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Hickman led from the first sector split of the opening lap of the six-lap Superbike race and eased to his sixth-career victory at the TT on the all-new BMW M1000RR. McGuinness led the field from the number one spot to start his 100th TT race aboard his Honda, though sat 11th on the leaderboard through

In a one-sided finale Vergne put 0.817s over da Costa, setting a 1m08.523s as da Costa endured a wayward lap – arguably losing his shot at pole with a slide at Turn 2 and confirming the result by lighting up the tyres in the final corner. Vergne put three tenths over Mitch Evans to book

Evans had been leading the rough gravel rally heading into Stage 3 when his GR Yaris suffered a heavy impact in a compression, which resulted in a water leak on the car. Unable to rectify that problem on the road section, last year’s championship runner-up was forced to retire from the day, ending any hopes

Neuville started Friday with an overnight lead before dropping down the order when the Belgian lost 14.6s due to poor visibility on the day’s opening stage. However, the Hyundai driver’s hopes of scoring significant points were dashed when a transmission issue hit on Stage 5. Neuville was forced to limp through the stage with his

Neuville produced a committed run through Thursday night’s 3.2km super special, held on a mix of tarmac and gravel roads around the city of Olbia. Mirroring his super special stage win to start the previous round in Portugal, the Belgian clocked a time 0.5s faster than his nearest rival, which on this occasion was Toyota’s

Jack Miller is set to lose his place at the factory Ducati squad for 2023 as he explores options at KTM and LCR Honda. It is expected that one of three-time race winner Enea Bastianini or Pramac’s one-time grand prix victor Jorge Martin will replace Miller at the factory squad. But on the eve of

The Renault brand’s A480 has had the power reduction it received for the Spa round of the WEC in May halved in the Balance of Performance table issued ahead of this weekend’s test day on the full Circuit de la Sarthe. But the maximum power allowed to the grandfathered LMP1 car for Le Mans this

The TT returns in 2022 after a two-year absence as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with action beginning last Sunday with the first official qualifying sessions. Running continued through Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with this evening’s running consisting of a lap for Sidecars, followed by a Superbike, Superstock and Supersport session. At just after

The more observant podcast fans will have noticed we didn’t bring you our usual review show last week to wrap up Portugal, and we explain why on today’s podcast. So we look back at Portugal and the incredible job by Kalle Rovanpera to win his third consecutive event of the year. Autosport WRC reporter Tom

The runner-up from the previous two WRC campaigns has endured a slow start to the championship’s hybrid era, while team-mate Kalle Rovanpera has quickly adapted to the new car, romping to a runaway championship lead. Evans was on course to score podiums in Monte Carlo and Sweden before crashing out of both events, while punctures

Following Norris’ first stop for intermediate tyres, he made a second for hard-compound slicks but was overtaken by George Russell in the latter instance as the Mercedes driver stopped a lap earlier. After the red flag for the Mick Schumacher crash Norris resumed the race with the same hard tyres still fitted, a choice also

At one point in Sunday evening’s media conference with the Indianapolis 500 winner, someone asked Marcus Ericsson a question about being the overlooked driver in the Chip Ganassi Racing team. It wasn’t a question without merit. There’s six-time champion Scott Dixon – one of the pillars at Ganassi for more than two decades. There’s Alex

Gronholm is the most recent Finnish driver to win the WRC title, after claiming his second world crown in 2002 with the factory Peugeot operation. Since then, the WRC has been largely dominated by Frenchmen Sebastien Loeb (2004-2012) and Sebastien Ogier (2013-2018, 2020-2021), with Norwegian Petter Solberg (2003) and Estonian Ott Tanak (2019) the only

Mercedes driver Hamilton was closely tailing Ocon for eighth place after pitting for intermediate tyres, quickly gaining on the Alpine car that still running on wets. Hamilton called for Ocon to be investigated over his defensive moves, with the stewards taking action after contact was made between the two drivers at Sainte Devote. As Hamilton

Ericsson held off Pato O’Ward to score his maiden Indy 500 win, only his third in IndyCar competition after arriving from F1 in 2019, and the fifth for Ganassi’s storied team since 2000. Polesitter and 2008 Indy victor Scott Dixon had led for 95 laps but a pitlane speeding penalty dropped him out of contention

