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Новости за 22.01.2023

Porsche driver Preining could join potential Manthey DTM effort

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Preining impressed during his maiden DTM campaign with Team Bernhard, scoring victories at the Norisring and the Red Bull Ring to emerge as a late title contender. It was only an incident with David Schumacher in the penultimate race at Hockenheim that ruled him out of the finale, leaving eventual champion Sheldon van der Linde, Mercedes ace Lucas Auer and then-Audi star Rene Rast to battle it ... Keep reading

The positive stories in national racing that deserve recognition

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All too often in recent weeks and months, Autosport's national column has been dedicated to analysis of a somewhat depressing topic or news story. From poor decisions by those in race control, and drivers (or, for that matter, clerks) behaving badly, to concern about Brexits impact and fears for the future of the sport, it can be easy to focus on the negatives. But, when there is good news ... Keep reading

WRC Monte Carlo- Ogier in command after Monte masterclass

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The Toyota driver, competing in a partial WRC campaign, delivered a masterclass display to claim four of the days six tricky Alpine asphalt stages. Ogiers relentless pace will see the eight-time Monte Carlo winner head into Saturday equipped with a 36.0s advantage over Rovanpera, who managed to leapfrog Hyundais Thierry Neuville into second across the afternoon loop. Neuville was ... Keep reading

Alfa Romeo announces launch date for 2023 Formula 1 car

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The Sauber-run squad, which is embarking on its last season under the moniker of the Italian car manufacturer ahead of its tie up with Audi for 2026, plans to reveal its C43 in Zurich on that day. The launch will then likely be followed soon after by a filming day at Barcelona to iron out any early teething problems before the only pre-season test takes place in Bahrain from 23 ... Keep reading

Acura heads Porsche in first official IMSA GTP test at Daytona Roar

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Braun lapped the 3.56-mile road course, which hosts the Daytona24 Hours next weekend, in 1m35.635s to top the timesheet in the opening session of the three-day Roar Before The 24 event in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06. Three of the four GTP manufacturers headed the times at some point in the thrice-interrupted 90-minute session, and Acura, Porsche and BMW were separated by ... Keep reading

Tanak- M-Sport Puma is comfortable but not racy yet

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This weekends Monte Carlo Rally is former Toyota and Hyundai driver Tanak's first rally in the machine that won in the principality last year in the hands of nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb,having re-joined the Cumbrian squad who started his WRC career in 2011 during the off-season. With only one-and-half test days under his belt prior to the rally, 2019 WRC champion Tanak ... Keep reading

Tandycar racings new era needs to live up to the hype

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Speaking during testing at Daytona, where the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours and Petit Le Mans winner was driving the new Porsche 963 ahead of his full-time IMSA GTP campaign, Tandy believes the coming seasons of unification across both prototype and GT classes can be huge for sportscar racing on both sides of the Atlantic. PLUS:The long road to convergence for sportscar racing's new golden ... Keep reading



Ogier opens up on "eventful" run to Monte Carlo WRC lead

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The eight-time world champion will head into Saturday equipped with a 36.0s lead over world champion Kalle Rovanpera, after winning six of the first eight stages. While Ogier has dominated his opposition, the Toyota drivers run to a commanding advantage has been far from straightforward. Toyota was forced to complete a record gearbox change, after a clutch issue was found during ... Keep reading

WRC Monte Carlo- Loubet crashes out after being caught out by ice

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The M-Sport driver was caught out by an ice patch on the final corner of the Le Fugeret - Thorame-Haute stage, the first test of the Saturday morning loop. Loubets Ford Puma slid wide after hitting the ice while crossing a bridge that marked the end of the 16.8km stage. The right-rear corner of the car clouted the barriers causing significant damage as it bent the right rear wheel and ... Keep reading

Gresini reveals 2023 MotoGP colours with Marquez and Di Giannantonio

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The Fausto Gresini-founded team enjoyed a breakout 2022 season with Enea Bastianini, who guided the squad to four victories and mounted an outside charge for the title for much of the year. Last year marked the first since 2014 where Gresini ran as a true independent team, having severed ties with Aprilia as its factory entrant at the end of 2021. Gresinis success came in the wake of the ... Keep reading

