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Francesco Bagnaia is on a roll in the 2024 MotoGP season. Despite making some mistakes in the sprint races this year, the two-time champion has been a class apart on Sundays, where most of the points are awarded.His victory in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix was his seventh of 2024, putting him well clear of title rival Jorge Martin’s tally of two from the opening 11 rounds. It also means the Italian …Keep reading

Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has conceded that the team may have hit the ceiling with the development of its F1 car, though suggested the overall limit of the regulations has not been reached.The Milton Keynes-based outfit has established itself as the benchmark in the latest technical era, with Max Verstappen winning almost three-quarters of the races in that time.But rivals McLaren …Keep reading

“I’ll relive that restart, what lane to choose overnight, for sure,” said William Byron following his runner-up finish at Michigan International Raceway on Monday. “It seems like, always as the leader, you want to take the top. I’ve gotten beat twice here by the bottom. I had the lead on the bottom barely over him [Reddick], but he had a better car than us. He was a little bit faster.”Byron won …Keep reading

Kyle Larson lost out on not only a potential win at Michigan, but his points lead in the championship after a mid-race spin took the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet out of contention. A trio of sudden tire failures forced a caution flag late in the second stage, where a handful of drivers chose to stay out in an effort to grab some stage points. Larson was among the majority who chose to pit …Keep reading

Arrow McLaren rookie Nolan Siegel put together his best race in the IndyCar Series to date last Saturday night.In the shadow of The Gateway Arch, the talented 19-year-old California native climbed from 20th on the starting grid to finish seventh — a career-best result, and his first-ever top-10 in IndyCar. Even still, Siegel couldn’t help but lament a costly pit road penalty that kept him from …Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo feels things are getting “worse and worse” for Yamaha despite its best efforts to dig itself out of its current slump in MotoGP.The 2021 champion struggled to 18th in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, finishing almost 44 seconds behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati. His final position was compromised by a long lap penalty, though he was already running …Keep reading

Corey LaJoie was battling with Noah Gragson for position just inside the top-20 when it all went wrong during the final stage of Monday’s NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway. He made contact with the left-rear of Gragson’s car and spun to the inside apron, where in a shocking and unexpected outcome, the car immediately went airborne in a blowover crash. The car slid upside down …Keep reading

It was Reddick’s second win of the 2024 NASCAR Cup season, using a push from fellow Toyota driver Ty Gibbs to snatch the lead away from William Byron. He also won earlier this year at Talladega Superspeedway.Reddick was cruising to victory a few laps before the caution, but an incident by Martin Truex Jr. turned the race into a shootout. On the ensuing restart, Alex Bowman hit the backstretch …Keep reading

Linus Lundqvist could exhale with relief—he’d earned a long-awaited podium in Saturday night’s thriller in St. Louis.The rookie pilot of Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 8 Honda had navigated the mayhem that lurked around every corner of the 1.25-mile oval only to line up fifth on the final restart (lap 254 of 260), making him a late a late contender — with a fresher set of tires than those …Keep reading

Williams head of vehicle performance Dave Robson believes upgrades to the team’s 2024 Formula 1 car can provide a baseline for next year’s machinery.The Grove-based outfit has struggled to continue the strong form of last season after entering the current campaign with an overweight car as focus instead turned to upgrading its infrastructure during the winter.While upgrades will be added to the …Keep reading