July 8, 2024

Ferrari receives WEC engine power gain ahead of Interlagos

Ferrari has been given back the engine power it lost ahead of its Le Mans 24 Hours victory for the Interlagos World Endurance Championship round this weekend.The Italian manufacturer’s 499P was hit with a 1.7% reduction in maximum power above 250km/h (155mph) under the new power gain element of the Hypercar class Balance of Performance introduced for last month’s Le Mans WEC round.In the BoP …Keep reading

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Ferrari receives WEC engine power gain ahead of Interlagos

Ferrari has been given back the engine power it lost ahead of its Le Mans 24 Hours victory for the Interlagos World Endurance Championship round this weekend.The Italian manufacturer’s 499P was hit with a 1.7% reduction in maximum power above 250km/h (155mph) under the new power gain element of the Hypercar class Balance of Performance introduced for last month’s Le Mans WEC round.In the BoP …Keep reading

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Bagnaia was expecting last-lap German GP showdown before Martin crash

Francesco Bagnaia believes the German Grand Prix would have gone down the wire had Jorge Martin not crashed on the penultimate lap and handed him an easy MotoGP win.Pramac rider Martin was circulating comfortably in the front as the Sachsenring race neared its conclusion, having started from pole position and retaken the lead from title rival Bagnaia on lap 7 of 30.But the Italian appeared to have …Keep reading

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Mercedes to unleash double upgrade before F1 summer break

Mercedes will continue to roll out incremental upgrades in Budapest and Spa after the development of its 2024 Formula 1 car led to a win on merit at the British Grand Prix.Lewis Hamilton took an emotionally charged ninth home win at Silverstone following a two-and-a-half-year wait for his 104th grand prix victory, holding off Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in a mixed-weather thriller.It is Mercedes’s …Keep reading

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Red Bull says Perez form “unsustainable” with F1 contract clause set to kick in

Red Bull thinks it is “unsustainable” if Sergio Perez continues performing as he is, with the Mexican now at risk of a performance-related clause getting activated in his Formula 1 contract.Perez has been under pressure over recent weeks to lift his game and deliver more for Red Bull, with the Milton Keynes-based team facing an ever-stronger threat from rivals.With McLaren and Mercedes making …Keep reading

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Joey Hand: “I am all grins” after battling for Chicago Cup win

Hand, 45, has both a class victory and an overall victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona endurance race. Although an experienced road racer, NASCAR is still fairly new to him.On Sunday, he was making just his eighth career Cup Series start. He was driving a part-time entry for RFK Racing, known as Stage 60. There was little buzz around Hand, who qualified 38th. But when rain hit the track and threw …Keep reading

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F1 British Grand Prix 2024: Norris blames himself for wrong decisions

With Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking second place to Mercedes’s race winner Lewis Hamilton, Norris fell further behind his Dutch rival in the Formula One standings at the season’s midpoint. ​With Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking second place to Mercedes’s race winner Lewis Hamilton, Norris fell further behind his Dutch rival in the Formula One

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NASCAR Cup Chicago: Alex Bowman prevails in wild race against the clock

With a nearly two-hour rain delay in the second stage, NASCAR had set 8:20 p.m. Local time hard end to Sunday’s originally scheduled 75-lap race.Alex Bowman was among a handful of cars that elected not to pit before the start of the final stage and remained on wet weather tires.After a several lap battle with sports car star Joey Hand, Bowman moved into the lead on lap 51, just before a caution …Keep reading

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Reddick “screwed up” in attempt to snag Chicago win from Bowman

Following a nearly two-hour rain delay during Stage 2, NASCAR set a hard stop time of 8:20 p.m. Local time for the conclusion of the originally scheduled 75-lap race at the Chicago Street Course.With the 2.2-mile, 12-turn course quickly drying out entering the final stage and time running out, Reddick was among the group of teams that pit for slick tires, hoping they would prove faster.More than …Keep reading

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