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Kalle Rovanpera tamed challenging wet conditions to lead a Toyota 1-2-3 at Rally Finland as the Finn made a strong start to his bid for a maiden World Rally Championship home win.The reigning world champion, running a part-time programme, head title contender and team-mate Elfyn Evans by 8.3s after nine stages.Eight-time world champion Sebastien Ogier was third [+9.5s] as championship leader …Keep reading

The six-time MotoGP champion appeared to be off-colour at Silverstone on Friday, suffering a late crash in the morning session and then having to get a tow from Pramac’s Jorge Martin in order to secure a direct passage into the second part of qualifying.While Ducati looked rapid at the 5.9km venue, with even VR46’s Fabio di Giannantonio and Marco Bezzecchi finishing sixth and ninth on last …Keep reading

Pramac MotoGP rider Jorge Martin edged out Aleix Espargaro in second practice for the British Grand Prix amid a close battle between Ducati and Aprilia for the top spot.Ducati had an early scare at the start of one-hour session, with both Enea Bastianini and Marco Bezzecchi having to pull up at the edge of the track with smoke coming out of their respective bikes.It didn’t take long for the duo …Keep reading

If we were to ask what Jacky Ickx, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell have in common, the answer may not be obvious to everyone. Sure, they’re all Formula 1 legends – though Ickx wrote the most glorious chapters of his career at Le Mans – but they’re also the only three drivers who have raced Ferrari, McLaren and Williams cars at some point in their careers, with Carlos Sainz now set to join them …Keep reading

Biffle, a native of the Vancouver, Wash., will return to his hometown area and drive the No. 23 Chevrolet for Sigma Performance Services in the Aug. 10 ARCA West race at Tri-City Raceway in East Richland, Wash.In two previous outings this season SPS, owned by Joe Farré, won the ARCA West race at Sonoma with current Xfinity driver Sam Mayer and finished third in the ARCA Menards Series event in …Keep reading

Pramac rider Jorge Martin is running a new part that is standard across all other Ducati MotoGP bikes with the hope that it will allow him to cut down on crashes in the second part of the season.Martin revealed that he had been racing with a slightly different component on his Desmosedici compared to other Ducati riders over the last few years, which makes the front end more vulnerable during …Keep reading

Pierre Gasly has called for Alpine to cut out its “mistakes”, having been stuck with “problems on top of problems” in the lead-up to Formula 1’s summer break.The Enstone-and-Viry outfit endured a nightmare start to the season with its car way off the pace of the rest of the pecking order and, despite improvements allowing Gasly to finally score points in the eighth race of the campaign in Monaco …Keep reading

Ducati MotoGP boss Davide Tardozzi has revealed that Franco Morbidelli will join Fabio di Giannantonio at the factory-supported VR46 team next year.Although an announcement is yet to be made by Valentino Rossi’s squad, Tardozzi appears to have gotten ahead of himself and divulged VR46’s line-up for the 2025 season.Tardozzi also confirmed that VR46 will receive only a single GP25 bike, which will …Keep reading

Montoya, 48, competed in the NASCAR Cup Series full-time from 2007 to 2013. He won two Cup races with Chip Ganassi Racing (Sonoma 2007 and Watkins Glen 2010) during his time in the sport. He collected 24 top-fives, 59 top-tens, and nine poles in 255 starts, and even won a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Mexico City in 2007.The Colombian racing driver finished as high as eighth in the Cup Series …Keep reading

For all the impressive moments in Lando Norris’ 2024 Formula 1 season, his approach to starts has been a significant Achilles’ heel this season – and has lost him at least two race wins into the first corner.There have been a handful of notable moments in which Norris made inauspicious choices into Turn 1 this year, including his getaways from pole position at the Spanish and Hungarian Grands …Keep reading