Thierry Neuville clinched victory in the toughest Acropolis Rally in recent years to boost his World Rally Championship title hopes after rival Sebastien Ogier rolled on the final stage.WRC points leaders Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe claimed a second win of the season by 1m36.8s from team-mate Dani Sordo, with Ott Tanak third [+2m57.3s] to complete a surprise Hyundai 1-2-3. Neuvilles ... Keep reading
MotoGP will implement a new race radio communication system between race director and riders from the 2025 season, Autosport can reveal.A meeting was convened by Dorna last Thursday at Misano, where the series promoter informed the teams about its decision to introduce radio communication in MotoGP.The system will be introduced in phases and initially only the race director will be allowed to ... Keep reading
HRT Mercedes driver Luca Stolz claimed his first victory of the 2024 DTM season in race two at the Sachsenring on Sunday after long-time leader Thierry Vermeulen was penalised for a pitstop infringement.Max Verstappens protege Vermeulen had appeared on course for his maiden DTM victory having dominated the race from pole position, in a carbon copy of the performance put in by his Emil Frey ... Keep reading
The radical World Rally Championship points system introduced this season that has divided opinion is being reviewed and could undergo a change next year.This years all-new points structure has proved a hot topic among competitors and fans thanks to its complexity and weighting that many feel has devalued the overall rally victory.This year, points have been split across Saturday and Sunday ... Keep reading
Marc Marquez surged into the lead during a brief rain shower and held on to win the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix from Francesco Bagnaia, as Jorge Martin made a premature bike swap that left him 15th.With spots of rain on the starting grid, humid and cloudy conditions briefly delivered substantial rain after seven laps of the Misano race, leading to half a dozen riders pitted to change motorcycles ... Keep reading
Team Penske's Joey Logano claimed victory in the NASCAR Cup Series playoff opener at Atlanta Motor Speedway, locking himself into the Round of 12 by defeating Daniel Suarez.Logano won out in a two-lap dash in overtime following a push from team-mateRyan Blaney, which was enough to see off Trackhouse driver Suarez on the top lane.The winner of the February race at the track was pushed by his ... Keep reading
Max Verstappen is currently enjoying a period of F1 world championship dominance, winning the last three drivers' titles.The Dutchman is also leading the 2024 standings and could claim a fourth straight crown which would make Verstappen just the fifth driver in F1 history to achieve said feat.So, who are those drivers?5 - Michael Schumacher (2000-04) Michael Schumacher, Ferrari ... Keep reading
Jorge Martin has taken the blame for opting to pit to swap bikes during the brief rain shower in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix which wrecked his race.Pramacs Martin conceded 19 points to world champion and chief title rival Francesco Bagnaia at Misano as one of the few riders that peeled into the pitlane during a brief rain shower.The San Marino asphalt dried within minutes and the Spaniard ... Keep reading
Francesco Bagnaia feels a maximum second place in the San Marino Grand Prix has provided the ideal result to slash into Jorge Martins MotoGP points lead.For the second year in a row Bagnaia performed a phoenix effect at his home grand prix, following 2023 when he kept his pursuit of a second title on course with a podium finish at Misano just one week after a massive smash in ... Keep reading
The 2024 MotoGP season is tipping into the final third of the calendar, but there is a school of opinion that the 2025 championship is already decided.When Ducati opted for Marc Marquezs services for the next two seasons, ahead of pace-setter Jorge Martin, and paired him with double title holder Francesco Bagnaia it tantalisingly created another dream team: arguably the greatest grand prix ... Keep reading
Marc Marquez says his MotoGP victory in the San Marino Grand Prix would have been impossible without the mid-race rain shower.The eight-time world champion made it back-to-back wins at Misano following his victory in Aragon last weekend.Marquez held off a challenge from world champion Francesco Bagnaia, who was second, while championship leader Jorge Martin gambled on the rain increasing and ... Keep reading
