Hamilton was left upset by the way that a late race safety car restart call in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix cost him the world championship title on the final lap in Abu Dhabi last weekend. His Mercedes team has said that the Briton has been left ‘disillusioned’ by the way things were handled, and
Month: December 2021
5:59 AM ET Red Bull’s Max Verstappen collected his Formula One world champion’s trophy at a gala awards ceremony on Thursday and looked forward to fighting seven times title-holder Lewis Hamilton again next season. His Mercedes rival, beaten this year on the last lap of the last race, did not attend the event at the
The Kiwi has enjoyed success in Europe in the past, particularly during his time as a factory McLaren GT driver. He won the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup with Rob Bell and Come Ledogar for Garage 59, thanks to race victories at Monza and Paul Ricard. That same season he finished third in the
In the wake of the controversy over the safety car restart at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that has left Hamilton disillusioned with the sport, he and his team boss Toto Wolff elected to miss the FIA end-of-season gathering in Paris on Thursday night. Hamilton’s absence, as runner-up in the drivers’ championship, appears to be
Quartararo became Yamaha’s first world champion since Jorge Lorenzo in 2015 when he stormed to France’s maiden premier class title with two rounds to spare in 2021. The Frenchman won five races across the 2021 campaign, his first with the factory Yamaha squad having been signed to replace MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi. Not only popular
Sulayem’s arrival at the helm of the FIA comes just days after F1 has found its image tarnished in the wake of the safety car restart that decided the world championship battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. The FIA World Motor Sport Council has already announced plans for a probe into the events of
7:48 AM ET Mohammed Ben Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates has been elected successor to Jean Todt as the first non-European president of motorsport’s world governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Friday. The 60-year-old Dubai-born former rally driver was standing against British lawyer Graham Stoker, who has been Todt’s deputy president
Team 75 Motorsport will shift over from ADAC GT Masters to run a solo Porsche 911 GT3-R under the KUS Team Bernhard banner in the nine-weekend DTM in 2022. The car will be raced by Porsche factory driver Thomas Preining, who co-drove with Christian Engelhart in one of the two cars the team entered in
The Dutchman picked up his maiden F1 championship trophy at the FIA’s prize-giving gala in Paris on Thursday night, which came just days after his last-lap victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen’s current contract runs until the end of 2023, and he has said several times since his success at the weekend that
6:42 AM ET PARIS, France — Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff will not attend the FIA’s prize giving ceremony in Paris on Thursday evening, Wolff confirmed. The decision not to attend comes in the wake of Mercedes’ decision not to appeal the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which saw
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Catch up on the best bits from the first race of the weekend at Zandvoort which saw a dominant performance from the Lamborghini-sporting Emil Frey Racing team and an outstanding partnership between Ricardo Feller and Alex Fontana! GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join
Driving for Prema Racing, this year’s two-time F2 race winner clocked a 1m35.435s effort in the afternoon’s three hour session, which would stand as the fastest time of the day. The time was 0.358s slower than the pole time set by Oscar Piastri in last weekend’s F2 qualifying session albeit Daruvala’s lap was set on
In the wake of the Hamilton’s defeat to Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi, the result of the FIA’s safety car restart call which allowed Verstappen to make a final lap pass in their winner-takes-all showdown for the drivers’ championship, the Mercedes driver and his boss declined to take part in the annual prize-giving event. Hamilton’s
8:16 AM ET Toto Wolff suggested he is unsure whether Lewis Hamilton will continue racing in Formula One as the seven-time champion is “disillusioned” with how he lost this year’s title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was denied a record eighth championship on the final lap of the race amid a controversial finish
The Australian struggled for most of this year to get on terms with team-mate Lando Norris, especially over one lap in qualifying, which in turn made his life harder in races. While his form improved and victory in the Italian Grand Prix was an obvious high, Ricciardo finished the season in eighth place on 115
Lecuona was drafted in to replace Brad Binder at Tech3 for 2020 when the South African was promoted to replace Johann Zarco at the factory KTM squad. But Lecuona – then 19 – had only made his circuit racing debut in 2015 after a formative career in supermotard, and by the start of the 2020
It is the second time this year that the Monegasque has tested positive, having also contracted the virus in January after coming into close contact with another case. According to a team statement posted on Twitter, Leclerc is suffering from mild symptoms but “feeling fine” and will self-isolate at home. The team tweeted: “Scuderia Ferrari
8:24 AM ET Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff says he has no desire to talk to the FIA’s race director Michael Masi, saying his values and sense of integrity are not “compatible” with the decisions taken by Masi at the title deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi’s role in Max Verstappen’s championship victory over Mercedes
The former Lamborghini factory driver will join an all-Pro lineup as the German-based squad steps up from International GT Open with two McLaren 720S GT3s. Lind will join team regular Christian Klien and 2015 Blancpain Sprint champion Vincent Abril, who took a best finish of fourth in the DTM this year. Team owner Patryk Krupinski
If Sebastien Buemi had enjoyed the kind of season that had been the norm for him in Formula E, he would be much higher in this list. Yet, despite a disastrous FE campaign with Nissan e.dams, his sportscar form keeps him in such an elevated position. The Swiss failed to record a podium in FE
Johnson, who unveiled his Carvana livery on NBC’s Today show on Wednesday morning, spent his rookie season competing in the 12 road and street courses on the 2021 schedule. But the NASCAR ace tested on the oval at Texas Motor Speedway and completed the IndyCar Rookie Orientation Programme at Indianapolis Motor Speedway shortly after the
At the annual FIA Prize Gala event, Verstappen will be presented with the famous trophy that marks the culmination of a brilliant campaign for the Dutchman to secure his maiden title. But while he and his Red Bull team are set for a night to remember, F1 is still reeling from the scandal that has
9:55 AM ET Associated Press Jimmie Johnson will enter the Indianapolis 500 next year and run a full IndyCar schedule. The seven-time NASCAR champion had been speeding toward the Indy 500 decision he finally announced Wednesday since he moved to IndyCar earlier this year. Johnson ran only the road and street courses in his first
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Greater financial regulation has been a top priority for championship chief executive officer Jamie Reigle during his tenure as the series works to stabilise following the departures of Mercedes, Audi and BMW. The new rules will come into force on 1 October 2022 to cover the forthcoming Gen3 era, although manufacturers have commenced their development
Malukas, who scored seven wins in Lights and took the championship fight with Kyle Kirkwood down to the wire, also tested impressively with Coyne at Barber Motorsports Park in October, ending the day top of the times by a substantial margin. Malukas will partner with two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato, who was confirmed by
The complicated technology, which generates electrical power from exhaust heat, has proven to be expensive and complex since it formed part of the new turbo hybrid rules that were introduced in 2014. With F1 eager to attract new manufacturers from 2026, the presence of the MGU-H was viewed as a key part of the discussions.
3:06 PM ET The FIA has agreed to conduct a detailed analysis of the events that led up to Max Verstappen being crowned world champion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix amid concerns the sport is being tarnished by “misunderstandings” and “arguments”. The ending of a safety car period one lap from the end of
The team, which won the 2021 Michelin Endurance Cup in 2021, and came within a last-corner last-lap move of clinching the overall title, has retained Taylor and Albuquerque for a second full season with an Acura, while Alexander Rossi stays on as fourth driver for the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona. “Continuity is always a good
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