Armstrong: Winning IndyCar's rookie of the year title a "great bonus" The 23-year-old Formula 2 graduate ran 12 of 17 races, which excluded ovals, in a ride share agreement with Takuma Sato. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Massa legal team hopes for support from Hamilton in 2008 F1 title case Prompted by an interview with ex-F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone earlier this year, plus archive footage of late FIA race director Charlie Whiting, Massa believes F1 and the governing body were aware of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix ‘crashgate’ scandal in time to take action before the championship was decided. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Marquez sets MotoGP future deadline as Honda problems ‘still the same’ with 2024 bike Marquez has a contract with Honda for 2024 but speculation about him cutting ties with the Japanese manufacturer for next year have been rife amid its ongoing struggles in MotoGP this season. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Pirelli ponders ATA tweak as F1 and FIA decision to be made At two races this year – Hungary and Monza after the initial trial set for Imola had to be abandoned amid that race’s cancellation – Pirelli has experimented with shipping fewer tyre sets, with adapted rules implemented for qualifying. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Zhou: "very close" to new deal with number one F1 choice Alfa Romeo Despite Zhou being the first full-time Chinese F1 racer, there has been speculation he does not come with major financial banking to incentivise Alfa Romeo to agree new terms. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
KTM wildcard Pedrosa “makes you doubt everything” about MotoGP – Espargaro Pedrosa, who retired from full-time competition at the end of 2018, made his second wildcard appearance of the season at Misano last weekend. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
NASCAR Cup Kansas: Reddick wins after three-wide pass in overtime After powering past Brad Keselowski with 80 laps to go, Denny Hamlin appeared set to sweep victories in both Kansas races this season until Chris Buescher hit the wall with seven laps remaining and sent the race into a two-lap overtime. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Singapore F1 track changes set to help brakes and tyres Due to construction work, the sequence of four near 90-degree corners towards the end of the lap which led the track under a grandstand has been removed for this year's race. Autosport · Sep 11, 2023
Hidden mechanisms and concealed parts: What triggered F1's flexi-wing clampdown From this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA has got tougher on the design of front and rear wings in a bid to stop teams from playing games with flexible parts. Motorsport · Sep 11, 2023
Larson on Elliott contact: "I understand why he was mad" Larson took the lead early in the event, winning the opening stage with relative ease in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet. However, he lost control of the race as the strategies diverged during the second stage. Motorsport · Sep 11, 2023
Hamlin admits he was too focused on Larson during final restart As Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway drew to a close, Hamlin was in solid command of the lead over Tyler Reddick, who drives for 23XI Racing, which Hamlin co-owns with NBA legend Michael Jordan. Motorsport · Sep 11, 2023
McLaughlin “hit everything but the pace car” at IndyCar finale The 30-year-old Kiwi started second but involved in an opening lap crash in Turn 2, which pushed him down the running order and onto pit road for service. Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023
2023 NASCAR Cup Kansas II race results 23XI Racing won at Kansas early in the 2022 season with Kurt Busch, then sweeping both races there with Bubba Wallace taking victory in the playoffs. Now, Tyler Reddick has followed suit with his own victory at Kansas while behind the wheel of the No. 45 machine. Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023
Reddick uses three-wide pass in OT to earn Kansas Cup win Denny Hamlin appeared set to sweep victories in both Kansas races this season until Chris Buescher hit the wall and sent the race into a two-lap overtime. Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 IndyCar Laguna Seca: Dixon wins chaotic season finale The six-time champion kept his head when many around him lost theirs, beating Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) and his champion team-mate Alex Palou after a race punctuated by eight caution periods caused by a series of wildly over-optimistic lunges and collisions that had a definite end-of-term feel.
Autosport · Sep 10, 2023 Honda riders outline needs from crucial Misano MotoGP test Honda is in the midst of one of its worst seasons ever in MotoGP, with it winning just one race and sitting joint last in the manufacturers' standings alongside Yamaha.
Autosport · Sep 10, 2023 Martin says winning 2023 MotoGP title 'not my responsibility' after Misano double Martin romped to his second double of the season after leading every racing lap from pole at Misano in the sprint and the main race.
Autosport · Sep 10, 2023 DTM Sachsenring: Bortolotti strikes back with victory ahead of Stolz Another steamy afternoon on an abrasive track not known for its overtaking opportunities began – perhaps inevitably under these circumstances – with multiple cars in the gravel trap in the first sequence of corners.
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 MotoGP San Marino GP: Martin dominates to ignite title charge Having led from start to finish in Saturday's sprint, Martin did the same from pole in Sunday's full-distance race at Misano.
Autosport · Sep 10, 2023 Porsche's Vanthoor knew start was only chance to threaten Toyota in WEC Fuji Vanthoor managed to wrest the lead of the six-hour contest away from home favourite Toyota with a bold move up the inside of poleman Mike Conway at the very start of the race.
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 Porsche’s Vanthoor knew start was only chance to threaten Toyota in Fuji Vanthoor managed to wrest the lead of the six-hour race away from home favourite Toyota with a bold move up the inside of poleman Mike Conway at the very start of the race.
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 The unexpected factor in F1's tyre tender decision While F1 awaits official confirmation, Pirelli remains the favourite to beat Bridgestone to the contract, with many paddock insiders suggesting that the deal is now a formality, and assuming that as time drags on, a change becomes less likely.
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 Honda exploring "radical change" in bid to retain Marc Marquez The eight-time world champion has been enveloped in gossip that he will switch to the Gresini Ducati squad in 2024 as Honda's problems in MotoGP persist, though Marquez has continually stated "I have a contract" with HRC.
Autosport · Sep 10, 2023 WEC Fuji: Toyota sees off Porsche challenge for victory The #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez took the chequered flag 39 seconds clear of the sister #8 car shared by Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi, as the Japanese manufacturer celebrated its ninth WEC win at Fuji in 10 attempts.
Motorsport · Sep 10, 2023 WRC Greece: Rovanpera closing on victory, Evans steals second The championship leader could afford to back off during the pair of stages, ending the loop with a 1m29.32s lead over title rival and team-mate Elfyn Evans, who snatched second from Hyundai's Dani Sordo.