After a season in which he has tended to find his pace too late in race weekends, Fabio Di Giannantonio topped Friday afternoon practice at the MotoGP German Grand Prix.It’s the first time he has achieved that feat this year in this particular session, which constitutes the first competitive sessionContinue Reading
Monoposto maestro George Line is up to second place in the Ryan Motorsport Insurance Autosport National Rankings after bagging another hat-trick at Thruxton last weekend.The Dallara F308 driver occupied his familiar position at the head of the single-seater series as the machines stretched their legs around the Hampshire speedbowl, takingContinue Reading
MotoGP title contender Alex Marquez has received the green light to take part in Free Practice 1 at the German Grand Prix this weekend.The Gresini Ducati rider, who is recovering from a hand injury sustained at Assen last time out, was passed fit for Friday morning by MotoGP’s medical teamContinue Reading
The V4-engined MotoGP bike that Yamaha is developing was two seconds a lap slower than its current inline-four racer in testing at Brno last week, according to factory rider Alex Rins.Last week, Rins and Pramac Yamaha racer Miguel Oliveira conducted a private test at the Brno circuit, where the Iwata-basedContinue Reading
Christian Horner says his sacking as Red Bull F1 team boss “came as a shock” in his first public comment since the news broke on Wednesday morning.Red Bull’s Austrian leadership informed Horner on Tuesday night that it had relieved him of his duties as F1 CEO and team principal, followingContinue Reading
Jorge Martin has returned to MotoGP action for the first time in 88 days, getting back on Aprilia’s RS-GP bike at Misano, as he completed a double test session.As part of his final stage of rehabilitation, Martin travelled to the Rimini circuit this Wednesday to ride Aprilia’s MotoGP prototype machine,Continue Reading
Peugeot has admitted for the first time that building an all-new car is one of the options for its ongoing World Endurance Championship programme.Olivier Jansonnie, Peugeot Sport’s technical director, has revealed that replacing the current 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar will be the only way forward if there are noContinue Reading
Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 class winner Nick Yelloly described this year’s edition as featuring “more ups and downs than I’ve ever seen” after a roller-coaster final hour.Yelloly’s #43 Inter Europol ORECA-Gibson 07 he shared with Tom Dillmann and 2023 class winner Jakub Smiechowski had been in an incredibly closeContinue Reading
McLaren has offered a first look at the Hypercar challenger with which it will return to top-flight sportscar racing in the World Endurance Championship.The British organisation unveiled a full-scale model of the LMDh prototype that will race in the Hypercar class of the WEC from 2027 ahead of this year’sContinue Reading
World Endurance Championship competitors aren’t normally allowed to talk about the Balance of Performance, which aims at creating a level playing field, but ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Peugeot Hypercar squad is having a hard time thinking of anything else.“It’s got your hands tied, and you’re handcuffed”Continue Reading