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Porsche duo Christensen and Kevin Estre were up against the Ferrari of James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi in the last-ever race of the GTE Pro division, with 11 points separating the two crews at the top of the drivers’ championship. Estre ran a comfortable second in the early stages of the eight-hour contest, well

Russell passed Red Bull rival Max Verstappen en route to victory in Saturday’s 24-lap sprint race at Interlagos, securing himself top spot on the grid for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix.  He will be joined on the front row by Mercedes team-mate Hamilton, who finished third in the sprint but gains a place thanks to Carlos

Alonso and Ocon appeared to make contact twice on the opening lap of Saturday’s 24-lap sprint race in Brazil, the first moment coming at Turn 4 when they went side-by-side into the corner. Alonso was forced wide at the exit of the corner, but the more dramatic incident came as they completed the lap when

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez sits 2.4s clear in front after being let through by the sister car of Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa in the fourth hour of the race. Second place would be enough for the #8 crew to clinch the championship

Toyota driver Evans managed to take time out his Hyundai rival Neuville on two of the morning’s three stages to move into a 6.5s lead after Saturday morning’s loop. Hyundai’s Ott Tanak climbed to third, 26.9s adrift of the lead, after newly crowned world champion Rovanpera picked up a right front puncture following a run

The Maranello squad raised some eyebrows for the final shoot-out qualifying element at Interlagos when Leclerc was the only driver to head out on the circuit with intermediate tyres. Although rain was blowing in, the track was dry enough for slicks and that meant Leclerc’s option proved totally wrong as he ended up being slowest

The new UK category will cater for a range of models from the 360 Challenge through to the latest 488 Evo machines, with dedicated classes for each. Races of around 30 minutes are planned, and a calendar is being assembled with support from MotorSport Vision Racing. It is intended that the Bell Sport Challenge will

The Toyota driver managed to clock two fastest stage times from the four completed stages on Friday, following the cancellation of Stage 3 and Stage 7. Evans earned a share of the lead with Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville after the morning loop, before pulling out a 3.0s advantage over the Belgian in the afternoon. New world

The Spaniard had been navigating through the opening stage (Isegami’s Tunnel 23.29km), when he was forced to stop his i20 N 16.1km into the test after reporting a burning smell. Sordo and co-driver Candido Carrera quickly exited the car before a large fire broke out engulfing the vehicle. Attempts were made to put the fire

Williams confirmed over the United States Grand Prix weekend that so long as Sargeant gets an FIA superlicence, he will claim the second seat alongside Alex Albon for 2023. The FIA made clear in its handling of Colton Herta’s recent push for a superlicence that it will not make exceptions for those not meeting the

The German, who has mostly competed in sportscars and Formula E since his last grand prix start with Lotus in 2011, appeared in the World Rallycross Championship’s secondary RX2e class in Catalunya last month. The 45-year-old placed 10th in the overall results, but his performance showed an improvement throughout the event, by the end of

Toyota and Alpine are level on points heading into this weekend’s title finale in Bahrain, with both the sole #36 A480-Gibson and the #8 GR010 Hybrid having won two races each from the opening five rounds. It marks a major departure from the 2021 season, when Toyota scored a complete sweep of six wins out

Unusual car: Maguire Stiletto Xtec Engineering’s Paul Knapton debuted a famous Maguire Stiletto at Silverstone on Sunday, as a shakedown for Special Saloon and Modsports competition next season. Raced by Brian Cutting in the mid-1980s, the 1040cc lightweight has been owned by Robert Knox since 1994. “I’ve wanted one since dad and I saw them

Team boss Mike Shank has confirmed that he will choose a team-mate for Tom Blomqvist from one of the drivers the Acura team has tested over the past couple of months.  Shank refused to name the drivers, but it is known that Neel Jani, Colin Braun, Patrick Pilet, Felipe Fraga and Mario Farnbacher have all

Just two days after the 2022 season ended, the paddock reassembled at Circuit Ricardo Tormo for the first pre-season test of the 2023 campaign. The eight-hour session began at 9:30am local time, with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro the first out on track aboard new world champion Francesco Bagnaia’s bike. The first full-time rider on

