneuve’s takedown ahead of qualifying for the Canadian GP has attracted plenty of attention.Signed by SkyContinue Reading
Le Mans 24 Hours: Kobayashi leads opening test session for Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi topped the times in the first of the two three-hour sessions of the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday with a 3m28.467s lap aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar.That gave him a margin of more than seven tenths over Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who endedContinue Reading
BTCC Thruxton: Hill beats the Fords to close in on series lead
Hill launched his Laser Tools-liveried West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport to the front of the pack from third on the grid while poleman Tom Ingram got swallowed up.The diminutive Kentishman had established a comfortable advantage by the end of the opening lap, but found that hard work ruinedContinue Reading
Isle of Man TT 2024: Five storylines that shaped the event
Coming into the 2024 event, Dunlop stood on the edge of greatness after notching up his 25th TT victory last year.One more would see him match his late uncle Joey Dunlop. And he did just that in the first race of the week, going on to become the all-time number-one winnerContinue Reading
Alonso: It “hurts” to lose F1 Canada pole chance in one corner
Following a number of trying race weekends where Aston Martin appeared to have slipped to sixth in the pecking order, the Silverstone-based team bounced back with a stronger qualifying performance in Montreal.Alonso qualified sixth just 0.228s shy of Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell, who beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in aContinue Reading