6:10 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — The new faces of IndyCar dominated at Laguna Seca, where Colton Herta won the race, Alex Palou moved an easy Sunday drive away from the championship and Romain Grosjean was treated like a rock star. Herta routed the field — and ran over “either a squirrel or
Month: September 2021
Having come to blows with Finn Niclas Gronholm at the first corner of the final in round four of the series 24 hours earlier and spun out of contention, the Swede had to give second-best to Gronholm in the overall qualifying order. Both drivers won their semi-finals to lock out the front row of the
The reigning world champion finished Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano in sixth after being demoted a place for exceeding track limits on the final lap. But with Fabio Quartararo finishing second on his Yamaha, his advantage over third-placed Mir has extended to 67 points with four races to go – a bridge, the
Herta suffered a late scare after running over an animal, asking his team to check any damage to his front wing – but the Andretti Autosport driver was given the all-clear. He only had to stay ahead of Palou, who spent the second half of the race having to contend with traffic and a resurgent
F1 staged its second sprint race last Saturday at Monza, with the 100km event to set the grid for Sunday’s grand prix offering little on-track action or overtaking. It came after F1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn revealed consideration was being given to changing the sprint race format for next season, while Ferrari expressed
6:17 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — Tim Wilkerson raced to his second Funny Car victory in three weeks Sunday, beating Cruz Pedregon in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. Wilkerson had a 3.927-second run at 331.36 mph in a Ford Shelby Mustang in the final for his 22nd career victory. He
There are days, rare days, when the stars align to provide you with such unbridled joy and emotion that it’s almost impossible to believe… 3,213 days after our last win in F1, we crossed the line to finish P1 and P2 at the Italian Grand Prix. ? This one is for all the McLaren fans
The GT4 Drivers’ Championship could be decided during Oulton’s first 60min race when Will Burns and Gus Burton must win to have a shot at making history. Official merchandise: britishgt.com/shop
Do you prefer the McLaren F1 GTR or Panoz GTR-1? Both 1990s cars are now fondly remembered, but you’d probably not have thought twice about which one you’d rather drive heading into the 1997 FIA GT Championship. David Brabham was in that sort of position and it seemed like an easy decision. The short-tailed competition
Turkington, who was drawn on reversed-grid pole position, got the jump on front-row partner Gordon Shedden off the line, and never looked back. Turkington’s West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport was carrying 27kg of success ballast compared to the 33kg of Shedden’s Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R. Once again, the race was neutralised
Bagnaia stormed to his second-successive pole with a new lap record at Misano, while Miller shadowed him in qualifying in a repeat of Saturday at Aragon last weekend. The poleman appears to be one of the strongest on race pace coming into Sunday’s race and could give his title hopes a bit more of a
Of particular note is St. Petersburg shifting forward to February, and the second round being Texas Motor Speedway, which reverts to a one-race weekend after hosting two races this year. The Detroit event at Belle Isle will move back to its usual week after the Indy 500, but becomes a single race for the first
As the Australian ended the first half of the season having faced another pointless afternoon in Hungary, on a day when team-mate Lando Norris could have finished on the podium, you could tell that some self-doubts had started to creep in. Sure he had made some progress in getting on top of the struggles with
1:35 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar’s extended partnership with NBC Sports yielded an additional bonus for next year’s schedule, which was already earmarked to air a record number of races on network broadcast. The three-year extension announced with the network in July touted a record 13 races on NBC. That number was
Auer pulled away cleanly from pole position at the start and was already 1.8s in front by the end of the opening lap, aided by Marco Wittmann holding off the field in his heavily ballasted Walkenhorst BMW. Red Bull Formula 1 reserve Alex Albon tried his best to overtake the two-time champion having cleared the
