September 17, 2024

Toyota will join the Supercars grid in 2026, announcing on Wednesday that it will partner with Walkinshaw Andretti United to race the GR Supra in the series.There will be four of the Japanese coupes on the grid, two with WAU, which is currently running a pair of Ford Mustangs for Chaz Mostert and Ryan Wood, and two with a team to be announced.The long-time market leader in Australia, Toyota has …Keep reading

In 2009, Parker Kligerman burst onto the NASCAR scene as the next big thing. He was a 19-year-old development driver for powerhouse team Penske Racing and a competitor in the ARCA Series, a developmental step on the NASCAR ladder. He won nine of 21 ARCA starts in his rookie year, and he thought: “This is easy.” “I like to say if ARCA was Cup, I’d have a private jet,” Kligerman said …Keep reading

Colton Herta will have an easy go of keeping motivated in the IndyCar off-season after seizing victory last Sunday in the 2024 finale at Nashville Superspeedway.The impressive move that brought the 24-year-old Herta a boon of good fortune and triumph came after a late pass on Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward with five laps to go. The two were battling and, as they came up on the lapped car of Sting …Keep reading

With the end of Stewart-Haas Racing drawing near, no one expected the four-car team to have a car in the playoff fight. And then Chase Briscoe pulled off an impressive upset in the regular season finale, winning the coveted Southern 500. It completely changed the outlook within the organization and for its 320+ employees who face an uncertain future.”One of my guys said it best the other day …Keep reading

Roughly speaking, the distance between Misano’s Marco Simoncelli circuit and the Mandalika circuit in Indonesia is about 12,000 km (or 7,316 miles to be more precise). That is not very impressive in isolation.But the perception changes a little if we take into account all the equipment that has to be moved, including the bikes of the teams of the three categories and that of world championship …Keep reading

Callum Ilott will join Prema Racing for its debut season into the IndyCar Series in 2025, the team announced on Tuesday.The 25-year-old Briton is a veteran of 38 IndyCar starts, which feature two top five finishes during his time with Juncos Hollinger Racing. Now, he is set to return to the Prema family, having initially driven for the junior formula giant in 2017 while competing in the Formula 3 …Keep reading

A “flustered” Nico Hulkenberg’s two late errors boosted rookie Formula 1 drivers Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman, plus Mercedes racer Lewis Hamilton, in unseen incidents at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix’s close.By keeping his pace high and medium tyres alive in the first stint on Sunday, Hulkenberg was eventually given a team order to move past temporary team-mate Bearman ahead, while his …Keep reading

The FIA has decided to add a fourth DRS zone to the Marina Bay circuit for Formula 1’s return to the Singapore Grand Prix.The decision comes after drivers failed to lobby the governing body to add the extra zone to boost overtaking opportunities in the race last year.Following a layout change to the circuit ahead of the 2023 event, the FIA had consulted the teams about the possible addition of the …Keep reading

Formula 3 CEO Bruno Michel has insisted it was “completely impossible” for the championship to race at this year’s Macau Grand Prix and has explained why Formula Regional is the series to fill the void.F3 cars had raced around the Guia street circuit on 38 separate occasions before this campaign but there will be no return for the machinery in the near future.On why F3 has moved away from the …Keep reading

BMW now has the “pace to fight for wins” in the World Endurance Championship with its M Hybrid V8 LMDh, WRT team boss Vincent Vosse believes.Vosse made the statement after the #15 WRT BMW shared by Marco Wittmann, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor took M Hybrid’s first WEC Hypercar class podium with second place behind Porsche in last Sunday’s Fuji 6 Hours.”We had the pace to fight the Porsche …Keep reading