7:20 AM ET Aston Martin have named Mike Krack as its team principal following the departure of Otmar Szafnauer, the Formula One team announced on Friday. Krack joins from BMW, where he led the German manufacturer’s global motorsport division. He has worked previously in F1 with Swiss-based Sauber. The move means he will work again
Month: January 2022
Jump on board with Justin Barcia’s 3rd place finish at the Supercross season opener at Angels Stadium in Anaheim, CA. The GoPro HERO10 is mounted behind his front number plate and gives an amazing perspective of the race thanks to HyperSmooth 4.0.
Honda will once again field five cars in Super GT’s top GT500 class, with Team Kunimitsu, ARTA, Real Racing, Nakajima Racing and Team Mugen all entering a single car each. Its new challenger will be based on the limited-edition Type S version of the NSX road car, which has been spied in testing but has
In an email sent to fans on Friday morning, Aston Martin confirmed that the AMR22 car will be unveiled on 10 February from the manufacturer’s headquarters in Gaydon. It marks a first date in the diary for F1 launch season in 2022, when all 10 teams will unveil significantly revised designs under the overhauled technical
4:59 AM ET Aston Martin is the first team to announce when it will launch its 2022 car, choosing an online event on Feb. 10. The Aston Martin brand returned to F1 last year after rebranding from Racing Point. The team will unveil a car named the AMR22 at an online event in Gaydon, the
The Honda rider missed the final two rounds of the 2021 MotoGP season after a concussion he suffered in a training accident damaged a nerve in his eye and led to a return of the double vision – or diplopia – problems he experienced back in 2011. Marquez’s racing career was threatened at the end
His sole victory of the year came in the second Indianapolis road course race, after passing polesitter Pato O’Ward for the lead and fending off Romain Grosjean to claim the win. Power previously had to endure watching a near-certain victory at the first race of the Detroit double-header slip from his grasp, as his car
It was the kind of information that fans had been eagerly waiting for, and while it did not offer any concrete answers, it at least outlined the state of play and the possible timeline for any decisions and, more importantly, action. Newly-appointed FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem spoke earlier this month of the need to
11:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes will have to wait until March 18, two days before the start of the 2022 season, to discover the outcome of the FIA’s investigation into last year’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen beat Hamilton to the title in controversial circumstances on Dec. 12, with FIA race
The round-the-clock GT enduro was set to run on 25-27 February, however it will now take place on 13-15 May. The postponement has been prompted by the current outbreak of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 on Australia’s east coast, with daily cases currently higher than has been seen at any other point of the pandemic.
F1 will introduce a new technical ruleset for this year, featuring an overhaul of the aerodynamic regulations that could shake up the pecking order. The goal of the new regulations is to make the field more competitive and allow drivers to race wheel-to-wheel more without losing as much downforce due to dirty air coming off
11:57 AM ET Executive director Marcin Budkowski has left the Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team, where he effectively ran day-to-day operations, with immediate effect. Alpine said in a statement on Thursday that chief executive Laurent Rossi would temporarily step in to ensure preparations for next season continued smoothly. Budkowski has been linked with rivals Aston
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WEC boss Frederic Lequien confirmed that the new Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar will be required to race at either the Sebring 1000 Miles season opener in March or round two at Spa in early May if the French manufacturer is to be allowed to take up its two WEC entries for the double-points round
F1 debuted its new sprint race weekend format at three events in 2021, holding 100km races on Saturdays that offered points to the top three and set the grid for the race on Sunday. The trial of the format last year has led to plans being formulated to expand it to six events next year
5:41 AM ET An investigation by Formula One’s governing body into last season’s Abu Dhabi finale is picking up speed amid speculation the outcome will determine whether seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton races on or walks away. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) promised in December “a detailed analysis and clarification exercise” of a controversy it
Since 1997, the winner of the Daytona 500 has been presented with the Harley J. Earl Trophy in Victory Lane, and the winning car is put on display in its race-winning condition for one year at the Motorsports Hall of Fame and Museum adjacent to Daytona International Speedway. However, with the delays in the development
Bottas has joined Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season after a five-year stint with Mercedes that yielded five constructors’ championship wins and saw him finish as runner-up in the drivers’ standings in 2019 and 2020. The move to Alfa Romeo came following Mercedes’ decision to sign junior driver George Russell to its team for this
Villeneuve has spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Daytona International Speedway driving the #27 Ford in the Next Gen test for Team Hezeberg, a new Cup team this season formed between racing legend Toine Hezemans and Dutch entrepreneur Ernst Berg. Loris Hezemans, the 2019 NASCAR Euro champion, plans to compete in all the road course events
Following the success of the most recent F1 global fan survey in partnership with F1, Motorsport Network and Nielsen last October, the latest effort sees a new survey launched on North America’s top level open-wheel racing series ahead of the 2022 season. Fans have the chance to make their voices heard and the survey is
Mazepin and Schumacher were plucked out of Formula 2 to replace Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen at the underperforming Haas outfit, which had severely compromised the 2021 season to focus on the new 2022 car. While Schumacher and Mazepin generally brought up the rear of the field in a car that was barely developed from
9:43 AM ET Turkey’s Cem Bolukbasi will race in Formula Two this season, becoming the first gamer to go from F1 Esports to the Formula One feeder series. The 23-year-old told a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday that he had signed a deal with Czech-based Charouz Racing System and had the ultimate goal of
Bolukbasi makes the step up from the Euroformula Open championship, where he finished fifth overall in the standings with the Van Amersfoort Racing team, which also joins F2 for this season. The Turkish driver made a one-off Formula Renault Eurocup appearance at Hockenheim in 2019, but turned his attentions to single-seater racing full-time from 2021,
Armstrong, 21, joined Ferrari’s young driver programme in 2017, and has spent the last two years racing in FIA Formula 2. The New Zealander is yet to confirm his racing plans for the year ahead, but Ferrari revealed on Tuesday that he was no longer part of its junior set-up as the academy began its
4:17 AM ET Lewis Hamilton’s future may hinge on the outcome of the FIA’s investigation into the final laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to a report in the BBC. Last month Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Hamilton was “disillusioned” with F1 after losing the title in controversial fashion, suggesting the seven-time world
Just over two hours into the first of a two-day test, NASCAR asked teams to run a 10-lap drafting test on the 2.5-mile superspeedway. In the test, the cars utilised an aero package featuring 510 horsepower with a seven-inch spoiler. While NASCAR didn’t immediately release timing and scoring data from the session, officials said the
Gasly was one of the standout F1 performers in 2021, taking a podium in Baku alongside several top six finishes. It propelled Gasly up to ninth in the drivers’ championship with 110 points, just five points behind McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo and well ahead of rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda (32). The Frenchman has steadily blossomed with
4:51 AM ET Formula One is set to have a record 23 races this season. The 2022 campaign follows on from one of the most incredible title battles in F1’s history, one which ended in controversy at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in December. It seems like that campaign is barely over but the new
Gutierrez, who raced for Sauber in 2013-14 and Haas in 2016, will drive Inter Europol’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 alongside team regulars Alex Brundle and Kuba Smiechowski in the six-round WEC. The Mexican is returning to active competition for the first time since 2017 after four seasons focussing on his roles with Mercedes, which straddled F1
Alonso made his return to F1 in 2021 after two seasons away, partnering Ocon at Alpine. Ocon managed to score his maiden grand prix victory by taking a shock win at the Hungarian Grand Prix, aided by Alonso, who managed to halt Lewis Hamilton’s charge with a brilliant defensive display. The duo helped Alpine secure
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