Championship leader Martin retired from Saturday’s sprint at Mugello while running third, losing the front-end of his GP24 into the first corner with four laps remaining.But even before his race-ending crash, the Spaniard was losing touch with eventual sprint winner Francesco Bagnaia and second-placed Marc Marquez, both on Ducati machinery,Continue Reading
Since his final TT success in 2000 in the Ultra Lightweight contest in 2000, just weeks before his death in a race in Estonia, Joey Dunlop’s tally of 26 victories on the island has been unmatched.John McGuinness had been the closest until last year, when he scored his 23rd winContinue Reading
The WRC points leader was sitting third heading into stage eight [Tula], the final test of the morning loop, when he went off the road and into retirement.Neuville’s i20 N carried too much speed into a tight right-hander, which resulted in his car becoming beached at the side of theContinue Reading
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Castroneves, who also shares a minor ownership role within MSR, has been called upon to substitute for Blomqvist in the #66 Honda-powered entry in Detroit and will remain in the car for next week’s round at Road America.The decision to pull the sportscar convert came afterContinue Reading
McDowell set a new track qualifying record in the first round, then was still fastest in the final round in Saturday’s qualifying to win the pole for Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.All three of the veteran’s three career poles have come this season but this isContinue Reading
Kirkwood had just let Andretti Global team-mate Herta through at Turn 3 when he got into a wheel-banging moment with AJ Foyt Racing’s Ferrucci at Turn 5.Kirkwood said over the radio: “Santino needs to get kicked out of the series.”A lap after that, Ferrucci weaved and balked Herta in theContinue Reading
Dunlop moved into second on the all-time winners’ list at the TT in 2023 when he notched up his 25th success, putting him one off the record held by his late uncle Joey Dunlop since 2000.Winning both of the Supersport races last year, Dunlop was overwhelming favourite coming into Saturday’sContinue Reading
Quartararo was unlucky to retire from Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello on lap two of 11 when Miguel Oliveira crashed his Trackhouse Aprilia in front of him at Turn 10 following a failed attempt to overtake the Frenchman, leaving the former with nowhere to go.The 2021 champion went down withContinue Reading
Herta rocketed to the top of the leaderboard with a 1m01.572s lap around the tight and twisty 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit based in the heart of Motor City.“Thankfully, I got one and it ended up being perfect and the tires were in the right temperature window,” said Herta, who nailedContinue Reading
Ott Tänak came out on top of a seesaw battle with overnight frontrunner Sébastien Ogier on Saturday morning to lead Rally Italia Sardegna by 3.5sec at the day’s midpoint. SourceContinue Reading