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On the series’ debut on the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit, Taylor beat Porsche’s Mathieu Jaminet after pulling off a great overtaking move inside the final 25 minutes in GTP.AO Racing’s Seb Priaulx and Laurin Heinrich won the GTD Pro class.After the pair of factory-backed Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s swept the front row in qualifying …Keep reading

Evans has cut a frustrated figure throughout this week’s Rally Sardinia, having been unable to find the confidence to extract the ultimate pace from his Toyota GR Yaris on the gravel stages.After finishing sixth in Portugal last month, the Welshman’s struggles for speed have continued into Sardinia to leave Evans adrift of the victory fight.A puncture on Friday cost Evans time, but he was …Keep reading

The WRC has been eyeing a return to the Middle East for some time having last hosted a round in the region in 2011 courtesy of Rally Jordan.Confirmation of a 10-year deal with Saudi Arabia was announced at this weekend’s Rally Sardinia, which has been attended by HRH Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al Abdullah Al-Faisal, Chairman of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation and the Saudi …Keep reading

The timing of the deal comes less than a week after Newgarden captured his second consecutive victory in the Indianapolis 500, which gave legendary team owner Roger Penske 20 wins in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”Newgarden first joined Penske in 2017, winning the first of his two IndyCar Series titles that year (with the other being 2019), with 27 of his 30 victories (13th all-time) …Keep reading

Tanak headed into the afternoon stages with a 3.5s lead over part-time driver Ogier, but ended the day trailing the eight-time world champion by 17.1s.The Estonian revealed he’d received a team order to back off with the manufacturer’s championship in mind, after team-mate Thierry Neuville retired from third on stage eight.Ogier’s lead secured 18 provisional championship points, with Tanak …Keep reading

Herta navigated the 1.645-mile, nine temporary street circuit to put down a quick lap of 1m00.5475s to claim the top spot, which provided a big rebound after crashing from second in the Indianapolis 500 last weekend.It is the 12th pole of Herta’s IndyCar Series career.Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou made a strong run at pole but the reigning champion fell short by 0.1520s to claim the second …Keep reading

Quartararo was unlucky to retire from Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello on lap two of 11 when Miguel Oliveira crashed his Trackhouse Aprilia in front of him at Turn 10 following a failed attempt to overtake the Frenchman, leaving the former with nowhere to go.The 2021 champion went down with Oliveira into the right-hander and retired immediately, bringing a premature end to a Saturday in which …Keep reading

Castroneves, who also shares a minor ownership role within MSR, has been called upon to substitute for Blomqvist in the No. 66 Honda-powered entry for the next two events, including this weekend’s Detroit Grand Prix.The decision to pull the 30-year-old came after crashing in Turn 1 of the opening lap of the Indianapolis 500. In five points-paying rounds this season, he has a best finish of …Keep reading

Kirkwood had just let Andretti Global team-mate Herta through at Turn 3 when he got into a wheel-banging moment with AJ Foyt Racing’s Ferrucci at Turn 5.Kirkwood said over the radio: “Santino needs to get kicked out of the series.”A lap after that, Ferrucci weaved and balked Herta in the Turns 6-7 complex before Herta was able to pull off an inside pass in Turn 8 as Ferrucci dove to …Keep reading

Dunlop moved into second on the all-time winners’ list at the TT in 2023 when he notched up his 25th success, putting him one off the record held by his late uncle Joey Dunlop since 2000.Winning both of the Supersport races last year, Dunlop was overwhelming favourite coming into Saturday’s opening contest for the class – which was delayed to 2:45pm local time due to a road traffic accident …Keep reading