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Having come to blows with Finn Niclas Gronholm at the first corner of the final in round four of the series 24 hours earlier and spun out of contention, the Swede had to give second-best to Gronholm in the overall qualifying order. Both drivers won their semi-finals to lock out the front row of the

Turkington, who was drawn on reversed-grid pole position, got the jump on front-row partner Gordon Shedden off the line, and never looked back. Turkington’s West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport was carrying 27kg of success ballast compared to the 33kg of Shedden’s Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R. Once again, the race was neutralised

Auer pulled away cleanly from pole position at the start and was already 1.8s in front by the end of the opening lap, aided by Marco Wittmann holding off the field in his heavily ballasted Walkenhorst BMW. Red Bull Formula 1 reserve Alex Albon tried his best to overtake the two-time champion having cleared the

Quartararo has an incredible qualifying record in 2021, scoring five poles and putting his M1 on the front row of the grid at all but one race so far. At Misano he was once again third having qualified there at Silverstone and at Aragon, with his latest front row coming despite a late crash at

For now, Pagenaud has been impressively discreet on the subject of his plans for next year, but Autosport understands that he is departing Team Penske at year’s end and is set to join fellow ex-Penske refugee Castroneves at MSR. Asked who would be his perfect choice of teammate to replace the departing Jack Harvey, Castroneves

Wittmann’s Walkenhorst BMW M6 had dropped to fifth place after a slow pitstop on lap nine, but he charged his way through the field to win from guesting Lamborghini driver Mirko Bortolotti, who overcame a five-second penalty for an incident involving polesitter Lawson’s AF Corse Ferrari. An ill-timed safety car for Abt Audi driver van

Marquez’s recovery from his serious right arm break has been much slower than anticipated this season, with the six-time world champion continuing to lack strength in his right shoulder. This is affecting him at clockwise circuits, with the nature of Misano and especially the high grip levels it offers making the Honda “more aggressive” in

Earlier this year a group from Saudi Arabia headed by Prince Abdul Aziz, known as Tanal Entertainment, announced it had agreed a deal with VR46 and oil giant Aramco to bring Rossi’s team to MotoGP from 2022. However, Aramco later issued a statement to Autosport that no such title sponsorship deal existed – something it

Ott Tanak led Hyundai’s charge ultimately finishing second 42.1s behind Toyota’s runaway winner Kalle Rovanpera but the Estonian’s rally was not without a battle against technical dramas. Tanak admitted he was lucky to start his i20 ahead of the final stage as a plume of blue smoke emerged from the car, this came after an

The double DTM title winner and one-time World Rallycross champion has been the benchmark in Pure ETCR, taking his Cupra E-Racer to victory in the Spanish round at Aragon and being placed in the top three at every other event. He is also leading Abt Cupra’s challenge on the inaugural season of Extreme E. Sharing

The Italian rider will make his first MotoGP start since leaving Ducati at the end of 2020 but has conducted tests for Aprilia in the intervening period this year. The various movements within the Yamaha squad, following Maverick Vinales’ mid-season departure to Aprilia, have allowed Dovizioso the chance to ride the Petronas SRT bike vacated

The governing body established an Investigatory Tribunal immediately after this year’s event, with an experienced panel including Garry Connelly, Matt Selley and Neal Bates looking in to the tragic deaths. Shane Navin, Leigh Mundy and Dennis Neagle were killed in two separate incidents at this year’s running of the long-standing tarmac event in Australia’s south.

One of the new tracks was announced on Tuesday, with the pre-season exhibition Clash race to be held on 6 February on a built-from-scratch quarter-mile asphalt track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The 1.25-mile slightly banked asphalt Gateway oval will join the Cup Series schedule in 2022 as a points race on 5 June.

