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WRC Croatia: Evans crash gives Pajari lead as early drama continues

Toyota’s Sami Pajari has inherited the Rally Croatia lead after a dramatic Friday morning that saw the World Rally Championship’s top two Elfyn Evans and Oliver Solberg crash out. Pajari, searching for a maiden WRC win, completed a tricky morning loop of asphalt stages with a surprise 8.4s lead over Safari Rally Kenya winner Takamoto Katsuta, with Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville three tenths ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/1I0S5xW via IFTTT
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WRC Croatia: Solberg crashes out on opening stage

Oliver Solberg retired from Friday’s action at the Croatia Rally after being caught out on the opening stage of the asphalt World Rally Championship event. The Monte Carlo winner clipped a bank 4.8km into the Vodice - Brest 1 (14.2km) test, which fired the car into a wild 360-degree spin. The Swede’s Toyota GR Yaris Rally1 eventually came to rest off the road and in a woodland ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/g1r2pa3 via IFTTT

The biggest surprises and disappointments of F1's 2026 field so far

Many teams felt the weight of expectation heading into Formula 1's 2026 season, particularly through their own publicly declared intent of entering the championship's latest era with a sizeable impact. Those who had enjoyed success wanted to sustain it, and those starved of results wanted to use the reset to their advantage.  It wasn't entirely surprising that Mercedes vaulted to the top of ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/VcuU8xk via IFTTT

Will Hyundai's updates be enough for Rally Croatia?

Hyundai has brought updates to Croatia to improve its World Rally Championship car on tarmac, but will have to wait until Rally Portugal in May to debut its full development plan. The Korean team started the 2026 season on the back foot with its i20 N struggling to deliver consistent speed, particularly in low grip conditions on asphalt. As a result, rival Toyota scored back-to-back podium ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/s5PQA0L via IFTTT

McLaren confirms signing of Verstappen's F1 race engineer Lambiase

Gianpiero Lambiase will join McLaren as its chief racing officer, the British Formula 1 team announced on Thursday. Autosport revealed Lambiase’s career move earlier today, with Red Bull subsequently confirming the Briton’s eventual exit from the Milton Keynes-based outfit. Lambiase joined Red Bull from Force India in 2015 and has been Max Verstappen’s race engineer ever since the ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/L5ZfKpV via IFTTT

What the Bahrain and Saudi cancellations reveal about how F1's money works

Liberty Media’s stock fell approximately seven percent when Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were removed from the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, pricing the cancellations as lost growth rather than contained exposure. So F1 did not lose two races, it lost two hosting fees. The distinction is not semantic, it is structural, and it explains why the championship's most valuable revenue streams continued ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/TNtykmK via IFTTT

Rainford tops final BTCC 2026 test at Brands Hatch

Charles Rainford led the way at the end of the British Touring Car Championship’s final official pre-season test day at Brands Hatch. A late afternoon run propelled the West Surrey Racing BMW 330i M Sport to the top of the times by a significant margin. Rainford, whose maiden BTCC race win came on the Indy Circuit last year, went 0.317 seconds clear, although that lap was over 0.4s ... Keep reading from Autosport.com - All - Stories https://ift.tt/JyLar79 via IFTTT