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KTM was seen as a possible destination for Marquez when he was pondering leaving Honda at the end of last year, but the six-time MotoGP champion eventually chose to join the Ducati fold via its satellite Gresini team.However, this doesn’t necessarily mean the Spaniard would never end up on an RC16, especially with his contract with Gresini lasting only a single season.Although KTM already has ...Keep reading

Hulkenberg was one of several cars to stay out under an early safety car in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, a strategy which backfired for McLaren's Lando Norris and Mercedes man Lewis Hamilton as a necessary second safety car never materialised.Hulkenberg also needed to make a green flag pitstop, which would have normally dropped him out of points contention. But behind him, Haas colleague ...Keep reading

Malukas has been unable to drive competitively since sustaining a wrist injury in a mountain biking accident on 12 February. He was replaced by Ilott at the subsequent tests and in the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, where the 25-year-old Brit finished 13th.As Malukas carries on with his recovery, Ilott will again drive one of Arrow McLaren's Chevrolet-powered entries in the upcoming ...Keep reading

Renger van der Zande set the fastest time (1:48.279s) in the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R. Trailing the Dutchman by almost half a second at 1:48.758s was Jack Aitken in the No. 31 Action Express Cadillac. Nick Tandy was third overall in the No. 6 Porsche 963 with a best lap of 1:48.941s.Leading the LMP2 class was Mikkel Jensen in the No. 11 TDS Racing ORECA, lapping the circuit in 1:51.342s. He was ...Keep reading

At the season-opener in Bahrain, Alonso qualified sixth but slipped to ninth behind the Mercedes and McLaren drivers in the race, finishing 74 seconds adrift of winner Max Verstappen.Alonso qualified fourth for the Saudi Arabian GP, but he soon lost a place to Oscar Piastri's McLaren.He then remained in fifth place for the duration of the race, successfully staying in front of the Mercedes of ...Keep reading

As part of the FIA’s extensive vision for the future of top-level rallying, the world motorsport governing body announced plans for affordable upgrade kits to be made available for Rally2 cars next year to close the performance gap between Rally2 and Rally1 cars.These bolt-on upgrade kits will be priced at approximately €5,000, comprising a larger exhaust, modified aerodynamics, a larger air ...Keep reading

Concerns over the partnership with Red Bull and RB, the former AlphaTauri team, have rumbled on in recent months, with McLaren's Zak Brown particularly vocal over the potential issues arising from one entity owning two F1 teams.Brown's concerns stem from much more than staff transferring between the two teams and thereby sharing IP, and also relate to areas including political influence and race ...Keep reading

Penske has revealed that his aspirations to host the North American round of the WEC on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, outlined as early as 2022, remain on hold for at least the next two seasons.“I cannot say we are ready to do something in the next 24 months,” said Penske, whose team runs the factory Porsche squad in the Hypercar class of the WEC.“I would like to do it, but we ...Keep reading

The 48-year-old has been replaced on an interim basis by Rouven Mohr, who will fulfil his new responsibilities alongside his duties as chief technical officer of the overall Lamborghini organisation.The move was announced by the Italian manufacturer on Thursday in a short statement that gave no insight into the reasons for Sanna’s departure.It follows Sanna’s absence from this month’s World ...Keep reading

With full-time Scuderia driver Carlos Sainz requiring surgery for appendicitis, team reserve driver and FIA F2 racer Bearman was called upon to partner Charles Leclerc from FP3 onwards.The two-time Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award finalist narrowly missed out on a Q3 appearance in qualifying before lining up in 11th. He finished the Jeddah contest in seventh – with Leclerc scoring ...Keep reading

For the past three years, Toyota has been the dominant force in the World Rally Championship, sweeping aside the opposition to win a stunning drivers’ and manufacturers’ treble. But this year the Japanese marque is taking on a new challenge and has entered the Rally2 customer sphere with the GR Yaris Rally2 – “the aggressive sibling of the GR Yaris Rally1”, according to Toyota WRC team ...Keep reading

Martin made his MotoGP debut with the factory-supported Pramac Ducati team in 2021 and scored a maiden victory that year at the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria.In 2023, the Spaniard fought for the title with factory Ducati team rival Francesco Bagnaia, ultimately missing out at the final round of the season.Five times a grand prix winner and a 10-time sprint victor, Martin is set to be a major ...Keep reading

With F1 looking like it is heading to its third year of single team dominance, there have been questions asked about whether the rules revamp that took place from 2022 has ultimately failed.The bold changes aimed at making the racing more exciting and closing the field up have not delivered all that had been hoped, with Red Bull remaining out front and overtaking getting more and more ...Keep reading

Confirmation of the split after what will be four seasons has been provided by Ganassi managing director Mike Hull, who told Motorsport.com that “we are ending this chapter” of a long relationship with Cadillac parent company General Motors that has straddled IndyCars, NASCAR and Extreme E as well as sportscars. He said that it was coming to an end in a “very positive way”, adding that ...Keep reading

The Australian was classified 16th in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, one spot behind team-mate Yuki Tsunoda – who was tagged with a five-second penalty for an unsafe release.Ricciardo was stymied in Jeddah by a 41s pitstop due to an issue fitting the rear tyres as the team attempted a double stack during a safety car period. He also spun late on at the opening corner and struggled to catch ...Keep reading

At Phoenix, Toyota drivers absolutely dominated, leading all but 14 laps with Christopher Bell ultimately taking the checkered flag.Chris Buescher was second and Ty Gibbs third in the final running order. Fresh off his third consecutive top-five finish, Ryan Blaney now leads the regular season championship standings.Bell is also the defending winner of the spring race at Bristol, but that was on ...Keep reading

Again this season, the iconic 0.625-mile track will host two days of racing, a Truck Series race on May 18 followed by the Cup Series’ all-star race on May 19.Last year’s events – the first NASCAR races at the track since a Cup race in 1996 – were held on the same surface, despite millions of dollars in renovations to the facility by Speedway Motorsports.Wednesday’s Goodyear tire test ...Keep reading

The F1 Manager series of video games returns for another instalment, with the latest 2024 release set to launch this summer.As is expected, the current Formula 1 (plus reserver drivers), Formula 2 and Formula 3 grids will be included with you replacing the likes of Toto Wolff or Fred Vasseur as Team Principal.Much like the two prior F1 Manager games, you will be tasked with allocating funds within ...Keep reading

Kvyat, 29, is a Russian racing driver with 110 starts and three podiums as a Formula 1 driver between 2014 and 2020. His best result came in the 2015 Hungarian Grand Prix, finishing second to Sebastian Vettel. 2015 was his best season overall, driving for Red Bull and ending the year seventh in the championship standings.Since leaving F1, he has done several races in the FIA World Endurance ...Keep reading

The Frenchman says that the 18-year-old should concentrate on his F2 programme and make the most of the Haas FP1 running that he has lined up, after he successfully stood in for Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia.Read Also:


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