Inaugural A2RL race ends with victory for TUM Machine met F1 talent, and one team's misfortune meant a victory for Munich-based team TUM. Autosport · May 10, 2024
What Happened at the First A2RL Event? Saturday, April 27, saw the first ever Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League, or A2RL, even take to the circuit at Yas Marina. Here’s what went down. Motor1 · May 10, 2024
Martin would understand if Ducati picked ‘marketing beast’ Marquez for MotoGP 2025 Martin has been pushing Ducati to finally offer him a promotion to the factory team that he believes he thoroughly deserves, having finished second in the championship last year to Francesco Bagnaia. Earlier, Martin's only realistic rival for that seat was incumbent Enea Bastianini, but Marquez has now joined the… Motorsport · May 10, 2024
WEC Spa: Porsche remains ahead of Ferrari in final practice The Frenchman logged a 2m04.125s aboard his #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh in the early minutes and, as he had done in Thursday's second practice, was never headed for the remainder of the hour-long session. Autosport · May 10, 2024
WEC Spa: Porsche beats Ferrari and Peugeot to lead final practice The Frenchman logged a 2m04.125s aboard his #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh in the early minutes and, as he had done in Thursday's second practice, was never headed for the remainder of the hour-long session. Motorsport · May 10, 2024
Sauber: Bottas F1 race engineer switch down to Audi "anticipating" changes Former Ferrari performance engineer Steven Petrik was installed as a replacement for Bottas' engineer Alex Chan, whom the Finn had worked with since joining the team in 2022. Motorsport · May 10, 2024
DS Penske drivers in the thick of the action The life of a world-class driver is not always easy. After his podium finish in Monaco, Vandoorne flew to the F1 Grand Prix in Miami, then met up with his team-mate Vergne for a series of simulator sessions in preparation for the races in Berlin. Autosport · May 10, 2024
MotoGP French GP: Martin leads Acosta in opening practice Martin comes into this weekend’s fifth round of the 2024 campaign 17 points clear in the standings after a crash out of the lead of the Spanish GP denied him the chance to move 47 out of reach. Motorsport · May 10, 2024
F1 drivers with the most grand prix starts before victory Lando Norris finally became an F1 race winner after taking a long-awaited victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The win came during Norris’ sixth year in the series after being one of F1’s highest-rated drivers for several seasons and coming close to victory numerous times. So when Norris finally… Autosport · May 10, 2024
Mercedes’ F1 recovery “difficult” after taking “some wrong turns” - Lowe Mercedes dominated the series during the previous rules era, winning both the drivers' and the constructors' titles every year from 2014 to 2020. Autosport · May 10, 2024
Vasseur: Miami F1 shows Red Bull is 'no longer in its comfort zone' Last year Red Bull won all but one of the season's 22 grands prix, and at the start of this year, there was scant evidence to suggest the team and its dominant driver Max Verstappen could be prevented from repeating its walkover. But while it still has the fastest car… Motorsport · May 10, 2024
Friday favourite: The “underrated” Mexican who made a perfect partner Adrian Fernandez wasn’t short on top quality team-mates during a successful career in US open-wheel racing that yielded 11 victories across CART and the Indy Racing League, then subsequently in sportscars. The 2000 CART runner-up rates Scott Pruett highly from their time at Patrick Racing in 1998, while early in… Autosport · May 10, 2024
Vasseur: F1 Miami shows Red Bull is 'no longer in its comfort zone' Last year Red Bull won all but one of the season's 22 grands prix, and at the start of this year, there was scant evidence to suggest the team and its dominant driver Max Verstappen could be prevented from repeating its walkover. But while it still has the fastest car… Autosport · May 10, 2024
Mercedes faces "very difficult" F1 recovery after taking "wrong turns" - Lowe Mercedes dominated the series during the previous rules era, winning both the drivers' and the constructors' titles every year from 2014 to 2020. Motorsport · May 10, 2024
Motorsport · May 10, 2024 2024 MotoGP French Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more Pramac rider Jorge Martin leads the standings on 92 points, with reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia sitting 17 points behind in second on the factory Ducati following his victory in Spain a fortnight ago.
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 Power admits "it's not ideal" losing two key personnel for Indy races Ruzewski was among the four members handed a two-race suspension by legendary team boss Roger Penske following the recent push-to-pass scandal that drew the ire of the IndyCar Series paddock. While the list of names taking a brief hiatus also included Team Penske President Tim Cindric, the other one that…
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 WRC Portugal: Neuville tames Super Special to claim early lead The Hyundai driver managed to navigate through the 2.94km beachside asphalt stage, 0.6s faster than nearest rival Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier.
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 Arrow McLaren confirms Pourchaire for rest of 2024, minus Indy 500 The reigning Formula 2 champion, Pourchaire becomes the primary choice of the No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet beginning with this weekend’s round on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 WEC Spa: Porsche pips Ferrari to lead FP2 as Lexus stand-in heads GT3 On just his third lap of the session, Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, putting him just 0.121s clear of the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in which Fuoco had topped Thursday's earlier FP1.
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 Sainz: Norris "deserved a little bit of luck" for first F1 win After 110 grand prix starts and 16 podium finishes, McLaren driver Norris won his maiden F1 race on Sunday after he benefitted from a safety car period following a collision between Haas' Kevin Magnussen and Williams driver Logan Sargeant.
Cycling News · May 9, 2024 Arnaud De Lie charges ahead of Zingle and Brennan to win Circuit de Wallonie Third win of year for Lotto Dstny sprinter
Autosport · May 9, 2024 Zarco: Outburst at Jerez MotoGP stewards was ‘unprofessional’ Zarco raged at chief FIM steward Freddie Spencer following last month’s Spanish GP after a collision with Aleix Espargaro late in the race.
Autosport · May 9, 2024 The “frank discussions” needed for Andretti to continue its Formula E Porsche relationship Michael Andretti’s face of thunder as he stormed down to the Porsche garage was just as memorable as the celebrations that soon followed after Jake Dennis secured his maiden Formula E title in London last season.
Motorsport · May 9, 2024 Zarco says outburst at Jerez MotoGP stewards was ‘unprofessional’ Zarco raged at chief FIM steward Freddie Spencer following last month’s Spanish GP after a collision with Aleix Espargaro late in the race.
Autosport · May 9, 2024 RB: Ricciardo performance in F1 Miami sprint "had been coming" Ricciardo endured a tough start to the 2024 season, being outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening race while struggling to get comfortable aboard the VCARB01. The Australian's difficulties dashed the momentum of him being considered for a 2025 Red Bull seat, but in recent races, he has been…