Taking a closer look at Corey Lajoie’s wild ride at Talladega
LaJoie, who drives the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, was entering the tri-oval as the eighth car back in the outside line.When Michael McDowell crashed from the lead after a failed double block for the win, the field scattered and spun in every direction..LaJoie moved out of line, missingContinue Reading
Alpine confident for ‘good news’ in Habsburg injury recovery
The French manufacturer dropped hints at last weekend’s Imola WEC race that it expects the Austrian to retake his place alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin in the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 11 May.“We are expecting good news from Ferdy this week,” said PhilippeContinue Reading
Ferrari “made too many mistakes” for podium fight at F1 Chinese GP
Ferrari has been the 2024 season’s second-best team so far, but didn’t live up to those expectations at last weekend’s Shanghai event.Having had at least one driver on the podium across the first four races, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz only qualified sixth and seventh respectively, six-tenths off Max Verstappen.TheContinue Reading
What is a wildcard in MotoGP and why is it used?
The 2023 MotoGP season had six riders enter selected grands prix as a wildcard entry, which is a concept that has a long history in the series.It dates back to the early years of grand prix motorcycling, when teams would enter a local rider for the race due to theirContinue Reading
Trans Am standout Connor Mosack to run Truck races for Spire
Mosack, who raced predominately Late Models and in the SCCA Trans Am Series until venturing into ARCA and NASCAR competition in 2021, earned his first victory in a stock car with a win last fall in the ARCA Menards Series race at Kansas.The 25-year-old Charlotte native will return to theContinue Reading
How abruptly slowing down helped WRT to WEC Imola victory
Reigning British GT champion Leung won on just his second WEC start alongside Augusto Farfus and Sean Gelael, leading home a 1-2 finish for the crack Belgian squad in Sunday’s six-hour race. Crucial in setting up the run to victory was the timing of Leung’s second pitstop, the Briton completing hisContinue Reading
Arrow McLaren confirms Pourchaire for Barber Motorsports Park
Reigning Formula 2 champion Pourchaire is fresh off making his IndyCar Series debut on the Streets of Long Beach last weekend, where he started 22nd and finished a respectable 11th while substituting for the injured David Malukas in the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet.While Malukas continues to recover from aContinue Reading
McLaren “surprised” by China F1 race pace after sprint struggles
McLaren’s Lando Norris started on pole for Saturday morning’s 19-lap sprint race but after going off at the start he fell down to seventh. That became sixth at the chequered flag due to Fernando Alonso’s retirement, finishing in front of team-mate Oscar Piastri but behind both Ferraris.Its race pace relativeContinue Reading
Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season promotion to KTM in MotoGP 2024?
The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso.But ahead of the fifth round of the season in Barcelona,Continue Reading
Manthey on Porsche defending DTM title: “Don’t think they’ll allow that”
Porsche romped to a DTM championship treble in only its second season in the category last year, as it swept the drivers, teams and the manufacturers’ titles with Thomas Preining and the Manthey EMA team.The feat was particularly impressive as Porsche faced all three of its main German rivals, Audi,Continue Reading