August 2, 2024

WRC Finland: Rovanpera leads Evans by 0.2s as Tanak crashes

World rally champion Kalle Rovanpera snatched the Rally Finland lead from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans at the end of an eventful Friday morning that included a crash for Ott Tanak.Rovanpera headed to midday service with a 0.2s margin over Evans, who had impressed in difficult wet conditions in his bid for a first win of 2024.Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier briefly held the rally lead after stage two, but …Keep reading

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A history of F1’s second-half comebacks – do McLaren and Mercedes have a chance?

The greatest comeback since Lazarus? Everyone loves a good comeback story, and Formula 1 has enjoyed plenty of them over its nearly 75-year history as a gladiatorial contest of man and machine.As things stand in the current season, Max Verstappen has a somewhat healthy 78-point lead over Lando Norris, but the seemingly invulnerable Dutchman has now had to accept that he no longer has the outright …Keep reading

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Ducati announces factory support for VR46 from MotoGP 2025

Ducati has revealed it has reached an agreement for VR46 to replace Pramac as its primary satellite squad from the 2025 MotoGP season.The multi-year deal, with an initial phase of two seasons, was announced on the eve of the British Grand Prix on Friday.Pramac had been Ducati’s only factory-supported team in the last few seasons, but its defection to Yamaha prompted the Borgo Panigale marque to …Keep reading

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Was the 2024 Belgian GP one of Formula 1’s closest races?

5. Monaco GP 20121. Mark Webber, Red Bull2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes (+0.643s)3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari (+0.947s) Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing RB8Photo by: Sutton ImagesThe 2012 Monaco Grand Prix is mostly remembered for Michael Schumacher’s fastest time in qualifying, which to this day would still make him the oldest polesitter since 1970, hadn’t the 43-year-old served a five-place …Keep reading

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WRC Finland: Tanak suffers high-speed crash in stage three

Ott Tanak has crashed out of Rally Finland in an incident that briefly red flagged stage three of the World Rally Championship gravel rally on Friday morning.The Hyundai driver went off the road just over two kilometres into the brand new Sarrikas test [15.93km] which was held in wet conditions.It is unclear exactly what happened to the i20 N of Tanak and co-driver Mattin Jarveoja that was sitting …Keep reading

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