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After a dominant Saturday, Oliver Solberg headed into the final day of Rally Estonia with a 21.2s lead, as the Toyota driver closed in on a maiden World Rally Championship victory. Solberg started the day with a 12.4s lead but faced a similar road position to his rivals. This placement would test the Swede, as he looked to repeat Friday's impressive pace on Estonia’s fast gravel ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg won three of the four Saturday morning stages to extend his Rally Estonia lead as his impressive top-flight World Rally Championship return continued. The 23-year-old increased his advantage to 22.8s over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak having ended Friday with a 12.4s lead. Competing in the Rally1 category for the first time since 2022, Solberg was untouchable on Saturday ...Keep readingView the full article

The FIA handed Rally Estonia leader Oliver Solberg a reprimand and a €2,000 suspended fine for swearing during a fan interview session at the World Rally Championship event. Solberg used the phrase “f***ing win” on stage in front of fans in the service park on Friday night. It came after the Toyota driver's best day of his WRC career, which saw him claim his maiden top flight stage ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg has always believed in his talent, but admitted that leading Rally Estonia on his World Rally Championship Rally1 return left him surprised and speechless. Solberg made the most of an opportunity from Toyota to join its Rally1 ranks this weekend, ending Friday with a 12.8s lead over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak. After only finding out about the drive 24 hours after winning the WRC2 ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg continued his dream return to the World Rally Championship top flight by extending his Rally Estonia lead to 12.4s over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak on Friday. Solberg produced a stunning display to claim his first WRC stage wins, making the most of a special opportunity to join the factory Toyota squad on Estonia’s fast gravel stages this weekend. After only two days of testing to ...Keep readingView the full article

Oliver Solberg stunned the World Rally Championship regulars to claim his first top-flight stage wins and capture the Rally Estonia lead on his Rally1 return with Toyota. Solberg and co-driver Elliott Edmondson quickly gelled with the GR Yaris Rally1 on their return to the WRC’s top tier for the first time since 2022. The pair completed the loop with an 8.5s lead over home hero Hyundai’s ...Keep readingView the full article

The World Rally Championship begins the second half of the campaign this weekend with the title race finely poised ahead of the first fast gravel rally of the year in Estonia. Hampered by starting first on the road on rough gravel rallies in Portugal, Sardinia and Greece, Toyota’s Elfyn Evans has witnessed his championship lead whittled down to nine points over team-mate Sebastien Ogier ...Keep readingView the full article

Red Bull has an interesting history in NASCAR, entering the sport with a race team in the mid-2000s and attempting to form a championship-caliber organization. Unfortunately, it didn't work out as well as their Formula 1 venture as Red Bull Racing's NASCAR branch shut down at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Now, if you want to learn more about that tumultuous era, you can find the full rundown ...Keep readingView the full article

Franco Morbidelli will miss out on this weekend’s Czech GP following the injury he sustained in the MotoGP sprint race at the Sachsenring. The VR46 rider suffered a severe contusion to his left collarbone in a high-speed crash at the German track, having lost control of his Ducati in the rain before cartwheeling to a halt in the gravel trap. Read Also: MotoGPFranco Morbidelli to ...Keep readingView the full article

World Rally Championship Rally1 teams will be permitted to make changes to their cars to prevent a repeat of the fuel system issues that occurred at Acropolis Rally Greece. Rally1 teams were forced to monitor problems with the fuel systems of their cars that ultimately forced Toyota and M-Sport-Ford to retire cars driven by Sami Pajari, Martins Sesks and Gregoire Munster from the rough gravel ...Keep readingView the full article

This October will mark not only the 31st anniversary of Michael Schumacher's first Formula 1 world drivers' championship, but also the 25th anniversary of the year he secured his first title with Ferrari. This was one he claimed with a hard-fought victory at the penultimate round of the season - the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka - to ensure Mika Hakkinen was denied a chance of claiming a third ...Keep readingView the full article

Jenson Button will not continue in the World Endurance Championship with the Jota Cadillac team next season. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion has opted against undertaking a full programme of racing in 2026, but has insisted that he is not retiring. Button, who has a two-year contract with Jota covering the 2024 and ’25 seasons, listed his busy work schedule, which includes acting as a ...Keep readingView the full article

Adrian Newey made a rare appearance trackside during the British Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend. Apart from a visit to Monaco in May (and a cameo at the Goodwood Festival of Speed) he has been sequestered within Aston Martin’s ‘campus’ near Silverstone since he started at the team in March. But while Newey was present on the British GP grid with his sketchbook – despite overseeing 12 ...Keep readingView the full article

Oscar Piastri is the Formula 1 championship leader but title rival Lando Norris is on the ascendency, having won the past two grands prix. The McLaren team-mates headed into the last month’s Austrian Grand Prix separated by 22 points after Norris retired in Canada having crashed into Piastri. But the Briton has impressively bounced back by winning at the Red Bull Ring, and then his home ...Keep readingView the full article

Cody Ware was hoping for a calm day at Sonoma Raceway after a terrifying crash at the end of the Chicago Street Course race, one week prior. A brake rotor exploded at one of the fastest parts of the circuit and Ware's car buried itself into the tire barriers at Turn 6. He impacted the wall at around 90mph, causing noticeable damage to the steering wheel and cracking his HANS ...Keep readingView the full article

Ed Carpenter Racing (ECR) has unveiled plans to relocate its headquarters to Westfield, Indiana. As part of the Grand Park District Master Plan — a forward-thinking initiative in Westfield aimed at expanding and enhancing the Grand Park Sports Campus — ECR will establish a cutting-edge facility that will serve as the new home for its racing operations. This move will make ECR the first and ...Keep readingView the full article

Alex Palou’s remarkable 2025 season — featuring a win in the Indianapolis 500 and an almost certain fourth IndyCar Series title — could become even more historic if the driver of Chip Ganassi Racing’s No. 10 car continues his winning streak through the remainder of the championship. With his most recent victory at Iowa Speedway on Sunday, Palou joined a prestigious group of drivers — ...Keep readingView the full article

Alpine may be languishing at the bottom of the standings and ruing its worst start to a Formula 1 season in years, but the team could be about to get a boost as F1 has recently reset its aerodynamic testing restrictions for the second half of the year. In an attempt to level the playing field, Formula 1 introduced a sliding scale that alters the amount of aerodynamic testing teams can carry out ...Keep readingView the full article

The upcoming Czech Grand Prix’s entry list has been revealed, with reigning MotoGP world champion Jorge Martin set to return for just his second race weekend this season. New Aprilia hire Martin missed the first three rounds after injuring his wrist in testing, then was even more seriously wounded in a Qatar GP crash with 11 fractured ribs and a pneumothorax. This was three months ago, and he ...Keep readingView the full article

Katherine Legge has once again expanded her 2025 NASCAR schedule, adding the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. She will again pilot the No. 78 Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet in her fifth Cup race of the year. The effort will be backed by Desnuda Organic Tequila and Indiana-based venture studio Droplight. Legge was already planning to run the No. 32 Jordan Anderson Racing ...Keep readingView the full article