An assistance car belonging to French team Sodicars Racing exploded outside the Donatello hotel in Jeddah on 30 December, just days before the start of the rally on January 1. Six passengers were travelling in the car during the explosion and, while five of them were unharmed, driver Philippe Boutron suffered a “very serious leg injury”.
Month: January 2022
Haas opted against developing its car for last year so it could focus on preparing for the new technical regulations arriving in 2022, believing they held a greater opportunity to make a step forward and gain performance. It resigned the team to a transition year in 2021 where it failed to score any points with
Double MotoGP race winner Petrucci became the first rider in history to win a stage of the famous Dakar having also competed in the premier class of grand prix racing. Petrucci finished the shortened stage five – which was ended early for the bikes due to the medical helicopter being mobilised – second, but winner
Petrucci is making his Dakar debut this year having lost his ride with Tech3 KTM in MotoGP at the end of 2021. Having broken his ankle during training and almost being denied his Dakar debut due to a false positive COVID-19 test on the eve of the rally raid, Petrucci has impressed hugely on his
Putting two great drivers together often brings success – but it can also create fireworks that damage the harmony inside a team. Even legendary combinations that have brought titles to their teams have sometimes ended in acrimony. PLUS: How Russell sees his place in the Mercedes-Hamilton F1 superteam Here’s our selection of some of the ultimate
After three years with Williams, Russell has joined Mercedes full-time for the 2022 season, partnering seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. The promotion for Russell comes after five years with Mercedes’ young driver programme that saw him win titles in GP3 and Formula 2 before graduating to F1. PLUS: How Russell sees himself in the Mercedes-Hamilton
Ocon benefitted from a chaotic wet weather start in Budapest to surge to the lead after a restart, as leader Lewis Hamilton pitted. Ocon kept his cool and led the entire race to take his maiden grand prix victory, holding off Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel and Hamilton. It was one of several standout races for
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Russell is highly rated following three impressive seasons with Williams – and a one-off drive for Mercedes in the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix – but how will he measure up against one of the all-time greats? And how will Hamilton respond if Russell becomes a genuine championship challenger? Russell talks about his big opportunity in
Szafnauer had long been expected to leave his role at Aston Martin, with Autosport reporting back in November that he looked set to take up a senior role with the rival Alpine squad. Szafnauer said he had “no intention” of leaving Aston Martin and that he had a long-term contract in place, having dismissed reports
Ward, formerly a Red Bull engineer in Formula 1, replaced Brian Campe on Newgarden’s car in 2018, and therefore played a major role in 13 race wins and a series championship for the Penske driver. It’s believed that Ward will take an ‘overseeing’ role at Arrow McLaren SP, while Craig Hampson, the squad’s R&D engineer
The Italian’s third season in the premier class saw him promoted to the factory Ducati squad from Pramac. Having made a solid start to the 2021 season, it was in the second half of the year where Bagnaia really kicked on. Taking his maiden win at Aragon after a thrilling battle with Marc Marquez, Bagnaia
Deadline reports that Apple Original Films is now in exclusive negotiations to seal a deal for the planned, and as-yet-untitled, Hollywood blockbuster feature film. It is understood that Pitt will play a veteran racing star who comes out of retirement to mentor a young driver, while taking his own last chance at on-track glory. Rivals
The venue of the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix is using the off-season to overhaul its ageing facilities as part of an €80m, government-backed refurbishment. The circuit broke ground in November on new run-off areas in several key corners, while also demolishing old grandstands and the Raidillon chalet in favour of new, more modern facilities.
Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi was scheduled to make his now-regular Gulf 12 Hours appearance in Abu Dhabi with the Kessel Racing squad in a Ferrari 488 GT3. A class winner and overall podium finisher at previous events, Rossi was set to share a car with close friend Alessio Salucci and half-brother and
Sainz joined Ferrari last season as a replacement for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, signing a two-year deal. He scored four podiums en route to fifth place in the drivers’ championship during his first year with the team. Sainz quickly formed a good relationship with new teammate Charles Leclerc as the duo combined to secure
6:34 AM ET Otmar Szafnauer, chief executive officer and team principal of the Aston Martin Formula One team announced his departure on Wednesday. The Silverstone-based team, owned by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll, said in a statement that a leadership team would take over until a replacement was appointed. “We would like to thank him for
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Two-time F1 world champion Alonso returned to the series last year with Alpine after a two-season break exploring other racing opportunities such as the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Indianapolis 500 and the Dakar Rally. Alonso scored one podium and helped Alpine finish fifth in the constructors’ championship last year, as well as playing a
6:40 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Kevin Kalkhoven, the team co-owner of Tony Kanaan‘s Indianapolis 500-winning entry in 2013, died Tuesday. He was 77. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Kalkhoven’s death and did not detail a cause. Kalkhoven was co-owner with Jimmy Vasser of the KV Racing Technology-SH Racing Chevrolet that Kanaan drove to
The explosion at the Donatello Hotel in Jeddah on 30 December injured Frenchman Philippe Boutron, a driver for the Sodicars Racing team. Event organisers the ASO subsequently reinforced security at the bivouacs in the days after the incident, and the French anti-terrorist agency has now announced that it is investigating the circumstances. The explosion, which
Australia-born Kalkhoven recently stepped down from his position as director and chairman of the board at Cosworth, a company he bought from Ford along with Pi Research in 2004. The KV Racing team he co-founded with Jacques Villenueve’s manager Craig Pollock ran Tony Kanaan to victory in the 2013 Indianapolis 500, before being disbanded after
McLaren ran an all-new livery for the Monaco Grand Prix race weekend, ditching its regular papaya for the orange and powder blue colours of Gulf Oil to run on the cars of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo. The team also opted to tweak its livery for the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi,
2:01 PM ET French prosecutors have launched a terrorism investigation after a French vehicle involved in a stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia last week exploded, injuring one of the competitors. In a statement on Tuesday, the prosecutors said the explosion happened on Dec. 30 in the Saudi city of Jeddah. It said
Honda returned to F1 after a six-season absence in 2015 as McLaren’s works engine partner, only for the two parties to cut ties after three difficult and unsuccessful years. An initial deal with Toro Rosso in 2018 paved the way for Honda to link up with Red Bull the following year. Honda announced in 2020
Alpine suffered from an inconsistent 2021 campaign, but a shock maiden win for Esteban Ocon in Hungary and a podium for Fernando Alonso in Qatar gave the Enstone outfit the edge over AlphaTauri to clinch fifth in the constructors’ championship. While it is clear Alpine has plenty of work to do to catch up with
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The penalty was announced at 9:15 local time on Tuesday, just before the start of the third stage near Al Qaisumah. According to an official statement by the stewards, three-time Dakar winner Al-Attiyah arrived at the bivouac on Monday with FIA’s black box – which records all the performance data of each car and is supplied by