Kalle Rovanperä built a commanding 16.7sec lead on Saturday morning as drama for Ott Tänak handed Sébastien Ogier a route back into victory contention at ueno Rally del Paraguay. SourceContinue Reading
Mercedes’ Toto Wolff has suggested McLaren should “let it roll” as Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri fight for the drivers’ title, but team principal Andrea Stella has set out the difference between equal opportunities and unregulated freedom.McLaren delivered its second front row lockout in three race weekends in the Netherlands,Continue Reading
M-Sport Ford’s double Rally Paraguay retirement was caused by the same piece of bedrock, according to team principal Richard Millener.The World Rally Championship squad were dealt a cruel blow on Saturday morning as the pair of Ford Pumas driven by Josh McErlean and Gregoire Munster were forced into retirement withContinue Reading
The Dutch Grand Prix was never a happy hunting ground for Bruce McLaren, who registered seven DNFs at Zandvoort and two non-points finishes in the nine championship races he started there. But on the 88th anniversary of McLaren’s birth, cars carrying his name enjoyed a formidable margin of superiority toContinue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli reckons his incident in opening practice for the Dutch Grand Prix was the root cause of his poor qualifying result.The 19-year-old only qualified 11th at Zandvoort, after understeering off at Turn 9 in FP1 which beached his Mercedes in the gravel and broughtContinue Reading
Alex Albon cut a very frustrated figure after qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix after struggling to manage tyre temperature on his Williams Formula 1 car.Albon suffered a Q2 elimination as he qualified 15th for Sunday’s grand prix at Zandvoort, while team-mate Carlos Sainz progressed to Q3 with ninth.The Thai-BritonContinue Reading
Tom Chilton led Tom Ingram to a Hyundai 1-2 in wet qualifying for the British Touring Car Championship round at the Donington Park Grand Prix circuit.Conditions deteriorated during the second phase of qualifying, so that everyone took to the track on wet-weather Goodyears in the Quick Six shootout.It resulted inContinue Reading
Ott Tanak’s World Rally Championship title bid suffered a blow as a puncture derailed his Rally Paraguay victory hopes, while Kalle Rovanpera began to pull clear at the front.Toyota’s Rovanpera benefitted from Tanak’s woes as the Finn completed Saturday morning’s four stages with a 16.7s lead over Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux,Continue Reading
Racing Bulls F1 rookie Isack Hadjar says his fourth-fastest time in Dutch Grand Prix qualifying was the best lap of his F1 career, although he also hinted at some luck.Both Hadjar and team-mate Liam Lawson looked competitive as they advanced into the final Q3 shoot-out, but while Lawson’s bid toContinue Reading
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has defeated team-mate Lando Norris for a fifth pole of 2025 at Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix.Although Norris had been the fastest of the two McLaren drivers over the balance of the weekend, Piastri narrowly edged ahead of his title rival on the first run of Q3.QualifyingContinue Reading