How can F1 break the deadlock over competing cost cap desires?

The matter has polarised the teams, with Alpine and Alfa Romeo the most vocal in attempting to ensure that there is no change to the headline 2022 figure of $140m, plus an extra $1.2m for the 22nd race. Meanwhile Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes are leading the push for an increase, and their pleas have been getting increasingly frantic as the clock continues to tick and they see where their costs …Keep reading
WRC – Breaking news – Tänak/Järveoja claim Rally Italia Sardegna win!

WRC – Breaking news – Tänak/Järveoja claim Rally Italia Sardegna win!

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Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja rounded off a dominant performance at Rally Italia Sardegna to bring Hyundai Motorsport its first FIA World Rally Championship victory of the season.

Tänak, driving a hybrid-powered Hyundai i20 N Rally1, grabbed the lead early on Saturday after Esapekka Lappi crashed out. He remained unchallenged from that moment on and brought the car home to secure his first win since Arctic Rally Finland Powered in February 2021. 

M-Sport Ford driver Craig Breen and Paul Nagle were second in a M-Sport Ford Puma Rally1, while Tänak’s team-mates Dani Sordo and Candido Carrera completed the leading trio. 

Nicolay Gryazin and Konstantin Aleksandrov take the FIA WRC2 honours – their first win of the year!

2022 WRC - Rally Italia Sardegna - N. Gryazin/K. Aleksandrov, Toksport WRT2, Skoda Fabia Evo (photo Nikos Katikis / DPPI)

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