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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix

Francesco Bagnaia’s total dominance of the Austrian Grand Prix was just one storyline in an eventful weekend for MotoGP.

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Marquez admits first Sunday MotoGP finish of 2023 “looks like a joke”

The eight-time world champion had not seen the chequered flag on a Sunday in MotoGP prior to Austria since the 2022 Malaysian GP, marking a near-year stint of 301 days without a grand prix finish.

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Marc Marquez admits first Sunday MotoGP 2023 finish “looks like a joke”

The eight-time world champion had not seen the chequered flag on a Sunday in MotoGP prior to Austria since the 2022 Malaysian GP, marking a near-year stint of 301 days without a grand prix finish.

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MotoGP Austrian GP: Bagnaia dominates from Binder to extend points lead

Once again he nailed his start from pole position – just as he did in the sprint - in Sunday’s full-length race at the Red Bull Ring to keep the fast-launching KTMs behind him into Turn 1.

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The top 10 Formula E drivers of 2022-23

As in previous years, the title battle went down to the final round of the 2022-2023 Formula E Championship after another frenetic season of racing. There were no fewer than seven winners across the campaign, representing six different teams and using three different powertrains, such was the competitiveness of the…

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F1 Dutch GP promotes inclusivity and clamps down on flare use

The sheer scale of the support for local hero Max Verstappen can be intimidating to overseas visitors or fans of other drivers, and Zandvoort is keen to avoid the sort of harassment issues that were reported in Austria last year.

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The highs and lows of Britain's latest world championship success

Trying to express my emotions on winning the Formula E world championship is always going to be difficult. It’s not just this year, it’s so many years of hard work that have gone in to try and become the best in the world at something.

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Friday favourite: The British duo that captured Ford global glory

By comparison with his earlier career in touring cars that yielded titles in four consecutive seasons, the four World Endurance Championship GTE Pro wins Andy Priaulx scored as part of the Ford GT programme appear small fry. Yet the Guernseyman regards his first three-and-a-bit years of his ongoing relationship with…

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How Aston Martin avoided finger pointing after 2022 F1 disaster

Aston Martin shocked F1 this year with its AMR23, the potential of which was rumoured to be huge even before a wheel had been turned at pre-season testing.

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Rahal still favours IndyCar push-to-pass over F1 “DRS c***”

Rahal was denied his first race win in the series since 2017 when Dixon, who suffered an opening-lap spin, pulled off a remarkable comeback drive on an alternate strategy.

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Rahal still favors IndyCar push-to-pass: “None of this DRS crap”

Rahal was denied his first race win in the series since 2017 when Dixon, who suffered an opening-lap spin, pulled off a remarkable comeback drive on an alternate strategy.

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Why the hype around MotoGP’s next generational talent is justified

“Feet on the ground.” A phrase repeatedly uttered by Aki Ajo, team boss and owner of Ajo Motorsport, during our interview with him in his office at the British Grand Prix. Ajo, a Finnish former racer, has run an ultra-successful outfit in the lightweight and intermediate class championships in the…

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Why Red Bull thinks its dominant RB19 F1 car is just "average good"

In fact, providing Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez aren't derailed by a dose of bad luck over the second half of the season, it could become the first F1 challenger ever to deliver a season clean-sweep.

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Rahal IndyCar team jettisons Harvey, hires Daly for Gateway

Daly will drive for his third IndyCar team of the season, having lost his full-time 2023 ride at Ed Carpenter Racing to Ryan Hunter-Reay after Detroit. He then subbed twice for the sidelined Simon Pagenaud at Meyer Shank Racing at Mid-Ohio and Iowa.

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How American racing's greatest rivalry has gone global in the WEC

Sport is built on rivalries. Think of Liverpool versus Manchester United. Federer versus Nadal. Senna versus Prost.

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How American racing’s greatest rivalry has gone global in the WEC

Sport is built on rivalries. Think of Liverpool versus Manchester United. Federer versus Nadal. Senna versus Prost.

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Ferrari F1 recovery being helped by protective "bubble", says Leclerc

The Maranello squad has endured a difficult 2023 campaign where its hopes of challenging for the championship quickly evaporated off the back of race struggles with its SF-23 car.

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What happens next in the Alex Palou IndyCar contract saga

You couldn’t make this up, because if you did you’d simply get laughed at. Just over 12 months after his contractual future between Chip Ganassi Racing and McLaren blew up, a second explosion has been detonated by the likely two-time IndyCar champion.

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Button encouraged by pace on NASCAR return despite "messy" Indianapolis race

Making his third and final planned Cup appearance of the season in a Rick Ware Racing Ford Mustang after taking in the Circuit of the Americas rounds and the Chicago road course, Button started 31st in the 39-car field and endured an eventful race to finish a lap down on…

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Leclerc ready to "push" for new Ferrari F1 deal despite other options

The Monegasque driver’s current contract runs out at the end of the 2024 season and there has been no rush from either his side or Ferrari’s to get an extension sorted out so far.

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IndyCar Indy RC: Dixon spins and wins by 0.4s over Rahal

Dixon won by less than half a second from Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal and Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward.

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World Superbike move “not a thing” for Moto2 winner Dixon

Dixon came to Moto2 in 2019 having previously been a race winner in British Superbikes, and scored his maiden grand prix victory at the Dutch GP in June.

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Rahal reveals "really tricky" brake issue during IndyCar pole lap

He said the Fast Six session was “really tricky” due to the problem, but he beat his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team-mate Christian Lundgaard by just over a tenth of a second to take his fourth career pole and his first since Detroit 2017.

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Rahal took IndyCar pole despite “really tricky” brake issue

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Meyer Shank announces Blomqvist IndyCar deal, Castroneves for Indy 500

He will take the place of Helio Castroneves, who will instead take a minority ownership role with the team and solely contest the Indianapolis 500 in his quest for a record fifth victory.

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