Red Bull will promote from within the team to replace departing sporting director Jonathan Wheatley.Wheatley will leave Red Bull at the end of the current campaign after an 18-year stint at the F1 world champions. The 57-year-old will become the Audi F1 team principal in a switch after overhauling its ownContinue Reading
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia has hit out at other MotoGP riders for deliberately slowing down in British GP qualifying in order to get a tow from him, describing the situation as “ridiculous”.Bagnaia was followed by Gresini’s Marc Marquez on their first runs in Saturday’s pole-deciding session at Silverstone, with the addedContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanperä saw his Secto Rally Finland lead more than double on Saturday morning as his Toyota GAZOO Racing team-mate Elfyn Evans plummeted down the order with a technical problem. SourceContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Finland lead after dominating Saturday morning’s stages, while World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans witnessed his victory bid evaporate.Two-time world rally champion Rovanpera completed a clean sweep of the loop including the return of the famous Ouninpohja test to open up 21.9s lead.His fellowContinue Reading
You’ve heard the phrase mentioned in Formula 1, but what is the “summer shutdown” and what actually does it mean? The relentless nature of Formula 1, especially in this record-breaking season with 24 races running from February to December, means that this year’s summer shutdown will be a welcome one forContinue Reading
The six-hour Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie race will go ahead as planned after a serious explosion in the paddock on Friday.Autosport’s German language sister site Motorsport-Total.com understands that 22 people were injured by the explosion of a compressed air cylinder during the final stages of the pre-event tests, which were halted immediately.The compressedContinue Reading
All the highlights from Friday in WRC3 at Rally Finland. SourceContinue Reading
On Thursday, Governor of São Paulo state Tarcísio de Freitas and Mayor of the city of São Paulo Ricardo Nunes attended a meeting with Tom Dannemiller, who serves as NASCAR’s representative in Brazil, and NASCAR’s Chief Marketing Officer, Pete Jung. Secretaries from both sides (municipality and state) were there as well, formalisingContinue Reading
Yamaha’s Alex Rins has been ruled out of the rest of the British Grand Prix weekend after suffering a crash late in second practice on Friday.Having already missed last month’s German Grand Prix following an accident in the Assen race, Rins was only just getting back on the bike atContinue Reading
Rising World Rally Championship star Sami Pajari says scoring a first stage win on his top-flight debut at Rally Finland has surpassed his expectations for this weekend.Toyota has handed the WRC2 title contender an opportunity to showcase his skills by piloting a fifth GR Yaris at the team’s home event.Pajari’sContinue Reading