June 3, 2024

SVG “a long way” from a NASCAR oval win but “getting better”

The three-time Supercars champion captured his first victory in the Xfinity Series last Saturday at Portland International Raceway, passing Justin Allgaier with three of 75 laps remaining and holding on for the win.The victory locks van Gisbergen into the 2024 series playoffs in his rookie season. Until his win, he was struggling to stay in contention for a berth based on points.“It’s been a …Keep reading

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Armstrong: First IndyCar podium “a long time coming”

A 23-year-old New Zealander, Armstrong was in the mix late for a possible win despite starting 19th and being stuck in a multi-car incident that was triggered by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard in Turn 3 on lap 53 of 100.  In some ways, the incident prompted a pit stop on lap 56 – the last of his four – that was on the same strategy as Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott …Keep reading

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How 24 hours changed the trajectory of Jorge Martin’s MotoGP career

On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass.Gazzetta dello Sport reported that championship leader Martin would be promoted to the factory Ducati team and the Italian marque was now waiting to get Marc Marquez’s answer on whether he would race for Pramac on a factory GP25.When Marquez faced the media and …Keep reading

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Nurburgring 24 Hours explains decision to end race early amid backlash

Scherer Sport PHX’s Audi took a provisional victory on Sunday when attempts to restart the race, which was halted by fog on Saturday evening and paused for 14 hours, proved abortive. To the huge frustration of the 240,000 spectators, drivers and teams, following five laps behind the safety car to determine whether the race could be restarted, race director Walter Hornung made the call to end the …Keep reading

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Peugeot receives biggest BoP break for Le Mans in WEC Hypercar class

The revised Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar introduced at the Imola WEC in April has received an 18kg weight break down to 1047kg while retaining the maximum power of 508kW (681bhp) at which it raced last time out at Spa in May. It follows two races at which the heavily reworked LMH, which now runs a conventional rear wing, failed to match the performance of the previous iteration of the car at …Keep reading

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Martin signs for Aprilia as Marquez nears factory Ducati MotoGP promotion

On Monday 3 June, Motorsport.com broke the news that Ducati had made a U-turn on its decision to promote championship leader Jorge Martin from Pramac to its factory squad.With Marquez stating at the Italian Grand Prix that racing on a factory bike at Pramac was “not an option” for him, Ducati’s plans to keep both riders were scuppered.With the form Marquez has already shown on the 2023-spec …Keep reading

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Sordo’s WRC future unknown after Sardinia podium

The 41-year-old capped his 191st WRC start by coming through to finish third behind Hyundai team-mate Ott Tanak and Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier, as the top two were separated by just by 0.2s.Sardinia was Sordo’s second start of the season driving Hyundai’s third i20 N following an outing in Portugal where he finished fifth. These two rallies are all that has been confirmed for the Spaniard, who …Keep reading

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Keselowski takes “good momentum” from another top-three finish

Keselowski, driver and co-owner of RFK Racing’s No. 6 Ford, bounced back from an early-race pit stop miscue and maximized his pit strategy to finish third in Sunday’s race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway.It’s Keselowski’s third consecutive finish of third or better and fifth in his last seven races, which includes his May 12 victory at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. During that …Keep reading

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