Toyota gets double BoP hit for 2024 WEC opener in Qatar
The Japanese manufacturer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will go into the 2024 season weighing 9kg more and with a maximum power reduction of 4kW or 5.3bhp compared with the post-Le Mans 24 Hours leg of the 2023 campaign.A minimum weight for the GR010 has been set at 1089kg andContinue Reading
Busch kicks off five-race NASCAR Truck schedule at Atlanta
Busch, who sold his Kyle Busch Motorsports shop and assets in the offseason, will run five Truck races this year with Spire, including driving its No. 7 Chevrolet in Saturday’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway.The two-time Cup champion will also compete March 1 at Las Vegas, March 16 at Bristol,Continue Reading
Bagnaia says 2024 Ducati MotoGP bike “working perfectly” after testing
The Italian swept both days of this week’s Qatar test and led the way with a record-smashing 1m50.952s on Tuesday to lead team-mate Enea Bastianini by 0.120s.The 2024 Ducati also looked strong in the opening test of the year in Malaysia, with Bagnaia left beaming after the Qatar running.However, heContinue Reading
Pastrana on his Extreme E debut for LMC: “The change is coming”
Pastrana, an 11x X-Games Gold Medalist, extreme sports icon and occasional NASCAR competitor, made his debut this past weekend in the Extreme E series, competing with a new team fielded by Legacy Motor Club, co-owned by Johnson and Maury Gallagher.Johnson, who also plans to compete in one or more series’Continue Reading
MotoGP Qatar test: Bagnaia destroys lap record as testing wraps up
The reigning world champion topped proceedings on Monday at the Losail International Circuit and cemented this on day two in the desert.Bagnaia clocked the first ever sub 1m51s lap of the Qatar Grand Prix venue, posting a 1m50.952s to lead team-mate Enea Bastianini by 0.120 seconds.Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro capped offContinue Reading
Gravel Notes Podcast: WRC Sweden review
Lappi managed to successfully navigate the challenging 18 stages that caught out world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Ott Tanak to claim a well-received second career WRC victory.Toyota’s Elfyn Evans trailed Lappi by 29.7s to finish second but left the weekend as the top points scorer with 24 points compared toContinue Reading
Alonso: Aston Martin won’t repeat 2023 F1 upgrade stumbles
Alonso started 2023 with a run of podium finishes and was occasionally the closest challenger to pacesetter Red Bull.However, in the middle of the season, Aston Martin took some wrong steps in development, and the team slipped down the order before a resurgence late in the year.Alonso believes that hisContinue Reading
The F1 design clues from Williams’ maiden test
The Grove-based team elected to switch off development of the 2023 car early, so it could concentrate more on making the step it needed for this season.It could already be assured of one detail, with the car featuring a push-rod rear suspension layout, rather than the pull-rod system employed forContinue Reading
Lundqvist continues IndyCar education with F3 running in France
The opportunity for the 24-year-old Swede to get some extra running on Monday and Tuesday came about after hopes for track time in last month’s Daytona 24 Hours fell through.Although Lundqvist has put in a significant amount of time in the simulator, he noted it is limited by Honda andContinue Reading
Red Bull says jury out on whether it can make Mercedes-style F1 sidepods work
The Milton Keynes-based squad has gone aggressive with its car revamp for this year, which has included it adopting concepts similar to what Mercedes has run with in the past.This includes the high gulleys along the engine cover, as well as minimalist sidepods which appear to include a vertical inletContinue Reading