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F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - RB

Both drivers were pretty happy with the car straight away and had no issues at all.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - Alpine

We know the situation we are in and we know it will be challenging so we will keep working hard to improve what we have in our hands.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - McLaren

All-in-all, not a bad day. We were a bit up-and-down but there were definitely some positive signs.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - Williams

At low fuel, the car is working well, and we know where we can find more time, but we didn't learn much at high fuel today.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - Mercedes

Overall, it's clear that we've got work to do overnight to improve the car.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - Ferrari

The most important thing for us to do tomorrow will be to go with the track and anticipate what the evolution will be like.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Practice team notes - Haas

On the long run, as we expected, graining is the biggest issue so we need to look at the data and see how we can improve for Sunday.

2024 San Felipe 250: Dan McMillin breaks out the tape, Alan Ampudia breaks out the top time

Dan McMillin acquired a swanky new livery for the 2024 SCORE International season as Monster Energy’s The Beast Unleashed came onboard to sponsor his #23. He ended up finishing San Felipe 250 qualifying on Thursday with what resembled a rat rod with a duct taped #23 on the doors.

McMillin flipped his truck during the reconnaissance lap, navigating through a series of esses before hitting a lump in the ground leading into a lefthand turn and doing two rolls before landing on his roof. The McMillin Racing team removed the body, applied a blank backup shell that left the engine and rear fully exposed save, used duct tape to apply the numbers along the doors, and sent him out. Despite this, he managed to get back on track and complete a lap.

“There was a small mound and I didnt see it,” said McMillin. “I wasn’t going very fast but it just spit me over one or two times. The guys and Roger (Rogelio Pereira Jr.) got it back to the pits and got the truck running again and we went out there and put down a pretty conservative but good lap. The truck seems fine. We will take a good look at it and get ready to race on Saturday.”

Alan Ampudia narrowly edged out defending SCORE Trophy Truck champion Bryce Menzies and Toby Price for pole. Price had swept both qualifying sessions of the 2023 season at San Felipe and the Baja 400, but opted for a more conservative strategy this time around due to the course’s challenging terrain. Defending winner Luke McMillin, Dan’s brother, qualified fourth ahead of Christopher Polvoorde, the latter racing a new Mason all-wheel drive truck.

Mint 400 winner Adam Householder was twentieth in TT.

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F1: Leclerc edges out Verstappen and Sainz in FP2

Charles Leclerc tops the timesheets in second session in Melbourne, as Lewis Hamilton struggles and doubts remain over whether Alex Albon's Williams can be repaired.

F1: Australian Grand Prix Friday Free 2 - Times

Times from today's second free practice session for the Rolex Australian Grand Prix.

F1: Norris sets opening pace in Melbourne

Tricky conditions cause problems for most drivers, but only Albon comes to grief in opening session which sees the Top 10 covered by just 0.354s.

OPINION: Exhibition races have a place in IndyCar. The Thermal Club wasn’t the right choice.

IndyCar is racing this weekend, but not for points.

That’s a sentence that hasn’t been written since 2008. But this weekend, the series heads to The Thermal Club, a unique motorsports “country club” in California’s Coachella Valley for a combined open test and exhibition race dubbed the “$1 Million Challenge”. The first two days of the weekend will feature over nine hours of testing, with Sunday featuring two heat races followed by an “All-Star Race” on Sunday night.

But there is one big reason why this exhibition is happening: Texas Motor Speedway’s annual date was removed from the calendar, leaving what would have been a six-week gap between of the opening race of the season in St. Petersburg and the following event in Long Beach.

Mark Miles, President and CEO of Penske Entertainment, has his ears open for fan feedback for the series’ first major exhibition event in over a decade:

“I think we’ll see how fans react. And you know, because you do it all the time, that you’ll have a good sense from social media on the fan reaction to the racing… People really enjoyed being there [for testing in 2023]. Maybe raised some of the questions you asked about racing. I hope we’ve addressed them, and we expect to have a really good weekend that people enjoy.”

