The 2019 Circuit of the Americas winner made a lightning start from seventh on the grid to run fourth at the first corner, before scything into third later on the opening lap. But his charge for the podium didn’t last long as he quickly slid back, eventually finishing 11.098 seconds behind race winner Marc Marquez.
Month: October 2021
The 42-year-old has five starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (all in GTE Pro), taking the class win once in 2016 and finishing on the podium on two other occasions. He has also enjoyed plenty of success stateside, winning overall in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2011. He then claimed a class
In fact, where once it would have been simply happy to get a single car into the top 10, its run of results since has left it with a healthy 23-point tally right now. Looking well clear of Haas and Alfa Romeo, Williams should feel pretty secure behind Aston Martin in the constructors’ championship barring
The famous Ford squad has today formally locked in its Bathurst 1000 driver line-up, with Anton De Pasquale and Tony D’Alberto teaming up in the #11 and brothers Will and Alex Davison in the #17. McLaughlin, meanwhile, will miss his highly-anticipated Great Race return following an on-again, off-again saga influenced by evolving schedules in both
The Frenchman revealed the news on social media on Tuesday morning although details of the incident and exactly what happened remain scarce. Loubet has been driving selected rounds of the WRC for Hyundai’s 2C Competition squad, sharing the car with Oliver Solberg across the season. The 24-year-old was set to be part of a five-car
Espargaro and the Aprilia struggled more than most across the Circuit of the Americas’ vicious bumps, with the Spaniard left stranded in 19th on the grid after a crash in qualifying. The Aprilia rider’s woes continued into Sunday’s race and he only made it to lap nine of 20 before crashing out at Turn 13. That
Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan co-own 23XI Racing, which fields Wallace’s #23 Toyota, so both also became first-time winning owners. When NASCAR called Monday’s rain-delayed Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway early for rain – again – Bubba Wallace was the leader. Although only 117 of the scheduled 188 laps were completed, the race had
The Frenchman endured a frustrating time in the Russian Grand Prix as he ended up lapped and in 14th, while teammate Fernando Alonso delivered a strong performance to finish eighth. Reflecting on what happened in Sochi, Ocon said it was especially confusing because he and Alonso had been running near identical setups. And, in a
The RoP is a pre-requisite for participation in practice for the 106th Indianapolis 500 that is scheduled for 29 May 2022. IndyCar’s current Indy ROP requires a driver to turn 10 laps at 205-210mph, before 15 laps of 210-215 mph followed by 15 laps over 215mph. For ex-Formula 1 driver Grosjean, it will be his
Mir and Miller were debating sixth place when the Suzuki rider made contact with Miller at the Turn 15 left-hander on the final tour, forcing both out wide and allowing Avintia rookie Enea Bastianini to score sixth. Race Direction subsequently demoted Mir one position for the clash, dropping him to eighth behind Miller. Both Miller
It was also the first win for the 23XI team co-founded by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin for this season, while Wallace’s crew chief Bootie Barker scored the first win of his career after nearly 500 races atop the box. The 188-lap race was postponed from Sunday due to
Whitmarsh became the latest high-profile signing by Aston Martin amid its ongoing expansion under new owner Lawrence Stroll, joining as Group CEO last month. It marks Whitmarsh’s return to a role in F1 after his stint at the helm of McLaren from 2009 to 2014. He will oversee Aston Martin’s new Performance Technologies division, as
Shot 100% on the HD HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch Ken Roczen during his first laps of Moto 1 at the seventh round of the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Buchanan, Michigan
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2017 Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida.
Enjoy all the action from race 1 of this week’s GT World America, live from the classic Sebring Raceway in Florida. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well as behind-the-scenes access, special features
The Italian manufacturer has decided to send the works AF Corse team to the Indianapolis 8 Hour later this month and then the Kyalami 9 Hour in December after winning the series-opening Spa 24 Hours in the summer with the AF-supported Iron Lynx squad. AF will enter a pair of Ferrari 488 GT3 Evos in the
The four-time world champion has reconnected with some old Formula 1 friends at Aston Martin and the effect has been transformative. Always funny and engaging off-track – until circumstances drove him to miserablism at Ferrari – Vettel has found his voice again in his new environment and thrown himself into social activism. He’s also taken
The Honda rider has endured a tough campaign as he recovers from the serious right arm injury which ruled him out of the 2020 season. While an expert at the Circuit of the Americas and on anticlockwise tracks, Marquez’s dominant victory was not a guarantee pre-weekend. In the latest Tank Slappers Podcast, Autosport’s Lewis Duncan
The talks come the wake of the issues faced at Spa, when the Belgian GP was red-flagged without any flying laps being run. Asked if TV schedules restricted the FIA’s ability to shuffle F1 sessions, Masi said: “It is not so much TV schedule dependent. It is something that we will be discussing in the
2:23 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Czech racer Filip Salac was taken by helicopter to a hospital after crashing hard early in the Moto3 race in at the MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas. Race officials at the Circuit of the Americas said the 19-year-old was conscious after the crash and was taken
Sunday’s Moto3 Grand Prix of the Americas was red-flagged after eight laps after Filip Salac needed assistance being taken off track following a nasty highside. The decision was taken by organisers to restart the grand prix with a five-lap dash, but the race only made it to lap three when a second red flag was
The Yamaha rider followed runaway race winner Marc Marquez home at the Circuit of the Americas in second and crucially finished ahead of nearest title rival Francesco Bagnaia in third. This extended Quartararo’s championship lead to 52 points, meaning he can for the first time in 2021 win the title at the following round at
Haas boss Gunther Steiner suggested ahead of the Russian Grand Prix that the team could benefit from having a veteran providing input to rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin. He believed that the team was lacking a good reference point to judge the speed and feedback from its current line-up. But Schumacher is sceptical about
4:28 PM ET Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — NASCAR’s playoff race at Talladega Superspeedway was washed out and rescheduled for Monday because persistent rain backed the series into too tight of a window to run as scheduled. The race was initially delayed almost two hours and NASCAR made one attempt Sunday at starting the 500-miler.
Turkish rider Oncu chopped across the front of Gresini’s Jeremy Alcoba on the back straight between Turns 11 and 12 at the Circuit of the Americas. Alcoba crashed as a result, while the following Snipers Honda of Andrea Migno and championship leader Pedro Acosta on the Ajo KTM clattered into the stricken Gresini Honda. Both
Having ended his six-year Circuit of the Americas victory streak with a crash in 2019, Marquez made amends for this in Sunday’s 2021 edition of the Austin race and led every lap to take a commanding win. The Honda rider leaped from third to the lead on the run up the hill into the first
Following earlier rain, officials got the track dry in time to fire engines at approximately 3:35pm ET, but as cars were taking pace laps, it began pouring with rain again. With no lights at Talladega Superspeedway, NASCAR would not be able to complete the race once the track was dried again and it was postponed
For anyone with a passion for motorsport and writing, becoming a journalist seems like the perfect profession; one day you could be interviewing the stars, the next you could be writing race reports or penning an opinion piece. This makes it a highly competitive career to get into, and can make it tougher to stand
Watch Adam Cianciarulo during Moto 1 at round 1 of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Rancho Cordova, California. Shot 100% on the HERO7BLACK® camera from http://GoPro.com.
After losing his legs in a crash in 2001, Italian race car driver Alex Zanardi hasn’t let anything get in his way. His next goal is the 2019 Rolex 24 At Daytona on Saturday, Jan. 26 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with BMW Team RLL. Hear from Zanardi and his peers, and watch him