Tanak scores first Puma win in preparation for WRC Rally Sweden
M-Sport elected to field new signing Tanak in the Estonian national rally to offer the 2019 world rally champion extra testing mileage in the Puma ahead of Rally Sweden. New testing restrictions have been imposed on WRC teams this year in a bid to clamp down on costs by limiting manufacturer teams to 21 pre-event […]
KTM adds Jonas Folger as test rider for 2023 MotoGP season
Folger will work with incumbents Dani Pedrosa and Mika Kallio on the 2023-spec KTM RC16 in his new role, joining the team just before the start of official testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on February 5-7. His appointment comes as KTM aims to mount a serious challenge for the title this year, […]
Lapierre to skip 2023 WEC season as Alpine steps down to LMP2
The 38-year-old has been a mainstay of the WEC since the series’ inception, initially as a Toyota driver in the top LMP1 class until he was dropped by the marque in mid-2014. After a limited programme with the KCMG LMP2 team in 2015, which included his first Le Mans 24 Hours class win, Lapierre joined […]
KTM adds Folger as test rider for 2023 MotoGP season
Folger will work with incumbents Dani Pedrosa and Mika Kallio on the 2023-spec KTM RC16 in his new role, joining the team just before the start of official testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on February 5-7. His appointment comes as KTM aims to mount a serious challenge for the title this year, […]
How SUPER GT’s 2023 GT300 field is shaping up
K-tunes Racing, LEON Racing and Saitama Toyopet Green Brave have all announced their 2023 entries, bringing the number of confirmed entries for the upcoming season up to 13. However, there are doubts as to whether the entry list for the junior class will reach the 28 cars that made up last year’s grid. As expected, […]
“Too early” to think about potential replacement by Blomqvist
Castroneves is well-loved within the Meyer Shank organization, not least because he delivered the team’s first win, and in the biggest race in the world, the 2021 Indianapolis 500. But days after winning the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for MSR Acura, Blomqvist tested the squad’s MSR-Honda IndyCar at Sebring and proved sensationally fast. On the […]