Championship leader Verstappen started the race weekend on the right foot as he finished ahead of Mercedes duo Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton in FP1, lapping almost two-tenths of a second clear. Opening practice on Friday afternoon marked the first opportunity for drivers to sample the altered corners at Yas Marina, including the Turn 5
Month: December 2021
5:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Al Unser Sr., a four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 and three-time champion in what is now the IndyCar Series, Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Indianapolis Motor Speedway said early Friday that Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with his wife, Susan, by
As if they needed reminding. The Formula 1 world championship trophy – the one that can only be awarded at the FIA prize-giving gala in case the winning driver’s actions or car are under scrutiny for a potential rules breach – sat between them. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were side-by-side for the final pre-event
Once the 2021 Formula 1 season draws to a close, attention will immediately turn to preparations for 2022’s all-new rules. F1 will receive one of its biggest technical overhauls for next season, with a seismic shift in the aerodynamic regulations, which should act as a soft reset for all of the teams in the championship.
9:30 AM ET ABU DHABI – Max Verstappen said his opinion of Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes team has gone down during their championship fight in 2021. Verstappen and Hamilton have collided on track three times this season and go into the final race of the year, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, level on points.
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2019 Rolex 24 At Daytona.
All four TCL GT World Challenge Asia Esports Presented by Tarmac Works class titles will be decided at the season finale on December 8 after several championship protagonists hit trouble in the penultimate round at Spa-Francorchamps. Aaron Borg (SRT Team Sydney, Mercedes-AMG) moved into Real-PRO contention by claiming his first victory of the season on
Karam will be aiming to make his ninth start in the Memorial Day Weekend classic, his eighth with Dennis Reinbold’s team, while for Ferrucci it will be a fourth Indy entry. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has entered and qualified 43 cars in the Indy 500 dating back to 1999 with a best finish of fourth
Ducati retained the constructors’ championship in 2021 having tallied up seven victories across three of its factory-supported riders. Miller won twice at Jerez and Le Mans, while factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia scored four victories and Pramac rookie Jorge Martin claimed a maiden win at the Styrian Grand Prix. Bagnaia – who finished 2021 runner-up
The 44-year-old Japanese driver, who spent the last four seasons at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and racked up three wins including the team’s – and his – second Indy triumph, will drive the #51 entry vacated by Andretti Autosport-bound Romain Grosjean. As first reported by Autosport in September, Coyne and Sato have been negotiating for
Autosport has already picked out the top 10 F1 title deciders and the race could be a candidate for that list… But the tension is also reminiscent of the darker days in F1 history, when the title has been decided or marred by controversial clashes. Here are the times things went bad, with some non-F1 misdemeanours
11:50 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Takuma Sato will drive for Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware next season in a deal announced Thursday that keeps the popular driver from Japan in the IndyCar Series at least another year. Sato has 12 years of IndyCar experience with 198 starts and
Formula 1 stewards often find themselves making headlines when they’ve been forced to hand out penalties that haven’t gone down well with fans. While most people would love to see battles settled on the track, it’s the nature of any sport that someone has to interpret the rules and enforce them as fairly as possible.
Stoker is going up against Mohammed ben Sulayem in the vote on 17 December to become the successor of Jean Todt. With the final countdown underway to the election, Stoker has outlined his vision for how he wants the FIA to approach F1 if he triumphs. His outline of 10 key pledges for F1 –
But after a career that has included success in rallying, sportscars and F1, plus three-terms at the helm of motor racing’s governing body, it was unlikely he would simply walk away from the sport. A report in Corriere della Sera on Wednesday pointed, however, to one potential avenue that could be Todt’s focus over the
The Enstone-based team had a slow start to the 2021 season and did most of its scoring in a chaotic Hungarian Grand Prix, which yielded Ocon’s maiden F1 win. After the summer break Alpine’s form was patchy but on the good days it managed to score big, notably with Fernando Alonso’ podium in Qatar, that
6:52 AM ET Mercedes have agreed to end a sponsorship deal with insulation firm Kingspan, it was announced on Wednesday, amid a backlash about the Irish company’s link to Britain’s 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire last week called for Lewis Hamilton’s team to reconsider a sponsorship deal due to Kingspan’s
The opening race of Misano 2021 went right down to the wire with tension and cup-winning battles all the way to the checkered flag! Catch up on the best moments from Race 1 and relive the spectacle right here. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT
The Ferrari Driver Academy member, who is currently second in the FIA Formula 2 drivers’ standings, will get behind the wheel of the SF21, splitting driving duties with the team’s specialist simulator driver, Antonio Fuoco. Shwartzman has already driven a Ferrari F1 car twice in 2021, but in both cases – in January at Fiorano
The success of Formula 3000 champions Juan Pablo Montoya, Bruno Junqueira and Sebastien Bourdais in Champ Car meant there was great expectation on the shoulders of 2003 king Bjorn Wirdheim when he headed Stateside in 2005. A money shortfall at his HVM squad, which couldn’t afford to go testing, and the lack of an experienced
Title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were caught up in multiple incidents last Sunday in Abu Dhabi that led to the stewards handing Verstappen two penalties. After being told to give Hamilton a position back after an off-track pass earlier in the race, Verstappen was later hit with a five-second time penalty for leaving
7:00 AM ET At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this Sunday, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will look to emerge victorious from one of the most dramatic championship contests Formula One has ever seen. It’s been incredible, it’s been unpredictable and it’s been controversial. It might sound clichéd, but if you were to make a
Joan Mir guided Suzuki to its first MotoGP title since 2000 last year, with the Japanese marque also winning the teams’ championship. But its title defence was difficult, with Suzuki coming away from 2021 without a win and Mir only able to score six podiums across 18 races due to the GSX-RR’s lack of development
Hamilton and Verstappen are heading in to the final race of the season tied on points, with the driver that finishes ahead on Sunday set to take the crown. While Mercedes is coming off the back of three consecutive wins, Red Bull took a comfortable victory at the Yas Marina circuit 12 months ago as
2:38 AM ET Lando Norris has labelled Formula One’s rule about allowing drivers to change tyres during a red flag stoppage as “the worst rule ever invented by someone.” The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix featured two stoppages due to crashes. The first was controversial at the time, as Max Verstappen stayed out during a Safety
Neuville and Wydaeghe were involved in a frightening crash while testing Hyundai’s all-new 2022 Rally1 hybrid challenger in France last weekend. The i20 ran off the road, suffering heavy damage which curtailed the team’s maiden test of the car expected to be close to the final iteration that will contest the WRC’s first season of
After news broke last week that the RPM team’s storied #43 would be under new majority ownership next year, the rebranded organisation officially revealed its new name during a news conference on Tuesday, in which it was revealed that the team will run two Chevrolets for Erik Jones and Ty Dillon. Jones, who recently signed
The tweaked concept, which merges artwork by UAE-based female artist Rabab Tantawy with McLaren’s traditional papaya and blue colours, will run for the first time in Friday practice at the Yas Marina circuit. The new colours were revealed at a special event in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday night, and are the result of a Driven
Shot 100% on the HERO3+® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch Justin Barcia during the main event at the Twelfth Round of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross from Toronto For full event results visit: http://www.supercrossonline.com
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
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