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Lando Norris has started from pole position five times during his Formula 1 career. Of those five times, he has never led the race at the end of lap 1.In the Hungarian GP on Sunday, a bad start enabled the team order controversy that overshadowed Oscar Piastri’s maiden victory.Here’s a look at all the times a bad start from pole has cost Norris.2021 Russian Grand PrixNorris scored his first-ever …Keep reading

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood says that team-mate Colton Herta “deserved” his Toronto IndyCar win and that there was no question of performing an undercut like the one that complicated McLaren’s Formula 1 strategy in Hungary.Ironically, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown had been spotted watching the Hungarian GP on TV with Michael Andretti on the morning of the Toronto race, just before …Keep reading

Nick Cassidy says that he and Antonio Felix da Costa “just cried together” after their collision in the Formula E London season finale which denied the Jaguar driver the title.Da Costa’s Porsche team-mate Pascal Wehrlein claimed this year’s Formula E drivers’ title as the German, Cassidy and the second Jaguar of Mitch Evans entered Sunday’s London E-Prix covered by just four …Keep reading

Hyundai has reiterated its drivers Thierry Neuville and Ott Tanak are currently free to fight for the World Rally Championship without fear of team orders, according to team principal Cyril Abiteboul.The Korean manufacturer’s two full-time drivers Neuville and Tanak are split by eight points in the title race after last weekend’s Rally Latvia with five rounds of the season remaining.Neuville …Keep reading

An “angry” Daniel Ricciardo lamented a missed opportunity after his RB Formula 1 team “f***ed up” his race strategy at the Hungarian Grand Prix.Ricciardo ran in front of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda during a very short opening stint on medium tyres, but was stuck behind Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen.The Williams and the Haas pitted on lap 6 before RB called Ricciardo in at the end of the next tour …Keep reading

Ducati has revealed its intention to take part in the Suzuka 8 Hours with a factory team in the coming years.The squad’s former MotoGP sporting director Paolo Ciabatti, who now heads up the marque’s off-road and regional superbike activities, has expressed a desire to take on Japanese marques in the blue riband round of the FIM Endurance World Championship as early as 2025.Ciabatti made those …Keep reading

Christian Pupulin, who serves as Jack Miller’s technical manager at KTM, will join Honda next year and replace Giacomo Guidotti on Luca Marini’s side of the garage, Motorsport.com has learned.With the rider market having now settled down after some bombshell announcements around the Italian GP, the focus has shifted to some of the leading engineers on the grid.With the exception of Fabiano …Keep reading

Ayumu Iwasa fears he won’t be able to fight for this year’s Super Formula title unless his Team Mugen crew makes a major effort to improve its startline performance.Red Bull junior Iwasa qualified second for last weekend’s fourth round of the season at Fuji, and looked to be in a strong position to close the gap to Mugen team-mate Tomoki Nojiri at the head of the drivers’ standings.But a …Keep reading

McLaren may have delivered a dominant 1-2 at Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, but it did not come without controversy thanks to the late team orders controversy.A decision to pit Lando Norris first at the final round of stops handed the Briton the undercut and the lead against Oscar Piastri, and meant that when his team-mate pitted two laps later, the Australian came out behind.What played out …Keep reading

What has become a far-too-typical storyline for Reddick, he and his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota team had a car capable of winning but needed to overcome some struggles to put himself back in contention and salvage a good result.While it’s been frustrating coming close on multiple occasions to picking up his second NASCAR Cup win of the 2024 season, Reddick has still racked up eight top-10 …Keep reading