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A defiant Sergio Perez says he will turn his Formula 1 season around after suffering another blow in British Grand Prix qualifying.In the opening stages of a wet qualifying session, Perez slipped off the road at Copse and got stuck in the gravel trap, ending his session in 19th.It’s the latest blow for Perez amid a downturn in form that has seen the Mexican score just 15 points since Imola …Keep reading

Fabio di Giannantonio will continue to race for VR46 until the 2026 MotoGP season after agreeing a deal with Ducati, Motorsport.com has learned.As per the agreement, di Giannantonio has been guaranteed the full-factory spec GP25 from Ducati in 2025, having had to be content with year-old machinery during his first three years in MotoGP.The Italian had a two-year offer from Yamaha to race for …Keep reading

A couple of weeks ago, Formula 1’s driver market had been expected to quickly fall into place once the first domino of Carlos Sainz’s choice for 2025 fell into place.As F1 left the Monaco Grand Prix, the options for the Spaniard had appeared to pretty much distil down to a straight choice between Williams and Sauber/Audi.With the golden seats at Red Bull and Mercedes looking gone, as Sergio …Keep reading

Arvid Lindblad took his fourth win of the season in a thrilling Formula 3 feature race at Silverstone that took place in mixed conditions.A smattering of rain ahead of the start saw all but Rodin pair Callum Voisin and Piotr Wisnicki switch to wet tyres for the formation lap, although a number of drivers – including Prema trio Lindblad, Gabriele Mini and Dino Beganovic – stopped after the tour …Keep reading

Kalle Rovanpera overcame a jump start penalty to claim a maiden circuit race win in only his fourth start in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux series at Imola.The two-time world rally champion, contesting a partial campaign in the one-make Porsche series, completed an impressive lights-to-flag victory from pole, but was made to work hard for his first circuit race win.The factory Toyota World Rally …Keep reading

New Zealander Matt Payne used a three-stop strategy to place the Grove Racing Ford Mustang at the front of the field with 22 of the 88 laps remaining, to take his second career Supercars win, and first of the 2024 season.The 21-year-old was the first of the drivers to make a pitstop, committing him to a three-stop strategy, and he came home to win by 6.06s.“We’ve had a tough couple of rounds …Keep reading

Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had their Formula 1 cars dialled back to their Imola-spec parts as the Italian squad hoped to find an answer to its recent performance problems.The team had introduced two larger-scale upgrade packages this season: one at Imola, and the other at Barcelona, as it sought to maintain a regular cadence of adding performance to the car. The Imola upgrades …Keep reading

Van Gisbergen – who was involved in a wild back and forth battle with Kyle Larson for the lead early in the race – had to find his way back to the front of the field in the final stage while on a different pit strategy.He moved into third with seven of 50 laps remaining and was still third when a caution for a stalled car on the track set up a restart with three to go.He quickly got around …Keep reading

The comeback is in full swing for David Malukas after putting together a remarkable showing in knockout qualifying that ended with him starting third for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.It was only the second qualifying outing of the year for the 22-year-old after an off-season wrist injury led to surgery and led to the termination of his Arrow McLaren contract before …Keep reading

Alex Palou’s adaptability to IndyCar’s hybrid era was on display Saturday at Mid-Ohio after leading all three rounds of knockout qualifying and claiming pole by 0.0024s over Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward.The 13-turn, 2.258-mile natural terrain road course has been this weekend’s playground for Palou, who earned his second consecutive pole and third over the last six races this …Keep reading