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The Salzburgring is being considered as a hot candidate to make a comeback on the DTM calendar as early as 2025.The chief of the Austrian venue believes all the “homework” has been done and the circuit is ready to welcome the DTM for the first time since its only previous appearance in 1987.Read Also:DTMIs the future of DTM’s street event at Norisring in danger?ADAC …Keep reading

Esteban Ocon laments the lack of communication at the Alpine Formula 1 team and says he will do his utmost “to not miss any single detail” at Haas.Ocon has spent the last four seasons and a half with the Enstone-based outfit, whose performance over that period of time stagnated then deteriorated. The team went from fourth in the 2022 constructors’ championship to its current eighth position with …Keep reading

Toyota has confirmed that Sebastien Ogier will be part of its World Rally Championship line-up for next month’s Acropolis Rally Greece.The eight-time world champion had been tipped to start the rough gravel rally from 5-8 September to assist Toyota’s push to retain its WRC constructors’ title.Toyota has now announced its line-up for the event, fielding three GR Yaris Rally1s, with part-time …Keep reading

Red Bull put an end to weeks of speculation by backing Sergio Perez after the Belgian Grand Prix, confirming Max Verstappen’s struggling team-mate will remain in his seat after the summer break.Perez has been struggling to perform in the RB20 since May, and while Verstappen has been able to limit the damage ever since rival teams caught up with Red Bull, Perez has been costing the Milton …Keep reading

Hamlin crossed the line fifth, but was scored second due to the timing of the caution. Dillon entered Richmond 32nd in the regular season points, but Sunday’s victory has vaulted him into the playoffs and ensures that he will not end the year any lower than 16th.”We’re never ever gonna get taken seriously as a sport because we have no real officiating,” lamented Hamlin in a post-race media …Keep reading

Logano passed Dillon for the lead to start the two-lap overtime and looked like he would hang on for the win when Dillon drove deep into Turn 3 on the final lap and knocked Logano into the outside wall.Moments later, Denny Hamlin came up on the inside of Dillon to challenge for the lead and got turned himself as Dillon claimed the win – his first in nearly two years.“When you get that far …Keep reading

Dillon, who had a fast car all weekend, worked his way around Denny Hamlin for the lead late in the race and appeared headed to victory when a wreck with less than two of 400 laps remaining sent the race into overtime.All of the lead-lap cars elected to pit and Dillon was first off pit road followed by Joey Logano and Hamlin. Logano got a good jump on Dillon on the restart and grabbed the lead.On …Keep reading

Tire wear has always played a role in NASCAR racing, but it could take on more significance in Sunday night’s 400-mile event.Teams will be faced with some potentially challenging tire strategy decisions. NASCAR and Goodyear have made two different tires available for the event – a “prime tire” (the baseline tire, harder and longer viability) and an “option tire” (a softer tire than …Keep reading

Following its first Hollywood tie-up with the blockbuster Twisters, Red Bull’s sister team RB hopes to go much further to mix sport and entertainment, with the lofty goal of democratising access to the series.Its name change from AlphaTauri to RB, Racing Bulls or VCARB was not without controversy, with its new moniker confusingly similar to the main team despite the aspirations to carve out its …Keep reading

Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola admits the manufacturer is “doing something wrong” in MotoGP after watching it slip away from Ducati in the pecking order in recent races.Aprilia has gone from regularly challenging MotoGP’s dominant marque to being only an occasional top-five scorer in a span of just four months, with last weekend’s British Grand Prix perfectly capturing its remarkable downfall …Keep reading