Neuville: Loss of concentration caused WRC Sardinia crash
The WRC points leader was sitting third heading into stage eight [Tula], the final test of the morning loop, when he went off the road and into retirement.Neuville’s i20 N carried too much speed into a tight right-hander, which resulted in his car becoming beached at the side of theContinue Reading
IndyCar Leaders Circle points behind MSR call to bench Blomqvist
Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Castroneves, who also shares a minor ownership role within MSR, has been called upon to substitute for Blomqvist in the #66 Honda-powered entry in Detroit and will remain in the car for next week’s round at Road America.The decision to pull the sportscar convert came afterContinue Reading
Gateway NASCAR Cup: McDowell beats Cindric to pole position
McDowell set a new track qualifying record in the first round, then was still fastest in the final round in Saturday’s qualifying to win the pole for Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.All three of the veteran’s three career poles have come this season but this isContinue Reading
Ferrucci explains Kirkwood pitlane shove over “dickish” IndyCar move
Kirkwood had just let Andretti Global team-mate Herta through at Turn 3 when he got into a wheel-banging moment with AJ Foyt Racing’s Ferrucci at Turn 5.Kirkwood said over the radio: “Santino needs to get kicked out of the series.”A lap after that, Ferrucci weaved and balked Herta in theContinue Reading
Isle of Man TT 2024: Dunlop wins Supersport race for historic 26th victory
Dunlop moved into second on the all-time winners’ list at the TT in 2023 when he notched up his 25th success, putting him one off the record held by his late uncle Joey Dunlop since 2000.Winning both of the Supersport races last year, Dunlop was overwhelming favourite coming into Saturday’sContinue Reading
Quartararo: MotoGP stewards seem like they ‘have never raced bikes’
Quartararo was unlucky to retire from Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello on lap two of 11 when Miguel Oliveira crashed his Trackhouse Aprilia in front of him at Turn 10 following a failed attempt to overtake the Frenchman, leaving the former with nowhere to go.The 2021 champion went down withContinue Reading
IndyCar Detroit: Herta tops FP2 as Ferrucci and Kirkwood clash
Herta rocketed to the top of the leaderboard with a 1m01.572s lap around the tight and twisty 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit based in the heart of Motor City.“Thankfully, I got one and it ended up being perfect and the tires were in the right temperature window,” said Herta, who nailedContinue Reading
Rally Italia Sardegna Saturday morning highlights
Ott Tänak came out on top of a seesaw battle with overnight frontrunner Sébastien Ogier on Saturday morning to lead Rally Italia Sardegna by 3.5sec at the day’s midpoint. SourceContinue Reading
Gateway NASCAR Cup: Penske drivers top Saturday practice
Due to the impending bad weather, NASCAR had all cars participate in one 30-minute practice session, which was interupted once due to drizzle.Logano, who won the inaugural Cup race at the 1.25-mile oval neat St. Louis, had the fastest average lap speed at 138.024 mph.Logano could use a strong runContinue Reading
MotoGP Italian GP: Bagnaia wins sprint as Martin crashes out
At the start of the 11-lap race, the factory Ducatis shot to the front from polesitter Martin, with reigning champion Bagnaia taking the lead from team-mate Enea Bastianini.KTM’s Brad Binder jumped from 14th on the grid to take fourth behind Martin, with Marc Marquez dropping a place to fifth.Heading intoContinue Reading