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Ford driver Mattias Ekstrom was fastest in the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Thursday, while Overdrive’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi took a decisive lead over factory Toyota rival Henk Lategan.In what was the last major test of the 2025 Dakar, competitors had to traverse 275km of dunes through the famous Empty Quarters in Saudi Arabia before halting for the night at Shubayth.Lategan …Keep reading

Aprilia revealed its 2025-spec MotoGP bike on Thursday, but its launch event in Milan was also significant because of an important announcement from new star signing Jorge Martin.The Spaniard had previously been secretive about the number he was going to race with this season after beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia to the 2024 title, having insisted he was going to make a decision over the …Keep reading

Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted that his approach to restructuring the Grove-based outfit always risked being detrimental in the short term.The former strategy director of Mercedes joined Williams two years ago, with some of the infrastructure famously described as dating back to the “Ming Dynasty” and an Excel spreadsheet used to track all car parts, partly due to a lack of …Keep reading

Genesis, you might think, will become the first South Korean manufacturer to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours when its forthcoming LMDh takes to the grid in 2026. But you’d be wrong. Thirty years before the Hyundai brand’s intended arrival there was another campaign at Circuit de la Sarthe by a car maker from the Asian country.SsangYong made an assault on the French enduro back in 1996. It …Keep reading

New Aprilia signing Jorge Martin has decided to carry the number one plate on his MotoGP bike after defeating Francesco Bagnaia to the title last year.Martin announced his decision to use the number plate reserved for the reigning champion during Aprilia’s 2025 MotoGP launch in Milan on Thursday.The 26-year-old had previously been coy about his race number, as he debated whether to stick …Keep reading

There’s one significant detail about Franco Colapinto’s move to Alpine – and that’s his current job description at Enstone probably not being what he and his managers are really aiming for.Read Also:Formula 1Colapinto joins Alpine as F1 reserve driver for 2025“If Franco is not in a racing seat next year, we’ll have a historic car, two-year-old car,” …Keep reading

With an ownership group that includes Dale Earnhardt Jr. and sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, JR Motorsports has been a staple in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for nearly 20 years. To-date, JRM has four driver’s titles, winning in 2014 with Chase Elliott, 2017 with William Byron, 2018 with Tyler Reddick, and lastly, 2024 with Justin Allgaier.2024 was Allgaier’s first Xfinity championship after 14 …Keep reading

After a thrilling battle with Kyle Larson, the Toyota-powered entry of Christopher Bell came away with the win at the Non-Wing Outlaw Golden Driller in the Tulsa Shootout earlier this month. Climbing from his car victorious, he shouts, “I’ve got four words: Thank you Joe Gibbs!” And he had plenty of reasons to be thankful. Bell, a three-time winner at the Chili Bowl Nationals and Turkey …Keep reading

Toyota expects Kalle Rovanpera’s return to a full-time World Rally Championship drive will make team-mate Elfyn Evans “much stronger” this year. The Japanese squad is gearing up to begin a tilt at both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles next week in Monte Carlo, with an expanded line-up that features four full-time drivers and a partial campaign for eight-time world champion …Keep reading

Red Bull has agreed an earlier exit for future Sauber team principal Jonathan Wheatley, while letting McLaren wait on sporting director Will Courtenay.Wheatley was announced as Sauber’s future team boss last August, but continued in his long-time role as Red Bull’s sporting director through the 2024 season.Motorsport.com understands Wheatley, who has worked for Red Bull since 2006, has now …Keep reading