June 30, 2024

A thrilling 20-lap Moto3 grand prix opened up Sunday’s race programme at the TT Circuit Assen, with Ivan Ortola denying home hero Collin Veijer at the final chicane.The first six corners of the race were led by poleman Angel Piqueras (Leopard Honda), before Ortola sent his MT Helmets – MSI KTM up the inside at Turn 7.Ortola the led for the next 10 laps before Veijer (Intact GP Husqvarna) …Keep reading

Formula 1 drivers have come out in favour of the FIA’s track limits experiment at the Austrian Grand Prix.At Turn 9 and 10, which was the site of hundreds of track limits offences last year, the FIA and the Red Bull Ring have installed narrower kerbs bordered by strips of gravel, which slow down drivers before they cross the white line.The new solution wasn’t perfect, and Oscar Piastri’s deleted …Keep reading

World Rally Championship points leader Thierry Neuville believes it was a mistake for Hyundai to retire Ott Tanak’s car after stage 12 at Rally Poland.Hyundai elected to retire Tanak’s i20 N after Saturday morning’s loop to prepare to challenge for the 12 points on offer on Super Sunday.The decision came with Tanak already out of the fight for victory and Saturday points after an unavoidable …Keep reading

The MotoGP Kazakhstan Grand Prix will not take place and a second round will be held in Qatar instead, Motorsport.com understands. The race at the Sokol circuit has been in doubt from the moment it entered the calendar.Initially, the event was due to debut last year, but its cancellation was announced not long into the season as work on the facility, just outside the town of Almati, was not on …Keep reading

Carlos Sainz’s Formula 1 options for 2025 could be narrowing, with teams that have been holding on for him to make a call on his future now assessing other routes.The Spaniard has been weighing up for weeks clear offers he has from both the Sauber/Audi team and Williams for next season.But as the Ferrari driver appeared to be on the verge of making a final decision around the time of the Spanish …Keep reading

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Poland lead on Sunday morning, while drama for Hyundai’s Andreas Mikkelsen shook up the leaderboard.The last-minute replacement for injured Toyota team-mate Sebastien Ogier, Rovanpera opened up a comfortable 18.1s lead after Mikkelsen lost almost a minute when he knocked a tyre off the rim in stage 16.This promoted Toyota’s Elfyn Evans to …Keep reading

Reigning Formula 3 champion Gabriel Bortoleto opened his Formula 2 win account with a dominant drive in the Austrian feature race.The Brazilian had started from the third-place grid slot but quickly established himself in the lead and won the race with a series of hot laps following his pitstop to catch Campos driver Pepe Marti, who had stopped during a brief virtual safety car period.It was a …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri’s spectacular post-Austrian Grand Prix qualifying rant has put the focus back on Formula 1’s track limit problem at the Red Bull Ring.This reached a farcical point in 2023, when the FIA was left unable to police about 1,200 potential track limits abuses during the main race here, before the governing body and the track embarked on a major effort to fix the issue for 2024.New …Keep reading