Evans made “clever” WRC title bid call in Monte Carlo
Evans started the WRC season opener strongly, winning the opening two stages before going on to lead the rally at the end of Friday.However, on Saturday the Welshman dropped away from the victory fight after losing the feeling behind the wheel of his GR Yaris as the asphalt roads becameContinue Reading
RB F1 team appoints ex-FIA man Goss, confirms Permane as racing director
The Anglo-Italian team announced three key hires on Monday afternoon as it goes through a significant revamp under incoming team principal Laurent Mekies.In addition to Goss and Permane coming in, it has also hired Red Bull aerodynamicist Guillaume Cattelani as its deputy technical director.Goss has been brought in to reportContinue Reading
Rasmussen pace key to “sitting duck” Era’s LMP2 Daytona 24 Hours win
Scotsman Dalziel, who won the Daytona 24 overall in 2010 and the LMP2 class in 2021, made it a hat-trick despite a straightline speed deficit to its class rivals, which were led by Malthe Jakobsen’s Crowdstrike by APR entry in the final stint.Rasmussen – who shared the car with Dalziel, ConnorContinue Reading
Hamilton reunites with Hynes as Copper management deal ends
A former British Touring Car Championship racer and the 1999 British Formula 3 champion, Hynes struck up a friendship with Hamilton when the youngster drove for John Booth’s Manor team in Formula Renault and F3 as he worked his way through the ranks. Hynes served as a driver coach for ManorContinue Reading
MotoGP rookie Acosta ‘has lived last three years with pressure of expectation’
The Spaniard has only been in the world championship for three years, winning the Moto3 title on his debut in 2021 before making the step to Moto2, where he managed three race victories in 2022.Last year Acosta won the Moto2 crown and signed with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas team toContinue Reading
F1 owner Liberty Media tops list of world’s most valuable “sports empires”
Liberty has previously topped the Forbes Top 25 list, which consists mainly of individuals and entities that own several major US sports franchises, although some also own top European football teams.The value of Liberty’s sports properties has shrunk since it spun off its baseball subsidiary, MLB team the Atlanta Braves,Continue Reading
BRC gets terrestrial TV deal for first time in six years with ITV4
An hour-long programme will be shown at “prime time” on ITV4 after each of the six BRC events this season, alongside an end-of-year review show.Each of the highlights episodes will be repeated multiple times and also be available on ITV’s streaming service ITVX.This latest announcement comes as part of aContinue Reading
McLaren: Norris “stands together” with F1 greats as world champion material
Norris announced last week that he had committed his long-term future to McLaren, with a new contract that takes him beyond the 2026 season.Speaking about the reasons for sticking to his current squad, the British driver explained that he felt there was no better place for him to achieve hisContinue Reading
2024 GasGas Presentation: FULL GAS into MotoGP™️ 2024!
The exciting pairing of Augusto Fernandez and Pedro Acosta will soon line up in the Qatar desert for the first of 22 rounds of ultra-competitive racing in the premier division of two-wheeled motorsport. SourceContinue Reading
Lexus suffers early crash, late fire in ill-fated Daytona 24 Hours
Having started from the front row in both GTD classes, the reigning IMSA SportsCar champion No. 14 Vasser Sullivan RC F took the lead of the Pro class with Ben Barnicoat at the wheel.Barnicoat handed over to Toyota’s WEC star Mike Conway, only for Dennis Andersen’s LMP2 car to spinContinue Reading