May 28, 2024

Chase Briscoe hopes to “land on his feet” after SHR closure

Co-owner Gene Haas and Tony Stewart issued a joint statement on Tuesday outlining the “difficult decision” that they made to close SHR at end of the 2024 season.Among the 300 or so employees affected by the announcement were the organization’s six drivers – Chase Briscoe, Josh Berry, Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece in the Cup Series and Cole Custer and Riley Herbst in the Xfinity Series.An …Keep reading

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Stewart-Haas Racing to shut down NASCAR Cup Series operation

On Tuesday, team co-owners Gene Haas and Tony Stewart released a joint statement explaining their decision to shutter the organization after 15 years.“We have made the difficult decision to close Stewart-Haas Racing at the conclusion of the 2024 season. It is a decision that did not come easily, nor was it made quickly. Racing is a labor-intensive, humbling sport. It requires unwavering …Keep reading

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India MotoGP promoter cancels this year’s race, eyes March 2025 date

Fairstreet Sports, the organiser of the event along with MotoGP rights holder Dorna, revealed on Tuesday that the second edition of the event has now been called off, confirming reports published by Motorsport.com earlier this month.The Buddh International Circuit, located on the outskirts of capital Delhi, was due to stage the 14th round of the season on 23-25 September.Dorna’s intention is to …Keep reading

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Mir: Honda “took a step back to make two forward” with MotoGP updates

Honda has been working behind the scenes in private tests to improve its troubled 2024 package, though its riders didn’t receive some hoped-for improvements at Barcelona last weekend.Johann Zarco did race with a new aerodynamic package, while an updated engine was used by Mir and Luca Marini also.But this did little to help Honda at Barcelona, with LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami the lead HRC rider …Keep reading

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Loss, heartbreak, redemption: The road to Leclerc’s Monaco F1 triumph

How as a young child growing up in the principality, he would take the bus to school up the winding climb to Casino Square, dreaming how he would one day tear up the same roads in a scarlet Ferrari F1 car.How his late father Herve made every possible sacrifice to get him there but would pass away in 2017 before he ever got to see his son realise his dreams.How his late friend Jules Bianchi became …Keep reading

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Repsol set to end Honda’s MotoGP sponsorship deal after 2024

Repsol appeared on the livery of the Honda NSR500 in the premier class of the world championship in 1995, with Mick Doohan and Alex Criville as riders.Since then, the partnership has remained uninterrupted, with the current season marking its 30th anniversary.The partnership between Repsol and Honda has yielded 15 championship titles, 183 victories and 455 podiums.However, after Marc Marquez’s …Keep reading

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How McLaren was ready to pit Norris – but Ferrari ruined its Monaco F1 plan

McLaren had hoped to push Ferrari into extending its lead at the front of the 78-lap race, in a bid to build a sufficient buffer between the cars in the top four and Russell to allow McLaren to make a pitstop.Having started on hard tyres, Russell switched to the medium compound during the early red flag, which forced him into managing his tyres to make it to the end. As the top four were all …Keep reading

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FIA’s Ben Sulayem advises Andretti to “buy another F1 team”

Andretti was refused a 2026 entry by F1 after the FIA had admitted its application on a technical basis.Ben Sulayem was proponent of expanding F1’s grid of 10 teams, opening up a tender process that only Andretti passed.“We have a contract, and our contract says we have up to 12 teams,” he told Motorsport.com last year. “So, we are not breaking the rules. We are, on the contrary, fulfilling the …Keep reading

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The cases Marquez and Martin are making for a Ducati MotoGP ride

Let’s be upfront about it and admit that the story is slightly altered. While it is true that the first part of the equation must be cleared up by Ducati, the problem will not be completely solved until the chosen rider signs the contract.Of the three who started the race for that second factory Ducati, Enea Bastianini has been left behind, a circumstance that places Martin and Marquez in the two …Keep reading

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