Bamber was pressuring Neel Jani’s Proton Porsche 963 LMDh for third place with a little under two hours remaining in the race when the pair came upon the battle for fourth in the LMGT3 class on the run to Les Combes.With Jani delayed slightly behind Gelael’s WRT-run BMW M4 GT3Continue Reading
The Toyota driver started the Saturday morning loop setting a blistering pace that resulted in a stage 10 win to open up a 6.7s lead over team-mate and fellow 2024 part-time driver Sebastien Ogier.However, Rovanpera’s rally quickly came undone on stage 11 [Montim, 8.69km] when the Finn lost the rearContinue Reading
Obliterating the lap record to take pole in qualifying earlier on Saturday, Martin seized the holeshot effortlessly off the line and led all 13 laps of the sprint race at Le Mans.Celebrating his 12th career sprint victory, Martin is now 28 points clear in the standings.He headed Gresini Racing riderContinue Reading
Formula E revealed the full line-up for the Berlin rookie test, with some familiar faces from Formula 2 appearing. Each of the 11 teams has nominated two rookies to take part in a full day of testing following the weekend’s Berlin E-Prix.Twenty-two drivers will take part in the test session,Continue Reading
Dubliner Taylor-Smith stamped in a late effort in the cooler conditions of the first session to top the times at the wheel of his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra on a 47.905s.Mikey Doble left it even later – the final lap of the session – to complete a 1-2 forContinue Reading
For inaugural champion Marta Garcia, the reward was a fully funded Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine drive with Prema Racing, the team with which she had completed her victorious campaign (although she has now transferred into the sister Iron Dames operation). But given that FRECA is officially recognised byContinue Reading
Toyota’s eight-time world champion Ogier inherited the lead after Rovanpera’s Stage 11 exit, only to lose the advantage to Tanak on the next test. However, a slow puncture for Tanak in stage 13 helped Ogier open up a 13.6s lead at the end of the loop.Rovanpera’s surprise exit, followed byContinue Reading
The World Rally Championship promoter held a meeting with the key stakeholder group that included Hyundai, Toyota, Ford, Stellantis and Skoda alongside representatives from the FIA to deliver its vision for the future.The meeting largely centred on the championship’s promotional strategy which has attracted criticism from teams and drivers inContinue Reading
With Enea Bastianini setting a new lap record to get through Q1, the tone was set for the first sub 1m30s lap of the Le Mans circuit.Martin did so on his second flying lap with a 1m29.919s, which would ultimately cement him pole as the closing moments of Q2 turnedContinue Reading
The Swiss-Italian posted a 1m01.741s, the fastest time from the entirety of qualifying, in his final duel to register his and Mahindra’s first points of the season having endured a difficult campaign so far.Mortara was only 0.011s quicker than Vandoorne in the opening sector of their final duel, but aContinue Reading