May 14, 2024

Newgarden’s regular strategist Tim Cindric and race engineer Luke Mason were both suspended by legendary team owner Roger Penske from IndyCar duties following the illegality scandal that has marred the start of the season.Newgarden was disqualified from his season-opening St. Petersburg victory due to illegal use of push-to-pass during restarts, after all three of Penske’s entries mistakenly …Keep reading

Acosta was once again the top rider in the KTM contingent at Le Mans, with a rapid launch allowing him to jump from seventh on the grid to run fifth in the opening laps.But the 19-year-old race came undone when he lost the front of his GasGas-branded RC16 into Turn 8 while trying to chase after the battling duo of Aleix Espargaro and Fabio di Giannantonio.It has been described by many as the …Keep reading

The Toyota driver felt that “everything he touched went wrong” last weekend as he witnessed his six-point deficit to championship leader Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville balloon to 24 points.Evans’ difficulties began on Friday as he and his Toyota team-mates Sebastien Ogier, Kalle Rovanpera and Takamoto Katsuta struggled to find a balance with their GR Yaris Rally1 cars on the gravel …Keep reading

The team did so to ensure it had enough time if there were teething problems for what is quite a substantial change, not only to the aerodynamic performance of the car but also to how the power unit and ancillaries are cooled.A package of this magnitude has taken some time for Ferrari to develop, prepare and manufacture, with the team clearly working around Formula 1’s globe-trotting schedule to …Keep reading

The world-famous Indy 500 is billed as ‘the greatest spectacle in racing’ with its banked oval, historic traditions and wheel-to-wheel battles capturing the attention of fans across the globe. It dates to 1911 when Ray Harroun won by just 1.43 seconds at the brickyard, yet that is not even the closest finish in the event’s history, as Al Unser Jr claimed victory by 0.043s in 1992. Unser Jr …Keep reading

The Grove-based team was one of the surprises of 2023 when it jumped from the bottom of the 2022 constructors’ championship to finish seventh as Albon fought for the top 10 in a number of races.But Williams’ upward trajectory has so far failed to continue in 2024 due to a car that’s not as competitive as the team expected.Williams is one of two teams – along with Sauber – yet to score a point …Keep reading

Andreas Roos, boss of BMW M Motorsport, believes the German manufacturer again “did some steps on pure pace”, even though a series of penalties for its two Hypercar entries prevented it from following up on the points-paying finishes of Qatar and Imola. “The pace was there to fight for position five, six, seven,” Roos told Motorsport.com after the two BMWs came home 11th and 13th in …Keep reading