Dani Sordo will hold on to his Rally Italy win despite his Hyundai failing post-event scrutiny checks. An inspection of the Spaniard’s Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC showed the rear subframe to be underweight. The part in question was shown to total 9112g with the minimum permissible weight being 9136.5g. Checks were also carried out on
Month: October 2020
Joan Mir says “one bad race is allowed” this season after finishing 11th and ceding two more points to Fabio Quartararo in the standings in the MotoGP French Grand Prix. The Suzuki rider struggled to 14th in qualifying having been unable to get temperature in his tyres at a cold Le Mans, an issue which
Fabio Quartararo says his battle for ninth place on the last lap of the MotoGP French Grand Prix with title rival Joan Mir was “like a fight for victory”. Both Petronas SRT’s Quartararo and Suzuki rider Mir struggled in their first wet MotoGP race, with both riders dropping down the order early on and eventually
French Grand Prix winner Danilo Petrucci says losing his Ducati place before the 2020 MotoGP season “felt like in that moment nobody trusts me”. Petrucci has been ousted from Ducati for 2021 to make way for current Pramac rider Jack Miller, with the Italian heading to Tech3 KTM next year. Ducati’s decision was made before
Vanthoor and Weerts entered the weekend 6.5 points ahead of the Haupt Racing Team Mercedes partnership of Maro Engel and Luca Stolz, with a further 15 crews mathematically in contention for the title. Among them was the Emil Frey Racing pairing of Albert Costa and Giacomo Altoe, who closed to within 3.5 points after winning
Team WRT Audi’s Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts clinched the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup title in the final round of the season at Barcelona. Vanthoor and Weerts entered the weekend 6.5 points ahead of the Haupt Racing Team Mercedes partnership of Maro Engel and Luca Stolz, with a further 15 crews mathematically in
Hyundai’s Dani Sordo claimed his third World Rally Championship victory and his second in a row on Rally Italy, finishing just 5.1 seconds ahead of team-mate Thierry Neuville. Cooler conditions greeted the runners on Sunday morning where a loop of just two stages awaited which was to be run twice through the day. Toyota’s six-time
Valentino Rossi protégé Celestino Vietti snatched victory in the Moto3 French Grand Prix to reignite his title hopes, while John McPhee’s challenge took a huge dent with another crash. VR46 rider Vietti was the only rider in the field to opt for the harder rear Dunlop tyre despite the exceptionally cool conditions, but grabbed the
Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci expects “10 riders can fight for the podium” in Sunday’s MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans. Having had to come through Q1, Petrucci qualified his works Ducati on the front row at Le Mans for the first time since his Italian Grand Prix-winning weekend at Mugello last year. Having been a
Tech3’s Miguel Oliveira says Pramac rider Francesco Bagnaia “was acting childish” after the pair had a run-in on track during MotoGP qualifying for the French Grand Prix. Bagnaia came across a touring Oliveira on the run through the La Chapelle section at Turns 5 and 6 at Le Mans early in Q2 while on a
Dani Sordo has maintained his lead over Sebastien Ogier on a dramatic second day of Rally Italy, with World Rally Championship standings leader Elfyn Evans up to fourth place. After being forced to sweep the stages on Friday, the championship-leading Toyotas of Sebastien Ogier and Evans were released from their burden in Saturday’s road order
The boss of Motorsport UK is “grateful” Rally GB will return to the World Rally Championship next year despite total funding required for the event not being currently in place. Yesterday the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council rubber stamped the calendar for 2021 with Britain one of 12 countries listed alongside Monte Carlo, newcomer Croatia,
Avintia owner Raul Romero has denied speculation Valentino Rossi’s VR46 organisation will buy its MotoGP grid slots for 2021. Speculation has been around for sometime that current Moto2 points leader and half-brother of Rossi, Luca Marini, will step up to MotoGP next year, taking Tito Rabat’s place at Avintia despite the Spaniard having a contract
Clint Bowyer will retire from racing in the NASCAR Cup Series and switch to commentating with FOX Sports after his Stewart-Haas Racing contract expires at the end of the season. The 41-year-old has raced full-time at the Cup level since 2006, winning 10 times in 536 starts with Richard Childress Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing and
Britain’s round of the World Rally Championship has moved to an August date next year following a virtual meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) members on Friday. The decision to include Rally GB in the Eurocentric twelve-round calendar ends months of speculation and means that the event will continue its long-held association
