RB had looked to be on a lonely road to sixth in the 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship, but its midfield rivals have improved as its own fortunes declined with a Barcelona upgrade package.There are now just four points between RB and Haas in the standings, while the American team’sContinue Reading
Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Toby Sowery will return for this weekend’s IndyCar Series round on the streets of Toronto, along with next month’s race at Portland International Raceway.The former McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalist made his IndyCar debut just two weeks ago at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, impressingContinue Reading
Quibbles over Balance of Performance and accusations of sandbagging have been a near-constant feature of GT racing in recent times. Openly discussing the BoP isn’t permitted under the World Endurance Championship’s sporting regulations, but that’s not the only reason for grumbles being notably reduced this year as LMGT3 replaced GTEContinue Reading
Proton Competition is eyeing an expansion of its World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship assaults with the Porsche 963 LMDh as the German manufacturer makes more customer cars available.Christian Ried, boss of the German team currently fielding one 963 in each series, has revealed that he is working onContinue Reading
KTM’s early season run of three consecutive podium finishes now seems like a distant memory. To think that Brad Binder was able to finish just 1.239s behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati) in Qatar just four months ago is almost hard to believe, considering where KTM is in the pecking order atContinue Reading
McLaren CEO Zak Brown doesn’t believe Red Bull has been too affected by the behind-the-scenes turmoil at its Formula 1 team yet, but thinks the squad might be impacted longer-term.Red Bull has been embroiled in a power struggle ever since the passing of long-time owner Dietrich Mateschitz in 2022.There hasContinue Reading
One-time Supercars champion James Courtney has announced that next year will be his swansong as a full-time driver in the tin-top series.He has been a fixture in the category for the past 14 years, winning the title in 2010, but Courtney, 44, told the Australian news service 9 Gold CoastContinue Reading
Red Bull may be embracing a “no risk, no fun” approach for its new Formula 1 engine, but it admits the project with Ford is one that cannot fail.The Milton Keynes-based team is investing hundreds of millions of pounds in developing a power unit for the 2026 regulations, having formedContinue Reading
For many, undergoing open-heart surgery would usually spell an end to any extreme activities like tearing through a Finnish forest or navigating through a twisty Japanese mountain road in a rally car. Not for Heikki Kovalainen.The Formula 1 race winner and childhood rally fan has overcome the “biggest challenge ofContinue Reading
The Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar that will compete for outright honours in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year has undertaken its first test.A shakedown by the Valkyrie AMR-LMH was undertaken earlier this month without bodywork ahead of the start of proper testing inContinue Reading