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German carmaker Audi has acquired a minority stake in the Sauber Group, the Swiss motorsport engineering company said on Monday. Sauber currently race in Formula One under the Alfa Romeo title sponsor, while Audi is to compete as a factory team from 2026, with the Volkswagen subsidiary developing the engine ...

German Mick Schumacher was defeated by Sweden’s Mattias Ekström in the Race of Champions individual final on Sunday. Schumacher, who lost his Formula One seat with Haas and will be the Mercedes reserve driver this season, lost out to the 44-year-old touring car and rallycross driver. Ekström won despite a ...

Hyundai is poised to defend its IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) championship title beginning this weekend at Daytona International Speedway for the Rolex 24 at DAYTONA. This season’s action kicks off with a four-hour endurance race on Jan. 27, 2023—one of two endurance events on the 2023 IMPC calendar. The ...

With two generations before him embedded in the motorsport history of the country, it wasn’t long before the allure of the open track caught up with Daniel Rowe. Still in his early days, he is expected to take the distinctive Rowe family legacy to new heights in the high-octane sport.   ...

In what has been described as the hardest Dakar in recent history, Dakar 2023 has proven to be a stunning success for South Africa across all the various categories and classes. The rally, which kicked off on 1 January 2023 on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, saw ...

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team has started the 2023 FIA World Rally Championship with a one-two finish on Rallye Monte-Carlo as Sébastien Ogier claimed a record ninth victory on the legendary event ahead of team-mate Kalle Rovanperä. Mostly dry weather made this year’s rally more a test of outright ...

Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French co-driver, Mathieu Baumel, successfully defended the Dakar title they won for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) in 2022, when they brought their GR DKR Hilux T1+ over the finish line of the final stage of Dakar 2023 on 15 January. The pair lost 5min 41sec ...

Mercedes 2023 Formula One season will burst into life on February 15 when the team will launch their new W14 car, the German outfit said on Thursday. The car will be unveiled during a digital launch event broadcast live from Silverstone. “The 2023 car builds on the lessons learned from ...

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing’s Nasser Al-Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel increased their overall lead in the 2023 Dakar Rally to more than an hour, after winning the sixth stage of the gruelling race despite starting as the first car on the road. The Qatari driver and his French co-driver are now ...

Heavy rains forced the organisers of Dakar 2023 to shorten the third stage, between Al Ula and Ha’il, while punctures again played havoc with many of the crews. Fastest of the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing crews on the day was Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings, who brought their GR DKR Hilux ...