New testing restrictions have been imposed on WRC teams this year in a bid to camp down on costs by limiting manufacturer teams to 21 days (a maximum of seven per driver) instead of 28 as stipulated last year. Speaking to Motorsport.com prior to the last weekend's season opener in Monte Carlo, Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville labelled the rule change as "ridiculous" and suggested it would ... Keep reading
Last October, a group representing a negotiating team for Cup owners outlined its efforts to present NASCAR with changes to its business model, which were ultimately rejected by the sanctioning body. The seven-point proposal which the group declined to discuss in detail at the time was offered up in anticipation of the upcoming expiration of current Cup Series charters and NASCARs ... Keep reading
The quest to ease concerns from Ford over the parity between the two models continued with a critical comparison test at Queensland Raceway. The test itself was controlled by Supercars with homologation teams Triple Eight (GM) and Dick Johnson Racing (Dick Johnson Racing) assisting with the running of the cars. Representatives from all Ford teams were also on hand for the test. Shane van ... Keep reading
Rossi is joining the team after spending the first seven years of his NTT IndyCar Series career at Andretti Autosport. The former Formula 1 driver and GP2 [now Formula 2] runner-up won the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie in 2016, and finished runner-up in the 2018 championship and third in 2019. However, he had to wait 49 races between his seventh and eighth victories, and by the time he ... Keep reading
The squad has teamed up with Melbourne Performance Centre to run an Audi R8, recently upgraded to 2022 spec, in the Intercontinental GT Challenge opener. Car owner Andrew Fawcet will be joined in the driving line-up by fellow Kiwi and experienced racer Daniel Gaunt. The pair shared a McLaren during the New Zealand GT season last year, finishing second in both the North and South Island ... Keep reading
The former Force India Formula 1 driver will share one of United's Oreca 07s with 2003 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Guy Smith and American gentleman driver Jim McGuire in the six-round ELMS, which begins on April 23 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Di Resta has been a regular part of United's line-up since his switch to sportscars in 2018, most notably winning the LMP2 class at the Le Mans 24 ... Keep reading
Michael Schumachers family battled to bury secret photos of the Formula One legend leaked by a friend three years after his tragic accident.
Rather than it being a side story to F1s ongoing Netflix-era soap opera, it potentially marks the start of a change of dynamic in the way the championship is run. While in public there has long been a united front between FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, paddock regulars know that things have been different behind the scenes. Away from the spotlight of ... Keep reading
The 23-year-old was today announced as part of Triple Eight's Supercars wildcard programme alongside Craig Lowndes. The pair will race a Supercheap Auto-backed Camaro at at least the Bathurst 1000, while and appearance at the revived Sandown 500 is also highly likely. For Goddard the deal is a significant step as he looks to rebuild his confidence after sparking a multi-car crash on the ... Keep reading
Led by Australian businessman and entrepreneur David Dicker, the move will see Rodin Cars become the majority shareholder of the Farnham-based outfit. Trevor and Stephanie Carlin will continue at the helm to lead the team on a day-to-day basis with no changes to personnel or operations. The team, which participates in British F4, FIA F3 and FIA F2 along with British GB3, will also expand in ... Keep reading
The A522 car was by no means the fastest of the chasing pack every weekend, but it was on many occasions, showing particularly well at high-efficiency tracks, and in low-speed corners. In the end, it proved just good enough to outscore the competition. After three successive years in fifth place under the Renault and Alpine names, the Enstone outfit moved up to fourth, ahead of close rivals ... Keep reading
The #16 1st Phorm Porsche won GTD class of the Rolex 24 last year with Ryan Hardwick, Jan Heylen, Richard Lietz and Zach Robichon at the wheel, while this year, Lietz is replaced by Dennis Olsen, who finished third in this race in GTD Pro 12 months ago, driving a KCMG Porsche. The Porsche 911 GT3 Rs looked extremely tardy compared with the opposition, for while Heylen was quickest of the nine ... Keep reading
For the third year running T8 will field a third entry for the Bathurst 1000 thanks to major backing from Supercheap Auto. The entry could also race at the revived Sandown 500, with the team yet to confirm the exact plans for the wildcard. The automotive parts and accessories retailer has funded what has been a one-off entry for the past two years in response to rival Repco taking over the ... Keep reading
