“Hard decision” for WEC to turn down Vanwall’s 2024 entry
Lequien, CEO of the series, stressed that he has “a lot of admiration and respect for the team”, which was missing from the 19-car Hypercar class field when the 2024 WEC entry list was published on Monday.But he refused to go into detail why the entry for a solo VanwallContinue Reading
Miller was “smoking cigarettes” before crash ended Valencia MotoGP win chance
Miller inherited the lead on lap 14 of 27 when KTM team-mate Brad Binder ran wide going through Turn 11 and dropped down to fourth.The Australian was able to open out a lead of over a second and was eight tenths clear of eventual winner and world champion Francesco BagnaiaContinue Reading
William Byron leads stout NASCAR contingent at Snowball Derby
Byron, who led the Cup Series in wins this season (six) and made his first appearance in the Championship 4, is among the 53 entries so far for next weekend’s prestigious Super Late Model event.The 300-lap 56th annual Snowball Derby is scheduled for Dec. 1-3 at Five Flags Speedway inContinue Reading
10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix
The 2023 MotoGP season came down to a dramatic finale at the Valencia Grand Prix, with Francesco Bagnaia emerging as world champion.The gap between Bagnaia and Jorge Martin was 21 points coming into the weekend, and only 14 by the start of the grand prix. But a crash for Martin endedContinue Reading
Marquez “will raise the level” of Ducati’s MotoGP competitiveness – Tardozzi
On Tuesday, eight-time world champion Marquez will make his first MotoGP appearance on a bike other than a Honda for the first time in the post-season Valencia test.Marquez will ride the 2023-spec Ducati that won the world championship this year in Gresini colours next season, after electing to leave HondaContinue Reading
MotoGP confirms concession plans for the 2024 season
During the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend earlier this month, Motorsport.com revealed that MotoGP would be bringing back concessions in a bid to hinder Ducati and help the struggling Japanese manufacturers.The proposal was for limits to be placed on tyre allocation, testing, wildcards and engine development, among other things, with DucatiContinue Reading
Toyota unveils re-designed Camry XSE for NASCAR Cup Series
Toyota unveiled a newly designed Camry XSE race car that will make its debut in the 2024 NASCAR Cup season. The Camry XSE Next Gen follows the Toyota Camry TRD Next Gen, which produced 18 victories and 25 poles during the last two seasons of competition.Earlier this month, Ford PerformanceContinue Reading
“Big mistake” to hold MotoGP Valencia GP at 3pm, says Espargaro
KTM factory rider Jack Miller crashed out of the lead on lap 19, with Alex Rins, Augusto Fernandez and Enea Bastianini all ending up in the gravel in similar incidents.The cooler temperatures were in part due to the 2023 season finale taking part three weeks later than last year’s race.TheContinue Reading
NASCAR squad Trackhouse set to become Aprilia MotoGP satellite team in 2024
On Monday, Dorna Sports – MotoGP’s commercial rights holder – announced it would not be allowing RNF Racing to continue as a team on the grid next year.Its statement said this was due to “repeated infractions and breaches of the Participation Agreement affecting the public image of MotoGP have obligedContinue Reading
RNF MotoGP team boss opens up on team’s collapse
Over the course of the Valencia Grand Prix weekend, there were reports in various media outlets that the RNF team, which came into existence towards the end of 2021, was in trouble.A press release from the team on Saturday, followed by a press conference hosted by CryptoDATA to announce aContinue Reading