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'Evolution' of RFK Racing well underway under Keselowski

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RFK Racing enjoyed some successes in 2022, including Keselowski and teammate Chris Buescher both claiming wins in the Daytona 500 qualifying races and Buescher winning the Bristol Night Race last fall. Keselowski went the season without a points win and neither team qualified for the Cup Series playoffs but the seeds of change had been planted and much-noticed by those in and outside the ... Keep reading

The reigning DTM champion who could be on the sidelines in 2023

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Kevin Siggy should be preparing for a season in the DTM Trophy currently, the former GT4 support class of Germanys premier tourenwagen (GT3 in its current incarnation) series. Instead, hes been focussing on the Le Mans Virtual Series and a calendar filled with sim racing Esports events. Which he will undoubtedly be successful in for Team Redline. When it comes to non-iRacing virtual ... Keep reading

Alfa Romeo announces launch date for 2023 F1 car

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The Swiss squad, which is embarking on its last season under the moniker of the Italian car manufacturer, 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 February 23. Alfa Romeo made some encouraging progress last ... Keep reading

Rolex 24- Acura beats Porsche in opening Daytona Roar practice

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Braun lapped the 3.56-mile road course, which hosts the 61st Rolex 24 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 only ... Keep reading

61 cars make Daytona a bit like a gymkhana, says Bourdais

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Next weeks Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona will feature 61 starters, including nine cars in IMSAs new premier GTP class. With the first day of 2023 IMSA WeatherTech 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 ... Keep reading

Ogier admits to "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

Rolex 24- Castroneves late flyer puts MSR top in second Roar session

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GTP On his fifth lap, 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 1min35.580sec around the 3.56-mile course put him some 1.6sec ahead of his nearest opposition, which came from the #02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh and the two BMW M Hybrid V8s. Albuquerque ... Keep reading



Norris- McLaren must match Ferrari's ground-effects gains for F1 2023

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McLarenfailed to win at the start of the second ground-effects F1 era last year, with Norris achieving a sole team podium in the Emilia Romagna GP. The struggles with its MCL36 left the Woking outfit to take its first major competitive backwards step since the start of its Andreas Seidl-led recovery plan. From scoring third in the 2020 constructors ... Keep reading

Ranking the top 10 winless Formula 3000 drivers

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Philippe Alliott, Julian Bailey, Gregor Foitek, Olivier Beretta, Max Papis. All share a unique feat: their one visit to an International Formula 3000 podium resulted in victory. That saves them from consideration for this list, ranking the best drivers to race in the main Formula 1 feeder series from 1985 to 2004 without standing on the top step of the podium. For some, their lack of an ... Keep reading

FIA house is not on fire with only three manufacturers

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Following Citroens departure at the end of 2019, rallyings top tier has been contested by three manufacturers in Toyota, Hyundai and Ford, although the latter is a semi works relationship with British squad M-Sport. This season marks the second year of the WRCs Rally1 hybrid regulations which were originally conceived to attract fresh manufacturer interest, but has only so far only ... Keep reading

Do Formula 1 team-mates really need to be best friends?

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Only four of the 10 teams have an unchanged driver line-up - Red Bull, Ferrari, Mercedes and Alfa Romeo - meaning the remaining six will have spent much of this winter getting their new signing up to speed, learning the ropes and embedded within their team. But it will also leave drivers facing new dynamics to work with. Team-mate relationships are often in the spotlight in F1, especially when ... Keep reading

Blomqvist had to wing it on Rolex 24 at Daytona pole lap

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The Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 led four of the five sessions across Friday and Saturday, with Blomqvist new full-time teammate Colin Braun and endurance teammate Helio Castroneves all taking turns at the top. But the battle between Acura and Porsche closed up throughout the sessions, and the Penske-run Porsche 963s were firmly in the pole battle, as the two Acura teams adopted different ... Keep reading

Rolex 24- Tandy puts Porsche 963 on top in wet FP5 at Daytona Roar

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GTP Mathieu Jaminet was the first driver to set a representative time in damp conditions, getting down to a 1min46.370sec in the #6 Porsche 963 with just 40mins remaining. He then pitted to hand off the Penske-run car to Nick Tandy. The Briton worked down into the 1min47s, and reset the session benchmark to 1min46.206sec before the return of rain with half an hour to go. The only other ... Keep reading

WRC Monte Carlo- Dominant Ogier scores record ninth victory

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Ogier and new co-driver Vincent Landais clinched nine of the 18 stages in what proved to be an unusually dry WRC season opener to claim a comfortable win by 18.8s from world champions Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen. Competing in only a partial campaign, Ogier once again outlined his supreme knowledge of the twisty Monte Carlo roads, and was never headed throughout the four days of ... Keep reading

Cancelled event prompts questions in Tasmania

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The Longford Grand Prix Expo was set to take place in the Tasmanian village on March 11-12 this year. The idea was to celebrate the town's famous links to Australian motor racing, Longford's streets having hosted contemporary events between 1953 and 1968. The seven-kilometre circuit was used for Tasman Series rounds and was the venue for the non-world championship Australian Grand Prix in ... Keep reading





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