All rides are now confirmed for the 2024 MotoGP season, with seven teams changing its line-up. Yamaha, LCR Honda, Gresini Racing, the factory Honda team, VR46, Tech3 and reigning champions Pramac Racing have all signed new riders for the 2024 season. They will also be joined by a new team as Trackhouse Racing has replaced RNFContinue Reading
Piastri delivered one of the most impressive debut seasons in recent years, taking two podiums and a pole-to-flag win in Qatar’s sprint as his McLaren team hit a purple patch of form after the summer break. While still some way off the race performances of his more experienced team-mate Lando Norris,Continue Reading
Drivers Jean-Karl Vernay and Alejandro Garcia completed two days of testing aboard the revived Isotta marque’s Tipo 6 Competizione LMH at Estoril.French outfit Duqueine will enter a single car in the 2024 WEC under the Isotta Fraschini Duqueine Team banner after the manufacturer’s split with originally confirmed partner Vector SportContinue Reading
In a professional racing career that spanned over 30 years before his retirement at the age of 59 in 2021, Gabriele Tarquini has worked with more team-mates than he would care to mention. “I drove with a lot of fantastic drivers, challenging and very strong opponents also in my teamContinue Reading
The world champion squad has selected two young Japanese rally talents Shotaro Goto and Takumi Matsushita to join the initiative, which aims to promote a young Japanese driver to its WRC team.Toyota began the WRC Challenge programme in 2015, with its biggest success story being Katsuta, who has since progressedContinue Reading
Fernando Alonso humbles Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz in wheel-to-wheel combat, then profits from Charles Leclerc’s engine failure to win the opening race of 2023. The two-time Formula 1 world champion’s Bahrain success marks his first victory since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.Aston Martin sporting director Andy Stevenson earns his payContinue Reading
The Ford squad had previously declared its intention to opt for a young driver line-up for next year after 2019 world champion Ott Tanak elected to rejoin Hyundai for 2024.Fourmaux emerged as a likely candidate to fill the void after M-Sport offered the Frenchman an outing in a Puma Rally1Continue Reading
The 17-year-old Toyota development driver is not yet old enough to compete full-time in any NASCAR national series but will greatly expand his Truck starts next year.After running in six Truck races this past season, Sawalich is scheduled to compete in nine events driving Tricon’s No. 1 Toyota in 2024,Continue Reading
The team grew by 40% over the last off-season, with several additions to personnel that included former Andretti Autosport driver Alexander Rossi in a newly-added third car. While the new hires helped grow the numbers to fill roles, many came in without previous experience in IndyCar.Despite that, though, all three full-timeContinue Reading
The 66-year-old became Ducati’s sporting director in 2014, having previously served as its MotoGP project director and its Superbike programme director before that.Ciabatti has seen Ducati win all of its MotoGP titles, beginning with Casey Stoner’s 2007 success and then being a key part of the management structure through theContinue Reading