WRC Rally Chile: Title contender Tanak retires as Fourmaux grabs lead
Adrien Fourmaux leads Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville, after a dramatic Friday afternoon headlined by a suspected engine issue for World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak.Fourmaux inherited the rally lead after Tanak hit trouble in stage six to end the day with a one second lead over Neuville, who launchedContinue Reading
WRC title contender Tanak retires as Fourmaux grabs Rally Chile lead
Adrien Fourmaux leads Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville, after a dramatic Friday afternoon headlined by a suspected engine issue for World Rally Championship title contender Ott Tanak.Fourmaux inherited the rally lead after Tanak hit trouble in stage six to end the day with a one second lead over Neuville, who launchedContinue Reading
Van Gisbergen aims to have ‘proper crack’ at playoff advancement
Even if Shane Van Gisbergen gets eliminated from the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs after the Bristol Night Race, this is still an incredibly successful Rookie of the Year campaign in which he has already won four times on road courses while making steady progress on ovals.That’s how the three-time SupercarsContinue Reading
Josh Berry faces must-win odds in Bristol Night Race
On one hand, for Josh Berry to advance into the next round of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, he has to win but a disastrous start to his championship pursuit doesn’t mean he should do anything different.The way Berry sees it, his Wood Brothers Racing No. 21 team has actuallyContinue Reading
Brenden ‘Butterbean’ Queen’s NASCAR stock is on the rise
At 27-years-old, Brenden ‘Butterbean’ Queen is supposed to be too old to make his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut based on the standards of this century but those standards have also shifted over the past half decade or so.Queen was content to be a short track lifer, earning most of hisContinue Reading
Why are NASCAR Next Gen cars so “freaking difficult“ to adjust to?
A winner of 21 Cup races and current NASCAR analyst for USA Network and NBC, Jeff Burton took some time to speak with Motorsport.com about a myriad of topics. He touched on the playoff format, offering a passionate defense of the legitimacy of modern champions while expressing openness to suggestedContinue Reading
Another Larson is winning dirt races in North Carolina now
Before heading to the mountains the defend his Bristol Night Race victory, Kyle Larson enjoyed a personal triumph in watching seven-year-old daughter Audrey win her first ever race earlier in the week.The win came at Millbridge Speedway in North Carolina in the Cadet Outlaw Kart division. This was her 12thContinue Reading
F1 could get around 10 sprint races by 2027 as promoters embrace their value
With competition ramping up for Formula 1’s increasingly popular sprint format, the series is understood to be keen to move beyond six sprint slots per season as early as 2027.F1 introduced sprint races ahead of the 2021 season as a way to increase the spectacle on offer over a grandContinue Reading
MotoGP to introduce pre-race protocol seen in F1
Marc Marquez has expressed frustration at MotoGP’s new Formula 1-style pre-race ceremony that he believes can disrupt riders’ preparations before the start.Starting with this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, MotoGP will introduce a new protocol that will require all riders to line up at the front of the grid beforeContinue Reading
Marc Marquez on latest MotoGP protocol: “They keep asking us for more; one day we’ll explode”
Marc Marquez has expressed frustration at MotoGP’s new Formula 1-style pre-race ceremony that he believes can disrupt riders’ preparations before the start.Starting with this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, MotoGP will introduce a new protocol that will require all riders to line up at the front of the grid beforeContinue Reading