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A new five-part documentary series looking behind the scenes of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs is coming to Netflix. The streaming platform has announced the release of NASCAR: Full Speed following the increasing success of its Formula 1 documentary series Drive to Survive.The series follows the NASCAR Cup Series, America's most popular motorsport series and one of the most competitive in the ...Keep reading

The blaze at Tyne Green in Hexham is being investigated as a suspected arson attack.

Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will start a new chapter in his motorsport career in 2024 as he returns to full-time racing in the World Endurance Championship’s hypercar class, which includes another run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With the Briton celebrating his 44th birthday, we thought it would be a suitable moment to look at the five fellow F1 title winners he could soon join by also triumphing in the endurance classic…

Winning the Dakar Rally is one of the things that every driver in the world dreams of, but it is something that very few can achieve. Whether by quality or luck, you also need the support of a great team, such as Toyota, which, with Nasser Al Attiyah, has won three Touareg trophies in the last six editions.However, the Japanese manufacturer no longer has the Qatari in its ranks, so it decided to ...Keep reading

Tandy lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.617s in his GTP class, Penske-run 963 in pleasant and warm track conditions.Last year’s pole time, set by Tom Blomqvist in Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura, was 1m34.031s.Tandy was quick out of the blocks, setting his quickest lap in the factory-entered hybrid prototype in the early minutes of the session. His benchmark only came under attack in the ...Keep reading

Off the back of his most successful season in F1, Norris has strengthened his status as the Woking-based squad's lead driver, having scored more than twice as many points as rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri and achieved seven podium finishes – more than in his first four campaigns combined.Yet, a feeling of unfinished business still predominates for team principal Andrea Stella, who feels the best ...Keep reading

The team’s No. 20 Chevrolet-powered entry, which will be driven by both team owner Ed Carpenter and 2023 Indy NXT champion Christian Rasmussen, will carry the colors of GuyCare.Rookie Rasmussen will handle the the 12 road and street course events, with Carpenter taking over the entry for the six oval rounds. Both will be entered in the Indianapolis 500, with the Dane carrying an number specific ...Keep reading

Rally Sweden has released a 56-car entry list for the WRC’s only snow round of the championship that marks the second round of the season (15-18 February).Rovanpera has opted to scale back his WRC commitments this year to “recharge his batteries” ahead of a full-time return with Toyota in 2025.The 23-year-old was tipped to start his half-season in Sweden having been absent from the entry ...Keep reading

America’s biggest sportscar race is on the horizon with this year’s Daytona 24 Hours kickstarting the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship on 27-28 January.     Drivers will tackle a daunting 24-hour race at the prestigious Daytona International Speedway in Florida, which has held the event since 1962.   There are also many big names racing at Daytona this year with Alex Palou, Marcus ...Keep reading

Kimi Raikkonen was a fan favourite during his time in F1, combining a no-nonsense personality with blistering speed – and a knack for memorable overtakes…

Sainz staved off a fierce challenge from Prodrive’s Sebastien Loeb to claim top honours in the 46th edition of Dakar Rally, beating Overdrive’s Guillaume de Mevius by 1h20m as Loeb slipped to third in the final classification.The result marked the Spaniard’s fourth triumph in the world’s most prestigious rally-raid after previous successes with Volkswagen, Peugeot and Mini, and puts him ...Keep reading

Storm Isha will bring strong winds and rain from the weekend, with conditions also becoming less cold.

The Faenza-based squad has been open that it will race with a new team name in 2024, as part of a reinvigoration undertaken by owner Red Bull.It wanted to move away from the AlphaTauri name, which is a clothing company owned by Red Bull, and embark on a different path.There had been anticipation of the new identity revolving around 'Racing Bulls', which would work well alongside sister team Red ...Keep reading

Gabriel Bortoleto had a stunning Formula 3 season in 2023. Stepping up from the Formula Regional European Championship, where he finished sixth in 2022, the Brazilian was a promising prospect, but not deemed as much of a title favourite as the likes of Prema rival and FRECA champion Dino Beganovic or his team-mate Paul Aron.He showed flashes of speed at the 2022 post-season test in Jerez, turning ...Keep reading

Mick Schumacher will embark on a new challenge in 2024 as he tackles the World Endurance Championship with Alpine, but the German has made clear that returning to F1 in the future remains his ultimate goal.

Kevin Magnussen struggled at times throughout last season to get as much out of the team’s 2023 challenger as team-mate Nico Hulkenberg because its characteristics did not suit his style. His preference to carry speed through a corner, which demands a car handles well the transition from braking on the approach and turn-in, was not something that the Haas VF-23 was good at.Instead, it lost ...Keep reading

The shake-up follows Stoffel Vandoorne’s promotion from reserve driver to a full-season seat for the new season in place of Gustavo Menezes.The Belgian will share the #94 9X8 with Loic Duval and Paul Di Resta, who has moved over from the #93 entry he drove last year and in the final half of Peugeot’s maiden WEC campaign in 2022.Nico Muller has moved the other way: he is now teamed with ...Keep reading

Newcastle Falcons appoint Steve Diamond as consultant director of rugby as current boss Alex Codling steps down from his role.

Although scoring only a single individual stage win during the two-week contest in Saudi Arabia, Brabec took overall honours with an impressive margin of 10m53s as he put Honda back on the victory lane in Dakar.10m53s was almost exactly the time Brabec lost to Branch on the opening test between Al-Ula and Al-Henankiya, putting the American rider immediately on the back foot on his ninth ...Keep reading

Some drivers take a while to nominate their favourite race car. Garth Tander only needs a second to name his.“It was the 2007 Championship winner, for sure,” replies the five-time Bathurst 1000 conqueror. “I won a lot of races in it, so it was the most successful Supercar of my career, in terms of wins and podiums.”It sure was. From the 37 races in the championship, Tander took 19 podium ...Keep reading