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Officials have been forced to cancel stage five of the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo due to a spectator medical issue.Before crews were able to start the 16.68km Saint-Leger-les-Melezes/La Batie-Neuve stage, officials announced there would be a delay to the start due to a spectator issue. Minutes later a call was made to cancel the test to allow medical crews to provide …Keep reading

Pierer Mobility AG has announced that Stefan Pierer has stepped down as the CEO of Austrian two-wheel manufacturer KTM.Gottfried Neumeister will take over the reins of the company as part of the management reshuffle, but Pierer will remain on board as the Co-CEO.The news was made public just ahead of an important court hearing for KTM AG and its two subsidiaries at the regional court in …Keep reading

The FIA says its new officials department will lead to a “more professional” governing body in the future.Last September the FIA announced it would introduce a new officials department to help the governing body train them across all its sanctioned motor racing activities.The department, headed by the experienced Italian steward Matteo Perini, who was appointed Sport Officials Manager at …Keep reading

Many remarkable names in racing have graced the IMSA paddocks since the series’ inception in 1969, but few of the legends have been a presence so consistently, for so long — and so good at winning — as Wayne Taylor.“Mark Raffauf, who works for IMSA [as its Senior Director of Race Operations], reminded me that he and I are the only two people that have actually been to every single …Keep reading

Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier handed Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville the Monte Carlo Rally lead after a small mistake in the final stage of the opening night of the 2025 World Rally Championship.   New-for-2025 non-hybrid powered Rally1 cars and Hankook tyres created plenty of unknowns in the event build up, but it was the familiar sight of record nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier topping the times …Keep reading

BMW snatched pole position for the Daytona 24 Hours during an interrupted qualifying session for this weekend’s IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener.Dries Vanthoor jumped to the top of the times on his final lap in the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh run by the Rahal team to knock Meyer Shank Racing Acura driver Nick Yelloly off the pole.Vanthoor’s 1m33.895s gave him a margin of nearly …Keep reading

Balance of performance (BoP) has often been a taboo discussion in sportscar racing because everyone wants to find an advantage over their competition and be able to use it. But new technology arriving in the paddock could make those debates a thing of the past. Sportscar racing regulations in WEC and IMSA are unique based on the fact that to keep racing competitive, they opt to “balance” …Keep reading

Red Bull ran a NASCAR Cup Series team from 2007 to 2011, then left the sport entirely while enjoying success in other racing series. But now it’s back in the Cup, this time as the primary sponsor for Trackhouse Racing.The math makes sense. Trackhouse already has two Red Bull athletes on the squad: Shane van Gisbergen (who’s been with the energy drink make since 2016) and young phenom Connor …Keep reading

Ex-Sauber managing director and team representative Alessandro Alunni Bravi has joined McLaren in the team’s newly created role of chief business affairs officer.Alunni Bravi will report directly to McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and as part of his new remit will head up McLaren’s driver development programme.McLaren has also announced several other changes to its management …Keep reading

Another year, and another change in the qualifying procedures at the Daytona 24 Hours. The IMSA SportsCar Championship kicks off on the hallowed banking of the Daytona International Speedway this weekend and there’s still time before you have to settle down in front of your TV, computer or whatever for the sessions on Thursday afternoon in Florida that will set the grid for the big …Keep reading