2024 Rally Raid Portugal – Day 2
The Prodrive Hunter crew fended off a fierce challenge from Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi to carve out a narrow advantage of 20 seconds after the second day of frantic competition across muddy, slippery and extremely demanding tracks in rural Portugal. The stage win gave Al-Attiyah a valuable five W2RC pointsContinue Reading
2024 Rally Raid Portugal – Day 1
The rekindled partnership of Guerlain Chicherit and Mathieu Baumel made the perfect start to their challenge for honours in the bp Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal by winning the first selective section of 100.95km on Wednesday afternoon. SourceContinue Reading
Leclerc F1 clash damage derailed Japanese GP hopes, says Hamilton
The Mercedes driver had gone into the Suzuka race hopeful that the team could build on some promising potential shown in practice with a new set-up direction for the W15.But he was put on the back foot almost immediately from the restart of the red-flagged race after a minor clashContinue Reading
Honda: “Reasonable” to expect summer break form boost in MotoGP 2024
The Japanese manufacturer has been undertaking a top-to-bottom revamp of its MotoGP operations following a continuous decline in results over the last few years and the loss of star rider Marc Marquez to Gresini Ducati.While there was significant optimism within the Honda camp over the winter as it went about changing itsContinue Reading
Sainz thought Japan F1 podium was “not possible” until “mega” final stint
Sainz started fourth alongside McLaren’s Lando Norris and briefly led the Suzuka race after delaying his second pitstop, instead extending his stint on the medium tyres.That initially cost him track position as he was undercut by team-mate Charles Leclerc, Norris and both Mercedes cars of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton.ButContinue Reading
Ranked: The 10 F1 teams at the 2024 Japanese GP
In the hottest conditions of the weekend at Suzuka, Verstappen was never threatened even through two standing starts around the crash between Daniel Ricciardo and Alex Albon at Turn 3 on the opening lap.Behind, Ferrari continued its early 2024 podium streak via Carlos Sainz and made a bold strategy choiceContinue Reading
Williams to send Albon’s F1 chassis back to UK for repairs before China
The chassis suffered damage to the front-right when Albon speared under the tyre wall after making contact with the RB of Daniel Ricciardo.The team, which will be without a spare until the Miami GP, remains confident that it can be repaired successfully and shipped to Shanghai for the Chinese GP.ItContinue Reading
Wolff: Mercedes podium possible but “atrocious first stint” costly in F1 Japanese GP
At the restart after the first-lap red flag caused by the crash between Alex Albon and Daniel Ricciardo, Mercedes swapped George Russell and Lewis Hamilton from medium tyres to the hard compound in a strategy switch that targeted a one-stop plan.But both drivers struggled for pace on the hards and,Continue Reading
Norris “fighting a losing battle” against quicker Ferrari F1 cars in Japan
Norris qualified close to the front-row starting Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez on Saturday.But on Sunday it quickly became apparent Norris’ real battle was with the cars behind, with Carlos Sainz being an immediate threat and Charles Leclerc fighting his way back into contention with a bold one-stopContinue Reading
Rating the 2024 F1 Japanese GP race
As expected after the Australian GP hiccup, the three-time world champion took his third straight win in a row at Suzuka, leading from pole to finish over 11 seconds ahead of Sergio Perez.Carlos Sainz again led the Ferrari charge in third ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc. After a more promisingContinue Reading