Reigning MotoGP champion Ducati reveals 2024 livery
The 2023 season marked an utterly dominant year for Ducati in MotoGP, as the manufacturer scored a record 17 of 20 grand prix victories on its way to the constructors’ title.Having ended Ducati’s 15-year championship drought in 2022, Bagnaia became its first back-to-back riders’ title after beating Pramac’s Jorge MartinContinue Reading
Hamilton’s “compulsive need to win” in F1 is intact, says Mercedes
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has not won a race since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Mercedes having been no regular match for Red Bull in F1’s ground effect era that started in 2022.However, there is a sense of growing confidence within Mercedes that the work it hasContinue Reading
Daytona 24h: Derani unleashes track record to capture pole for Cadillac
The Brazilian went out in the middle of the session and dropped a staggering lap of 1m32.656s around the 3.56-mile circuit to seize the top spot in the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R. The lap bested last year’s mark of 1m34.031s set by Tom Blomqvist, who is now Derani’sContinue Reading
GT4 Winter Series Portimao: Day leads Forsetti to double glory
Race 1Schnitzelalm struck first, with Joel Mesch taking a fine win in Saturday’s sprint encounter. Mesch had to work his way to the front after slotting into third place behind Tom Lebbon (Elite Motorsport McLaren Artura) and Mikey Porter in the Forsetti car. Along with Mathieu Martins (Racar Motorsport AstonContinue Reading
GT Winter Series Portimao: Wiebelhaus stars for Haupt with double victory
Wiebelhaus, who until this event had only competed in Formula 4, was headed just once all weekend. Defeat to Jay Mo Härtling’s Mercedes in the Saturday sprint was the only glitch in his Algarve outing, but victory in both the sprint and the enduro on Sunday still represented a strongContinue Reading
Prototype Winter Series Portimao: Rinaldi Racing and ANS Motorsport share wins
Safety car periods in both 50-minute races meant the pitstop handicap system didn’t get the chance to play out as intended. But the cards fell right for Julien Lemoine and Clement Moreno (ANS Motorsport) on Saturday and Holzem (driving solo for Rinaldi Racing) on Sunday.Race 1The Saturday encounter was reallyContinue Reading
How Webber and Stella helped steer Piastri through his rookie F1 season
In an era of no testing and with sprint events compromising track time on race weekends it’s not easy to come into a high-profile team like McLaren, especially alongside a driver of the obvious talent of Lando Norris.In addition Piastri had spent a year on the sidelines, having not racedContinue Reading
Why AlphaTauri changed tack on being an F1 rookie training ground
The team has retained Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda for this season, leaving Liam Lawson, who contested five races last year, on the sidelines.The fresh identity, incoming major US-based sponsors and an extra push from owner Red Bull has obliged AlphaTauri to focus on getting the best possible results, ratherContinue Reading
Daytona 24h Roar: Palou’s Ganassi Cadillac fastest in IMSA night session
Palou lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.705s in Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R GTP entry in cold track conditions for this two-hour session under the floodlights.Renger van der Zande set the early pace in the #01 CGR Caddy, lapping in 1m35.895s, which was a tenth clear of Filipe Albuquerque’sContinue Reading
Johnson, Knaus, and Donnie Allison officially join NASCAR Hall of Fame
The ceremony began by honoring Janet Guthrie with the Landmark Award for outstanding contributions to NASCAR. Guthrie was the first woman to ever compete in a NASCAR superspeedway race, finishing 15th in the 1976 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. She went on to become the first woman to qualify for theContinue Reading