Rain shook up proceedings just ahead of the delayed start to the race, but Leclerc was able to hold firm at the front of the pack to begin with – only for things to unravel and leave the Monegasque a disappointing fourth at the chequered flag. Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz also saw his chance to

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dixon became the all-time lap leader for the biggest open-wheel race in America, surpassing Al Unser Sr’s record of 644 laps led on lap 133 of the 2022 Indy 500. Dixon started the day third on the list and passed Ralph dePalma’s mark of 612 just before half distance. Polesitter Dixon looked

Rain in the build-up to the planned start time of 3pm for the Monaco Grand Prix led to the start procedure being suspended just minutes away from the intended start of the formation lap. The formation lap was initially rescheduled for 3:09pm local time in Monaco, but the start was then delayed again by the

The odds are heavily stacked in his favour for Sunday given the difficulty in overtaking around the streets – yet this is a result that goes far beyond the academic result. Leclerc grew up in Monaco, and now finds himself racing around the streets which he would navigate on the bus to school every day

Gasly had placed inside the top 10 in all three practice sessions in Monaco, ending Saturday’s FP3 session fifth-fastest, but was eliminated in 17th place at the end of Q1. A red flag with two minutes remaining in the session prompted a late flurry of lap times, but Gasly was sent out at the back

After a speeding violation forced the car he shared with Kevin Estre, Fred Makowiecki and Michael Christensen to start from the back of the GT3 field, Vanthoor was fighting over third place with his younger brother Dries Vanthoor’s Phoenix Audi. The pair duelled on the long Dottinger Hohe straight and continued to run side-by-side approaching

Teams are currently in talks with the FIA and F1 about increasing the budget cap due to the pressures of inflation and rising freight costs resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February. Ferrari F1 boss Mattia Binotto admitted on Saturday in Monaco his team would exceed the budget cap this year, while Red Bull’s

Bottas suffered a Ferrari MGU-K failure on his very first lap in FP1, before he had set a time. He managed to the car back to the pits, but the MGU-K issue meant that he broke the speed limit by 21.9km/h as he came in, earning himself a €1000 fine. He was forced to sit

The 22-year-old had just completed his 43rd lap of the 90-minute session when his car twitched at Turn 1, the back end stepping out and sending him into the outside wall. In the impact with the SAFER barrier, firstly with the rear-right corner before the right-front corner connected, the car’s nose elevated and the air

At the start of his tenure, new F1 race director Niels Wittich moved to reinforce elements of the FIA’s International Sporting Code, including the ban on wearing jewellery in the car and regulations pertaining to correct fireproof underwear. A reminder on the issue was given in Australia before specific checks were incorporated into the scrutineering

The relatively shallow 8.7 degrees of banking means the long, fast left-hander can’t quite be taken flat-out and was billed in the lead up to the event as “hardcore” by Winward Mercedes driver Lucas Auer. “I think everybody is shitting his pants a little bit when you go there,” he admitted. “Last week when we

When former IndyCar racer Sarah Fisher pulls off in the Corvette pace car and Whiplash actor Miles Teller waves the green flag to start the race, the field of 33 will have a single goal in mind – glugging the milk in victory lane and kissing the bricks with their victorious crew after 200 laps

As revealed by Autosport, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali announced the plan to the teams in a meeting in Barcelona on Saturday. While improving the championship’s sustainability credentials is ostensibly the driving force behind the move, streamlining the schedule will also reduce costs for the F1 organisation itself and the 10 teams at a time when

The Envision Formula E driver, who made his DTM debut with the AF Corse-run Red Bull Ferrari team at last year’s Norisring round in place of Alex Albon, was brought into the lineup full-time this year but had to miss the Portimao opener due to a clash with the Monaco E-Prix. In his place, rally

Tyre issues became a talking point after a particularly brutal Friday as the new-for-2022 Rally1 cars contested a gravel rally for the first time. Pirelli debuted a new hard and soft gravel tyre at the event, which featured reinforced structures and a design optimised for the increased torque and the heavier Rally1 cars, which weigh