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The next Danish Le Mans hope seeking to follow in Kristensen's footsteps

Malthe Jakobsen was not even a year old when Tom Kristensen secured his record-equalling sixth victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2004. The Danish endurance legend pulled clear of Jacky Ickx’s tally over the coming years and by 2013 had amassed a remarkable nine in the world’s most…

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Alpine's first 2023 WEC podium at Monza "a huge relief"

After scoring outright wins at Sebring and Monza with its A480 grandfathered LMP1 car in the Hypercar class last season, Alpine reverted to LMP2 in 2023 ahead of a return to the top class next year with the A424 LMDh car developed with ORECA.

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WEC teams frustrated by safety car rules “lottery” at Monza

United Autosports team boss Richard Dean said the stipulation that the pits are closed when the race director triggers a full course yellow or safety car resembled “a lottery” that some teams could derive “a huge benefit” from while others lost out.

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"Underdog" Proton targets finish on WEC Hypercar debut - Tincknell

The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre.

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Leclerc: Radio message about Sainz "more aggressive than it should have been"

Both drivers made pointed remarks over the radio during Q1 on Saturday as they tussled for track position while running in third and fourth respectively.

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Friday favourite: The valued gaijin guide lost to tragedy

His tragic death in an Aida testing accident in 1999 meant Shingo Tachi’s true potential was never fully realised. British Formula 3 observers in 1996 were afforded brief glimpses of the Japanese driver’s talent when, aged 19, he raced a two-year-old Dallara-Toyota run by Alan Mugglestone under the Team Magic…

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Red Bull F1 engine plans ahead of schedule, dismisses rivals' "scaremongering"

The Milton Keynes-based team has embarked on an ambitious programme to produce its own power unit from the start of the 2026 season.

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Dynamics stars pay tribute to Neal

Neal, whose son Matt won three outright BTCC titles with the team, was emulated by Gordon Shedden, who not only took triple crowns but also matched Neal Jr’s record of 52 race wins with Dynamics.

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Why Honda seriously risks losing Rins to a MotoGP rival

After Suzuki’s MotoGP withdrawal at the end of last season, Rins landed at the LCR Honda squad while former team-mate Joan Mir became Marc Marquez’s team-mate at the factory Honda squad.

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Horner rubbishes Wolff's 'frightened' remark about 2026 F1 engine progress

Horner has been active in F1 Commission and team principal meetings in suggesting that grand prix racing’s bosses need a rethink over plans for the 2026 cars.

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F1’s 2026 car plans look “pretty terrible” says Verstappen

Autosport revealed over the Austrian Grand Prix weekend that concerns have emerged about the danger of F1 making a mis-step with the rules if it does not perfectly marry the chassis regulations to planned all-new engines.

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Why Verstappen, Hamilton weren't investigated over "revenge foul" F1 clash

Toto Wolff did, however, call Verstappen’s driving at Turn 1, after the Red Bull driver had been held up by Hamilton at the final corner with just 12 seconds remaining in Q1, a “revenge foul”.

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F1 chiefs urged to avoid risk of "Frankenstein cars" in 2026

As F1 gears up for an overhaul of both the power unit and chassis regulations, concerns have emerged about the potential of a negative impact on the spectacle if elements of the new package do not work as hoped.

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Tsunoda backs De Vries "to get there" amid F1 future speculation

De Vries has faced a rough first third of his rookie season, struggling to get on Tsunoda's pace as a lack of consistency has held him back across the first eight races.

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10 things to watch out for at Super Touring Power

Anthony Reid’s passion for Super Touring machinery is plain to see. He describes the 1990s as the British Touring Car Championship’s “zenith” and says this period “really made my name in motor racing”.

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Hat-trick hauls Foden up to fourth in Autosport National Driver Rankings

Foden (above right) won all three Welsh MX-5 Championship races - for Mk1 models of the sportscar - to continue his strong start to the season and take his tally for the year to nine.

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Magazine: Who will take Hamilton’s British F1 throne?

Three British stars of Formula 1 look out at you from the front cover of this week’s edition of Autosport magazine – on sale on 29 June – and none of them are the country’s most famous or successful exponent at the sport’s top level. But Lewis Hamilton can’t go…

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Could IndyCar’s top team lose its standout 2023 drivers?

Ganassi heads into this weekend’s halfway IndyCar round at Mid-Ohio holding a 1-2 in points with Palou leading Ericsson by a whopping 74 points. Team Penske's Josef Newgarden is the best non-Ganassi driver, a further seven points behind.

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Why Safari Rally Kenya’s unique challenge is imperative for the WRC

In recent weeks plenty of discussion and brainstorming has focused on how rallying’s top tier can be improved on several levels. This has largely been orchestrated by current World Rally Championship drivers who believe it is time for the discipline to make changes to grow. Technical and sporting regulations, event…

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MotoGP concessions could be returned to aid struggling Honda and Yamaha

Concessions were introduced in 2014 in a bid to help balance the field and provide a greater competitive platform for prospective manufacturers, which helped bring Suzuki, Aprilia and KTM to the grid between 2015 and 2017.

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Lotterer backs Tokyo to become a Formula E 'seasonal highlight'

The all-electric series unveiled its 2023/24 calendar ahead of last weekend’s Portland race, headlined by a long-awaited visit to Japan’s capital city in late March.

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FIA interviewing non-F1 personnel to ensure cost cap compliance

As reported by Autosport last week, the FIA has closed off a potential loophole that some teams may have been using in getting personnel outside of their main F1 team to help work on car design and development projects.

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Autosport Podcast: Andy Wallace on Le Mans and the best sportscars never to race there

Wallace is one of just 17 drivers to have made more than 20 appearances in the world's most famous sportscar race, which he won at the first attempt in 1988 for Jaguar alongside Jan Lammers and Johnny Dumfries in the TWR-built XJR-9.

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How Honda's stubbornness has left it in a MotoGP no-man's land

The principle that when things go wrong they can always go worse suits Honda like a glove. It has hit rock bottom in the last two weeks. Neither Marc Marquez, Alex Rins nor Joan Mir, their three most competitive riders, took part in the last two stops of the calendar,…

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Abiteboul: WRC Safari Rally reliability issues a “wake up call” for Hyundai

The weaknesses of the team's i20 N Rally1 were made clear in Kenya last weekend after Esapekka Lappi suffered three prop shaft failures followed by another problem that left the Finn with only two-wheel drive.

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