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Meyer Shank Racing announces Pagenaud for Daytona 24 Hours

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Pagenaud will join MSRs new full-time line-up of Oliver Jarvis and Tom Blomqvist, as well as its endurance third man Helio Castroneves, who will also be Pagenauds team-mate in the squads IndyCar team this year. For Pagenaud, who was an ace in the now-defunct American Le Mans Series before joining the IndyCar Series and also drove the Acura in IMSA endurance events under the Team ... Keep reading

Tanak confident Hyundai can fight hard in 2022 WRC

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The 2019 world champion endured a frustrating 2021 campaign claiming more stage wins than any of his rivals, but witnessed victories slip from his grasp due to reliability issues. Tanak, who missed last years final round in Monza due to personal reasons, is eager to kick off the 2022 season which presents a fresh start, courtesy of the WRCs embracing hybrid technology as part of new ... Keep reading

Toyota driver hit with Dakar penalty after collision with a bike rider

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The South African had already been penalised on Monday evening for hitting Chilean rider CesarZumaran during that day's running. This happened on a slow section where Zumaran was standing still. De Villiers wanted to pass on the right, but was forced slightly to the left and hit the motorcyclist, who fell over. De Villiers was called to the stewards' office and declared: "It was on a ... Keep reading

Lost personal belongings dashed Petruccis Dakar hopes

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Petrucci is making his Dakar debut with KTM and Tech3 with whom he raced in MotoGP last season having lost his MotoGP ride for 2022. With little preparation time on his rally bike ahead of the 2022 edition of the famous rally raid, Petrucci made a strong start to his maiden Dakar on the opening day. Fighting for the top five on Mondays second stage, he was forced to stop around ... Keep reading

Dakar 2022, Stage 1- Al-Attiyah eases to win, disaster for Audi

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For the first half of the 333km special near Hail in Saudi Arabia, Al-Attiyah came under serious pressure from the three Audis, with the German marques lead runner Stephane Peterhansel sitting just six seconds behind him after the first 120km. However, Audis challenge began to unravel en route to the next waypoint, with 14-time Dakar winner Peterhansel the first driver to drop out of ... Keep reading

De Villiers gets five-hour Dakar penalty for second motorcyclist incident

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The South African Toyota Gazoo Racing driver has been involved in two consecutive incidents (stage 1 and stage 2) in the 2022 Dakar event with two bike riders. The FIA sanctioned the 2009 Dakar winner on Monday with a five-minute penalty for hitting Chilean Csar Zumaran at the top of a strecht pass and not stopping to help him, but the second penalty was much more severe. De Villiers ran ... Keep reading

Dakar drops 'marathon' stage rule after heavy rain

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Following Saturday's Prologue and the first full stage of the rally raid in Ha'il on Sunday, the competitors were scheduled to face two days of Marathon during which they would not have been able to receive outside assistance from their teams. But heavy downpours that began on Saturday afternoon in Ha'il and throughout the northern region of the country have flooded the Al Artawiyah bivouac ... Keep reading

French anti-terror agency to investigate Dakar Rally blast

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The explosion at the Donatello Hotel in Jeddah on 30 December injured Frenchman Philippe Boutron, a driver for the Sodicars Racing team. Event organisers the ASO subsequently reinforced security at the bivouacs in the days after the incident, and the French anti-terrorist agency has now announced that it is investigating the circumstances. The explosion, which was already being ... Keep reading



KCMG set for Daytona 24 Hours debut with Porsche factory support

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The 2015 LMP2 class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours will field a solo Porsche 911 GT3 R at the IMSA opener on 29-30 January with a line-up including three factory drivers. Two-time IMSA class champion Laurens Vanthoor, Patrick Pilet and Dennis Olsen will share the car with KCMG regular Alexandre Imperatori. The sportscar arm of the Hong Kong-headquartered KCMG operation, which also races in ... Keep reading

Ex-MotoGP star Rossi out of Gulf 12 Hours due COVID-19 contact

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Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi was scheduled to make his now-regular Gulf 12 Hours appearance in Abu Dhabi with the Kessel Racing squad in a Ferrari 488 GT3. A class winner and overall podium finisher at previous events, Rossi was set to share a car with close friend Alessio Salucci and half-brother and current MotoGP rider Luca Marini. However, Kessel Racing has ... Keep reading

Alonso- 2007 gave wrong impression of my F1 happiness

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Two-time F1 world champion Alonso returned to the series last year with Alpine after a two-season break exploring other racing opportunities such as the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Indianapolis 500 and the Dakar Rally. Alonso scored one podium and helped Alpine finish fifth in the constructors championship last year, as well as playing a key role in team-mate Esteban Ocons shock win in ... Keep reading

Alpine "very encouraged" by 2021 F1 season progress

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Alpine suffered from an inconsistent 2021 campaign, but a shock maiden win for Esteban Ocon in Hungary and a podium for Fernando Alonso in Qatar gave the Enstone outfit the edge over AlphaTauri to clinch fifth in the constructors' championship. While it is clear Alpine has plenty of work to do to catch up with the likes of Ferrari and McLaren, who were miles ahead in the battle for third, team ... Keep reading

Wards AMSP move one of several key IndyCar engineer changes

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Ward, formerly a Red Bull engineer in Formula 1, replaced Brian Campe on Newgardens car in 2018, and therefore played a major role in 13 race wins and a series championship for the Penske driver. Its believed that Ward will take an overseeing role at Arrow McLaren SP, while Craig Hampson, the squads R&D engineer (and Indy 500 race engineer for Fernando Alonso in 2020 and Juan ... Keep reading





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