The Japanese manufacturer caused a surprise by registering 52-year-old Sasaki as a third driver for the final test of the pre-season alongside its usual drivers Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi in the works R&D Sport-run BRZ. Sasaki previously drove for Subaru between 2010 and '14, his stint at the team coinciding with its switch from the Legacy to the first-generation BRZ that was only ... Keep reading
Briscoe, in his No. 14 Ford, rookie Ty Gibbs in the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, and Kyle Larson in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet participated Tuesday in a Goodyear tire test at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The test, which concludes Wednesday, was held to test various tire combinations in preparation for the May 28 Coca-Cola 600 on the 1.5-mile oval. While last years 600 ... Keep reading
The 16-time TT winner was due to compete for the TAS Racing-run Milwaukee BMW squad this year but has been forced to miss the event having been absent from the top 20 seeded riders list that was released on Tuesday. Hutchinson suffered a stroke earlier this year while cycling in Spain and said British Superbike rider Jason OHalloran saved his life who was with him in ... Keep reading
Former Formula One World Champion Alan Jones has said Daniel Ricciardo doesnt know what went wrong and how the brightest spark in Australian motorsport lost his seat at what should be the peak of his career.
Fallows was recruited from Red Bull Racing, where he had been one of Adrian Newey's key lieutenants for many years, and he began work at the Silverstone team in April. Inevitably that has led to pointed suggestions from the Red Bull camp that the very competitive AMR23 is a copy of its car. However, McCullough says that Fallows and new head of aero Eric Blandin were keen to mix their own ... Keep reading
Project 91s stated intention is to field world-class drivers from other disciplines to compete at NASCARs highest level. After fielding Raikkonen at Watkins Glen last year, Marks said hed increase the program to six to eight Cup races in 2023, while retaining its focus on road courses. Raikkonen raced to a 29th-place finish at Austins Circuit of the Americas on ... Keep reading
As rivals try to get to the bottom of what Red Bull has done to produce so dominant a car as its 2023 challenger, there has been an increased focus on the gains coming from it having such a stable platform. Because while the car is producing good levels of downforce with brilliant efficiency, and a powerful DRS, one aspect not to be overlooked is the way that the car maintains its ride in ... Keep reading
The Aussie series will contest a total of four sprint races on the Albert Park circuit across the Australian Grand Prix weekend with racing on all four days. For the first time the category will race on the Thursday while qualifying is split between the Thursday and Saturday. Following two half-hour practice sessions to kickstart Thursday, the grid for Races 1 and 2 will be set by seperate ... Keep reading
The series is yet to formally test the CoG of the new-spec Ford Mustangs and Chevrolet Camaros that debuted in Newcastle earlier this month. That process is set to take place at Tickford Racing early next week following the Albert Park round this weekend. A selection of cars from each brand will is set to be used to assess the relative CoG of the two models and could lead to changes in ... Keep reading
Last weekends Portuguese Grand Prix was the first ever sprint weekend for MotoGP, with a half-distance race taking place on Saturday to compliment Sundays traditional full-length contest. The addition of sprints has led to a change in the weekend format, with two practice sessions taking place on Friday, qualifying on Saturday morning and the sprint later that day. Bagnaia won both the ... Keep reading
While the Silverstone-based squad has proved to be a close challenger to Red Bull in the opening two grands prix of the season, it has also been clear that there are big differences in how the two cars perform. WhileAstonMartins AMR23 has clear strengths in braking, acceleration and low-speed corners, it is also noticeable how much it is giving away to Red Bull on the ... Keep reading
Unreliability and damage for both Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris in the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have left McLaren bottom of the constructors championship and without a point. Despite this poor opening, 1996 title winner Hill reckons rookie Piastri will not need to worry about a bad run sapping his confidence, even if the Australian is yet to deliver a standout ... Keep reading
Here is a guide to what's onMotorsport.tvfor the weekend of 1-2 April. For a detailed list of what's available in your area, please visit the livestream page:Motorsport.tv-livestream. Stock Car Pro Series - Goiania The 2023 season of the Stock Car Pro Series, one of the most important categories in Brazil, starts this weekend! You can watch the first race in Goiania ... Keep reading
The FIA said on Monday it intends to address the problems at last weekends Saudi Arabia Grand Prix where Fernando Alonso was handed a punishment at the end of the race that was later overturned.
