Following the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces last Thursday, Formula 1 announced it would not be holding the Russian Grand Prix in September as planned. A number of major championships and sports events have cut ties with the country amid worldwide condemnation and sanctions from western countries. FIA president Mohammed Ben
Month: February 2022
The three-time race winner and 2020 championship runner-up endured a torrid campaign last year, in which he scored just one podium as he struggled for pace in the first half of the season on his two-year-old Yamaha in Petronas SRT colours. He was forced out from June’s Dutch TT through to September’s San Marino Grand
The three-time Supercars champion won last year’s rookie of the year award, managing a best finish of second at last year’s opening Texas race, but tended to struggle more on the street venues and failed to crack the top 10. On the streets of St. Petersburg – the one IndyCar track he had raced on
The race came alive on the restart on lap 179, when Chase Briscoe, who didn’t pit, led the way followed by Elliott, Alex Bowman and Larson. Using a three-wide move, Larson quickly powered to the lead after the restart as Bowman tagged the outside wall, but there was no caution. On the next lap, Larson
The Woking-based team has long considered O’Ward a potential candidate to make the switch from American racing to F1 in the long term. However, opportunities for him to drive F1 machinery have previously been quite limited, with his only run so far being in last year’s Abu Dhabi rookie test. But with F1’s rules making
8:36 AM ET Ukraine’s motor racing federation has asked Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, to ban all Russian and Belarusian drivers amid the ongoing war in its country. If the request is accepted it would prevent Russian driver Nikita Mazepin from racing for Haas in F1. Russian military invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread
F1 teams were caught by surprise at last week’s pre-season Barcelona test by the way that their cars suffered some extreme bouncing down the straights, thanks to the aero properties of the 2022 challengers. The phenomenon, which also occurred the last time ground effect was in F1 in the early 1980’s, is trigged by downforce
Grosjean, who topped his first-ever practice session as an Andretti driver ahead of teammate Colton Herta, explained his “rebirth” through IndyCar after his ten seasons in Formula 1 – which ended with the horrendous fiery accident in Bahrain. “It felt amazing,” said Grosjean of being voted #1 by fans. “After only one year in IndyCar,
Ferrari completed more mileage than any other team across the three days of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, while Sainz topped the driver chart with 236 laps. Sainz’s team-mate, Charles Leclerc, set the fastest lap on day two of the test, and finished just half a second off the overall best time set by
3:15 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Scott McLaughlin at last showed his long move from Australia to the United States was worth the gamble, getting his first IndyCar Series win on Sunday in the season-opening race through the downtown streets of St. Petersburg. Now the native New Zealander will have to see
Team Penske’s McLaughlin made a clean start from his first-ever pole position in the series, but team-mate Power, the only driver in the top 10 to start the race on the harder tyres, appeared to spin up coming out off the final turn and lost places to both Andretti Autosport’s Colton Herta and Rinus VeeKay
McLaughlin led from pole position, as team-mate Power slipped back to fourth on an alternate tyre strategy, and held off reigning champion Alex Palou by half a second to take his maiden IndyCar win. Power fought back to finish third, ahead of Colton Herta and Romain Grosjean. St Petersburg IndyCar race results Pole-winner McLaughlin led
The team finished bottom of the mileage table for the week, with Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin running only 160 laps between them. The team also announced on Thursday evening it would complete the final day of the test without Uralkali sponsorship or colours, which resembled the Russian flag, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – with
7:08 PM ET Associated Press CHANDLER, Ariz. — Robert Hight raced to his second straight Funny Car win to open the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season, beating Matt Hagan on Sunday in the NHRA Arizona Nationals. In a matchup of two three-time season champions at Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Hight had a
The Korean marque showed a significant improvement in speed and reliability on the snow highlighted by Neuville leading the event on Friday before ultimately finishing second, 22s behind winner Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera. Neuville’s team-mate Ott Tanak was also in contention for victory on Friday having clinched two stage wins, before a hybrid issue forced him
It has long been a regular bone of contention among IndyCar front-runners that backmarkers often fight hard to remain on the lead lap when they’re about to be lapped, hoping for a caution flag that will bunch the field, allowing them to latch onto the back of the pack. On road and street courses they
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McLaren’s racers have driven many laps that have left lasting memories. From overcoming adversity to blowing away the field, these are some of Formula 1’s ‘legendary laps.’ On 11th April 1993, at the European Grand Prix at Donington, some 25 years ago, the late great Ayrton Senna took the win – against all odds –
Austin’s Daytona victory, which he achieved on team founder Roger Penske’s 85th birthday, cemented his place in the end-of-season Playoffs at the earliest opportunity. His father says the #2 car’s maiden success in the 500 was significant in many ways for the team, since Brad Keselowski left the outfit for an owner/driver role at Roush
Bottas joined Alfa Romeo for the 2022 season after spending the last five years with Mercedes, where he scored 10 race wins and contributed to the team claiming five consecutive constructors’ championships. But Bottas was not able to complete an extensive programme in this week’s Barcelona test as reliability issues with the new Alfa Romeo
9:22 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Cole Custer persevered through four late restarts to win a protracted NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Fontana on Saturday night, claiming the title at his home track for the second time. Custer comfortably held off Noah Gragson and Trevor Bayne in triple overtime after the final restart.
With F1 teams getting their first runs of the new 2022 machinery, many were caught by surprise by the bouncing phenomenon their drivers experienced as their cars hit top speed on the straight. Trying to tame the issue has been a major headache for some teams, with Mercedes needing to use temporary floor fixes at
Kyle Kirkwood, reigning Indy Lights champion with AJ Foyt Racing, was the first driver of the weekend to duck under the 1m01 second barrier but was soon eclipsed by Will Power of Team Penske, Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank Racing) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). But it was Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport who hit
Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 on the final day despite the W13 showing signs of porpoising down the main straight – a problem other teams also experienced at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr showed encouraging pace as did McLaren McLaren duo Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, while
9:56 PM ET Associated Press CHANDLER, Ariz. — Matt Hagan made the quickest Funny Car run in four years Saturday, giving the new Tony Stewart Racing NHRA team its first No. 1 qualifier and setting the track record to close out qualifying at the NHRA Arizona Nationals. Hagan had a 3.823-second run at 333.41 mph
Breen ground to halt less than two kilometres into the day’s penultimate stage after his Ford Puma lost all power. The Irishman was able to briefly resume using full electric power but only to move his car out of the way of his rivals. The problem was unable to be rectified meaning he would miss
Herta had vaulted to the top of the session with a with a 59.7104s lap, which was eclipsed by Will Power delivering a lap 0.03s quicker before improving to a 59.6058s time. But Power, a nine-time St. Petersburg polesitter, had got sideways in Turn 9 on his best lap – and that opened the door
After testing the new cars in Barcelona, drivers have reported that as planned the new aero package has made it easier to follow other cars through a corner and onto a straight. However, Russell says that the aero characteristics of the new cars generate a tow that is less powerful, and thus it could potentially
5:32 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Austin Cindric followed up his Daytona 500 victory by earning his first career pole in the NASCAR Cup series Saturday at Auto Club Speedway during a tumultuous debut for the new practice and qualifying format at intermediate tracks. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed in his
Kyle Kirkwood, reigning Indy Lights champion with AJ Foyt Racing, was the first driver of the weekend to duck under the 1m01 second barrier but was soon eclipsed by Will Power of Team Penske, Simon Pagenaud (Meyer Shank Racing) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). But it was Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport who hit
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