MotoGP starts up its second consecutive triple-header after a one-week break with the French Grand Prix. Here’s how to watch qualifying. After a damp start to the race weekend at Le Mans, Jack Miller topped Friday practice for Pramac Ducati in FP2 as tricky conditions led to a number of crashes late on in the
KTM finally unveiled its version of the holeshot start device Ducati first introduced into MotoGP in 2018 during Friday’s practice for the French Grand Prix. The holeshot device mechanically lowers the rear of the bike to lower the centre of gravity, which allows the rider to launch off the line better without the front of
Hyundai ‘super-sub’ Dani Sordo holds the overnight lead after Day 1 of the World Rally Championship’s Rally Italy, as standings leader Elfyn Evans ended the day fifth. Many of the front-runners elected to take a cautious approach on the opening stage of the day, which allowed M-Sport’s Teemu Suninen to shine. The Finn, who has
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has no plans to compete at the 2020 Monza Rally as a wildcard at the new World Rally Championship finale, but hasn’t ruled it out. On Friday it was announced the WRC will end its current campaign with the Rally Monza event, which since 1978 has been held as a non-championship
The FIA has announced that the 2020 World Rally Championship will conclude in Italy with the Monza Rally on 4-6 December. The Monza Rally will be the eighth round of the 2020 season, having been held annually since 1978 as a non-championship event. Over the years it has attracted stars from both the rallying and
The trio of World Endurance Championship regulars have moved over to one of the Porsche 911 GT3-Rs fielded by the Hong Kong entrant for the rescheduled centrepiece round of the GT World Challenge on 24-25 October after winning the Belgian event with GPX Racing in 2019. Estre, Christensen and Lietz, who have all won the
Porsche factory drivers Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen and Richard Lietz will defend their Spa 24 Hours crown with the KCMG squad later this month. The trio of World Endurance Championship regulars have moved over to one of the Porsche 911 GT3-Rs fielded by the Hong Kong entrant for the rescheduled centrepiece round of the GT
Bradley Smith topped a wet first practice for the MotoGP French Grand Prix on the Aprilia ahead of home hero Johann Zarco on the Avintia Ducati. Smith’s future beyond this weekend is uncertain as Andrea Iannone’s appeal to have his 18-month doping ban overturned will be heard on Thursday and could be in a position
LCR’s Cal Crutchlow admits his right arm is still “not in a great situation” ahead of the MotoGP French Grand Prix, a month after arm pump surgery. After sustaining the injury in a free practice crash at the season-opening Spanish GP, Crutchlow underwent an operation following August’s Styrian Grand Prix and was forced to miss
Current MotoGP points leaders Fabio Quartararo and Joan Mir insist their team-mates won’t be issued team orders in the coming triple-header to aid their title bids. Petronas SRT’s Quartararo leads Mir by eight points following the Frenchman’s Catalan Grand Prix victory last month, with 31 points now splitting the top five down to Franco Morbidelli.
Toyota’s NASCAR boss David Wilson has labelled its record of eight wins in this year’s Cup Series as “unacceptable”, despite Denny Hamlin’s title-challenging form. Toyota provides support to only six full-time Cup teams in the form of Joe Gibbs Racing’s four-car stable and single-car entries from Leavine Family Racing and Gaunt Brothers Racing. Hamlin took
Matt DiBenedetto will remain with the Wood Brothers in the NASCAR Cup Series next year, but will be replaced by Austin Cindric for the 2022 season. In a two-part announcement on Thursday, the team said it had signed DiBenedetto to another one-year contract extension to drive its #21 Ford Mustang in the 2021 Cup Series
Roger Penske says his team’s Supercars plans and the future of Scott McLaughlin are still undecided, ahead of the Kiwi’s entry into IndyCar’s season finale in a fourth Penske-run car. Toward the end of 2014, Penske entered the Supercars championship after buying a 51% stake in Dick Johnson Racing. The rebranded DJR Team Penske ran
Toyota driver Sebastien Ogier says he has not given up on taking a seventh World Rally Championship title this season, despite a costly retirement at last month’s Rally Turkey. Ogier lost his lead in the drivers’ standings to Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans when his Yaris WRC was struck down by terminal engine failure on the
After one week’s rest, MotoGP gears up for a second straight triple-header which starts at Le Mans with the French Grand Prix. Following a torrid run of results, Fabio Quartararo returned to the fore with victory at the Catalunya GP ahead of Suzuki’s Joan Mir and the pair have formed a small breakaway at the
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