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Sebastien Ogier takes record-breaking WRC Sardinia victory

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-08 13:35
Sebastien Ogier claimed a third win of the World Rally Championship season after surviving a final-stage mistake to conquer a demanding Rally Italy Sardinia.
The part-time Toyota driver and co-driver Vincent Landais avoided the pitfalls of Sardinia’s 16 rough gravel stages to take an impressive win, as Toyota extended its 100% winning start to 2025. 
Ogier was locked in a tense battle ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco in trouble at Aragon GP with Honda's confusing MotoGP problems

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-08 11:36
The rainy French Grand Prix was a big moment for Honda, taking its first MotoGP win since 2023 with Johann Zarco. Silverstone was also positive when the Frenchman finished second in the grand prix, this time in dry conditions.
The tide was allegedly changing for the Japanese manufacturer according to fans and some members of the media, so imagine their surprise when Zarco found himself at the ...Keep reading

’It's going to be the most authentic F1 movie ever’ – An exclusive Q&A with ‘F1’ movie star Javier Bardem

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-08 10:56
The new F1 movie will be released around the world next month, and ahead of the hotly-anticipated launch of the new film, you can read an exclusive Q&A with Hollywood star Javier Bardem, who plays APXGP team boss Ruben Cervantes…

Legends Parade to bring Hollywood glamour to Austria

Formula 1 - Sun, 2025-06-08 10:56
The Austrian Grand Prix will have something of a Hollywood feel to it this season with the addition of a Legends Parade – the automotive stars of the screen taking to the track as part of an extravaganza of entertainment.

Broc Feeney takes second victory from Supercars Wanneroo round

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-08 10:20
Broc Feeney has taken a dominant win in the third and final Supercars race at Wanneroo Raceway near Perth, in Western Australia.
The Triple Eight Chevrolet driver took pole position by an emphatic 0.20s, sprinted away on the opening lap and, after a late-race scare, went on to take a narrow 0.5671s victory over the 83-lap journey on the Soft Dunlop control tyre.
Second place was a reward for ...Keep reading

Ferrari and Toyota are Le Mans favorites – but what about Porsche?

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-08 09:30
Last year, Porsche arrived at Le Mans as one of the favourites, riding the momentum of a strong start to its WEC campaign. But when it came down to it, the real fight was between Ferrari and Toyota. In 2025, the German manufacturer comes to La Sarthe in a very different situation, after a quiet opening trio of races.
What Porsche needs to lean on, if it’s to chase what would be a ...Keep reading

Is Lewis Hamilton really in free fall?

Motorsport - Sun, 2025-06-08 09:09
“Lewis is in free fall, isn’t he?” That was a message I’d received this week from a friend, who is a staunch Hamilton supporter.
The timing was interesting, as moments before, an email had dropped containing the comments from former F1 driver-turned-pundit Johnny Herbert, who is rapidly becoming Mr Rent-A-Quote on all manner of subjects, with his remarks freely available to use as a ...Keep reading

Ryan Blaney reveals what’s in his NASCAR driver code of conduct

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 23:50
Inside the car, Ryan Blaney is an outspoken driver who often lets his rivals know when they've annoyed him. And as a veteran of over 350 Cup races with 14 wins (including last weekend at Nashville), he has plenty of thoughts regarding how he wants to be raced and how he chooses to race others.
While this unwritten driver code of conduct varies throughout the field, Blaney helped create his with ...Keep reading

Feud over? Carson Hocevar claims "productive" talks with Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 22:09
At Nashville, Carson Hocevar's runner-up finish was overshadowed by a run-in with Ricky Stenhouse Jr., where contact from Hocevar sent Stenhouse spinning into the outside wall. The wreck was race-ending and Stenhouse has now fallen below the playoff cut-off line as a result.
Stenhouse indicated that payback was on the table immediately after the wreck, but things have since simmered down after ...Keep reading

Video: 12 drivers crash in frenzied NASCAR Truck restart melee at Michigan

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 21:37
With just five laps to go in the scheduled distance for Saturday's NASCAR Truck race at Michigan, 18-year-old rookie Gio Ruggiero and NASCAR Cup star Ross Chastain lined up on the front row for a mad dash to the finish.
Unfortunately for them, neither driver would be part of that fight to the checkered flag. Staying out on old tires with anxious drivers behind them, the pushes from trucks ...Keep reading

