Evans not prepared to increase risk to claim WRC Monte Carlo win
Evans will head into Saturday equipped with a 4.5s lead over nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier after eight of 17 stages. Given Ogier’s history at his home event, the Frenchman is regarded as a strong favourite to score a 10th event win and ended Friday in the ascendency after slashing the gap to Evans. While […]
Button forced to miss Chicago NASCAR return in “really good car”
Button qualified eighth for the inaugural event on the downtown streets of Chicago, one of three races he contested in a Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang. He was classified 21st in the race after being pushed into a spin in mixed weather conditions. Button returns to full-time competition in sportscar racing in 2024, making his […]
Ogier increases the pressure on leader Evans
Overnight leader Evans started the day with a 21.6s gap over nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier but that reduced to 4.5s at the end of stage eight. Nine-time Monte Carlo winner Ogier won three of the day’s six stages, held on tricky dry asphalt roads featuring treacherous icy patches. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville matched Ogier in […]
Pole-winning Cadillac beats BMW in final IMSA practice
Action Express Racing’s ex-F1 racer lapped Daytona International Speedway’s 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.982s in his Cadillac V-Series.R in warm track conditions for a one-hour session. Sebastien Bourdais set the early pace in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Caddy at 1m36.611s, but Connor De Phillippi beat that mark in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 […]
Why stable F1 2024 entry list was calm before driver market storm
The twin confirmations of extended deals for Charles Leclerc at Ferrari and Lando Norris at McLaren may not be much of a surprise, and are perhaps less exciting than if either driver was moving elsewhere. Nevertheless, they are also important statements by both the teams and the drivers, who are making very public displays of […]
Rival team talks quickly “shut down” before new McLaren F1 deal
The Briton has just announced a new deal that will keep him at McLaren beyond the 2026 season, although the exact length of his contract has not been revealed. The early move to extend his contract, which originally ran until the end of 2025, came amid what was understood to be serious interest from several […]
No plans to alter Monte WRC strategy after costly spin
The Hyundai driver ended the Friday morning loop in fourth overall more than a minute adrift of rally leader Toyota’s Elfyn Evans after losing 41.9s to a spin on stage three. Tanak was caught out by a patch of ice which spun his i20 N into a ditch. The 2019 world champion wasn’t the only […]
Penske, Porsche chasing significant milestones in 2024
Roger Penske has only found Victory Lane once in the twice-around-the-clock battle at Daytona International Speedway, and that happened in 1969 courtesy of Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons in a Lola T70 that was powered by Chevrolet. However, Porsche has been a force in the endurance classic, capturing a record 19 wins as a constructor, […]
Momentum key after McLaren exceeded all F1 expectations in 2023
New team principal Andrea Stella and McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown admitted that 2022-23 winter development targets had been missed when the MCL60 challenger was launched. The car duly failed to score a point across the opening two weekends but, led by a three-stage major update package, emerged as the most credible and consistent challenger […]