Michael Schumachers wife Corinna has been like a prisoner as she tirelessly fights to keep his health a secret, said ex-F1 boss Eddie Jordan.
In a statement with its decision, the panel said the teams did violate NASCAR rules and retained the $100,000 fine and four-race suspensions to each of the four crew chiefs Cliff Daniels, Rudy Fugle, Alan Gustafson and Blake Harris. However, the panel rescinded the 100 owner and 10 playoff points assessed to each team and the 100 driver points assessed to drivers Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman ... Keep reading
After Sundays race at COTA, a frustrated Daniel Suarez angered by an incident in Turn 1 earlier in overtime that dropped him deep in the field repeatedly slammed into the rear of Bowmans No. 48 Chevrolet as both brought their cars to pit road. NASCAR fined Suarez $50,000 for a violation of Sections 4.4.B&D NASCAR Member Conduct Note: Contact with another vehicle on pit road ... Keep reading
The Haas driver has made his comeback with Haas this season, having not raced full-time since he was dropped by Renault at the end of 2019. He kept race-sharp, however, as reserve and test driver for the Racing Point-Aston Martin team over the past three years, taking part in four grands prix in that period. But as he bids to make the most of his fresh opportunity with Haas, the German has ... Keep reading
The 1992 Indianapolis 500 saw 10 former winners start the race and none of them won. The highest placed former winner that day was four-time Indy victor Al Unser Sr. of Team Menard, who managed to coax the notoriously fast-but-fickle Buick engine past the checkered flag. He was 10 seconds behind the winner, his son Al Unser Jr., who won for Team Galles by holding off Scott Goodyears Walker ... Keep reading
The final 10 laps of the Cup event took almost an hour to complete, with a trio of overtime restarts required following a series of Turn 1 multi-car pileups after restarts, which resulted in car and tire damage causing cautions for debris. In total, there were five restarts in the final 15 laps. Harvick, who was in the thick of the action in his Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang and ended the ... Keep reading
In two years Haas has gone from employing two rookies in Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin to having one of the most experienced line-ups on the grid, with Hulkenberg returning from three years without a full-time drive to partner Kevin Magnussen in 2023. The German made Q3 and qualified 10th on his debut for the team in Bahrain, and also started 10th in Saudi Arabia after gaining a spot from ... Keep reading
Fujinami was part of the Kondo Racing squad that won the title in SUPER GTs lower class in both 2020 and 2022 alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira. Last month it was confirmed that the 27-year-old Japanese driver would be replaced aboard Kondos #56 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 by Teppei Natori for the upcoming season. Hours after that announcement, Fujinami issued a public apology in which he ... Keep reading
Nine-time world champion Sebastien Loeb joined the team to contest four WRC events last year to help boost the squads championship hopes. The move proved successful with Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche winning the 2022 season opener in Monte Carlo. The pair also led in Portugal before a crash halted their progress, while mechanical issues robbed them of a chance to challenge for a ... Keep reading
Williams languished at the bottom of the 2022 championship and arrived at last month's Bahrain pre-season test with caution, playing down any hopes it would be able to move up the grid after a winter spent in limbo. But in Bahrain the team's lead driver Alex Albon grabbed a point after reaching Q2. While neither he or rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant managed to escape Q1 in Saudi Arabia, Albon ... Keep reading
The Chip Ganassi Racing-run factory team will field its IMSA SportCar Championship pairing of Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the additional Caddy V-Series.R LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 29 April. They join the full-season Ganassi entry run under the Cadillac Racing banner for Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Richard Westbrook. The move is a prelude to the Le Mans 24 Hours in June ... Keep reading