After a disappointing qualifying session, where he was dumped out in the group stages and ended up starting 14th on the grid, reigning champion Vandoorne had been hoping to make up the shortfall in the race. Although the DS Penske team, which he joined from the departing Mercedes team at the end of the 2021-22 season, showed good pace in practice, it appeared to lose ground from qualifying ... Keep reading
With Rossis arrival at Arrow McLaren, the team has expanded to three full-time entries, with a fourth for the Indianapolis 500 to be driven by Tony Kanaan. The former Andretti Autosport driver will also take over the #7 entry formerly driven by Rosenqvist, with the Swede switching to the new #6 entry and Pato OWard remaining onboard the #5. Felix Rosenqvist, Arrow ... Keep reading
An unusual lack of wintry conditions transformed the WRC season opener into a flat out dry asphalt sprint, which led to several calls from drivers to move the rally further north to guarantee the traditional snow and icy stages of the past. This was the second year the rally has been largely devoid of snow. Only the Sisteron stage in 2022 was affected by snow and ice, and for this year that ... Keep reading
The Australian enduro on 3-5 February has attracted a grid of 28 cars, with full Pro crews once again eligible after the 12 Hour was switched to a Pro-Am event for its first running since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. The field is headlined by the return of the SunEnergy1 squad, which prevailed at the 12 Hour with Gounon, Stolz, Habul and Martin Konrad last season, and went on to secure the ... Keep reading
Yamashita was at the wheel of the Rookie Racing Toyota GR Supra when he suffered an off at the high-speed 130R corner and hit the barriers at speed late in the opening session of the two-day test. The 27-year-old was taken to hospital following the incident but his team announced he had escaped serious injury. Now Rookie Racing has confirmed that Yamashita left hospital on Wednesday ... Keep reading
The eight-time world champion had been tight-lipped on his 2023 plans this year, but in an interview with French broadcaster Canal+ he confirmed his attendance at the gravel rally from 16-19 March. Mexico returns to the WRC this year for the first time since 2020, when the event was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. It will host the third round of the WRC season. The popular gravel rally ... Keep reading
After a season like 2022 it would be easy for Wolff, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell and their Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team colleagues to consign their difficult memories to the bin and move on. But thats not how Formula 1 works. The sport is all about relentless self-improvement and when you are a team accustomed to success, that suddenly finds itself winning neither a Drivers nor ... Keep reading
Two-time WEC champion Lopez will pair up with Euroformula Open graduate Vlad Lomko for his debut in the ELMS aboard Cool's Oreca 07. The outfit part-owned by former Toyota LMP1 racer Nicolas Lapierre finished fifth in the 2022 ELMS standings, with Lapierre joined by Ye Yifei and Niklas Krutten. Lapierre, who raced against Lopez during his two-year GP2 stint in 2005-06 and was his teammate ... Keep reading
Hubert was the leading talent in Renaults young driver programme - since rebranded as the Alpine Academy - after winning the GP3 title in 2018 before moving up to Formula 2 the following year. He won races at Monaco and Paul Ricard prior to his death in an accident during the feature race at Spa. Gasly and Hubert were close friends after rising through the junior ranks of French ... Keep reading
The Paolo Campinoti-owned Pramac squad ended last year as the leading independent outfit, after finishing fourth in the teams standings while contributing eight podiums to Ducatis successful march to the constructors championship. Pramac will continue as a Ducati satellite outfit in 2023, and will be the marques only customer squad to be fully factory-supported. The team will ... Keep reading
To focus on the result a 22-lap victory for Hurley Haywood and Peter Gregg with Brumos Racing doesnt tell half the story. And while team owner-driver Gregg is sadly no longer around to tell the tale, Haywood, who just a few years earlier had been in the Vietnam War, takes up the story Roger Penske got a car, and Peter got a car, Haywood, now 74, says of the ... Keep reading
After Alfa Romeo announced its launch plans last week, Haas became the only F1 team yet to confirm its schedule to reveal its 2023 F1 car. In a social media post, Haas has stated it will uncover its 2023 F1 car livery next Tuesday at 2pm GMT, meaning it will become the first F1 team to run a launch this year, having jumped ahead of Red Bulls 3 February launch plan. The American team has ... Keep reading