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McLaren CEO Zak Brown says McLaren is “prepared to go toe-to-toe” with Red Bull as it mounts a Formula 1 title challenge, but pledges the team won’t be “nasty” about it.Following a string of car upgrades McLaren has closed the performance gap to Red Bull in recent weeks, having been the highest-scoring team over the past six races.McLaren’s surge to the front has raised simmering tensions between …Keep reading

With rain approaching the track, Heim maintained a steady lead, but his No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota team had waited to make a final green-flag stop for fuel.A caution on lap 45 provided something of a cushion, saving some fuel, but when rain finally brought out a caution with eight of the scheduled 70 laps remaining, his team felt sure he had enough to make it.As it turned out, he did. After more …Keep reading

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin led the only practice session of the weekend for IndyCar’s doubleheader at Iowa Speedway.The New Zealander threw down a monster lap of 185.891 mph around the 0.894-mile oval, which featured newly-repaved bottom lanes in all four corners.Reigning and two-time series champion Alex Palou ended up putting his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda second overall, just …Keep reading

The two Toyotas led the way in second free practice for Sunday’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round as the top four cars were separated by five-hundredths of a second.Sebastien Buemi sealed the top spot with a 1m26.727s aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar early in the extended session on Friday afternoon. Kamui Kobayashi then vaulted the sister #7 entry up from seventh …Keep reading

This weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will have a unique crossing of worlds as Juncos Hollinger Racing co-owner Brad Hollinger is sporting an IndyCar presence in West Sussex while also featuring two legendary Williams cars from Formula 1.A former shareholder and board member at Williams, Hollinger is now in his third full year as a team owner alongside Ricardo Juncos in North America’s …Keep reading

AO Racing’s Louis Deletraz set the pace in opening practice for the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.Deletraz beat Renger van der Zande (Tower Motorsports) and Ben Hanley (United Autosports) in the 90-minute session, which featured a 34-car entry.The premier class GTP hybrids have taken a break from the fearsome 2.459-mile, 10-turn road course near Toronto, formerly …Keep reading

At the launch of its all-electric concept car, NASCAR was at pains to point that it likely wouldn’t ever be its Cup Series platform or race in the Daytona 500. So why build it then?For a series that prides itself in being faithful to its roots, and being the oldest of schools when it comes to racing, the multi-billion dollar sanctioning body has been flexing its muscles recently when it comes to …Keep reading

The Tennessee native has amassed a staggering six wins, with Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward the only other active winner in the field with his lone victory in the second race of the 2022 doubleheader.Newgarden has won nine of the last 12 oval races on the schedule, including three of the four races held at Iowa Speedway in 2022 and 2023.Scott Dixon is the only driver to have competed in every …Keep reading

Peugeot has switched from focusing on the development of its updated 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar fully to improving performance after its reliable run at the Le Mans 24 Hours.Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the Peugeot Sport organisation that develops and runs the 9X8s, revealed that he is expecting an upturn in the performance of a car that failed to make it into the top 10 at …Keep reading

Peugeot set the quickest time in the opening practice for the World Endurance Championship at Sao Paulo after a red flag brought an early halt to proceedings.The 90-minute session was red-flagged at exactly the halfway point when Arnold Robin heavily crashed his #78 ASK Lexus RC F GT3 at Turn 4 on a damp but drying track. Although silver-rated Robin was reported to be okay and taken to medical …Keep reading