Daytona 24 Hours- Castroneves late lap puts MSR top in second Roar practice

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On his fifth lap of the session, Filipe Albuquerque in the #10 Acura ARX-06 of Wayne Taylor Racing beat the fastest lap that Meyer Shank Racings Acura, driven by Colin Braun, set in the morning session. A 1m35.580s around the 3.56-mile course put him some 1.6s ahead of his nearest opposition, which came from the #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh and the two BMW M Hybrid ... Keep reading

WEC drivers hope new sportscar era will last longer than LMP1

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The introduction of new regulations by both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship have brought an unprecedented number of manufacturers to the top echelon of sportscar racing, with Porsche, Toyota, Peugeot, Ferrari, BMW, Cadillac, Acura, Lamborghini, Alpine and Glickenhaus all having confirmed factory programmes for the coming seasons. This has brought back much needed life to prototype ... Keep reading

WRC Monte Carlo- Rovanpera nibbles Ogiers lead, Tanak suffers steering issue

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The eight-time world rally champion was afforded the luxury of not needing to push during the morning loop, but still picked up a stage win as his lead over Rovanpera stood at 30.0s at the midday tyre fitting zone. World champion Rovanpera claimed two stage wins to apply some pressure on Ogier, while maintaining Toyotas perfect stage win record at the rally to date. Hyundais charge was ... Keep reading

61 cars make Daytona 24 Hours like a gymkhana, says Bourdais

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Next weeks Daytona 24 Hours will feature 61 starters, including nine cars in IMSAs new premier GTP class. With the first day of 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship action now in the books in the Roar Before the 24, Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillacs Sebastien Bourdais suggested the GTP participants are treading especially carefully when lapping the four lower classes, since no manufacturers have ... Keep reading

Daytona 24 Hours- Acura on top in Roar practice but Porsche closing in

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Chip Ganassi Racings Cadillacs were the first cars to show their hand in GTP, with Sebastien Bourdais #01 and Alex Lynn (2) ducking into the 1m35s with their third laps, but then Tom Blomqvist sent the Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 to the top with a 1m35.363s lap of the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway. Then the #6 Porsche 963, which had sat idle for most of Fridays second ... Keep reading

M-Sport not worried by power steering issues at WRC season opener

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The Ford squad has seen power steering issues affect both Ott Tanak and Pierre-Louis Loubet during the asphalt rally, which has dented the team's hopes of repeating last year's Monte Carlo double podium. Loubet lost his power steering following an off track excursion in Stage 5 on Friday and was forced to complete the days remaining stages on Monte Carlos infamous twisty roads without ... Keep reading

WRC Monte Carlo- Rovanpera slashes Ogier's lead, Hyundai ends stage win drought

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Ogier started Saturdays leg with a 36.0s lead but a decision to preserve his advantage allowed Rovanpera to reduce the deficit across the afternoon to 16.0s ahead of Sunday's final four stages. Rovanpera inflicted the most damage to Ogiers lead courtesy of a crushing Stage 14 win held in darkness. Hyundai finally ended Toyotas stranglehold of the fastest stage times as Thierry ... Keep reading

Daytona 24 Hours- Braun leads Acura 1-2 in FP4 of Roar practice

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Braun lapped the 3.56-mile road course, which hosts the 61stDaytona 24 Hours next weekend, in 1m35.038s to top the timesheet in the quickfire hour-long fourth session of the three-day Roar Before The 24 event. With rain threatening as a cold weather front sweeps across Florida, the action came thick and fast from the start of the session. Michael Christensen (#7 Penske Porsche 963) ... Keep reading

Abiteboul- Toyotas WRC Monte Carlo pace nothing to worry about

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Reigning world champions Toyota has so far dominated the rally, winning 12 of the 14 stages, occupying the top two positions courtesy of Sebastien Ogier and Kalle Rovanpera, with Elfyn Evans in fourth and Takamoto Katsuta in sixth. After witnessing Toyota claim all the stages on Thursday and Friday, shared across three of its drivers, Hyundai managed to end its stage-winning drought on Saturday ... Keep reading





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