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MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will get his first run in BMW’s LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain.Rossi will get to sample the BMW M Hybrid V8 at the Bahrain International Circuit on 3 November, a day after the 2024 WEC concludes in the Gulf nation.The German manufacturer had first revealed plans to give the Italian a chance behind the wheel of its prototype …Keep reading

Corey Lajoie, who currently drives the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, will switch seats with Justin Haley, who currently drives the No. 51 Rick Ware Racing Ford. It’s an unusual move that will take place after the Bristol weekend with seven races still to go in the season.In August, it was already revealed that Spire and LaJoie will part ways at the end of the year, with mystery surrounding …Keep reading

Red Bull says that “nothing is working” with its Formula 1 car in Singapore after a disappointing opening day of practice.While Sergio Perez ended up eighth overall in the more representative second session, Max Verstappen was left languishing down in 15th – more than 1.2 seconds adrift of pacesetter and title rival Lando Norris.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Singapore GP: Norris pips …Keep reading

Marc Marquez felt he wasn’t in the same league as Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin in Friday practice for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.Gresini MotoGP rider Marquez returned to Misano on Friday on the back of his stunning victory at the Italian circuit a fortnight ago. On that occasion, the Spaniard charged through the field during a brief mid-race shower and continued to show strong pace in …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton reckons he and Mercedes feel “a little bit lost” with his W15’s set-up for the Singapore Grand Prix, after struggling throughout Friday practice.The Briton only managed to go 12th fastest in FP1 and, despite improving to 11th in the second practice session of the day, he was notably unimpressed with his car’s handling traits.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Singapore GP: Norris …Keep reading

Kyle Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, who recently compared his skills to triple F1 World Champion Max Verstappen, could get behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car himself in the near-future.Speaking on Harvick’s ‘Happy Hour’ podcast on Fox Sports, Zak Brown revealed that “we’ve been chatting about it. Kyle, as you can imagine, definitely wants to do it in-between our schedule, which goes …Keep reading

“It is easier to dream about doing something when you have seen someone doing it.”Those are the words of champion co-driver Reeta Hamalainen that strike at the core of what the World Rally Championship is attempting to achieve with its new women’s talent development programme. This global talent search aims to not only unearth the next top female rally driver, who could one day follow in the …Keep reading

Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says the legality of McLaren’s controversial ‘mini-DRS’ rear wing was a black-and-white matter, after the FIA intervened to request it be changed.Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, McLaren said it would be making modifications to its rear wing design in the wake of controversy about its flexing characteristics.Onboard footage from Oscar Piastri’s car in last …Keep reading

Lando Norris was fastest in the second Formula 1 practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix, maintaining a tight battle with Charles Leclerc at the top of the timing boards.Norris led the way with a 1m30.727s time as the two were separated by just 0.058 seconds, and with over half-a-second’s gap over the rest of the field at the end of the session.Amid the early runs on medium and hard tyres, as …Keep reading

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia beat championship leader Jorge Martin in the second practice session for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday.A late effort of 1m30.286s from Bagnaia on the factory Ducati was good enough to edge out Pramac rival Martin by a shade under two hundredths of a second at Misano, as Marc Marquez took third place on the year-old GP23.Championship protagonists Martin and …Keep reading