Pier Guidi: Winning Le Mans and Daytona with Ferrari “difficult to dream” about
Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.It was theContinue Reading
Dacia unveils its revolutionary car for the Dakar Rally 2025
Christened the Dacia Sandrider, the prototype built in collaboration with Prodrive was formally unveiled at a presentation in Paris by programme director Denis Le Vot.Five-time Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah, World Rally legend Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez will serve as Dacia’s three factory drivers, as announced last year.During the presentation,Continue Reading
What’s behind Ferrari’s silence on Sainz’s F1 future
Sainz has been pretty open that he did not want to go into the 2024 season without his F1 future beyond the end of the year sorted.Speaking exclusively to Autosport last June about the situation, Sainz said: “I’m not going to lie, I don’t like going into my last yearContinue Reading
Supercars champ Kostecki to split from Erebus team in shock move
The 26-year-old, who took his first title in the category after a season-long battle with Shane van Gisbergen last year, is understood to be on the brink of parting ways with the team after a major disagreement with team management.After the departure of Will Brown from the team at theContinue Reading
IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours chequered flag
The race featured a thrilling dice for victory between the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Felipe Nasr and the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing.Confusion reigned when the white flag, signalling the final lap, was shown in error with three minutes of the 24 hoursContinue Reading
Williams to run select Cup races for Kaulig, including L.A. Clash
Williams’ first start will come in the L.A. Clash this weekend, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro with sponsorship from Alloy Employer Services.The pre-season exhibition race serves as the unofficial kick-off to the NASCAR season, and was won last year by Martin Truex Jr.It was already revealed that Williams will beContinue Reading
NASCAR “closer than it’s ever been” to international Cup race
NASCAR now has regular competing series in Canada, Europe, Mexico and most recently added one in Brazil. It has seen a growing number of international drivers compete in its American-based national series, both as regular competitors and part-time ventures.Never before in the modern era of NASCAR has it held aContinue Reading
Evans made “clever” WRC title bid call in Monte Carlo
Evans started the WRC season opener strongly, winning the opening two stages before going on to lead the rally at the end of Friday.However, on Saturday the Welshman dropped away from the victory fight after losing the feeling behind the wheel of his GR Yaris as the asphalt roads becameContinue Reading
RB F1 team appoints ex-FIA man Goss, confirms Permane as racing director
The Anglo-Italian team announced three key hires on Monday afternoon as it goes through a significant revamp under incoming team principal Laurent Mekies.In addition to Goss and Permane coming in, it has also hired Red Bull aerodynamicist Guillaume Cattelani as its deputy technical director.Goss has been brought in to reportContinue Reading
Rasmussen pace key to “sitting duck” Era’s LMP2 Daytona 24 Hours win
Scotsman Dalziel, who won the Daytona 24 overall in 2010 and the LMP2 class in 2021, made it a hat-trick despite a straightline speed deficit to its class rivals, which were led by Malthe Jakobsen’s Crowdstrike by APR entry in the final stint.Rasmussen – who shared the car with Dalziel, ConnorContinue Reading