Jorge Martin leads the MotoGP Sprint at Jerez in Spain. Image: Gold & Goose/Red Bull Content Pool Jack Miller crashed early and while he did make the chequered flag on his Red Bull KTM, it was in 14th position and hence he earned no championship points. Marc Marquez (Gresini Ducati) had taken his first MotoGP pole position on anything other than a Honda but Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM) launched from Row 2 into the lead when the lights went out. Martin (Prima Pramac Ducati) took up second and then went down Binder's inside at Turn 9, before Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) crashed at Turn 8 a ..read more

Jack Bussy led throughout the first race of the Australian Formula Ford Series second round at the NSW state championships. Image: FFA At Winton Motor Raceway, the first race of the Australian Formula Ford Series second round was won by Jack Bussey. Driving a Spectrum, the pole sitter led all way and greeted the chequered flag ahead of Harrison Sellars and Kobi Williams, also in Spectrums. The first of two Safety Car periods came early when Logan Eveleigh (Mygale) and Eddy Beswick (Spectrum) tangled at Turn 12 with the latter in the gravel trap. The second cautionary came after Imogen Radburn ..read more

It's the first round of the FIA Karting Academy Trophy coupled with the second round of the European OK and OK Junior Championships live from Val D'Argenton in France, starting at 5:45pm. Queenslander, Ky Burke is Australia's representative in the Trophy event with a number of Australians taking part in OK and OK Junior. SPOTTERS GUIDE: Academy #502 – Ky Burke (Exprit – control chassis) OK-Junior (Chassis)#239 William Calleja (Parolin) #242 James Anagnostiadis (KR) OK (Chassis)#155 Xavier Avramides (Tony Kart) #174 Lewis Francis (KR) #183 Dante Vinci (KR) NOTE: Event Time and link may vary &n ..read more

Cam Waters finished eighth and ninth in the two Taupo Supercars races. Image: InSyde Media Cam Waters qualified on pole position for the wet Saturday race only to be taken out before the field reached the first corner. With bent steering on his Monster Energy Mustang, he somehow got back as far as eighth by the chequered flag, then finished ninth in Sunday's dry encounter. Team-mate Thomas Randle recorded finishes of 12th and 15th, having qualified in seventh position in the Top 10 Shootout which set the pointy end of the grid for the latter. “We've got fast cars,” said Nash. “That's the real ..read more

Colton Herta (pictured) does not believe Josef Newgarden's explanation surrounding his illegal push-to-pass use at St Petersburg. Image: Joe Skibinski/IMS Photo Newgarden finally addressed the furore in a lengthy, emotional press conference in the hours head of Friday practice at the Grand Prix of Alabama, where he claimed that he was under the misapprehension that IndyCar had changed its rulebook. While team-mate Scott McLaughlin, who was also disqualified from Race 1 of the season, said he was aware that rules prohibiting push-to-pass on starts and restarts had not changed, Newgarden had ear ..read more

Daniel Ricciardo has suggested that Yuki Tsunoda is reaping the benefits of discoveries he made last year. Image: Batchelor / XPB Images Ricciardo joined Tsunoda at RB (then AlphaTauri) midway through last season after Nyck de Vries was dumped following the British Grand Prix. The eight-time race winner added depth to the squad courtesy of his experience and helped lead it down a different engineering path. The team saw the benefit of that work at the Mexico City Grand Prix when the Australian qualified fourth and raced to seventh in the grand prix. Discoveries made that weekend, Ricciardo rea ..read more

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Shane van Gisbergen's #97 Camaro at Dover Motor Speedway. Image: Kaulig Racing Facebook Van Gisbergen qualified 32nd in a time of 23.773s in the #97 Chevrolet, although he still beat team-mates Daniel Dye in 37th (24.033s) and Josh Williams in 39th (24.153s) in the 39-car field. Just AJ Allmendinger was near the pointy end of the field, claiming 10th with a time of 23.165s in the #16 Chevrolet. He was 0.215s off the pace set by pole-sitter Brandon Jones (#9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet) in Qualifying around ‘The Monster Mile'. Kaulig's results broadly match those of Practice, when Allmendinger was ..read more

Josef Newgarden. Image: Joe Skibinski/IMS Photo Naturally, the results were decided by lap times set on the green, alternate tyres in what was a straight-through, 75-minute session, of which nearly six were lost due to red flags time. Scott McLaughlin had gone quickest in the 45th minute on a 1:07.2371s with primary tyres on the #3 Penske Chevrolet, after which the field began the switch to ‘greens'. Marcus Ericsson then set a 1:07.1481s on the #28 Andretti Global Honda, before Newgarden took over top spot with a 1:07.0652s in the #2 Chevrolet. Newgarden further raised the bar two laps later t ..read more

DJR was ninth in the teams' standings in Taupo. Image: InSyde Media Supercars introduced a real-time garage order for this season with teams placed as per their points standing from pit exit (first) to pit entry (last). That is a departure from the norm where the order was permanently set by the standings from the previous year. The visual representation of position highlighted a relatively difficult start to the season for powerhouse DJR, which was positioned second last in the lane for the recent Taupo Super400. The Taupo event, however, marked a turn in form for DJR, with Anton De Pasquale ..read more