Dakar 2025: Toyota edges out Ford and Dacia as Lategan wins Prologue
Factory Toyota driver Henk Lategan beat Ford rival Mattias Ekstrom to take victory in Prologue at the start of the 2025 Dakar Rally.The 47th edition of the world’s biggest cross-country rally kicked off with a short 29km special in Bisha in the south west region of Saudi Arabia, with aContinue Reading
Loeb ‘not obsessed’ with winning Dakar after multiple near-misses
Sebastien Loeb says he is ‘not obsessed’ with winning the Dakar Rally after coming close to clinching the top prize on several occasions.One of the greatest rally drivers of all time with nine titles in the World Rally Championship, Loeb has found it hard to emulate the same success inContinue Reading
Why Albon says Williams “can’t be relaxed” in F1 2025
Alex Albon has warned Williams not to “be relaxed” for the 2025 Formula 1 season, despite not having to repeat painful 2024 efforts to improve critical car design and build processes. Williams started the 2024 campaign with its car significantly overweight – to the extent it estimated it was losing upContinue Reading
FRM signs Zane Smith as its third driver for 2025 (with a little courtroom help)
Front Row Motorsports (FRM) has put its recent triumph in court over NASCAR to good use, signing Zane Smith as the team’s third driver for 2025.Last September, FRM and 23XI refused to sign the 2025 Charter Agreement, and instead filed a suit against NASCAR alleging monopolistic practices — putting theContinue Reading
Sainz predicts “strange” tactical battle in Dakar Rally
Carlos Sainz believes that “tactics will be more important than ever” in this year’s running of the Dakar Rally.After claiming his fourth victory in the iconic rally raid last year with Audi, the Spaniard has switched allegiances to Ford this term as the marque enters its new Raptor developed inContinue Reading
The familiar names Rovanpera will face on 24-hour race debut
As preparation for the Monte Carlo Rally goes, heading for the Middle East to contest a 24-hour race is on the unconventional side. But the news announced shortly before Christmas that Kalle Rovanpera will make his endurance racing debut in next week’s Dubai 24 Hours only underlines that he is indeedContinue Reading
Aston Martin thankful Alonso and Stroll didn’t “slam us down”
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has expressed his gratitude towards his drivers after they mostly refrained from hitting out at their car’s lack of performance in the media.2024 was a noticeably poorer season for the Silverstone-based squad after a 2023 campaign when Fernando Alonso was a regular podium contender.AstonContinue Reading
What the rules say about MotoGP’s winter break
MotoGP imposes a winter break during the off-season, the rules for which are properly defined so riders can get some rest and the development of bikes can be restricted.How long does the winter break last?Article 1.15.1.1 of the MotoGP regulations, which covers testing and training, specifies the rule that appliesContinue Reading
Piastri: I have all tools to challenge for F1 title, now I need to deploy them
Oscar Piastri believes he has all the tools he needs to compete for the Formula 1 world championship but has conceded he now must “deploy them all the time”. Australian Piastri earned his first grand prix victories as part of the McLaren effort that saw the team clinch a first constructors’Continue Reading
How Red Bull’s previous dominance masked issues that it faced in 2024
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has conceded the squad’s previous dominance under Formula 1’s ground-effect regulatory era masked “a lot of the issues” with its cars.The Milton Keynes-based outfit failed to hold onto its constructors’ championship from 2023 as McLaren and Ferrari surpassed its points total across the seasonContinue Reading