Supercars Adelaide: Rookie Payne dominates finale, Van Gisbergen retires
The 21-year-old Supercars rookie completely dominated the 250km race after starting second in his Grove Racing Ford Mustang. He leapt away at the start and built a lead of four seconds over newly-crowned champion Brodie Kostecki in 20 laps, and controlled the race almost at will, to win by 8.54Continue Reading
Bagnaia: Martin will be “more in trouble than today” for MotoGP title decider
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, Bagnaia could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points.Despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth as Martin stormed through to win and trimmedContinue Reading
Martin “had big balls” to win vital Valencia MotoGP sprint
Martin came from sixth on the grid to score his ninth sprint win of the 2023 season.With title rival Francesco Bagnaia only fifth after struggling on his medium rear tyre, Martin has cut the championship deficit down from 21 points to 14 ahead of Sunday’s grand prix finale.When asked byContinue Reading
RNF MotoGP team denies financial problems and takeover talks
The RNF team came into existence at the end of 2021 following Petronas and the Sepang Racing Team’s decision to quit MotoGP at the conclusion of that season.Former SRT team boss Razlan Razali became the owner of RNF, which fielded Yamaha bikes in 2022 before linking up with Aprilia forContinue Reading
Marquez: Sprint podium “best way to say thanks” ahead of Honda departure
This weekend is the factory HRC rider’s last with the team after 11 years and six premier class titles before he moves to the Gresini Ducati team for 2024.He qualified ninth on Saturday morning before finishing third in the sprint race behind Pramac’s Jorge Martin and factory KTM rider BradContinue Reading
MotoGP Valencia GP: Martin wins sprint race to keep title hopes alive
With 21 points splitting Bagnaia and Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points.But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could do nothing but finish fifth on his factory Ducati as MartinContinue Reading
MotoGP Valencia GP: Vinales takes pole as Bagnaia heads Martin for title showdown
The factory Aprilia rider put in the first-ever 1m28s lap at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with a 1m28.931s to take his first pole since Assen in 2021.He led from factory Ducati rider Bagnaia, who dominated Q1 before finishing Q2 in second, while title rival Jorge Martin finished just sixth for Pramac.Pramac’sContinue Reading
VR46 announces Marini’s departure, paving way for Honda MotoGP switch
Marini stepped up to the premier class in 2021 with the VR46-backed side of the Avintia squad, ahead of Valentino Rossi’s team’s takeover of the latter’s grid slots for 2022.Over the last two years with VR46, Marini has scored two grand prix podiums – both of which in 2023, withContinue Reading
Supercars Adelaide: Kostecki seals title as Waters leads Ford 1-2-3-4
While three Ford Mustang drivers, Cam Waters, David Reynolds and Thomas Randle fought for the win in the penultimate race of the year Kostecki, who started from pole position in his Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro, drove to a conservative sixth place, to assure himself of the title with Sunday’s raceContinue Reading
Childress wants Kostecki for more NASCAR Cup races in 2024
Veteran NASCAR team owner Childress, 78, flew to Adelaide “to watch him win the championship” as part of his squad’s alliance with Kostecki’s Erebus team in Australia.“Hopefully we can race him two or three [times] on the road courses,” Childress told Fox Sports of his hopes to increase Kostecki’s NASCARContinue Reading