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Why did Thomas Preining stay in his cockpit after taking his third Norisring DTM victory on Sunday, then unsteadily limp to his father instead of jumping on the roof of his Porsche like he usually does? "Unfortunately, I injured my ankle while running in the woods at home three weeks ago, then there were two 24-hour races and now here," the Manthey driver told ran.de, referring to his major ...Keep readingView the full article

Four-time WRC world champion and Toyota deputy team principal Juha Kankkunen will pilot the latest hydrogen-powered rally car from Toyota at Rally Finland. The GR Yaris Rally2 H2 Concept will make its debut on the Harju stage of the race on the first two days of the event, which runs from 31 July until 3 August. The car has been extensively developed at the Toyota WRC team’s headquarters in ...Keep readingView the full article

Ferrari will run at the Hypercar minimum power for the first time at this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos. The Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which is unbeaten in the WEC this year, will race at 480kW (644bhp) under the Balance of Performance for the Brazilian event on Sunday. That means it has lost 35kW (47bhp) since last month’s Le Mans 24 ...Keep readingView the full article

McLaren CEO Zak Brown thinks Lando Norris' Canadian Grand Prix clash with Oscar Piastri has actually helped his confidence as the two team-mates battle for the Formula 1 world title. In June's Montreal race Norris clattered into the back of Piastri in the fight for fourth, his biggest setback so far as he aims to overhaul his Australian team-mate for a drivers' championship that they are all ...Keep readingView the full article

Shane van Gisbergen remains near-unstoppable on the streets of Chicago. In five starts between the Xfinity and Cup Series, he has won four of them. The only race he attempted but didn't manage to win was the Cup race in 2024, and that's because he got wrecked out of the event. With his latest victory, he joins Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Christopher Bell as the only drivers with multiple Cup ...Keep readingView the full article

It was another wild NASCAR Cup race at Chicago with non-stop action from start to finish. Shane van Gisbergen sweeping the weekend was a rather predictable outcome, but it didn't take away from the fact that the race was full of epic storylines. In fact, there were so many winners and losers, we can't possibly mention them all here. Some other 'winners' who didn't quite make the list: Kyle ...Keep readingView the full article

McLaren's Formula E team is set to be closed down at the end of the current season as efforts to find a buyer for the outfit have proven unsuccessful, Motorsport.com understands. Following its decision to enter the World Endurance Championship with a Hypercar chassis for 2027, McLaren elected to withdraw from Formula E after three seasons in the all-electric championship and redirect its ...Keep readingView the full article

Nico Hulkenberg shrugged off the unwanted record of having the most Formula 1 starts without a podium by taking third at the 2025 British Grand Prix. The shock result came at the German’s 239th grand prix start, as the Sauber driver benefited from correctly timed pitstops while rivals faltered with strategy at a wet Silverstone. It was a long time coming for Hulkenberg, who joined F1 with ...Keep readingView the full article

While Shane van Gisbergen was once again the driver to beat on Sunday, his closest competition never got a fair shot in the end due to some mechanical gremlins. Michael McDowell started from the outside of the front row at the Chicago Street Course and took the lead from SVG on the opening lap. He went on to win Stage 1 and appeared to be a real threat for the win. The Spire Motorsports driver ...Keep readingView the full article

Alpine has taken the covers off an all-new electric rally car that is set to make its competition debut before the end of the 2025 season. The French manufacturer today revealed a rally version of its A290 road car, which is a performance-based derivative of the new Renault 5 electric vehicle. The A290 Rallye is built to the FIA’s eRally5 regulations, devised in 2022 for cars largely based ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg will make a return to the World Rally Championship top tier at Rally Estonia this month after being handed a drive by Toyota. The current WRC2 points leader had been set to contest the fast gravel rally (17-20 July) piloting his Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 in the WRC2 class, but will now swap his car for a maiden competitive outing in Toyota’s Rally1 car. Solberg will join Toyota ...Keep readingView the full article

Sebastien Ogier will add Rally Finland to his part-time 2025 World Rally Championship campaign after opting to sit out Rally Estonia later this month. Ogier has today confirmed that he will make his sixth start of the WRC season on Finland’s fast gravel roads, which will host the ninth round of the season (31 July–3 August). It means Toyota will again field five Rally1 cars, with Ogier ...Keep readingView the full article

Interest from new manufacturers and tuners in the World Rally Championship’s 2027 technical regulations is growing as work continues to finalise the ruleset’s finer details. The WRC will usher in new technical regulations from 2027 that have been formed primarily to be more affordable and flexible in the hope of attracting new manufacturers and teams to grow the championship. The new ...Keep readingView the full article

Ott Tanak admitted he was “very worried” he’d lose a drought-ending World Rally Championship win in Greece after a gearbox issue struck in the final stage. Tanak had dominated a demanding Acropolis Rally having driven his Hyundai to nine stage wins to open up a 48.8s margin over Toyota's Sebastien Ogier ahead of the 17th and final stage. However, having avoided punctures and mechanical ...Keep readingView the full article

Ott Tanak boosted his World Rally Championship title hopes after producing a stunning drive in extreme conditions to win Acropolis Rally Greece - ending Hyundai’s victory drought. Tanak beat Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier by 32.8s following an intense head-to-head that concluded with Tanak suffering a gearbox issue on the final stage. Hyundai sealed a double podium with Adrien Fourmaux finishing ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA is investigating a series of fuel system issues experienced by World Rally Championship Rally1 teams at Acropolis Rally Greece, which prompted Toyota and M-Sport-Ford to retire cars. Toyota opted to retire Sami Pajari on the road section after stage five on Friday due to a fuel system issue on his GR Yaris. The Finn was locked in the fight for the podium places, sitting in fifth having ...Keep readingView the full article

Kalle Rovanpera has explained the circumstances that led to a retirement from Acropolis Rally Greece, which halted his momentum in the World Rally Championship title race. The two-time world champion was sitting in seventh, having struggled to find the sweet spot driving his GR Yaris throughout the rally, when drama struck on Stage 11 [Pavliani , 24.58km]. Rovanpera revealed that a ...Keep readingView the full article

Ott Tanak opened up a 43.6s lead over Sebastien Ogier heading into the final day of the Acropolis Rally Greece, as Hyundai edged closer to a first win of the 2025 World Rally Championship season. Tanak delivered a dominant drive claiming five of Saturday’s six rough gravel stages, held once again in stifling hot temperatures. The Hyundai driver transformed a three-second overnight lead ...Keep readingView the full article

Thierry Neuville has said the World Rally Championship’s Hankook control tyres are “not on the level” they should be after suffering a series of problems during Acropolis Rally Greece. The reigning world champion cut a frustrated figure on Friday after suffering punctures in back-to-back stages, resulting in the Belgian dropping from the rally lead to eighth. Neuville wasn’t the ...Keep readingView the full article

Ott Tanak produced an impressive drive across Saturday morning’s three stages to extend his Acropolis Rally Greece lead after Hyundai team-mate Adrien Fourmaux lost time after clipping a bank. Tanak took a three-second lead into the day’s action and increased his advantage by winning stage eight by 6.7s from Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier before going on to clock the fastest time in stage nine ...Keep readingView the full article