Japan finally returns to the WRC schedule for the first time since 2010 with an all-new event following cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Previous WRC events in Japan have been held on narrow gravel roads, while this year’s rally features 19 all-new stages taking in twisty asphalt roads around the

Porsche unveiled its latest 99X Electric Formula E car built to the all-new Gen3 regulations at an event in Franciacorta, with the livery a notable departure from its previous white, black and red scheme. The car is now predominantly black, with a series of white and red gradient flashes across the bodywork. Da Costa, who

In a tense race Bagnaia did enough to seal the title, marking Ducati’s first riders’ world championship since Casey Stoner’s triumph 15 years ago. The Italian rider also made history by overcoming a 91-point deficit, to ultimately take the title by 17 points. The 2022 season finale also saw Rins deliver Suzuki the perfect leaving

The General Motors brand entered the full WEC for the first time in 2022 with a single Corvette C8.R entered in the GTE Pro class for Nick Tandy and Tommy Milner, having previously only raced in the Le Mans 24 Hours and sporadic other races. Recently, Corvette announced that it will continue its program next

Bagnaia came into the 2022 season as one of the favourites to fight for the championship, having ended up just 26 points behind 2021 title winner Fabio Quartararo at the conclusion of a breakout campaign for the Ducati rider. But a troubled pre-season on the GP22 put Bagnaia onto the back foot, with the Italian

The Italian made history on Sunday at the season finale Valencia Grand Prix, as he became the first Ducati rider in 15 years to win the MotoGP title for the brand after finishing ninth in the race – while rival Fabio Quartararo was only fourth. Bagnaia is also the first rider in history to have

Auer’s future has been subject to much speculation with his existing contract with Mercedes expiring at the end of the calendar year.  It had been known for some time that he was keeping his options open and there was no certainty he would remain at Mercedes next year, with Porsche believed to be interested in

The Yamaha rider trails Bagnaia by 23 points coming into Sunday’s final round of the season, so needs to win and hope his rival is 15th or lower to retain his crown. Quartararo qualified fourth on his Yamaha on Saturday at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, missing pole by just under three tenths as Ducati’s Bagnaia was

The as-yet-unnamed car will be entered under the Lamborghini Iron Lynx banner across the two series, although the Italian manufacturer has yet to reveal how many cars it will commit to each championship. Iron Lynx has campaigned Ferraris in recent years and currently has a presence in the WEC, European Le Mans Series and GT

Over the United States Grand Prix weekend last month, it emerged that F1 was planning to launch its own all-female racing series as early as next year, serving as a potential feeder series into Formula 3 and Formula 2. It came just weeks after W Series was forced to call off the final three rounds

The Ducati rider leads reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 23 points coming into this weekend’s Valencia finale and simply needs to finish 14th or higher to win the title on Sunday. Both title rivals were line astern at the end of Friday’s running, with Quartararo eighth and Bagnaia 0.050s adrift in ninth at the

The minimum weight of the Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar has been reduced by 12kg for the Bahrain 8 Hours on 12 November, at the same time as the maximum power allowed to the rival Toyota GR010 HYBRID has come down by four kilowatts or 5.4bhp. The revisions for Bahrain represent the first changes to

Piquet, the 2014/15 Formula E champion, will drive an ORECA 07 LMP2 car for United Autosports a day after the 2022 WEC season finale at the Bahrain International Circuit on 13 November. He will share the Anglo-American squad’s #22 entry with fellow Brazilian Daniel Schneider and two-time Le Mans 24 Hours starter Andy Meyrick, while

Last weekend’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City attracted a sell-out crowd of 397,000 fans over three days, once again making it one of the best-attended races of the season. The continued strong fan presence in Mexico comes amid F1’s current boom in the neighbouring United States, which will host three races

The reigning world champion comes into this weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix finale 23 points behind Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and needs to win to keep his hopes alive. With Bagnaia only needing two points, and the continued power and grip problems Quartararo has faced on the Yamaha making his hopes of defending his title remote, the