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The announcement that Ocon will be out of his seat comes a week after the Frenchman caused a collision with his team-mate Pierre Gasly during the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix.Alpine’s team principal Bruno Famin warned “there would be consequences”, with many expecting the team to have a driver line-up change for the Canadian Grand Prix It is understood that the decision to part ways with …Keep reading

On Monday evening, it was announced that Martin will leave the Ducati fold after four seasons and move to Aprilia in 2025, replacing the retiring Aleix Espargaro on a multi-year deal.It followed a series of events over the past week at Mugello, as the Spaniard went from being selected for the factory Ducati seat to having that ride snatched away from him.On Saturday afternoon, a member of Ducati …Keep reading

Tuesday 4 June marks the third race day of the 2024 Isle of Man TT, after action kicked off last Saturday with the opening Supersport and Sidecar contests of the event.Racing continued on Sunday with a dramatic six-lap Superbike TT won by Peter Hickman.Tuesday’s schedule at the Isle of Man is due to see the first Superstock race of the event and the opening Supertwin contest.That was originally …Keep reading

The five-time MotoGP race winner’s fate at Ducati was revealed on Monday 3 June when Motorsport.com broke the news that the Italian manufacturer had decided to promote Marc Marquez to its factory team.While an official Ducati announcement is still forthcoming, it was all but confirmed on Monday evening when Aprilia announced it had signed a multi-year deal with Jorge Martin.In 2025, Bastianini …Keep reading

The Italian squad is gearing up to get Hamilton on board as Leclerc’s team-mate in 2025 for what it hopes will be the start of a new era where it can get back to the top of F1.But having two clear number ones at any team has the danger of points getting split across both cars – opening the door for a rival team with a clear leader coming through the middle to beat them both.But Vasseur does …Keep reading

The three-time Supercars champion captured his first victory in the Xfinity Series last Saturday at Portland International Raceway, passing Justin Allgaier with three of 75 laps remaining and holding on for the win.The victory locks van Gisbergen into the 2024 series playoffs in his rookie season. Until his win, he was struggling to stay in contention for a berth based on points.“It’s been a …Keep reading

A 23-year-old New Zealander, Armstrong was in the mix late for a possible win despite starting 19th and being stuck in a multi-car incident that was triggered by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard in Turn 3 on lap 53 of 100.  In some ways, the incident prompted a pit stop on lap 56 – the last of his four – that was on the same strategy as Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Scott …Keep reading

On 30 May, ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, it looked certain that the eventuality everyone was anticipating for 2025 was coming to pass.Gazzetta dello Sport reported that championship leader Martin would be promoted to the factory Ducati team and the Italian marque was now waiting to get Marc Marquez’s answer on whether he would race for Pramac on a factory GP25.When Marquez faced the media and …Keep reading

Scherer Sport PHX’s Audi took a provisional victory on Sunday when attempts to restart the race, which was halted by fog on Saturday evening and paused for 14 hours, proved abortive. To the huge frustration of the 240,000 spectators, drivers and teams, following five laps behind the safety car to determine whether the race could be restarted, race director Walter Hornung made the call to end the …Keep reading

The revised Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar introduced at the Imola WEC in April has received an 18kg weight break down to 1047kg while retaining the maximum power of 508kW (681bhp) at which it raced last time out at Spa in May. It follows two races at which the heavily reworked LMH, which now runs a conventional rear wing, failed to match the performance of the previous iteration of the car at …Keep reading