July 13, 2024

Ducati says its decision to sign Marc Marquez for its factory MotoGP team in 2025 has garnered a “divisive” response in Italy.The marque has admitted that it has received a bit of criticism for choosing six-time champion Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagania’s team-mate for next season.Read Also:MotoGPDucati picks MotoGP crew chief for Marquez’s factory step in …Keep reading

Scott Dixon says the hybrid issue that caused the Honda engine of his Chip Ganassi Racing car to shut down at Mid-Ohio last weekend “could have happened to a lot of cars”.Dixon’s hopes of a seventh IndyCar Series title took a massive hit when he was classified last after joining the race over 20 laps in arrears while his supercapacitor system was fixed and recharged.Primed to roll off 13th …Keep reading

Jota’s Callum Ilott headed a tight final practice session for the World Endurance Championship’s Interlagos round with the top three split by less than a tenth.Ilott headed a Porsche 963 LMDh clean sweep of the top three, his customer Jota car beating the two factory Porsche Penske Motorsport entries with a benchmark effort of 1m24.297s set shortly before the track was declared wet.Conditions …Keep reading

Oliver Bearman says his Ferrari cameo at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was a “major contributor” to his 2025 Formula 1 seat at Haas, amid his tough Formula 2 season.Bearman was announced last week as one of the American squad’s race drivers for the upcoming F1 campaign, when he will make his full-time debut in the championship.The announcement had been in the pipeline for a while, and seemingly …Keep reading

Ferrari’s victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours was one of the factors behind the early introduction of the first evo joker upgrade of its 499P for Interlagos this weekend.The Italian manufacturer explained that it brought the revision focussed on rear brake cooling of its Le Mans Hypercar to the Brazilian round of the World Endurance Championship in order to prepare for the latter rounds of the …Keep reading

When Alex Tagliani made his debut in the CART Indycar series in 2000 at the Player’s-backed Forsythe Racing team, it began a three-year partnership with fellow French-Canadian Patrick Carpentier.Results during that period were a mixed bag and Toyota Atlantic graduate Tagliani was frequently left to lament misfortune that meant his abundant pace didn’t translate into an overdue maiden win until …Keep reading

Ford says it wants to “own” the world of rallying as it adds a factory programme in the Dakar Rally in 2025.The American marque already has a strong presence in off-road competition thanks to a semi-factory team in the World Rally Championship and official entries in Baja 1000 and Finke Desert Race in Australia, but is now expanding to cross-country rallying in association with M-Sport.It …Keep reading

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says McLaren is “prepared to go toe-to-toe” with Red Bull as it mounts a Formula 1 title challenge, but pledges the team won’t be “nasty” about it.Following a string of car upgrades McLaren has closed the performance gap to Red Bull in recent weeks, having been the highest-scoring team over the past six races.McLaren’s surge to the front has raised simmering tensions between …Keep reading

With rain approaching the track, Heim maintained a steady lead, but his No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota team had waited to make a final green-flag stop for fuel.A caution on lap 45 provided something of a cushion, saving some fuel, but when rain finally brought out a caution with eight of the scheduled 70 laps remaining, his team felt sure he had enough to make it.As it turned out, he did. After more …Keep reading