Amid losing streak, Hyundai accepts “consequences” of chasing WRC Sardinia win

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 21:14
Hyundai will push for victory at Rally Italy Sardinia and “accept the consequences” as the team aims to score its first win of the 2025 World Rally Championship campaign.
The Korean marque came to Sardinia — a rally where it has only been defeated twice since 2016 — under pressure to end Toyota’s 100% winning start to the year.
Hyundai’s Ott Tanak heads into Sunday’s final four ...Keep reading

Michigan mayhem: Truck battle ends in a triple overtime Stewart Friesen win

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 21:01
Entering this race in the middle of a three-year winless streak, Canadian driver Stewart Friesen was not originally in the conversation to claim victory at Michigan International Speedway. And yet, through a series of late-race crashes and overtime restarts, it was his No. 52 Toyota leading the way.
After a debris caution set up a five-lap dash to the checkered flag, Friesen was only running ...Keep reading

Manu Gonzalez to make MotoGP debut with Aprilia during Monday’s Aragon test

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 18:31
Aprilia will give Manuel Gonzalez his MotoGP debut during the collective test taking place this Monday at Aragon, Motorsport.com understands.
The Madrid-born rider, current leader of the Moto2 World Championship with the Intact GP team, will step in for Ai Ogura at Trackhouse, Aprilia’s satellite squad. This weekend, the American outfit will field only Raul Fernandez at Motorland while ...Keep reading

“I cannot do it” – Pecco Bagnaia rues ‘toughest moment in his MotoGP career’

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 17:54
One man who seems unable to catch a break currently on the MotoGP grid is Francesco Bagnaia, who has struggled all weekend so far during the Aragon Grand Prix.
Braking problems have been to blame, with the constant locking of his front wheel wrecking the confidence of the factory Ducati rider.
While he managed to qualify in P4, the sprint race at the Motorland circuit was much more in tune ...Keep reading

Sebastien Ogier survives brutal Sardinia Saturday with slender lead

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 17:42
Sebastien Ogier will take a slender 11.1s lead into the final day of Rally Italy Sardinia after surviving a brutal Saturday that served up trouble for several World Rally Championship crews.
Toyota’s Ogier managed to hold his nerve in a tense and pressure-filled battle with Hyundai’s Ott Tanak in incredibly challenging conditions where the risk of puncture was high. Knowing that Tanak would ...Keep reading

Marc Marquez explains how he stopped taking “too much risk” for sprint win

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 17:28
It has really been Marc Marquez's weekend so far. Aside from a slip-up in Q2 which gave away pole position to Alex Marquez for a brief moment, the Spaniard hasn't looked under pressure from anyone during MotoGP’s Aragon Grand Prix weekend.
Of course, Marc decided to spice things up for himself with some self-inflected pressure as his wheel-spinning start dropped him down the order in the ...Keep reading

Chase Briscoe earns third consecutive NASCAR Cup pole, beating Kyle Busch

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 17:05
In NASCAR Cup Series qualifying at Michigan, top speeds were reaching 200 mph with drivers running mostly wide open all around the two-mile speedway.
But the best to do it was once again the driver of the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Chase Briscoe. He has now earned pole position for three straight race weekends and four total this season, posting a fast lap of 195.514mph.
"Tried to run ...Keep reading

Toyota drivers predict faster lap times and “plenty of fighting” ahead at Le Mans

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 16:54
Officially released on Thursday evening by race organizers, the Balance of Performance (BoP) for the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans suggests, at least on paper, a fierce showdown between several Hypercar manufacturers. With Ferrari taking the last two victories at the endurance race, Toyota is looking to take advantage — all while approaching the BoP figures with caution, knowing full well they ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo laments “unrideable” Yamaha bike in Aragon sprint

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 16:05
Fabio Quartararo was Yamaha's most vocal rider about electronics gremlins at the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix, and his frustration was clear to see out on track.
The Yamaha engineers tried to find some improvements on Friday night, and after managing to get into Q2 following the Q1 qualifying session, Quartararo put his bike ninth on the grid. This proved to be a false dawn however, and the 2021 ...Keep reading

DTM Zandvoort: Ayhancan Guven wins chaotic race in the rain

Motorsport - Sat, 2025-06-07 15:29
Ayhancan Guven took his second victory of the 2025 DTM season in Zandvoort, in chaotic and rainy conditions.
The Manthey Porsche driver kept his composure despite challenging circumstances, avoiding mistakes and triumphing ahead of Nicki Thiim (Abt Lamborghini) and Maximilian Paul (Paul Lamborghini), who both reached the podium thanks to a daring tyre strategy.
“That was mega, I'm so ...Keep reading

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