David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, believes that its Italian rival will maintain at least some of the the advantage it showed last time out at Imola before tactical errors when it rained allowed the Japanese manufacturer to come through to win.Floury intimated that that the BoP changes for the Spa 6 Hours on Saturday will not fully close up the field in the WECs ... Keep reading
The 32-year-old Briton will contest the blue riband round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup on 29-30 June aboard a McLaren 720S GTE Evo run by RJN Motorsport, the team with which he took his first steps in racing after winning Nissans gamer-to-racer academy scheme in 2011.Mardenborough, whose story was told in 2023 film Gran Turismo, will share the Pro-Am class entry with the ... Keep reading
Around 2000 guests, ranging from drivers from all categories to family and friends - including F1 team boss Christian Horner, comedian Rowan Atkinson plus a host of fans who had been lucky to secure tickets - joined the ceremony at Westminster Abbey to pay tribute to Moss who died in April 2020.His Majesty the King was represented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, with Prince Michael of Kent ... Keep reading
Norris' journey with McLaren goes back way further than that, with CEO Zak Brown taking a personal interest in the Briton's career even before he joined the Woking squad's young driver programme in 2017, aged 16."I regard Lando as a fabulous prospect," Brown said at the time. "He blew the doors off his rivals in not one but three highly competitive race series last year, then capped that by ...
The WRC is currently gripped by discussions over the technical rules for next year after teams strongly opposed the FIAs proposal to make changes to Rally1 and Rally2 cars in a bid to boost entry numbers at events.The FIA intends to remove hybrid power from Rally1 cars and further reduce the performance of the vehicles by modifying the rear wing and the air restrictor. The WRC manufacturers ... Keep reading
The announcement, which was made ahead of Porsche's home event in Berlin on Thursday, means Andretti's involvement with the German manufacturer will now extend to a four-year period.Andretti has used Porsche's 99X Electric powertrain since the start of the Gen3 era in 2022 after previous partner BMW withdrew from the all-electric championship.The American team claimed two wins last season and its ... Keep read
Lundqvist heads into this weekends round on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course eighth in the standings, which was aided by a recent strategic masterpiece to go from 19thto third at Barber.Although the outing came in only the 25-year-old Swedes third points-paying race behind the wheel of CGRs No. 8 Honda, he is resetting any expectations.I wouldn't say that my expectations ... Keep reading
Despite showing some impressive signs of recovery over the winter, and benefitting from a new concession system that came into force this year, Honda has struggled to make much progress at the beginning of the 2024 season.Approaching this weekends French Grand Prix, it sits at the bottom of the constructors standings on just 13 points, having failed to break inside the top 10 even once ... Keep reading
Ferrari's SF-24 will receive the first of three planned upgrade packages next week, when F1 heads to Italian soil for the first time in 2024.It has deployed its second and last filming session on its own Fiorano test track to give its comprehensive upgrades package a first run-in and reduce the calibration work needed in Imola.While filming days are limited to 200km and conducted on special ... Keep reading
Lando Norris scored his maiden F1 victory on Sunday for McLaren, the team's first since the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.The turnaround from the team's position last year has been heralded, with developments allowing McLaren to leap ahead of Aston Martin and Mercedes in the pecking order and, on occasion, challenge Red Bull and Ferrari at the front.Pointing to this as a source of inspiration for ... Keep reading
A crushing 1-2 after a strategic masterclass in the last race, a 44-point lead in the teams standings and one of, if not the most, competitive packages in the Formula E Championship at the halfway point of the 2024 season.Heading into the second half of the campaign, which gets underway this weekend with the Berlin E-Prix double-header, Jaguar and its drivers Mitch Evans and Nick Cassidy are ... Keep reading
In early April, Liberty Media announced it had acquired Dorna Sports and MotoGP in a 4.2 billion deal it expects to close come the end of the year.The Formula 1 owner has yet to talk about plans it has to grow the exposure of MotoGP, though increasing the series presence in America has been touted as a key pillar of its takeover.During an investors call this week, Liberty boss Maffei says ... Keep reading
Motorsport.com understands that MotoGP rights holder Dorna has held several meetings with premier class teams to help honour the occasion.Dorna has suggested that the special liveries on the bikes should be vintage in nature and limited to one round, likely the British Grand Prix on 2-4 August.There are some teams on the grid that are absolutely committed to the idea of running special colour ... Keep reading
Brown stated that he had seen an increase in applications from those currently employed by Red Bull in the wake of the allegations and power struggle surrounding both team principal Christian Horner, and between the Austrian and Thai shareholders of the parent Red Bull companyHorner refuted those comments, stating that it was "inevitable" that other teams wished to capitalise on the ... Keep reading
MotoGP announced the full framework for its 2027 technical regulations overhaul earlier this week, headlined by a switch to 850cc engines and reduced aerodynamics.As with any major technical change, a reshuffle in the competitive order is anticipated, with all eyes on the struggling Japanese manufacturers to use 2027s regulations to pull themselves up the order.Honda has had a woeful start to ... Keep reading
Twelve months is a long time in motorsport. Plenty has changed since the last time the World Endurance Championship descended on Spa a little over a year ago. Theres a new system for calculating the Balance of Performance, Peugeot now has a vastly revamped 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, Ferrari and Porsche have proven winning pedigree, while new LMDh protagonists from Alpine, BMW and Lamborghini have ... Keep reading
Ricciardo endured a tough start to the 2024 season, being outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening race while struggling to get comfortable aboard the VCARB01.The Australian's difficulties dashed the momentum of him being considered for a 2025 Red Bull seat, but in recent races, he has been working his way back to competitiveness.In China, following a requested chassis change ... Keep reading
Palmeiras dominated Liverpool-URU with a crushing 5-0 victory on Thursday, moving decisively closer to the Copa Libertadores knockout stages. The pivotal fourth-round group stage encounter featured Raphael Veiga’s standout performance, netting twice. Endrick, Rony, and Gustavo Gómez also scored in this critical win. The triumph solidifies Palmeiras’ commanding lead in Group F, where they now […]
Chelsea's large French-speaking contingent has helped Malo Gusto and Axel Disasi settle this season, says the defensive pair.
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Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com during last weekends third Miami GP at the Hard Rock Stadium, Epp said that the advent of a third grand prix in America last Novembers Las Vegas GP expands the scope to distinguish them from one another.As a result, this means they can differentiate themselves rather than be in competition with each other and pursue their own types of ... Keep reading
Zarco raged at chief FIM steward Freddie Spencer following last months Spanish GP after a collision with Aleix Espargaro late in the race.The French riders frustrations at the stewards processes among other things led to a fiery outburst in race control, before telling the media that he felt Spencer was not right for his job.On Thursday ahead of this weekends French GP, Zarco ... Keep reading
After 110 grand prix starts and 16 podium finishes, McLaren driver Norris won his maiden F1 race on Sunday after he benefitted from a safety car period following a collision between Haas' Kevin Magnussen and Williams driver Logan Sargeant.Norris was running fourth when his main rivals began to make their first and only pitstops, which they made before the safety car was deployed.The McLaren ... Keep reading
On just his third lap of the session, Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, putting him just 0.121s clear of the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in which Fuoco had topped Thursday's earlier FP1.Fuoco also set his time in the early minutes of the 90-minute session, and neither would be bettered - although Alex Lynn came close aboard the sole Chip Ganassi ... Keep reading