Nicky Catsburg took pole position in the GTD Pro category for the #4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R as part of the IMSA WeatherTech ‘SportsCar Weekend’ at Road America. A combined field of 25 GT cars took on the 15-turn, 4.048-mile Road America circuit to fight out for GTD Pro and GTD pole positions. Most unusually, all […]
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In spite of the wet and muddy stages and intermittent rain showers Rovanpera came out guns blazing on Saturday morning, taking the first of five stage victories en route a commanding overnight lead. Evans was second in the opening stage, dropping 2.2 seconds to the rally leader. Evans though, under pressure from Ogier at the […]
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After being pipped to second in opening practice on Friday, Connor De Phillippi rose to the top of the timesheets for the second 90-minute practice session for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Sportscar Weekend at Road America. The #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 driver posted a 1:50.335 benchmark, just nine-thousandths of a second quicker than […]
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Williams boss James Vowles has revealed he has hired “close to 250” people since his arrival last season as he aims to return the team to the sharp end in Formula 1. The Grove-based squad has regressed this season as an overweight car and limited upgrades have seen it accumulate a meagre four points in […]
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Enea Bastianini produced an impressive performance to take his first MotoGP Sprint race win of the season at Silverstone, while factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia’s race ended in the gravel trap. Bagnaia made a deep lunge on the pole-sitting Aprilia of Aleix Espargaro into Turn 1, but Pramac’s Jorge Martin was able to make the […]
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Fernando Alonso has admitted that the remaining rounds in this season will be pivotal to determining the direction that Aston Martin take with its 2025 Formula 1 car. Alonso’s arrival at the team last term coincided with Aston Martin starting proceedings as the second-best team as he bagged six podiums in the opening eight races. […]
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As the Formula 1 circus rolled into Spa-Francorchamps for the Belgian Grand Prix ahead of the summer break, the effects of McLaren’s team orders a week prior at the Hungaroring lingered with Team Principal Andrea Stella explaining he felt Lando Norris’ delayed swapping of positions with Oscar Piastri represented “a missed opportunity.” Protecting a one-two […]
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Outgoing Alpine Team Principal Bruno Famin has said that Formula 1’s financial rules have driven the French marque from ditching its engine production in favour of becoming a customer team. Famin will step down as Team Principal of Alpine’s F1 team at the end of August in order to focus full-time on a period of […]
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Red Bull Technical Director Pierre Wache has conceded the team “expected more” with its 2024 Formula 1 car, despite anticipating there would be closer competition. Red Bull commenced the current campaign appearing to have maintained the dominance last season that saw it storm to an unprecedented 21 victories in 22 rounds. Max Verstappen surged unopposed […]
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Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro pulled off a remarkable lap time in the final seconds of MotoGP qualifying to snatch pole position from factory Ducati’s grasp at the British Grand Prix. The 2023 British GP race winner compiled a lap record time of 1.57.309s, 0.208s quicker on his Aprilia than factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia in second […]
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