Automotors

Ford wants to keep the “opportunity to compete as a manufacturer” in the World Rally Championship in the future but has highlighted a need for an open set of 2027 regulations.The American automotive brand is one of the WRC’s most successful manufacturers scoring 94 rally wins, a stat only surpassed by Citroen in the championship’s history.Ford is one of three car makers currently represented in …Keep reading

With the new regulatory framework that came into force following a unanimous vote by all MotoGP manufacturers, Yamaha and Honda were placed in the D class. This allows them, among other things, to ride with their regular rider line-up as many times as they want and to make engine modifications – something that is not allowed to the rest.But a simple glance at the championship standings might make …Keep reading

After its excellent, albeit surprising, start to the 2023 Formula 1 season, Aston Martin hadn’t been able to preserve that momentum through the rest of the year and into 2024.Where Fernando Alonso scored 149 points in the opening 12 races of 2023, the veteran Spaniard has managed just 45 in the same number of races this term, without a podium finish among them.Explaining Aston Martin’s apparent …Keep reading

Kirk Kirkwood has retracted his criticism of fellow IndyCar racers Alexander Rossi and Sting Ray Robb after their collision in Iowa on Sunday that led to his own separate wreck.Rossi’s Arrow McLaren Chevrolet ran out of fuel exiting Turn 2 on the final lap of the race.Robb attempted make a pass on the inside of Rossi but caught the right-front of his No. 41 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet on the …Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin is finally able “to call myself an IndyCar driver now” after winning his first oval race in last weekend’s first leg of IndyCar’s doubleheader at Iowa Speedway. However, he’s also methodically marching into territory of potentially being something even more by season’s end: champion.The 31-year-old New Zealander scored his second win of the season in stout fashion …Keep reading

Most of the contenders for the win on Sunday had committed themselves to one of two pit strategies – pit before the start of Stage 3 with one final stop later which would require a lot of fuel or run well into the final stage with final shorter stop late in the race.When Todd Gilliland blew a brake rotor and hit the Turn 1 wall on lap 115 of 160, the strategies and some of the contenders took a …Keep reading

Three-time MotoGP race winner Cal Crutchlow will not take part in the British GP next month due to continued issues with his hand, Yamaha said on Monday.The Briton, who retired from full-time racing at the end of 2020, was set to compete in the Silverstone race as one of his three wildcard entries planned for the year.The Yamaha test rider had been expected to compete in the Italian Grand Prix at …Keep reading

IndyCar points leader Alex Palou says last weekend’s Iowa races were “the most boring thing I’ve ever done” after he limited to damage to his advantage following his shock exit in Saturday’s event.The Chip Ganassi Racing driver hit out after finishing second in Sunday’s second element of a double-header weekend at the 7/8-mile oval, which had its corners repaved since last year’s …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton was pretty open about the emotional importance of his British Grand Prix triumph after 945 days without a Formula 1 victory.And while the ghosts of Abu Dhabi 2021 may never truly be banished, at least the fear of never winning again following all the controversy of that evening has been laid to rest.But there is also a statistical significance to what Mercedes did at the British …Keep reading

MotoGP’s planned debut at the Sokol International Circuit has become something of a soap opera. At this point, it is quite understandable that most of the paddock’s members doubt that the Kazakhstan race will ever take place.The ‘show’ has offered several chapters. Dorna, the rights holder for the event, first introduced Kazakhstan on the 2023 calendar. Under the slogan “New circuit, new …Keep reading