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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.

McLaren caught the eye in 2023 by making an impressive turnaround, going from a difficult start to the season to regularly being in contention for podiums. Can they continue to build on this momentum in the year ahead? Here’s everything you need to know about the team as they prepare for 2024…

One of the most promising riders to come through the ranks in recent years, Acosta will make his highly-anticipated premier class debut next month at the age of just 19.The Spaniard had already turned heads with his performances in the junior classes, winning the Moto3 title in his rookie season in 2021 and taking just two years to repeat that success in Moto2.Interview: Why Pedro Acosta is ...Keep reading

Komatsu was named in the top job after Gene Haas declined to renew the contract of former boss Guenther Steiner, whose departure was confirmed last month.When announcing the decision, Haas made it clear that he wanted to have engineering “at the heart” of the team management.Having worked with Komatsu since he joined the team in 2017, Magnussen already has a “good relationship” with the ...Keep reading

F1 cars will soon be back on track with pre-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit on the 21-23 February. That is just a week before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on the 29 February-2 March, so preparations are firmly underway for the upcoming campaign. Recent weeks have seen excitement build for the 2024 season with teams unveiling their livery for the year ahead, amid various ...Keep reading

Volunteers hope the first section of the old Alnwick to Cornhill railway will be open by summer.

Lappi ended the morning loop with a 1m24.3s lead over M-Sport’s Adrien Fourmaux, with Toyota’s Elfyn Evans [+1m40.5s] in third after Toyota driver Katsuta’s victory tilt came to an end on stage 10.Oliver Solberg continued to impress and sat an incredible fourth overall (+2m25.4s) in the WRC2 class lead, while Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville climbed from 11th to fifth overall, 2m42.9s behind ...Keep reading

The former Keelmen's Hospital has overlooked Newcastle's Quayside since 1701.

The RB20 has earned comparison to the Mercedes W14 from 2023 courtesy of new engine cover bodywork that features a high waistline, with full-length gulleys running from the edge of the halo. Red Bull has also moved away from an underbite-lookalike sidepod inlet, a feature now widely used by other teams, to an overbite where the top surface extends beyond the main intake.Read ...Keep reading

The South African was the sole non-Mercedes-AMG driver in the second of two 15-minute sessions, each with five cars, to take pole with a with a time of 2m01.9810s in the Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 he will share with Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts.“Just coming back to Bathurst and driving the track is an honour,” said the younger of the two van der Linde brothers contesting the opening ...Keep reading

Immediately following a frantic Truck race that ended in carnage, the ARCA race appeared to follow a similar theme, unfortunately.Willie Mullins lead the field to the green flag, but just four laps into the event, a multi-car crash eliminated several notable drivers. Among them were Toni Breidinger, who took issue with her teammate afterwards. Another driver collected was Shane van Gisbergen, who ...Keep reading