Reigning DTM Trophy Champion Tim Heinemann was successfully able to control the 1200bhp DTM Electric car from AVL Racing’s simulator in Graz, more than 80km east of the Formula 1 venue.  For this purpose, the championship equipped the under-development car with Schaeffler’s drive-by-wire system, which eliminated the need for a physical connection between the steering

The 65-year-old Austrian will be replaced as vice-president of Porsche Motorsport by Thomas Laudenbach, who is returning to the marque after eight years with Audi Sport. Laudenbach, 53, was head of racing powertrains at Porsche in 2005-2013, in which time he led development of the 3.4-litre normally-aspirated V8 that powered the all-conquering RS Spyder LMP2

Spice was best known for winning the top class of the BTCC for six consecutive seasons from 1975-80, and earning four world sportscar championship titles in the Group C2 category in 1985-88. A driver of the old school, he was an accomplished raconteur who was invariably the life and soul of any social gathering, often

Teams have long had the opportunity to run junior drivers on Fridays this year, but only a few have used it due to a lack track time now, with Williams and Alfa Romeo among the regulars. It has yet to be determined on how many weekends teams will have to run a rookie next year,

The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. There was a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the Award is returning in its familiar format. Aston Martin joined the Award in 2019 and the prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000. Finalists have

Hyundai has confirmed Suninen will join its ranks alongside WRC2 regular Jari Huttunen with the news coming shortly after the Korean marque announced that Oliver Solberg will drive a WRC car at the October 14-17 October event. This is the second drive Suninen has secured since his shock departure from M-Sport last month. The Finn

Silverstone, UK – September 7, 2021.  The entry list for the newly launched Le Mans Virtual Series, the global, elite endurance Esports series, has today been revealed and it features some of the world’s best-known motorsport and sim racing names. The full season list of teams can be found HERE, with all driver names –

Rossi started the Grand Prix of Portland from the front row, and although he and Chip Ganassi Racing drivers Palou and Scott Dixon were among those sent to the back of the pack for missing the Turn 1/2 chicane on the opening lap, he kept pace with them and pressurised Palou during the final two

Hamilton and Verstappen collided while battling for position at the first chicane midway through the Italian Grand Prix, forcing both drivers to retire from the race. The accident saw Verstappen’s Red Bull car end up on top of Hamilton’s Mercedes, with the slow-motion replays showing one of Verstappen’s wheels making contact with the top of

The world champion came together with Verstappen on lap 26 at Monza, as they ran side-by-side in their battle for a net third position at the first chicane. Verstappen had been trying to go around the outside of Hamilton, when he bounced over a kerb and was launched in to the air and over the

Gasly qualified sixth on Friday at Monza, only to pick up front wing damage on the opening lap of the sprint race, causing him to crash at Curva Grande. With Gasly due to start Sunday’s grand prix from last place on the grid, it prompted AlphaTauri to take advantage of the situation and take an

Cameron set the early pace in his Meyer Shank Acura DPi at 1m14.957s, repeatedly swapping the top spot early on with Albuquerque, who eventually took over with a lap of 1m14.441s that won the pole position, compared to Cameron’s 1m14.464s. Kevin Magnussen (Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac) was third quickest, over half a second off the

Sainz lost control in the middle part of the Ascari chicane and had a heavy head-on impact with a single-layer tyre barrier on the left-hand side of the track, which wiped the nose off his Ferrari and damaged its front suspension. It was the Spaniard’s second crash in two weekends, after he shunted out of

The Finn won all three stages in the Greek mountains to stretch his 3.7 second overnight lead into a 21.4s advantage over Hyundai’s Ott Tanak, but had a lucky escape on the final morning stage when he clipped a bank at high speed.. Championship leader Sebastien Ogier started the day just 3.9s adrift of the

Last year’s championship runner-up was in need of a strong result to stay in touch with points leader Sebastien Ogier, but is now left fighting for the minor placings after a transmission issue plagued his Friday. Evans headed into the day sitting second overall after Thursday night’s Super Special and remained firmly in the hunt

The title contender’s victory hopes were dashed after Stage 3 when his i20 initially suffered an electrical issue and then developed a power steering failure at a tyre fitting zone. Neuville copped a four minute penalty for checking in at a time control 24 minutes late and then had to navigate Stage 4 without power

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