Secto Rally Finland Shakedown highlights
2024-08-02
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
2024-08-02
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
2024-08-02
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
2024-08-01
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
Quartararo: Arbolino is ready for MotoGP with Pramac
2024-08-01
Fabio Quartararo has publicly backed Moto2 race winner Tony Arbolino for a move up to MotoGP next year, believing he will be a good fit for Yamaha’s new satellite team Pramac.With it all but confirmed that Trackhouse rider Miguel Oliveira will lead Pramac next year, the attention has turned toContinue Reading
Ben Hunt: Red Bull will feel Wheatley loss more than Newey’s departure
2024-08-01
Jonathan Wheatley will leave Red Bull after 18 years to take the role as team principal of Audi and is another key loss to the reigning world champion squad.A simple 175-word statement posted on Red Bull WhatsApp group to journalists delivered the news that one of its most senior staffContinue Reading
Wheatley and Binotto to form “dual management” of Audi F1 team
2024-08-01
Jonathan Wheatley and Mattia Binotto will form a “dual management” structure of Audi’s Formula 1 team when the marque rebrands the Sauber squad in 2026.Wheatley’s upcoming exit from his sporting director role was announced by the Red Bull squad on Thursday, but no word was initially forthcoming from Audi.It hasContinue Reading
McLaren extends Stella’s contract as team principal
2024-08-01
Andrea Stella has been granted a “multi-year” extension to his contract as McLaren team principal, the Formula 1 team announced on Thursday.Stella has led McLaren’s F1 squad since taking over from Andreas Seidl at the end of 2022.In that time, McLaren has leapt up the F1 pecking order thanks toContinue Reading
Power: IndyCar oval title-deciders “brings Palou back to us”
2024-08-01
Team Penske driver Will Power believes IndyCar holding four of the final five races on ovals will help ‘bring back’ series leader Alex Palou to the chasing pack.Chip Ganassi Racing’s two-time champion Palou, who has yet to win an oval race, bids for a third crown in four seasons.He leadsContinue Reading
Lulham leaps to fifth in Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings
2024-08-01
Radical Cup UK dominator Chris Lulham has closed to within three wins of the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings summit after further success at Silverstone last weekend.However, for all his superiority this year, Lulham did not have things all his own way in Northamptonshire. Former Ginetta Junior racer IanContinue Reading