Sellout announced for the 2024 Daytona 500
The crown jewel race officially kicks off the NASCAR Cup season with 200 laps of pack racing around the high-banked, high-speed 2.5-mile superspeedway.The sellout includes all grandstand seating and camping, with limited FanZone and hospitality packages still available. This is the earliest a sellout has been announced for ‘The Great AmericanContinue Reading
Quartararo: Yamaha still too far from MotoGP rivals after 2024 test
Tuesday’s outing in Valencia marked the true first test of the 2024 season, with Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales leading the way.After a lukewarm reception to its first 2024 prototype – and particularly the engine – at Misano in September, Quartararo ended Tuesday’s Valencia running 0.769s off the pace in 12th, albeitContinue Reading
Marquez fourth on Ducati debut as Vinales tops Valencia MotoGP test
The major story of the first official test ahead of the 2024 season was Marc Marquez’s debut on the Gresini Ducati.It marked the first time in his MotoGP career that he took to the track on a bike that wasn’t a Honda and generated a considerable amount of buzz onContinue Reading
What’s next for Trackhouse Racing’s Project 91 NASCAR ride?
Trackhouse Racing co-owner Justin Marks first announced the organization’s Project 91 program in May 2022, a plan to expand its international reach by fielding the part-time No. 91 Chevrolet entry in the Cup Series for international racing drivers.The first participant was 2007 Formula 1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen, who drove inContinue Reading
WEC firms up plans to expand grid to 40 cars by 2025
Series boss Frederic Lequien categorically stated that the field would be increased to 40 in the wake of the publication of next year’s entry list of 37 cars.”We will go to 40 cars in 2025, definitely,” said Lequein. “I can tell you it is a kind of obsession at theContinue Reading
Formula E unveils new Berlin E-Prix circuit layout
The new 15-turn, 2.585km circuit has been created in an attempt to provide better racing for the faster, more powerful Gen3 cars currently used in Formula E.The Tempelhof Airport has been the venue for the Berlin E-Prix since the all-electric championship’s inception in 2014, hosting all but one race inContinue Reading
Isotta Fraschini partners with Duqueine for 2024 WEC after Vector split
Isotta has joined forces with Duqueine, a regular in LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the European Le Mans Series, after parting company with the British Vector Sport operation that was scheduled to run its solo Tipo 6 Competizione LMH in 2024.The link-up with the Vector LMP2Continue Reading
First images of Marc Marquez on Ducati MotoGP bike revealed
The eight-time world champion made his MotoGP debut at the Valencia test in 2012 with the factory Honda team after stepping up from Moto2 as the title winner.He spent 11 seasons with Honda, winning 59 grands prix and six world titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019.Since badly breakingContinue Reading
“Hard decision” for WEC to turn down Vanwall’s 2024 entry
Lequien, CEO of the series, stressed that he has “a lot of admiration and respect for the team”, which was missing from the 19-car Hypercar class field when the 2024 WEC entry list was published on Monday.But he refused to go into detail why the entry for a solo VanwallContinue Reading
Miller was “smoking cigarettes” before crash ended Valencia MotoGP win chance
Miller inherited the lead on lap 14 of 27 when KTM team-mate Brad Binder ran wide going through Turn 11 and dropped down to fourth.The Australian was able to open out a lead of over a second and was eight tenths clear of eventual winner and world champion Francesco BagnaiaContinue Reading