BMW beats Alpine in red-flagged FP3 as LMDh cars dominate
BMW claimed the top spot in third practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours following a late flying lap from one-lap specialist Dries Vanthoor. The Belgian set a blistering time of 3m23.302s in the final minutes of the two-hour session, putting the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 over four tenths ahead of Victor Martins in […]
Sebastien Loeb to make traditional stage rallying return
World Rally Championship legend Sebastien Loeb will jump behind the wheel of WRC machinery in a rare appearance for the French Tarmac Rally Championship this weekend. The nine-time world champion is making a return to traditional stage rallying having been competing for Dacia in the World Rally-Raid Championship, which he currently heads after three of five […]
Why Leclerc will match Hamilton’s braking set-up
As soon as Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari sustained the languid, inglorious slide into the wall at Antony Noghes in the latter stages of last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, the Monegasque was sure that his brakes were to blame. Leclerc could have easily blamed the track breaking up, as a relaid patch of tarmac between the final […]
Toyota sees “two-class” split emerging between LMDh and LMH at Le Mans
Toyota believes LMH cars are facing a clear deficit to their LMDh counterparts in what he described as a “two-class” structure heading into this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours. The Japanese marque’s technical director made that comment following the opening qualifying at Circuit de la Sarthe on Wednesday, in which the top six spots were […]
Inside Marc Marquez’s new approach to racing after surgery
Marc Marquez’s dominant victory in last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix was the clearest sign yet that he can still operate at the front in MotoGP. Despite still not having fully recovered from the injury he sustained in Indonesia last October, Marquez was able to claim pole position and convert that into a double win at […]
Ben Keating admits to fitness concerns on Le Mans return after elbow surgery
Ben Keating has admitted that he is not fully fit as he prepares to return from an elbow injury at this week’s Le Mans 24 Hours, revealing he is still dealing with discomfort after surgery. The TF Sport driver suffered a mountain bike accident towards the end of March, ruling him out from the opening […]
Red Bull was left «surprised» by Antonelli’s pace en route to Monaco GP win
Kimi Antonelli set a record as the youngest grand slam winner in Formula 1 history when he dominated the Monaco Grand Prix, and Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies admits that his “serious pace” came as a surprise to many onlookers. The Mercedes teenager put his Mercedes on pole position in the principality ahead of the […]
Peugeot’s scathing explanation for Le Mans qualifying debacle: “We are in WEC”
Peugeot team principal Emmanuel Esnault has hit out at the FIA World Endurance Championship after both 9X8s were eliminated in qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Esnault was livid after Peugeot went from qualifying fourth at the Imola 6 Hours, 0.073s down on pole position, and taking pole at the Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours, to […]
Toyota spins and then goes fastest in FP2
Toyota beat Ferrari to the fastest time in the second practice session for the Le Mans 24 Hours on Wednesday night. Kamui Kobayashi set a best time of 3m26.096s just seconds after the chequered flag dropped at the Circuit de la Sarthe to put the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid on top by over two-tenths of a […]