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ParaBaja Step by Step celebrating 10-year anniversary by supporting full CERTT, W2RC

As ParaBaja Step by Step prepares for their ten-year anniversary in 2024, they will embark on their biggest schedule yet when they support all six Spanish Cross-Country Rally Championship as well as the World Rally-Raid Championship for the first time.

ParaBaja appears at cross-country rallies as a separate class designed for competitors with reduced mobility or other disabilities. Although times are recorded, results are not published as organisers stress it is a non-competition category that celebrates racers regardless of performance. Thus, identical trophies are handed out to everyone at the end of each rally.

The W2RC will be ParaBaja’s first race of the year when the series returns to the Iberian Peninsula in early April with the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid; while it mainly takes place in Portugal, the third stage will finish in Badajoz, Extremadura. Bajadoz will then host the start of Stage #4, which brings the rally back across the Portuguese/Spanish border to Grândola.

A week later, the CERTT season begins with the Rally TT Jaén Mar de Olivos. Returning to the Spanish championship in 2023 after a three-year hiatus, the race is held in Jaén, a province located in Andalucía. Andalucía previously welcomed the W2RC during its inaugural season in 2022 with the Andalucía Rally.

ParaBaja returns to Extremadura in May for the Baja TT Dehesa Extremadura, which is also part of the FIA European Baja Cup. Later in the month, the Murcian city of Lorca welcomes CERTT with the Baja Lorca Ciudad del Sol.

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2024 Australian Grand Prix – What the Teams are Saying ahead of the Weekend – Part 2

The 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship rolls into Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, and everyone will be looking to end the remarkable winning streak of Max Verstappen, who has won nine races in a row including the opening two Grand Prix of the year.

Oracle Red Bull Racing have secured one-two finishes in both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and only the fastest lap point eluded them last time out. 

Heading into the weekend, hear what those from the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, Williams Racing, the Kick Sauber F1 Team, Visa CashApp RB and the BWT Alpine F1 Team have to say.

#27 – Nico Hülkenberg – MoneyGram Haas F1 Team

“We‘re happy about scoring our first point of the season in Saudi Arabia. Everyone saw how much effort it takes for midfield teams to fight for a top 10 result and teamwork was definitely the key.





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2024 Australian Grand Prix – What the Teams are Saying ahead of the Weekend – Part 1

The 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship rolls into Albert Park for the Australian Grand Prix this weekend, and everyone will be looking to end the remarkable winning streak of Max Verstappen, who has won nine races in a row including the opening two Grand Prix of the year.

Oracle Red Bull Racing have secured one-two finishes in both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, and only the fastest lap point eluded them last time out. 

Heading into the weekend, hear what those from Scuderia Ferrari, the McLaren F1 Team, the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team and the Aston Martin Aramco Formula 1 Team have to say.

#55 – Carlos Sainz Jr. – Scuderia Ferrari

“Since I’ve been in Australia, I’ve made excellent progress, feeling better day by day and I’m ready to get in the car. I also spoke to Alex (Albon) who went through a similar situation two years ago and, although I’m not 100%, I expect to be able to drive.



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F1: Ricciardo unperturbed by Marko comment

Daniel Ricciardo insists that he doesn't need to listen to comments from Helmut Marko in order to know that he needs to raise his game.

F1: Verstappen prefers to focus on the car

As the Horner saga rumbles on, Max Verstappen admits that he would rather that the focus was on his car.

F1: Ben Sulayem has never had Hamilton's support

Lewis Hamilton admits that he has never supported FIA president, Mohammed ben Sulayem.

F1: Australian Grand Prix FIA Drivers Press Conference

Today's press conference with Daniel Ricciardo, Oscar Piastri, Esteban Ocon, Kevin Magnussen, Logan Sargeant and Sergio Perez.


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