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Friday favourite: The Le Mans-winning Sauber behind a heroic solo drive

The unmistakable rumble of the Sauber-Mercedes C9’s V8 was the soundtrack to a breakout year in Kenneth Acheson’s racing career. Two wins in the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship and second at the Le Mans 24 Hours marked a remarkable return to the international racing scene for the Ulsterman, who…

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WEC to drop LMP2 class from 2024

Only Hypercars and LMGT3 machinery will be eligible to enter the WEC next season, with the long-standing LMP2 class a casualty of growing demand for grid slots in the rejuvenated top category.

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Is F1 going to save the combustion engine from oblivion?

With Audi and Honda swelling F1’s ranks by committing to the sustainably fuelled turbo hybrid regulations from 2026, the significance of what is happening goes well beyond the spectacle of having six car makers going up against each other on track.

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United has to "do something clever" to recover from tough Le Mans qualifying

The British driver ended up 14th, four places behind team-mate Filipe Albuquerque, after a "stressful" session blighted by red flags on Wednesday that decided the eight cars to progress to Thursday's Hyperpole shootout.

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Rossi's Road to Le Mans partner thought WRT offer was a joke

Jerome Policand revealed to Autosport that he did not believe WRT boss Vincent Vosse’s offer to race with the seven-time MotoGP champion aboard one of his team’s BMW M4 GT3s in the support event on the bill of this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Could Le Mans 24 Hours safety car rule changes prompt an LMP2 upset?

For this year’s centenary edition of the endurance racing blue ribband, the previous system of splitting the field behind three safety cars spaced around the 8.467-mile circuit has been dropped and a single pace car will be used in the event of a serious incident.

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WRC drivers meeting a “constructive” forum for future improvements

Drivers and team representatives took part in an online meeting on Wednesday, instigated by the championship’s promoter, to share ideas to improve the championship.

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LMP2 bosses hit out at mild Le Mans penalty for rivals using illegal sensor in test

United Autosports team principal Richard Dean and WRT founder Vincent Vosse criticised the 20-minute stop-and-hold penalty to be taken by six P2 teams in opening free practice for his weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship round.

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Toyota to investigate WRC water splash weakness

Three of the team’s four drivers encountered issues with the GR Yaris while traversing water crossings during last weekend’s rain-impacted round on the Italian island.

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Lappi frustrated to miss out on “big chance” for WRC victory in Italy

The Finn produced one of the drives of his WRC career as he became locked in an intense fight for victory with Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier for 14 of the 19 gravel stages, held in challenging weather conditions.

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Autosport Podcast: F1 Spanish GP review

While the reigning F1 world champion didn’t have a completely trouble-free afternoon, it was still another near-perfect display from the Dutchman who moves 53 points clear of title rival and team-mate Sergio Perez, who recovered from another poor qualifying display to take fourth place.

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Indy NXT Detroit: Agony then joy for Siegel, as Gold wins R1

Siegel held a five-second lead on the final lap of Saturday’s race but snapped a halfshaft on the exit of Turn 7 of the last lap, allowing Gold – who he’d passed with a brilliant move six laps earlier – to cruise past and inherit the victory by 0.2974s.

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Toyota: Le Mans BoP change could open door to WEC "sandbagging"

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing’s technical director, said the decision of WEC rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to unilaterally make revisions outside the scope of the new BoP rules introduced for 2023 has set an unwelcome precedent.

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Cassidy in damage limitation mode as Porsche FE rivals shine in Jakarta

Cassidy struggled to seventh in the first of two FE races in Indonesia, failing to make much in-roads from 10th on the grid in his Jaguar-powered Envision car despite saving his final Attack Mode activation in hope of a late charge.

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Second all-Jaguar FE collision "hurts" as Bird again takes out Evans

Evans and Bird were running in eighth and ninth positions with just three laps to go in Indonesia when Bird misjudged his braking into Turn 1, hitting the back of the Kiwi’s car.

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Wrong weather information cost Ogier WRC Sardinia advantage

The eight-time world rally champion was largely in command during Friday morning’s loop of stages, winning two of the three tests to open up a 16.3s lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi.

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Mahindra explains decision to sign Merhi for Jakarta FE after Rowland split

Mahindra and Rowland came to a “mutual agreement” to part ways last week, one-and-a-half years after the British driver joined the squad for the final Gen2 season in 2022.

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Magazine: F1 Monaco GP review, Le Mans preview supplement

Two of motorsport’s true classics provided plenty of drama last weekend, albeit very different kinds, and two brilliant winners.

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Saunas to paddling pools - How FE drivers are preparing for Jakarta's heat

With temperatures expected to hit 34 degrees Celsius in the Indonesian capital, and the humidity expected to rise to as much as 70%, drivers are bracing themselves for what they believe will be the most physically demanding weekend of the season.

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Ferrari’s new Red Bull-style F1 sidepods revealed in Spain

As reported by Autosport earlier, Ferrari is abandoning its long-running in-wash style sidepod concept for a Red Bull-style downwash design.

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Ginetta drivers charge up Autosport National Driver Rankings

Slater has been the class of the Ginetta Junior field this year, utterly dominating the opposition and winning seven of the nine races to date.

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WRC drivers set for extreme 'Safari Rally' conditions in Sardinia

Sardinia is renowned for producing rough gravel stages but a revised route for this weekend’s 20th anniversary event is set to deliver perhaps the toughest conditions of the season.

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Suspension upgrade gives Tanak renewed WRC hope in Sardinia

The 2019 world champion has been struggling to unlock the set-up sweet spot in his Puma this season which has hampered the Estonian’s pace outright pace.

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The FIA, ACO imposed Hypercar BoP for Le Mans without manufacturer agreement

They revealed their intent to revise the BoP for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship to the manufacturers on Wednesday, Autosport has learned, just four days before the cars are due on track for the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday.

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Drivers welcome opportunity to share ideas to improve the WRC

The championship has been pushing for a meeting with the series’ drivers to discuss the future direction of the category following Thierry Neuville’s comments in Portugal last month, where he declared the WRC needs to “change” to improve engagement with manufacturers, media and the fans.

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