The first morning loop of stages saw eight-time world rally champion Sebastien Ogier take a 16.3 second lead over Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi. Ogier won two of the three tests and had a particularly impressive performance on the first run through Monte Lerno, where he finished 12.7 seconds faster than anyone else. Lappi Closes the Gap
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Esapekka Lappi won Thursday night’s super special and began the next day with a 0.2-second lead over Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier. However, Lappi fell 16.3 seconds behind Ogier after implementing a hard tyre-focused strategy in the morning’s 49.9km Monte Lerno test. Lappi adopted a more daring approach in the afternoon, opting for soft tyres that worked
IndyCar driver Santino Ferrucci has expressed his excitement for the new street course layout in Detroit. Ferrucci took some laps around the circuit in his Chevrolet Tahoe SUV during the off-season and described the 1.7-mile, nine-turn circuit as “phenomenal”. He particularly highlighted the huge straight on one of Detroit’s most famous streets, Jefferson Avenue, and
The World Endurance Championship (WEC) has raised the minimum weights for Toyota, Ferrari, Cadillac, and Porsche for the centrepiece round on June 10/11. The Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, which won the opening three rounds of the 2023 WEC, has faced the biggest weight increase of 37kg. In contrast, the Porsche 963 LMDh has
The Indianapolis 500 produced a new conspiracy theory that the race was fixed to allow track and series owner Roger Penske’s driver Josef Newgarden to win. However, to believe this theory, one would have to completely discredit Penske’s passion for the sport and what he gets out of it. Penske’s Passion for the Sport Penske
Alexander Rossi, the winner of the centenary Indy 500 in 2016, expressed his annoyance about the lap 101 restart in this year’s race. Rossi, who finished in fifth position in his first start with McLaren, was passed by Marcus Ericsson and Rinus VeeKay around the outside of Turn 4. It gave Ericsson a run into
The 2022 Indianapolis 500 was won by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who beat Chip Ganassi Racing driver Marcus Ericsson by 0.0974 seconds. Although Ericsson led Newgarden to the green flag for a green-white-checkered finish, Newgarden got a run to pass him on the backstretch into Turn 3, which proved to be the decisive move. Ericsson,
George Russell was left to rue a costly mistake which prevented him from securing a podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix. The Williams driver had looked set to claim third place following a slow pit stop for Esteban Ocon and a late switch to intermediate tyres for Carlos Sainz. However, Russell’s hopes were dashed
Last weekend’s qualifying round saw a fierce competition between Chip Ganassi Racing, McLaren, and Ed Carpenter Racing. The cars from each of these teams filled the front row on Sunday. However, despite the fact that the highest placed Penske was 12th and the highest placed Andretti car was 15th, O’Ward from Arrow McLaren still believes
Max Verstappen secured his third pole position of the 2023 Formula 1 season in a remarkable late effort to usurp Fernando Alonso, who had been on course for his first pole since 2012. Verstappen won by just 0.084s to increase his chances of repeating his 2021 victory in Monaco, where pole position is highly valued
Mercedes has introduced a significant package of bodywork and suspension changes that was supposed to have run for the first time at the cancelled Imola event last weekend. Despite the obvious complications inherent in learning about a new package on a tricky street track, the team opted to keep them on the car and put
Former two-time world rally champion, Marcus Gronholm, reunited with his 2000 and 2002 championship winning co-driver, Timo Rautiainen, at the all-new event in northern Italy, celebrating Group A and WRC car era machinery. The rally, held in the town of Varzi, is the brainchild of former Hyundai Motorsport boss Andrea Adamo. The Accident During the