November 15, 2024

Corvette Racing partner squad Pratt Miller Motorsports will add a prototype programme to its IMSA SportsCar Championship roster next season by fielding an LMP2 entry alongside its GTD Pro effort.Pietro Fittipaldi has switched from the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing IndyCar programme to lead its driver line-up in an ORECA-Gibson 07. He will be joined by Irishman James Roe, who is set to dovetail a …Keep reading

Factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia set the pace in second MotoGP practice at the Barcelona Grand Prix, as championship leader Jorge Martin ended up fifth.A late flying lap from Bagnaia on the GP24 propelled Bagnaia to the top of the order with a 1m38.918s, just under a tenth quicker than VR46 rival Marco Bezzecchi.Bezzecchi had led the majority of the session on last year’s GP23 bike …Keep reading

Williams has announced that Carlos Sainz has received Ferrari’s permission to appear in Formula 1’s season-concluding Abu Dhabi tyre test to get an early sample of his new team’s car.Sainz will join Williams alongside Alex Albon in 2025, with his current deal to race for Ferrari expiring at the end of the year and his seat being taken by current Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton.Both Sainz and …Keep reading

Dan Wells and Emilien Carde triumphed in Race 2 of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia, becoming 2024 Champions at the end of a hard-fought 50-minute encounter that had its fair share of incidents and surprises.At Jerez de la Frontera, where the Lamborghini World Finals get underway from tomorrow, this morning the sun broke through the clouds that had dumped a lot of water on the Andalusian track …Keep reading

Ask Jan Lammers to name his favourite racing car, and he doesn’t plump for any of the Formula 1 machines he raced or tested – and the latter category includes the world championship-winning Lotus 79.Nor does he go for the Toyota TS010 3.5-litre Group C contender he describes as the “fastest thing I ever drove”. Top of the list for the 1988 Le Mans 24 Hours winner is the BMW M1 Procar in …Keep reading

Damon Hill has announced his exit from the Sky Sports Formula 1 presenting roster ahead of the 2024 season-ending triple-header.The 1996 Formula 1 world champion had been a permanent fixture on the Sky Sports team since the broadcaster gained the rights to F1 from the BBC ahead of the 2012 season.Writing on social media, the 64-year-old said: “It’s been a fantastic 13 years with Sky Sports F1 but …Keep reading

Macau Grand Prix drivers were summoned to an extra briefing after McLaren junior Ugo Ugochukwu topped two qualifying sessions that featured a combined total of 12 red-flag periods.The first 40-minute segment was held on Thursday in the wet and that had five stoppages as the Formula Regional World Cup drivers battled tricky conditions.Friday morning practice was also wet and that meant the second …Keep reading

LCR Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami led the way in first MotoGP practice for the Barcelona Grand Prix after completing a late run on fresh tyres.Fitting a new soft tyre on the front of his Honda RC213V, Nakagami posted a time of 1m40.510s with just two minutes left on the clock to start his final weekend in MotoGP at the top of the leaderboard.The Japanese rider had suffered an early crash at Turn 2 …Keep reading

An adjustment to Appendix K of the FIA’s International Sporting Code does not, on the face of it, sound like much to get excited about. But for fans of historic racing, the decision announced following last month’s World Motor Sport Council meeting to issue Historic Technical Passports (HTPs) to machinery built between 1991 and 2000 from next year could have major ramifications.“It would be …Keep reading