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The 2024 Indy NXT Vice Champion, Jacob Abel is making the step up for a full-time rookie campaign behind the wheel of Dale Coyne Racing’s No. 51 Honda-powered entry in the 2025 IndyCar Series’ season. The Kentucky native takes over the role after having previously undergone an evaluation test with Coyne in 2023.“We are excited about running another Indy NXT by Firestone Vice-Champion here …Keep reading

Racing is all about innovation and finding any advantage over your competitors. Sometimes that comes in the form of employing a better driver, a faster pit crew, or a genius engineering team that can successfully play within the margins of the rule book. We saw an example of that with Formula 1 this season and its flexi-wings that brought speed for various teams. And the FIA swiftly began …Keep reading

Sergio Perez’s first comments since leaving the Formula 1 grid after losing his Red Bull seat indicated a sabbatical from driving.The Mexican’s struggles behind the wheel of the RB20 resulted in Liam Lawson replacing him alongside Max Verstappen for the new campaign, with Perez’s 14-year stay in the championship brought to an end.Speaking at an event in Mexico, he said he would wait six …Keep reading

Oliver Rowland became the second different Formula E winner in as many races after surging to an unexpected victory in the closing stages of the Mexico City E-Prix.But while the Briton’s overtaking prowess handed him the win, the outright performance of Porsche drivers Antonio Felix da Costa and Pascal Wehrlein was an ominous warning sign for its rivals.After another exhilarating race in …Keep reading

BMW’s upgraded M4 GT3 EVO took victory on its maiden outing in last weekend’s Dubai 24 Hours, as WRT secured its third win in the last four years at the event.Entered under the Al Manar Racing by WRT banner, the second iteration of the successful BMW that was introduced in 2022 beat strong competition from Porsche to claim outright spoils, the fifth in the event’s 20-year history for …Keep reading

Henk Lategan extended his lead at the top of the overall Dakar Rally standings with a dominant performance on Stage 8.The factory Toyota driver finished the test in 4h49m54s, though was docked two minutes after finishing for a speed violation, to finish 1m47s ahead of team-mate Guy Botterill and 4m4s ahead of Century driver Mathieu Serradori.Stage 7 winner Lucas Moraes opened the track in …Keep reading

New Aprilia MotoGP signing Jorge Martin believes he could possibly have a chance to fight for the championship again in 2026.The reigning champion has switched to Aprilia’s factory team on a two-year contract after being snubbed of a chance to move up to the factory Ducati team in favour of six-time champion Marc Marquez.Starting this year, he will lead an all-new line-up at the …Keep reading

Thierry Neuville is hopeful Hyundai will debut its highly anticipated revised 2025 World Rally Championship car at Rally Sweden next month.Hyundai has spent much of last season developing a significant upgrade to its i20 N Rally1 car for 2025, but confirmed late last year that it would begin the new season in Monte Carlo next week with its 2024 car – minus the hybrid power unit, as per the …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri has fine-tuned the way he’s working with the McLaren team, having completed his second campaign in Formula 1.Piastri played a key role in McLaren’s world constructors’ title in his sophomore season, scoring two grand prix wins and eight podiums, with a streak of 12 top-five finishes in 13 rounds in the middle of the year.The 23-year-old has also been growing off the …Keep reading

Dacia Sandriders driver Nasser Al-Attiyah has revealed he has sent a letter to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem over his grievances from this year’s Dakar Rally.The five-time event winner was left aggrieved by a 10-minute penalty when finishing fastest on Stage 5, a lost spare wheel taking away his 9m59s advantage at the end of the test to leave him one second adrift of the stage win in …Keep reading