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Kalle Rovanpera says finally achieving a Rally Finland victory is both an amazing feeling and a relief after ending an eight-year wait for a Finnish winner at the World Rally Championship event.   Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen bounced back after struggling in recent gravel events to claim a perfect 35-point victory on home soil, heading a historic Toyota …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton offered a cryptic follow-up to his earlier comments suggesting that Ferrari should “change driver” and, after finishing 12th at the Hungarian Grand Prix, hinted at a “not great” state of affairs in the background.Hamilton was dumped out in the second part of qualifying on Saturday, and alluded to his driving being the key problem behind his travails in 2025.Read …Keep reading

Lando Norris used his opportunityIt would be a stretch to call this a fully deserved victory, but luck probably wasn’t the only factor at play. Lando Norris seized every opportunity the race presented and converted an alternative strategy into another win — which is a rarity in F1 these days. Sport isn’t always fair, and there are likely other drivers who performed better in Budapest …Keep reading

Lando Norris held on from a late siege from Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix, having gambled on a one-stop strategy and hunkered down in the final 10 laps to close in on his team-mate’s Formula 1 championship lead.The Briton soaked up a barrage of moves from Piastri late in the race at Turn 1, one culminating in a lock-up for the championship leader, but held on to convert a …Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera claimed a maiden Rally Finland World Rally Championship victory after producing a dominant performance to head a Toyota top-five lockout.Two-time world champions Rovanpera and co-driver Jonne Halttunen claimed 10 stage wins to defeat Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta by 39.2s in the fastest rally in WRC history, as the pair took the win with an average speed of …Keep reading

Charles Leclerc’s shock Formula 1 pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix has set up an intriguing battle at the Hungaroring as he aims to fend off the McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.While the McLarens can be expected to be quicker over a race stint as rear tyre wear comes into play, Leclerc was actually in the same ballpark during Friday’s FP2 long runs, splitting long-run …Keep reading

The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend has so far proven to be a tough challenge for the Red Bull Formula 1 team.Max Verstappen will start from eighth on the grid, while Yuki Tsunoda is lining up in P16. This underlines the ongoing struggles this weekend, with technical director Pierre Wache summarizing the situation as “nothing is working”.Helmut Marko added that the Milton Keynes-based …Keep reading

But for a snap of oversteer midway through the Hungaroring’s final corner, George Russell could have been on pole for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix. His last ‘push lap’ ended up just 0.053s slower than surprise polesitter Charles Leclerc for Ferrari.The picture of relative performance in the final part of qualifying was clouded by huge swings in track temperature and wind direction …Keep reading

Some chaotic restarts and fluid on track helped Sam Mayer to fight his way into the race lead and earn his first victory of the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity season.It was also the first win for team owner Gene Haas since Stewart-Haas Racing shut down and was reorganized into the Haas Factory Team. Mayer has eight career wins now, including back-to-back victories at Iowa Speedway … with two different …Keep reading

Since joining Joe Gibbs Racing, Chase Briscoe has earned six poles, as well as three front row starts in the last three races. At Iowa Speedway, his 23.004s was plenty good enough to secure his latest pole position, beating William Byron and the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet by 0.084s.”It’s definitely been great on Saturdays for our Bass Pro Shops Toyota,” said Briscoe. “Would love to …Keep reading