Thierry Neuville believes his Acropolis Rally victory is a significant moment and a "big release of pressure" in his pursuit of a maiden World Rally Championship title. Neuville clinched his second win of the season after coming through one of the most demanding events in recent WRC history where eight of the nine Rally1 cars hit trouble.The Hyundai driver recovered from an engine issue on ... Keep reading
Max Verstappens protege Thierry Vermeulen lost a likely DTM victory at the Sachsenring because a mechanic left a tyre on the ground in the pitlane to adjust his glasses, incurring a long-lap penalty.Emil Frey Ferrari driver Vermeulen had put in a dominant performance in the second leg of the weekend, edging out Kelvin van der Linde(Abt Audi) for pole position in qualifying and then building a ... Keep reading
Repsol has announced that it will be ending a 30-year relationship with Honda at the end of the current MotoGP season.The Spanish oil giant has been a sponsor of Honda since 1995, a partnership that had spawned one of the most famous liveries in the history of motorcycle racing.Repsol had already reduced its commitment to the factory Honda team this year, prompting the Japanese manufacturer to ... Keep reading
Leopard Hondas Angel Piqueras competed a remarkable Moto3 win at Misano in the San Marino Grand Prix.For the second occasion in a week a Spanish teenager walked the top step of the podium for the first time, following KTM Ajos Jose Antonio Ruedas success in Aragon last Sunday.The 17-year-old had to negotiate two Long Lap penalties after a collision with Britains Scott Ogden on Saturday ... Keep reading
Toyotas chances of winning the World Rally Championship manufacturers' crown are pretty much gone after Hyundai scored a 1-2-3 at the Acropolis Rally, reckons team boss Jari-Matti Latvala.The reigning manufacturers champions endured a weekend to forget, leaving Greece 35 points behind Hyundai in the championship standings with only three rounds of the season remaining.Toyotas rally ... Keep reading
Factory Lamborghini driver Jordan Pepper blasted Rene Rast after their collision in Sundays DTM race at the Sachsenring, saying the rules are different for the three-time champion.Schubert BMW driver Rast was trying to overtake Pepper for 11th when he tagged the DTM debutant's Grasser Lamborghini into Turn 1, sending him crashing into the back of Rast's team-mateMarco Wittmann, who was ... Keep reading
Sebastien Ogier has revealed that a puncture contributed to his final stage roll at the Acropolis Rally that has put ourselves in a bad position in the World Rally Championship title battle.The eight-time world champion appeared on course to finish second behind eventual winner and title rival Thierry Neuville before crashing out on the rally-ending Power Stage that halted any hopes of ... Keep reading
After introducing a significant car upgrade package, McLaren dominated the Dutch Grand Prix straight out of the 2024 Formula 1 summer break. Thats a familiar story for the championship, but the details of this case are actually quite different.McLarens brake, suspension, wings and floor edge update introduced at Zandvoort was its biggest package since itd rather transformed the MCL38 with ... Keep reading
Reigning MotoGP champion Francesco Bagnaia set the pace in the post-race Misano MotoGP test on Monday, leading a 1-2-3 result for Ducati.Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia took the top spot with two hours to go with a time of 1m30.619s, which was just over three tenths down from his Misano Grand Prix pole lap of 1m30.304s.Pramac's Franco Morbidelli sprung to second place in the final hour with a late ... Keep reading
Motorsport is defined by fraction of seconds which can easily be taken for granted, as the World Rally Championship proved in perhaps the most dramatic way at the Acropolis Rally.While it is not too unusual to see crews clock identical stage times, it's rare to see drivers share the lead. But to finish a rally with exactly the same time is a collectors item.However, last weekend after ... Keep reading
Speaking at the recent Italian Grand Prix, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said a project is on the table for F1 to organise a rookie sprint race at the post-season Abu Dhabi test.Our F1 writers weigh up the practicalities of the proposal.Jonathan Noble - The idea's practical issues are not insurmountableWhen talk of a rookie sprint race after the Abu Dhabi test first popped up, it seemed to be one of ... Keep reading
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