Andretti has opened talks with the FIA about joining F1 from 2024, having failed in its efforts last year to take over the Alfa Romeo outfit. But while Andretti’s plans have generated huge interest, not all teams are convinced that the American squad should be given an automatic slot. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Red
Month: February 2022
9:46 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has accused the FIA of throwing Michael Masi “under the bus” after the governing body announced the former F1 race director will be replaced this year. Masi oversaw the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi last year in which Verstappen was crowned champion
F1 announced earlier this month that it would be moving away from its scheduled pre-race ceremony that allowed drivers to make any gesture they wished to address important causes such as LGBTQ+ rights and racial injustice, with most of the field taking a knee. The pre-race moment was introduced for the 2020 season amid activism
Lando Norris put McLaren on top on the first day with the fastest time, set in the final hour of running, to displace Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who set the pace in the morning. The day ran uninterrupted despite the wholesale rule changes set to challenge the teams, but the majority notched up significant milage although
2:06 PM ET BARCLEONA, Spain — Lewis Hamilton isn’t known for his love of preseason testing, but even the seven-time champion arrived early in the pit lane at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday to witness the dawn of F1’s new era. He wasn’t due to drive his new Mercedes W13 until the afternoon, but
The French carmaker has a rich history in rallying having competed in the WRC with its iconic A110 in the 1960-70s. It has recently returned to the arena with a rally version of its new A110 model which is eligible to compete in the R-GT class. Speaking to selected media at Alpine’s Formula 1 launch
With teams getting their first proper running of their new 2022 challengers, Leclerc ended the first day of the three-day Barcelona test second fastest, one spot ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari’s rivals are mindful about the potential of the Maranello squad, thanks to the extra development work it has been allowed to do
5:44 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At least six drivers with IndyCar roots will compete in the second season of Tony Stewart‘s all-star racing league, including a surprising one-off appearance by a current Team Penske driver. Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden was given permission by Penske to race in the Superstar All-Star
The pre-event technical checks for the 62-car field entered for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship 11/12 June will take place in the Place de la Republique in the centre of Le Mans city. They are scheduled for the Friday and Saturday 3 and 4 June, immediately ahead of the official Le Mans
The 2020 teams’ and riders’ world champions have been on the hunt for a team manager since Davide Brivio – who helmed the Japanese marque from 2013 – departed to join Alpine as racing director in Formula 1. With Brivio’s exit coming on the eve of the 2021 season, Suzuki elected to form a management
McLaren Simulator Test Engineer, Alice Rowlands explains why our sim is so vital – not only for the development of racers and their technical ability, but for McLaren Honda’s Grand Prix efforts. Find out more about World’s Fastest Gamer and the hunt to find our next simulator driver here: www.mclaren.com/WFG Subscribe and be the first
James Baldwin and Michael O’Brien have claimed Jenson Team Rocket RJN’s second pole position in as many Intelligent Money British GT rounds after beating Barwell Motorsport’s Sandy Mitchell and Rob Collard by just 0.085s at Brands Hatch. Baldwin, The World’s Fastest Gamer, once again excelled in the first session to give O’Brien a two-tenth head-start
Red Bull team boss Horner and his Mercedes counterpart Wolff came to blows at times in 2021 as the intensity of last year’s F1 title battle increased in the closing stages. But things reached a peak in the wake of the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi when Mercedes protested the way that the FIA’s implementation of the safety car rules had
8:03 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Charles Leclerc put Ferrari top of the timing sheets on the opening morning of Formula One’s preseason tests. There is growing excitement around Ferrari’s 2022 car and, although the first day rarely gives a completely accurate picture of the competitive order, it was a flawless start from the Italian
Carroll, whose last British GT appearance came in 2016 when he was third at Silverstone in a Ferrari entered by FF Corse and Fox Motorsport, raced the Audi alongside Balfe in last year’s International GT Open series that uses Michelin tyres. The car will run on Pirellis in British GT, a series Balfe last contested
The MotoGP legend suffered life-changing injuries in 1993 when he crashed during a race at Misano, which ended his career and left him paralysed from the waist down. Rainey won three 500cc titles between 1990 and 1992 for Yamaha, and went on to manage a team for the Japanese marque before retiring in 1998. Since
F1 enjoyed a small increase in its global TV audience last year, aided by increased interest through the Netflix Drive to Survive series and a compelling title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Ahead of the 2022 season, a number of teams have announced major new partnerships, including an influx of companies relating to
10:52 AM ET Reigning W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will drive for the Caitlyn Jenner-owned Jenner Racing team in the 2022 competition, the all-female motor racing championship said on Tuesday. Chadwick, the inaugural W Series champion, successfully defended her title last year after the series did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19
The 21-year-old will partner rookie Calan Williams at the Italian team, after a bitty 2021 season impacted by funding issues, which caused him to lose his seat at MP Motorsport for the penultimate round in Saudi Arabia. Verschoor was then handed an F2 drive by Charouz Racing System for the season finale in Abu Dhabi, replacing
The 2020 Xfinity champion, aged 23, came within a whisker of successfully defending his crown in the second-tier series last year and made the dream start to life as a Cup Series full-timer last weekend by beating Bubba Wallace to the flag in the biggest race of the season. PLUS: How Penske’s rookie sensation opened NASCAR’s
Anyone who has taken a glance at the new batch of Formula 1 contenders can see that things will be different in 2022. The regulation changes are regarded as the biggest shift in F1 since 1983, but the aims of the new rules are relatively simple. A move away from complicated ‘overbody’ aerodynamic devices and
12:15 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — The first race of the new F1 season is still over three weeks away, but on-track action officially gets underway on Feb. 23 at the opening pre-season test in Spain. It will be the first chance to see all 10 teams on track together and the first time the
F1 has introduced its biggest rule change since 2009 with cars that feature completely overhauled aerodynamics designed around ground effect. While F1’s pre-season officially starts in Barcelona on Wednesday with the first of two three-day tests, drives have already sampled their new equipment in the virtual world with plenty of hours in the simulator. Norris
As with all the designs we’ve seen throughout this launch period, we should temper our excitement, as we should expect that there’s more to come from Alpine given the lack of complexity shown in the renders that have been released. However, they still offer an indication as to the direction Alpine is heading in, so
4:41 AM ET Double world champion Fernando Alonso is heading into the Formula One season in an optimistic mood, with the Spaniard hoping the new 2022 rules can deliver enough of a shake up to put his Alpine team in the fight at the front. The 40-year-old returned to the sport last year, signing for
One of the key motivators for the latest ground effect cars is to make the racing better, with F1’s bosses hoping that more exciting battles will help bring in bigger audiences in the future. But at the core of what is changing is something even more important: producing a series that is a thrill for
The American owned outfit never tried to hide the fact that the livery renders it released were anything other than from an early stage of development, so it was no surprise that what appeared at its Barcelona filming day is very different. The front wing and nose are a more developed variant of the one
9:51 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Justin Ashley won the Top Fuel final in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series opener Sunday, beating Austin Prock in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Ashley had a 3.694-second run at 314.53 mph for his third career victory. “We know coming into the day the Top
The French manufacturer has changed colour schemes for this season, off the back of a new title sponsorship with water company BWT, whose branding and iconic pink corporate colour features on the front wing, sidepods and rear wing. The A522 features a pushrod suspension at the front, with pullrod at the rear. The nose is
The Italian finished runner-up in the 2021 season after winning four races, and comes into the new campaign as one of the favourites for the championship. Bagnaia has been a long-term project for Ducati, who signed him to ride for Pramac in 2019 at the start of 2018 before he’d won that year’s Moto2 crown.
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