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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 readingView the full article

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 readingView the full article

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 readingView the full article

The three-time Supercars champion logged only three laps in the race before as he was one of more than two dozen cars caught up in multi-car wreck on lap four of 100.Gus Dean got loose after getting hit from behind and turned into Venturini Motorsports team-mate Toni Breidinger in Turns 1 and 2, which triggered the pile-up that collected several contenders for the win, including van Gisbergen.“I ...Keep readingView the full article

Munster lost a rear side window from his Ford Puma Rally1 during stage six, which prompted some quick thinking to protect the car’s hybrid unit from the snow and prevent his windscreen from fogging up.M-Sport’s new recruit showcased his resourceful side by fashioning a team jacket into a makeshift window for the day’s remaining two stages.“I have no idea how we lost the window,” Munster ...Keep readingView the full article

The Hyundai driver was four minutes late to the start of stage six after struggling to fire up his i20 N, incurring a 40-second penalty.It resulted in the Belgian dropping behind Toyota’s Elfyn Evans on the road order, effectively making the latter face the worst of the conditions on the snow covered roads.Evans initially suspected foul play at the end of stage stating, “I guess the spirit of ...Keep readingView the full article

Lappi claimed three stage wins from the four afternoon tests that were plagued by snow flurries that made conditions incredibly challenging for crews. The performance helped Lappi overhaul Katsuta to open up a 3.2s rally lead after eight of 18 stages.Katsuta ended the day as the lead Toyota after overnight leader Kalle Rovanpera crashed out on stage four after running wide into a snowbank, with ...Keep readingView the full article

The reigning two-time world champion won Thursday night’s super special and stage two on Friday morning to open up a 5.7s lead over Toyota team-mate heading into stage four where drama struck.In an incident unseen by television cameras, Rovanpera ran wide as snow began to fall in the stage. The 23-year-old clouted a snowbank which resulted in his GR Yaris suffering damage to its radiator.“We ...Keep readingView the full article

Starting the day sitting second, Katsuta leapt into an 11.4s rally lead over Hyundai's Esapekka Lappi after a drama-filled stage four, which resulted in Rovanpera and Ott Tanak retiring from the day's action.Overnight leader and reigning world champion Rovanpera, making a return to the WRC in a part-time programme for Toyota, was the victim of a snowbank. His rival Tanak suffered a similar fate ...Keep readingView the full article

In the second Duel of the evening, Hamlin had powered by to the lead with five of 60 laps to go, but Bell had made his way to second at the start of the final lap.As the duo entered Turns 3 and 4, Bell first dived low, then high to get around Hamlin and held off Austin Cindric by 0.113 seconds for the win. Hamlin ended up third behind Cindric, as John Hunter Nemechek took fourth and Harrison ...Keep readingView the full article

Bubba Wallace on the end of the Clash (when he was spun by Kyle Larson). It doesn’t seem he is carrying any beefs from that race. View the full article

John Hunter Nemechek on the Clash and how he earned respect from his Cup competitors. View the full article

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. explained his source of frustrations with John Hunter Nemechek and Michael McDowell at the Clash. View the full article

Ross Chastain explained why he paid for Michael McDowell's haircut after the Clash. View the full article

Ross Chastain paid for Michael McDowell’s haircut after wrecking him at the Clash. McDowell on that and his Clash adventures. View the full article

Ryan Blaney doesn’t have any Cup championship tattoos…yet. And he said it was awesome that Penske teammate and Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden had Blaney’s face on his leg — even if it was a temporary tattoo. View the full article

Ryan Preece on return to Daytona after wild flip in August: “No different than me pulling into another race track.… We as race-car drivers have to be numb to it.” He said seeing the clip does not bother him. View the full article

The two-time world champion, making the first start of his part-time 2024 WRC campaign, lit up the timing screens on the first of 18 snow stages – Umea Sprint, 5.16km.Rovanpera, starting seventh on the road, posted a time 1.4s faster than Toyota team-mate Takamoto Katsuta.“It is always ok when the time is on that side of the clock,” said Rovanpera. “This is always tricky as it is icy, so ...Keep readingView the full article

Anti-lag system issues affected all three Hyundais in Monte Carlo, with Tanak hit the worst by the problem that team principal Cyril Abiteboul admitted was exacerbated by the 2019 world champion's driving style.Hyundai has since identified the issue but it is likely the problem will only be completely rectified through the homologation of new software which Hyundai plans to have in place in time ...Keep readingView the full article

The reigning two-time world champion is expected to be the overwhelming favourite for victory on Sweden’s snow-covered roads.A previous event winner in 2022, Rovanpera also has the advantage of a favourable starting position after sitting out last month’s Monte Carlo season as part of his wish to contest a part-time programme this year.The Finn returned to the stages at the Arctic Lapland ...Keep readingView the full article

The 2024 NASCAR Cup season has begun in earnest. Following the non-points exhibition race at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum won by Denny Hamlin earlier this month, Joey Logano took pole for this weekend's Daytona 500 season opener by leading a Ford front-row lockout in qualifying on Wednesday night.Thursday night’s twin 150-mile qualifying races will set the remainder of the grid, with Jimmie ...Keep readingView the full article

Jimmie Johnson will make history Sunday as the first NASCAR Hall of Fame driver to compete in a Cup Series race during the Daytona 500. View the full article

The WRC released its 2024 schedule with the rally traversing the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria, which made its championship debut last year, set to take place from 31 October to 3 November.However, rally organisers have now confirmed plans to move the event to 17-20 October subject to approval from the FIA and ADAC. The location of the service park has also been relocated. The asphalt rally ...Keep readingView the full article

Team Penske’s Logano was the last of the 10-car final round to qualify and bolted to the top of the speed chart with an average lap speed of 181.947mph to secure pole for Sunday’s race.Logano’s pole is the first for a Ford driver in the pole since Carl Edwards in 2012 and first in the race for team owner Roger Penske. It was also the first 500 pole for Logano, who won the race in ...Keep readingView the full article

For the first time, 2018 and 2022 Cup Series champion Joey Logano put his car on the pole for the Daytona 500. View the full article