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  • NASCAR Cup Texas: Late clash helps Elliott end 42-race winless streak
    on April 15, 2024 at 8:08 am

    Elliott grabbed the lead for the time on a restart with eight of the scheduled 267 laps remaining, after Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wrecked off Turn 2 to bring out the 12th caution of the race, and fended off Denny Hamlin on a restart with two laps to go.Kyle Larson then hit the wall at Turn 2 to cause another caution and set up yet another restart with two laps to go, only for Hamlin to spin at Turn 4 …Keep reading

  • Kostecki Supercars fallout sees Boost and MobileX end motorsport involvement
    on April 8, 2024 at 6:42 pm

    Supercars champion Kostecki has been absent from the grid so far this season, but announced on Monday that he will return to action with Erebus in Taupo.This comes after months of allegations of bullying within the team, something that Adderton, a long-time sponsor through Boost Mobile, had publicly called out while also criticising both the team and championship for their handling of the …Keep reading

  • NASCAR Cup Martinsville: Byron leads emotional Hendrick 1-2-3
    on April 8, 2024 at 8:04 am

    Byron was the first lead-lap car to make a green flag pitstop – uncharacteristic on the short track – in the middle of the final stage and when the cycle of stops was completed, he emerged as the leader for the first time in the race.Byron soon built a big advantage and appeared set for an uneventful victory, until John Hunter Nemechek lost his right-front tyre and slammed into the Turns 3 …Keep reading

  • NASCAR Cup Richmond: Hamlin wins in overtime as Truex misses out
    on April 1, 2024 at 8:23 am

    Truex Jr had looks comfortable what had been a very uneventful race – leading 228 of the 407 laps – until Kyle Larson got spun off by Bubba Wallace with one lap remaining which sent the race into overtime.All of the lead lap cars elected to pit for new tyres under the caution and Hamlin beat Truex off pitroad to lead the way on the restart.Hamlin got a good jump on Truex to clear for the lead …Keep reading

  • NASCAR Cup Phoenix: Bell cruises to win for Toyota, ending Chevrolet streak
    on March 11, 2024 at 9:04 am

    Bell, who advanced to the Championship 4 last season with a chance to win the series title at Phoenix, blew a brake rotor early in the race and never was in the fight.But this time around Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bell rallied to win Stage 2, then drove from 20th to first after the final pit stop and easily held off Chris Buescher (RFK Ford) by 5.465 seconds to earn his first win of 2024.The win …Keep reading

  • FIA still chasing answers over bizarre Shanghai F1 grass fires
    First practice on Friday morning had to be red flagged after a fire erupted on the grass on the inside of Turn 7 at the Shanghai International Circuit.The same section later caught fire at the end of the first session of sprint qualifying, which led to the start of SQ2 being briefly delayed.Following the first […]
  • Hamilton expects to lose positions if F1 China sprint is dry
    Hamilton was one of the standout performers of a wet final qualifying segment on Friday afternoon, taking second behind McLaren's Lando Norris.The seven-time world champion said his car "came alive" in the wet, but he's realistic about its potential if Saturday morning's sprint is held in dry conditions."It was pretty tricky conditions. Not a lot […]
  • Verstappen 'deserves' fourth in China F1 sprint qualifying with wet struggles
    Having claimed every pole position so far in the 2024 F1 season, Verstappen looked strong favourite again after topping Q2 of sprint qualifying in the dry.But as rain fell at the Shanghai International Circuit it produced a major unknown given no driver had any wet running at a track F1 had not visited for five […]
  • Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated
    Rain made the already slippery Shanghai surface even more treacherous and Friday afternoon's final segment of sprint qualifying was peppered with incidents, with world champion Max Verstappen going off twice and Charles Leclerc tapping the wall with his front wing.McLaren driver Norris bagged sprint pole, but not before his lap was briefly deleted. Right before […]
  • Norris' F1 China sprint pole lap down to "all or nothing" approach
    Norris had his penultimate timed lap deleted for track limits at Turn 16, but his 1m57.940s follow-up ultimately proved unbeatable during a wet and slippery final part of sprint qualifying – which yielded multiple mistakes across the field.This lap was initially chalked off for track limits as well, suspected to be a result of Norris […]