Friends of Laguna Seca announce Lauri Eberhart as CEO
FLS, a non-profit organization based in Monterey County, appointed Eberhart into the role following her depth of experience in motorsports and facility management. “Lauri brings a wealth of legal, sports and entertainment industry experience and expertise to FLS,” said Ross Merrill, president of FLS. “Her skillset melds perfectly with our existing resources and partnerships as […]
Gravel season “definitely” an opportunity for Tanak to ignite WRC title bid
The Hyundai driver heads to Portugal this week – which marks the start of the WRC’s traditional gravel season – sitting fourth in the championship and 33 points adrift of championship leader and team-mate Thierry Neuville. After uncharacteristic errors in Monte Carlo and Sweden, Tanak showed signs of his pace in Kenya before an unfortunate […]
MotoGP promoting special liveries to celebrate 75th anniversary
Motorsport.com understands that MotoGP rights holder Dorna has held several meetings with premier class teams to help honour the occasion. Dorna has suggested that the special liveries on the bikes should be vintage in nature and limited to one round, likely the British Grand Prix on 2-4 August. There are some teams on the grid […]
Honda yet to find the direction it wants with MotoGP bike
Despite showing some impressive signs of recovery over the winter, and benefitting from a new concession system that came into force this year, Honda has struggled to make much progress at the beginning of the 2024 season. Approaching this weekend’s French Grand Prix, it sits at the bottom of the constructors’ standings on just 13 […]
Rossi reveals continued WEC and GT World Challenge plans for 2025
The seven-time MotoGP champion has outlined a plan to continue racing a WRT BMW M4 GT3 in the two series in what will be only his fourth year racing full-time in cars after retiring from two wheels at the end of 2021. “I like racing the GT3 car and for me, these two championships are […]
Dall’Igna ‘won’t let go’ of Marquez as 2025 MotoGP decision looms
Marquez, Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini are all in the running for a coveted seat at the works Ducati team next year, as the Italian manufacturer weighs up which rider to put alongside double champion Francesco Bagnaia. Although Ducati initially had reservations about Marquez joining its satellite Gresini team this year, it eventually gave the […]
WRC Sardinia schedule sheds light on part-time driver programmes
The Italian gravel rally, which hosts the sixth round of the championship, has confirmed an eight-car Rally 1 field primed to tackle the event’s new 48-hour sprint format from 31 May – 2 June. Eight-time world champion Ogier is on the list, meaning he will contest three consecutive events for the first time this season, […]
Mardenborough to make international racing return at Spa 24 Hours
The 32-year-old Briton will contest the blue riband round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup on 29/30 June aboard a McLaren 720S GTE Evo run by RJN Motorsport, the team with which he took his first steps in racing after winning Nissan’s gamer-to-racer academy scheme in 2011. Mardenborough, whose story was told in […]
Заявка на патент Canon: Canon RF 35mm F1.4 и 26mm F1.4
В этой заявке на патент (2024-061921) компания Canon демонстрирует некоторые любопытные варианты реализации некоторых объективов с фиксированным фокусным расстоянием. Это простые числа с полным изображением в виде круга без растягивания изображения, поэтому понятно, что они будут предназначены для использования в качестве простых чисел более высокого класса. Возможно, Canon устал от моего нытья по этому поводу […]