George Russell won Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix that was transformed dramatically when long-time leader Max Verstappen collided with long-time pursuer Lando Norris.The Red Bull and McLaren pair made contact at the Red Bull Ring’s tight, uphill Turn 3 with seven laps of the 71-lap contest, Norris having dramaticallyContinue Reading
Kalle Rovanpera sealed one of the finest victories of his World Rally Championship career at Rally Poland after overcoming limited preparation as a last-minute stand-in for Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier.Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen won eight of the 19 gravel stages on the way to completing a remarkable victory byContinue Reading
Formula 1 drivers have come out in favour of the FIA’s track limits experiment at the Austrian Grand Prix.At Turn 9 and 10, which was the site of over 1200 track limits offences last year, the FIA and the Red Bull Ring have installed narrower kerbs bordered by strips ofContinue Reading
Oscar Piastri’s spectacular post-Austrian Grand Prix qualifying rant has put the focus back on Formula 1’s track limit problem at the Red Bull Ring.This reached a farcical point in 2023, when the FIA was unable to police about 1,200 potential track limits abuses during the main race, before the governingContinue Reading
Formula 3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto opened his Formula 2 win account with a dominant drive in the Austrian feature race, as Franco Colapinto emerged in second on the alternate strategy.Invicta driver Bortoleto had started from the third-place grid slot, but quickly established himself in the lead and secured himself theContinue Reading
Mitch Evans has called the five-second time penalty which he was handed after a collision in the opening Portland Formula E race and that ultimately denied him victory “a disgrace”.The Jaguar driver finished first on the road in Saturday’s 27-lap contest at the Portland International Raceway, but was demoted toContinue Reading
The MotoGP Kazakhstan Grand Prix will not take place and a second round will be held in Qatar instead, Autosport understands.The race at the Sokol circuit has been in doubt from the moment it entered the calendar.Initially, the event was due to debut last year, but its cancellation was announcedContinue Reading
World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville believes it was a mistake for Hyundai to retire Ott Tanak’s car after stage 12 at Rally Poland.Hyundai elected to withdraw Tanak’s i20 N after Saturday morning’s loop to prepare his challenge for the 12 points on offer on Super Sunday.The decision cameContinue Reading
Luke Browning converted pole position into his second Formula 3 win of the season to reclaim the points lead with a controlled drive in the Austrian feature race.The Williams Academy driver, racing for Hitech, kept clear of the touring car-style battles raging behind him to win by 1.6s from Prema’s GabrieleContinue Reading
The first of the two races in Portland (USA) saw DS Automobiles record its 51st podium thanks to Jean-Eric Vergne’s third-place finish with Stoffel Vandoorne also scoring points in ninth.On the permanent Portland circuit, the first free practice sessions took place late Friday afternoon with the track relatively dirty, despiteContinue Reading