Hyundai will field World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville and team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen in a national rally this weekend to prepare for the Rally Japan season finale.The Korean marque is closing in on a WRC title double, with either Neuville or team-mate Ott Tanak set to win a firstContinue Reading
Enea Bastianini pronounced himself “angry” after being unable to compete with factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin for victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. The Italian inherited third-place after Marc Marquez fell off his 2023-spec Gresini Ducati but finished over 10 seconds down on winnerContinue Reading
Fabio Quartararo has said Yamaha’s latest step in MotoGP performance is down to an electronics tweak that allows the riders to have more input on the throttle.Last weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix saw Quartararo and team-mate Alex Rins both qualify inside the top 10 for the first time in a difficultContinue Reading
Lamborghini looks set to downscale its LMDh programme for 2025 and to compete in either the World Endurance Championship or the IMSA SportsCar Championship.The Italian manufacturer, which has partnered with the Iron Lynx team in both series, is undertaking a review of its activities with the SC63 LMDh.All options areContinue Reading
The British Touring Car Championship has made further tweaks to its regulations for the 2025 season following last week’s revelation that it is dropping hybrid.Changes to the tyre and engine rules are being made to respectively liven up the racing action and cut costs.BTCC organiser TOCA introduced a rule forContinue Reading
“When you win 10 grands prix and you are still 24 points behind, something is wrong.”Complaints about a format by a competitor who has failed to master that format must always be read with due caution. They are to be expected. But Francesco Bagnaia may just have a point whenContinue Reading
Fernando Alonso has opened up on the back pain, emotions and mystery brake problems that he battled to drag his Aston Martin to the finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix.The Spaniard had been struggling throughout last weekend with the new bumpy Interlagos surface, but matters reached a peak in theContinue Reading
NASCAR has pledged to review radio communications between several teams in the closing laps of Sunday’s controversial penultimate Cup race of 2024 at Martinsville, which decided the Championship 4 protagonists.Victory for Ryan Blaney secured his place along with Joey Logano and Tyler Reddick, but race control elected to remove Christopher Bell from nextContinue Reading
We were due a mad one, weren’t we? There’s usually at least one Formula 1 race per year which goes off-script, usually thanks to a few lashings of rain, and Brazil gave us this year’s instalment of a break with the usual competitive order.Despite the trials and tribulations of qualifyingContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton revealed he cannot wait for Christmas in what is a telling summary of his final season with Mercedes.At the start of the year, Hamilton informed boss Toto Wolff of his decision to terminate his deal with the Silver Arrows to join Ferrari for 2025.However, the Briton made itContinue Reading