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Since 2022, BBS has been the standard supplier of wheel rims for all teams as the FIA sought to help bring down costs for competitors. One area of key focus for BBS since the start of the current rules era, which included a switch to 18-inch wheels, has been the extreme forces the larger dimension rims suffer in impacts compared to the older, smaller designs.In particular, the way that rims are ...Keep reading

The WRT BMW team has confirmed that the Italian will again compete in the GTWCE in what will be a third full season of car racing after his retirement from two wheels at the end of 2021.But the Belgian squad has declined to reveal how many of the 10 GTWCE races Rossi, 44, will contest at the wheel of a BMW M4 GT3 alongside his participation in the eight WEC rounds, which include the Le Mans 24 ...Keep reading

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's CQC rating is downgraded to "requires improvement".

Steiner’s first book, Surviving to Drive, was written after he was approached by ghostwriter James Hogg.Initially published in the UK by Penguin Random House, it told the inside story of the Haas team’s 2022 season, while also dipping into episodes from earlier in Steiner’s career.It has sold some 150,000 copies and appeared in 12 languages, with a UK paperback version due in March.Hogg had ...Keep reading

A tendering process expected to start at the end of January.

People say they are still unable to sell their homes three years after McClure solicitors collapsed.

During a competition briefing on Tuesday at its R&D Center in Concord, N.C., NASCAR unveiled some tweaks to its qualifying procedures for Cup Series races.The change will affect all races except those on superspeedways since group qualifying isn’t used at those tracks.At all others, all entries will still be split into two groups for qualifying, with the fastest five drivers from each group ...Keep reading

Newcastle United turn down a 15m euro (£12.8m) offer from Bayern Munich for right-back Kieran Trippier.

Tuesday's games at Morecambe, Gateshead, Altrincham and Wealdstone are postponed because of waterlogged pitches.

In the first episode of Racing ID – a new series on F1 TV taking a deep dive into the driving styles of today’s Formula 1 drivers – Jolyon Palmer explains the basics of braking in an F1 car, maximising deceleration to improve lap times and how lock-ups can happen, before giving a fascinating insight into how braking styles differ across the grid.

The 11-turn, 2.238 road course – which was constructed in 1957 – is owned by Monterey County, which signed a long-term concession agreement with the non-profit organization Friends of Laguna Seca (FLS) in July last year to secure its long-term financial future.The Californian venue, famed for its Corkscrew sequence of corners, is scheduled to run seven major racing events in 2024, including ...Keep reading

The fire service say they sent five appliances and a drone to the blaze in Alnwick.

Karam, 28, has 25 total starts in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.After making his debut in 2021 where he ran four races, he increased  his schedule to nine in 2022, and then 12 in 2023. Those starts have come with five different teams, but his best effort came with Same Hunt Racing.At Road America last year, he was very nearly won the race in a frantic finish before earning a career-best result of ...Keep reading

Marco Andretti will pilot the No. 98 MAPEI / CURB Honda for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500, which will mark his 19th appearance in the famed race. Additionally, the new partner will be on the Andretti Herta with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian entry at the IndyCar’s Open Test at IMS April 10-11.The 36-year-old has scored four podiums, eighth top 10s and one pole at the ...Keep reading

The No. 36 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang is the fifth open entry announced for the 500 so far, bringing the total number of entries to 41. With only 40 cars allowed in the field, at least one will be going home after the Duel races.Grala has just seven starts at the Cup level. He made his debut in 2020 with Richard Childress Racing, finishing an impressive seventh at the Daytona Road Course ...Keep reading

This weekend will see the WRC debut its new points-scoring structure, ratified by the FIA, which is designed to spice up rallies and in particular the action on Sundays.  Under the new system, a sliding scale of 18-15-13-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points will be awarded at the end of Saturday, but only if a crew reaches Sunday’s final classification. If a crew fails to finish on Sunday, the Saturday ...Keep reading

The 30-year-old native of Frisange, Luxembourg, will drive the No. 68 Ford for Kimmel Racing after testing with the team earlier this month at the track. Following the test, he was cleared to compete on all series tracks.Linster returned to Luxembourg following the test and worked to secure sponsorship to do the race, which he was able to nail down this week.Linster, who competes full-time in the ...Keep reading

The track will be a mixture of street circuit roads through the exhibition building area and a smaller section of permanent track that will be built on adjacent land that has yet to be developed.The two parts are split by an elevated highway and will be connected by a pair of tunnels that pass underneath it.F1 compares the hybrid nature of the new venue to Miami, which also features a combination ...Keep reading

Under the previous ITR regime, the DTM conceptualised a new DTM Electric championship based on 1000bhp single-make cars alongside its GT3-based platform that was due to start in 2024. But this was quietly dropped following the DTM's sale to leading German promoter the ADAC at the end of 2022.However, speaking to Motorsport.com at the recent Autosport International Show, ADAC motorsport director ...Keep reading

The council says it is increasing patrols in the area to deter anti-social behaviour.