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Toyota could consider team orders to help Elfyn Evans’ World Rally Championship bid in Rally Finland after the title contender suffered an “unusual” mechanical issue, according to Jari-Matti Latvala.Evans was firmly in the fight for victory, sitting in second behind team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, when the Welshman’s GR Yaris suffered a driveshaft failure on Stage 12 [Paijala, 20.19km].The …Keep reading

Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia has hit out at other MotoGP riders for deliberately slowing down in British GP qualifying in order to get a tow from him, describing the situation as “ridiculous”.Bagnaia was followed by Gresini’s Marc Marquez on their first runs in Saturday’s pole-deciding session at Silverstone, with the added aerodynamic benefit allowing the Spaniard to take a provisional …Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera extended his Rally Finland lead after dominating Saturday morning’s stages, while World Rally Championship title contender Elfyn Evans witnessed his victory bid evaporate.Two-time world rally champion Rovanpera completed a clean sweep of the loop including the return of the famous Ouninpohja test to open up 21.9s lead.His fellow Toyota part-time driver Sebastien Ogier holds …Keep reading

You’ve heard the phrase mentioned in Formula 1, but what is the “summer shutdown” and what actually does it mean?
The relentless nature of Formula 1, especially in this record-breaking season with 24 races running from February to December, means that this year’s summer shutdown will be a welcome one for drivers and their respective teams.
It is an important break that is written into the 2024 …Keep reading

A serious explosion occurred in the paddock during the test session before this weekend’s six-hour Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie race.Several people were injured by the explosion of a compressed air cylinder, which occurred during the final stages of the pre-event tests – that was halted immediately.The compressed air cylinder was being filled when the explosion occurred. Numerous ambulances …Keep reading

A doubleheader of pro late model and late model stock CARS Tour races that were originally scheduled for May during NASCAR All-Star Race weekend got postponed due to weather.The two races will be run Saturday night at the track and the 42-car field for the 125-lap late model stock main event is nearly half-filled by current or former NASCAR competitors.Among the entries for the race include former …Keep reading

Acura’s Filipe Albuquerque topped the opening practice session for this weekend’s IMSA SportsCar Championship round at Road America.Albuquerque beat BMW’s Connor De Phillippi and Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac Racing) in preparation for Sunday’s 2h40m race around the four-mile track that’s the self-proclaimed ‘America’s National Park of Speed’ and features a 47-car entry.The premier …Keep reading

On Thursday, there was a meeting attended by Governor of São Paulo state Tarcísio de Freitas and Mayor of the city of São Paulo Ricardo Nunes. Also in attendance was Tom Dannemiller, who serves as NASCAR’s representative in Brazil, as well as NASCAR’s Chief Marketing Officer, Pete Jung. Secretaries from both sides (municipality and state) were there as well, formalizing their interest in …Keep reading

Rising World Rally Championship star Sami Pajari says scoring a first stage win on his top-flight debut at Rally Finland has surpassed his expectations for this weekend.Toyota has handed the WRC2 title contender an opportunity to showcase his skills by piloting a fifth GR Yaris at the team’s home event.Pajari’s rally hopes suffered a dent in Friday’s opening stage [Laukaa] when he suffered a …Keep reading

Yamaha’s Alex Rins has been ruled out of the rest of the British Grand Prix weekend after suffering a crash late in second practice on Friday.Having already missed last month’s German Grand Prix following an accident in the Assen race, Rins was only just getting back on the bike at Silverstone when he ended up in the gravel at Turn 6 with just minutes to go in the hour-long afternoon session.The …Keep reading