This year, the FIA, the body that oversees Formula One, has made some minor modifications to the circuit at Austria’s Red Bull Ring. The purpose of these improvements is to prevent a recurrence of the numerous infractions of track rules that caused the stewards to be extremely busy during the previous year’s Austrian Grand Prix.
Ott Tanak says it was impossible to avoid a collision with a deer that put him out of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Poland, revealing he had only 0.26s to react.The Hyundai driver was forced to retire from Friday’s gravel stages when a deer jumped out into the road on stage two [Stanczyki, 29.40km] which left the Estonian with an unavoidable accident.Following the impact Tanak …Keep reading
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Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen heads into Friday afternoon with the Rally Poland lead from Martins Sesks, who stunned on his World Rally Championship Rally1 debut.Mikkelsen impressed throughout the morning to win two of the three stages to leap into a 7.4s lead from Sesks, who is driving a non-hybrid powered Ford Puma Rally1 car.Elfyn Evans limited the damage of starting high in the road order to …Keep reading
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McLaren is one of the few teams to bring upgrades to Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix, after revealing a new front wing and suspension fairings.The primary function of these modifications revolves around McLaren looking to improve what it considers to be an imbalance in the performance of its MCL38 in both low and high-speed corners.Speaking about the aim of the improvements, team boss Andrea …Keep reading
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Max Verstappen topped practice for Formula 1’s 2024 Austrian Grand Prix after causing a mid-session red flag.In a busy opening third of the sole practice session at the Red Bull weekend within the sprint format, Verstappen established the first-place benchmark at 1m07m961s, before George Russell and Lewis Hamilton whittled that down along with the Dutchman as their opening runs went on.The …Keep reading
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Reigning MotoGP world champion Francesco Bagnaia topped the opening practice for the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, after Fabio Di Giannantonio had his session-topping lap cancelled.After a three-week break forced by the postponement of the Kazakhstan GP to September, MotoGP returned to action on Friday morning at the iconic TT Assen venue.Following weeks of rider market shocks, Di Giannantonio looked …Keep reading
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Reports by Motorsport.com saying Joan Mir is set to stay with Honda in MotoGP for two more years came as some surprise given the misery of the past two seasons.To say the last three years for Mir have been brutal would be something of an understatement.The 2020 world champion was nearing renewing with Suzuki, with whom he won the title, early in 2022 when the Japanese brand made its shock decision …Keep reading
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Pierre Gasly could easily have been forgiven for thinking that Alpine is not the best place to make him a winner again in Formula 1.After starting the campaign at the back of the grid, seeing key staff leave and there being talk of a potential end-of-works team status down the road, it has been a far from ideal season.But after agreeing on a contract extension ahead of the Austrian GP that commits …Keep reading
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RB is set to start the Austrian Grand Prix weekend with its Formula 1 cars running in split specifications to understand why its Spain upgrade package failed to deliver.The Italian squad sought to consolidate its sixth position in the constructors’ championship and close the gap to Aston Martin in the points with its wide-ranging updates.The team added revised sidepods and a new engine cover to …Keep reading
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Tanak had been tipped among the favourites to win on Poland’s high-speed gravel roads, but his victory hopes came to a sudden halt on stage two [Stanczyki, 29.40km].The Hyundai driver had started Friday with a one second lead over team-mate Thierry Neuville after winning Thursday night’s super special. However, Tanak was forced to pull off the road 18.3km into the test with damage to the …Keep reading
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