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Gateshead's Clasper Village site has stood empty since the final properties were demolished in 2018.

Follow live text commentary from day one of 2024 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Hyundai driver Lappi took no risks to complete Sunday morning’s stages safely with a 34-second lead over Evans, who jumped ahead of M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux (+48.1s).Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville remained in a comfortable fourth overall (+1m50.6s) as WRC2 leader Oliver Solberg rounded out the top five (+4m51.2s). The new Super Sunday points format for 2024 added another storyline to ...Keep reading

Mercy Cuthbertson has an inoperable tumour and her parents hope the drug will prolong her life.

Although he finished the 2023 season as runner-up in the F1 championship, Perez had a campaign to forget in many regards, 290 points off team-mate Max Verstappen and bereft of any victories in the last 18 rounds after missing out on Q3 no fewer than nine times.Matters were not helped by him feeling less and less comfortable with the RB19 as the season progressed."We had some issues as the car was ...Keep reading

A year after Campbell and Jules Gounon fought for the win in the Bathurst 12 Hour, they did it again in 2024 – through this time the factory Porsche driver had the better of the Mercedes-AMG GT3 pilot.In spite of going off-strategy mid-race and two drive-through penalties, Manthey EMA's Campbell and co-drivers Vanthoor and Bathurst rookie Guven stayed in contention no matter what conditions the ...Keep reading

The 52nd running of the Daytona 500 was memorable for a pothole that caused two red flags, which meant it took over six hours to complete.But it should also be remembered for some great racing and a brilliant finish. It crowned a first-time winner in Jamie McMurray and left many of his rivals reflecting on a race they felt they felt they could have won.At 200 laps, the scheduled distance, Greg ...Keep reading

The 300-mile race has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. ET Monday and will be broadcasted live on Fox Sports 1.No decision has yet been made about Sunday’s Daytona 500, despite rain expected to continue until Monday morning. Joey Logano and Michael McDowell will share the front row for the 66th running of the 500.The final Cup Series practice of the week was canceled early Saturday morning. Denny ...Keep reading

The reigning NASCAR Cup champion has been the unfortunate victim of several recent poor choices at Daytona International Speedway, including in his Daytona 500 qualifying race on Thursday night.An accordion-like accident erupted with 14 of 60 laps to go while Blaney was battling in fourth. Behind him, Brad Keselowski got into the back of Kyle Busch, who then hit Byron, whose No. 24 Chevrolet then ...Keep reading

The California native has been the focal point of the motorsports world since announcing his intention to run ‘The Double’ – the Indy 500 and 600-mile Cup race at Charlotte Motor Speedway on the same day on Memorial Day Weekend – in early January of 2023.Larson, 31, will become the fifth driver to attempt the feat, but first since Kurt Busch in 2014. John Andretti was the first to compete ...Keep reading

Fourmaux has emerged as the surprise package on the challenging snow rally to occupy second position, 1m06.3s adrift of rally leader Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi, heading into the final day tomorrow.The 28-year-old has delivered impressive pace and consistency on Saturday to hold off Toyota’s Elfyn Evans in the fight for second.

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Rain early Saturday altered the schedule at Daytona International Speedway, but a break provided NASCAR the chance to one round of qualifying.Love was among the last of the 44 cars to make an attempt and quickly bolted to the top of the leaderboard with an average speed of 181.079 mph, just barely supplanting his Richard Childress Racing teammate Austin Hill (181.068 mph).The pole comes in ...Keep reading

Lappi will take a 1m06.3s lead over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into the final three tests after an impressive drive through 15 of the 18 challenging snow-covered stages.Should Lappi triumph on Sunday it would mark only his second career WRC win following a maiden success at Rally Finland in 2017, when he was driving for Toyota.Victory would also add to Hyundai’s strong start to the 2024 season ...Keep reading

The Hyundai driver will take a 1m06.3s advantage over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux into Sunday's final three stages, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans sitting 1m23.0s back in third, as he seeks a first win since his maiden success on the 2017 Rally Finland.Lappi was pushed hard by Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta in the morning as the Finn saw his lead shrink to 0.9s. However, Katsuta’s charge was halted on ...Keep reading

BMW's bid for a first event win since 2010 began well as the WRT-entered #32 BMW M4 GT3 secured pole, with Sheldon van der Linde's lap of 2m01.981s enough to head the top 10 shootout.The South African's closest rival, Supercars racer Broc Feeney aboard the Triple Eight Mercedes, was 0.256s slower.SunEnergy1's Mercedes has won each of the past two editions of the race, with defending IGTC champion ...Keep reading

Gateshead score three times in the first 17 minutes on their way to an away National League victory at Wealdstone.

Launched in Vista Jet's Milan hangar, located at Linate Airport, the company founded by entrepreneur and driver Thomas Flohr, the main sponsor of the Piacenza-based team, revealed the 296 GT3s in silver and red colours that will take part in the LMGT3 Class.In the #54 there will be Flohr himself, Francesco Castellacci and Davide Rigon (a Ferrari factory driver), a trio confirmed after last ...Keep reading

On Thursday, Tsunoda and team-mate Daniel Ricciardo logged their first miles during a shakedown and filming day at the Italian circuit following a glitzy launch in Las Vegas the previous week, where the former AlphaTauri team presented its all-new identity as Visa Cash App RB.Tsunoda said the new car already feels like a significant improvement over the car that finished only eighth in the ...Keep reading

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While the upcoming F1 season is yet to get underway, talk has already turned to the driver market for 2025 in light of the seismic move by Lewis Hamilton to switch to Ferrari. With a vacancy at Mercedes to play for – and other seats in the field yet to be confirmed – several drivers will be feeling the pressure to prove themselves in 2024.