May 6, 2024

As Sunday’s race drew to a close, Denny Hamlin held a precarious lead as Truex was closing fast on newer tires and Hamlin’s team was unsure whether he had enough gas to even make it to the finish.In either case, Truex looked primed to pick up his first win of 2024. But then, Kyle Busch spun out in the final laps to bring out a caution and send the race into a two-lap overtime.Truex’s …Keep reading

Norris beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix after a mid-race safety car allowed him to take the restart in the lead, but the Briton still managed to drive away from Verstappen’s Red Bull to take a convincing maiden win.After 109 races without finding the top step of the podium, Norris’ breakthrough win was long overdue, but the 24-year-old says he never doubted his day would …Keep reading

McLaren driver Lando Norris took his maiden grand prix win after he benefitted from the safety-car period following a crash between Haas’ Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant in the Williams on lap 28 of the race.Norris was the last of the frontrunners to pit, and managed to do so under safety-car conditions, meaning he emerged ahead of Max Verstappen to keep the lead.Sainz was running in front of …Keep reading

As first reported by Motorsport.com last November, a move to downsize MotoGP’s current four-stroke 1000cc engines to 850cc has been a key pillar of the 2027 ruleset being devised by the championship in conjunction with the manufacturers.MotoGP’s Grand Prix Commission confirmed on Monday the complete 2027 rule framework.The proposal to downsize the engines for the first time since 2007 has been …Keep reading

During a break from his ongoing legal hush-money trial in New York, Trump made a controversial appearance in Miami on Sunday – whipping up the crowds and being spotted with senior figures from grand prix racing.He also posed for photographs at the McLaren garage and was spotted chatting to its CEO Zak Brown before the race – with many spectators chanting for him.Trump’s divisive nature …Keep reading

Headlined by the switch from 1000cc engines to 850cc motors, the 2027 regulations will also include a stripping back of aerodynamics.Ride height devices will also be banned, while there have been smaller tweaks to things such as fuel tank capacity and the concessions system.Full 2027 MotoGP technical regulations breakdownMotoGP class engine displacement will reduce from 1000cc to 850cc. The …Keep reading

The Frenchman, the GT Le Mans IMSA SportsCar Championship class title winner in 2015 with the German manufacturer, will share Vector’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 with Stephane Richelmi and Ryan Cullen in what will be his 16th start at the French enduro.Gabriel Aubry, who was part of Vector’s WEC P2 line-up last year, was originally listed in the car but was not expected to be part of the team’s line-up …Keep reading

The French manufacturer’s reserve driver will race the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh for a second race in a row as Habsburg continues to recover from the back injuries sustained in testing at the end of March. Habsburg was initially listed in the car alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin on the publication late last month of the entry list for the Belgian round of the WEC, but his name has now …Keep reading

What is perhaps most significant about it though is that the triumph was not the result of freak circumstances putting Verstappen out of contention, as happened in Australia with his brake problem.Instead, Norris had to work hard for it, holding off his Red Bull rival at the safety car restart and then extending his advantage to the end of the race to come home well clear for a very popular …Keep reading