Schubert BMW driver Rene Rast hit his head just before the second DTM race of the Zandvoort weekend, it has been revealed, turning what looked like a relaxed Sunday drive through the dunes into a feat of strength for his 29th career DTM victory.“Yes, I have a headache,” confirmed theContinue Reading
Aston Martin is billing a new track-day version of its Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar as near-identical to the race car.The Aston Martin Valkyrie LM Hypercar boasts the same maximum power output of 520kW (697bhp) from its 6.5-litre V12 as the World Endurance Championship and IMSA Sportscar Championship contender.The differences betweenContinue Reading
Toyota topped the times at the Le Mans Test Day as track running ahead of next weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship kicked off on Sunday. Brendon Hartley led the way aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a 3m26.246s set early in the second ofContinue Reading
One of the major talking points of the Aragon Grand Prix was the dramatic dogfight between Franco Morbidelli and Fermin Aldeguer. The pair sparred over several laps, even having contact on the back straight during their attempts to gain track position.These professionals weren’t racing for the lead — this was forContinue Reading
Dan Rowbottom emerged as winner from a hard-fought final British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Thruxton.The bearded Midlander started his Alliance Racing-run NAPA Ford Focus ST from fifth, but made a blistering start to get up to third place when the lights went out.When poleman James DorlinContinue Reading
After being on the podium in three of the first four races, including the win in Austin, Pecco Bagnaia sank into a kind of negative spiral starting from the French Grand Prix (16th), without being able to recover in the British Grand Prix (crash) — a bad dynamic that continuedContinue Reading
Team Schubert driver Rene Rast took a commanding lights-to-flag victory in the second DTM race of the Zandvoort round.The polesitter was challenged by his team-mate Marco Wittmann in the final stages of the race but held on to secure the win, with the BMW drivers consistently faster than their rivals.“WeContinue Reading
Pedro Acosta has applauded Francesco Bagnaia’s sportsmanship during their battle for third in MotoGP’s Aragon Grand Prix.Motorland’s low grip track surface helped KTM mask some of the deficiencies of its RC16 bike this weekend. Both Acosta and Brad Binder on the factory machines, as well as Tech3’s Maverick Viñales, mixedContinue Reading
Sebastien Ogier has reiterated that he has no plans to contest a full World Rally Championship season, after climbing to second in the standings following an ‘almost perfect’ run to victory in Sardinia.The eight-time world champion’s 7.9s win over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak added further gloss to a blistering start toContinue Reading
Four-time British Touring Car Championship title winner Ash Sutton put in a masterful performance to win the second race of the day at Thruxton.Sutton lined up fourth after his problems in the first race, but his NAPA-liveried Alliance Racing Ford Focus ST somehow squeezed between second- and third-starting Dan CammishContinue Reading