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The BMW M Power Tour returns for 2024 with 10 consecutive weeks of racing action! This year’s collaboration between BMW and iRacing features a varied selection of BMW M Motorsport cars competing across the world’s top tracks on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with prizes on the line for the top three drivers in the overall standings at season’s end. This week’s BMW M Power Tour event features the BMW Z4 GT3 at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Races will launch every two hours starting with 0:00 GMT on Tuesday. To learn more about the event, its time slots, the latest information on…
Norris took pole for the sprint and while he went off at the start and struggled with tyre wear throughout the 19-lap event, the Briton did excel in Sunday’s grand prix.Aided by the timing of a mid-race safety car for him to bolt on hard tyres, Norris comfortably held off the Red Bull of Sergio Perez to claim second behind Max Verstappen, clinching his 15th career podium.McLaren’s form was a …Keep reading
As exclusively revealed by Motorsport.com ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix, F1’s teams are due to discuss with the FIA and FOM the idea of revising the points system for 2025 to offer rewards down to 12th place.Amid concerns that the effective current lock-out of the top 10 positions by the leading five teams is unduly impacting the midfield battle, as there are so few opportunities to score, a …Keep reading
Amid fresh comments from Mercedes chief Wolff about the ongoing possibility of Verstappen walking away from Red Bull and potentially to his team, Horner has issued a hard-hitting response.With every indication to Red Bull from the Verstappen camp that the triple world champion is fully committed to his contract, Horner says Wolff is wasting his time dreaming that there is a chance of getting …Keep reading
In a wild race Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway that featured 72 lead changes and in which few drivers were able to establish dominance, Ford drivers McDowell and Brad Keselowski looked ready to decide the win between themselves.As the two exited Turn 4 and entered the tri-oval on the final lap, McDowell went high to block an advance by Keselowski, but Keselowski quickly dove low to try …Keep reading
Reddick led on the white flag lap, but Brad Keselowski pushed Michael McDowell back out front and into the lead as the field went into Turns 1 and 2.Entering the tri-oval, McDowell blocked Keselowski in the outside lane and Keselowski dove to the inside. McDowell, just a step slow, tried to block that move as well but instead his No. 34 Ford got turned into the wall.As cars scattered throughout …Keep reading
A group of seven Toyota Racing drivers were the first to hit pit road with 36 laps remaining to make their final green flag stop for fuel to make it to the end of the race.Tyler Reddick was leading a group of seven drivers in a single-file line when a bad push entering Turn 3 sent Jones head-on into the inside wall. His Legacy Motor Club teammate John-Hunter Nemechek was also involved.23XI …Keep reading
Stroll hit Ricciardo under the safety car as the field bunched up in the penultimate corner for a Lap 27 restart.A furious Ricciardo was forced to retire his damaged RB car, while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri also sustained rear-end damage when Ricciardo’s car was pushed into him.The stewards wholly blamed Stroll for not taking more care to avoid the contact and handed him a 10-second penalty and two …Keep reading
The Aston Martin driver started the Chinese GP with just one set of fresh hards and two sets of fresh mediums, so when he started the race on mediums and switched to his sole hards after 11 laps he was left without the strategy flexibility of his rivals when the first safety car period was triggered to recover Valtteri Bottas’ stricken Sauber.As Alonso had no more hard tyres that would get him …Keep reading
With the field bunching up before the hairpin as the race was restarted on Lap 27, Stroll went into the back of Ricciardo, lifting the RB car up in the air and causing terminal damage to the Australian’s car.Ricciardo was pushed into McLaren driver Oscar Piastri, who also sustained damage that compromised the rest of his race.The stewards swiftly exacted judgment on the incident, fully attributing …Keep reading