Bagnaia absorbed massive pressure over the closing stages of the 27-lap Misano race from Yamaha’s Quartararo as his soft rear tyre faded to take successive MotoGP victories in 2021. Bagnaia nailed his launch from pole position and instantly pulled away by a second on the opening lap, as Ducati team-mate Jack Miller hopped in front
With tomorrow’s race set for 95 laps, compared with 90 run in 2019, teams and drivers are likely to struggle to stretch their tyre life for increased stint length. Fuel-wise, the race is expected feasible on three stops, as per this same event two years ago, but with the track surface at Laguna Seca being
With Elliott a lap down but still upset over contact with Harvick earlier in the race, he repeatedly blocked Harvick – the race leader – from getting around him which allowed Larson to close in for a pass for the lead. Larson finally got around Harvick with three of 500 laps remaining, and after a
Sainz spent two years at McLaren in 2019 and 2020 before deciding to move to Ferrari, with Daniel Ricciardo leaving Renault to fill the Spaniard’s seat. Sainz, who scored two podiums for McLaren and came agonisingly close to winning last year’s Monza race behind shock winner Pierre Gasly, said he was happy to see Ricciardo and
11:05 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Force topped Funny Car qualifying for the 163rd time in his career Saturday in the DeWalt NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMAX Dragway. The 72-year-old Force’s run of 3.860 seconds at 332.18 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro on Friday held up, for his third No. 1 qualifier
Quartararo has an incredible qualifying record in 2021, scoring five poles and putting his M1 on the front row of the grid at all but one race so far. At Misano he was once again third having qualified there at Silverstone and at Aragon, with his latest front row coming despite a late crash at
Vinales has been strong all weekend at Misano having first test the Aprilia at the Italian venue ahead of his Aragon debut last week. Ending Friday fastest of all, Vinales eased directly into Q2 and went on to qualify 10th on the RS-GP, 1.056 seconds off pole, but only 0.184 off eighth-placed team-mate Aleix Espargaro.
Speaking after topping the 45-minute Friday practice at the California circuit, which returns to the calendar this year after a planned double-header race in 2020 was cancelled due to then pandemic, title challenger Newgarden said it had been difficult to get an understanding of the tyre performance given the limited running on the high-degradation circuit.
Red Bull reserve driver Albon will make a return to racing in F1 next year after signing for Williams, having dropped off the grid at the end of the 2020 season. Albon will partner Nicholas Latifi next year, replacing the Mercedes-bound Russell, who is a close friend of the Anglo-Thai driver. Albon and Russell raced
7:28 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Colton Herta won the pole at Laguna Seca and will try Sunday to tie his father as a two-time winner at the rolling California road course. The win would actually give him the family throne on the overall victories list. Herta won from the pole in 2019
Shot 100% on the new HD HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com. Privateer, Ricky Renner teams up with GoPro to race his YZ125 2-stroke at the Daytona Supercross. Ricky Carmichael gives us a track preview, and James Stewart wins the main event. This one was a mud fest. Don’t miss the action! For full event results visit:
Sebring International Raceway will be the place to be this weekend for the 67th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts. Get ready with this look ahead to what promises to be a spectacular week!
For now, Pagenaud has been impressively discreet on the subject of his plans for next year, but Autosport understands that he is departing Team Penske at year’s end and is set to join fellow ex-Penske refugee Castroneves at MSR. Asked who would be his perfect choice of teammate to replace the departing Jack Harvey, Castroneves
Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia took the top spot in qualifying for the second race in a row, snatching a new Misano lap record to lead team-mate Jack Miller – who says he’s happy to play blocker to defend his team-mate in tomorrow’s race – and championship leader Fabio Quartararo on the factory Yamaha. Quartararo fell
The three-time Supercars champion delivered a 1min10.8755sec lap of the 2.238-mile course, an average speed of 113.675mph, which put him 0.1469sec clear of Andretti Autosport’s 2019 Laguna Seca pole-winner Colton Herta. Third fastest was championship leader Alex Palou, the only Chip Ganassi Racing driver in the Top 10, with Simon Pagenaud and Will Power fourth
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