Dacia gives up on appeal: Loeb to return home after Dakar exit
Dacia has given up hope on nine-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb returning to the Dakar Rally following his forced exit from the event.The FIA had not authorised Loeb to start the fourth test of 2025 on Wednesday after the roll cage of his Dacia Sandrider was found to have beenContinue Reading
Dakar 2025, Stage 4: Al-Rajhi strikes back to win, disaster for Al-Attiyah
Yazeed Al-Rajhi claimed an emphatic victory in Stage 4 of Dakar Rally to move to second in the overall standings behind Henk Lategan, as Nasser Al-Attiyah hit trouble.Having lost a heap of time in the third test of the rally on Tuesday, the local Saudi Al-Rajhi hit back in theContinue Reading
What Toyota expects from Rovanpera on his full-time WRC return
Toyota expects Kalle Rovanpera to be fighting for the World Rally Championship title on his full-time return this year as the Finn ramped up his Monte Carlo preparations this week.The two-time world champion will contest the full 14-round season this year after conducting a partial campaign last year, which stillContinue Reading
Google Cloud partnership to charge Formula E’s AI future
Formula E has announced a new AI and technology partnership with Google Cloud that will support the series both on and off-track.The multi-year agreement sees Google Cloud become Formula E’s official cloud technology services partner and official cloud security partner, building on work the two companies have previously collaborated on.InContinue Reading
What Spa’s new deal tells us about F1’s calendar plans
With the confirmation of the Belgian Grand Prix organising four races over six years, the Spa-Francorchamps event is the first race confirmed to enter F1’s planned rotation system for some of its European rounds.The race had long been under consideration to host races in alternating years, but Wednesday morning’s announcementContinue Reading
Ratcliffe’s co-ownership of Mercedes unaffected by Manchester United struggles
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has received plenty of criticism for his running of Manchester United, but it is unlikely to have an impact on his other major investment in sport including his co-ownership of the Mercedes Formula 1 team.Ratcliffe’s involvement in Mercedes first started in early 2020 when his company, Ineos,Continue Reading
Beyond a partnership – how SABIC and Formula E are collaborating for the future of electrification
Change. Accelerated. The two-word mantra by which Formula E operates as it looks to move the everyday automobile closer to an electric future – a process now advancing even faster with SABIC’s support.SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has been a key technical partner of Formula E’s GENBETA programmeContinue Reading
Why the jury is still out on the Dakar’s route shake-up risk
Anyone who assumed the Dakar Rally had become too easy since leaving its spiritual home in Africa was taken aback by the first few days of the 2025 event in Saudi Arabia. The strategic decision to place the 48-hour stage near the very beginning caused havoc, taking out several heavyweightsContinue Reading
Belgian GP signs new F1 deal until 2031 on rotational basis
The Belgian Grand Prix has signed a fresh four-race contract extension as it joins Formula 1’s planned rotational system.The event at Spa-Francorchamps will host four F1 races over the next six seasons – 2026, 2027, 2029, and 2031 – and will drop off the calendar in 2028 and 2030.The BelgianContinue Reading
Loeb still has a chance to continue in Dakar as Dacia lodges appeal
Sebastien Loeb still has a chance to return to the Dakar Rally despite being forced out of the event by the FIA on safety grounds, Autosport understands.Following a barrel roll in Tuesday’s third stage between Bisha and Al Henankiyah in Saudi Arabia, the Frenchman’s Dacia Sandrider was thoroughly inspected byContinue Reading