Ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, F1 teams , Formula One Management and the FIA will meet to discuss a number of burning topics that are being put forward for action. As well as the discussions to involve the inflation impact on the cost cap and the latest on the
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In one of those pleasant motorsport quirks of fate – such as Lewis Hamilton already having experience of winning while effectively running on three wheels from 17 years before his famous 2020 British Grand Prix triumph – Sainz’s experience last weekend was also rather familiar. When asked to give a message to the 123,000 F1
The 2022 British Grand Prix may have started with horrifying scenes, but it ended with surely the best period of racing so far this season – and to the eyes of many, the best in years. What’s interesting is that in the modern era a good Silverstone race isn’t guaranteed as the high-speed track layout
11:40 AM ET Sebastian Vettel said he was shouting for Mick Schumacher to pass Max Verstappen in the closing laps of the British Grand Prix. Schumacher finished eighth at Silverstone on Sunday, scoring the first points of his F1 career, and nearly passed world champion Verstappen as they raced to the finish line. Vettel, whose
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RAM Racing’s Mercedes-AMGs shared qualifying spoils at Snetterton earlier this afternoon when Ian Loggie and Ulysse de Pauw set the fastest times in Q1 and Q2 before Matt Cowley and Jamie Day sealed a GT4 pole apiece for Academy’s Ford and R Racing’s Aston Martin. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports
A late caution set up a pit strategy decision as several of those contending for the win elected to pit for new tyres while Elliott and nine others remained on the track. On the restart with four of 300 laps to go, Elliott easily cleared Kurt Busch for the lead with a push from Ryan
With a potential pole-winning car Power had his fastest two laps deleted in qualifying, after impeding Helio Castronevess when the team failed to warn him of the rapid approach of his former team-mate. That relegated the #12 Verizon Team Penske-Chevrolet to 21st on the grid. A spin on the opening lap was a result of
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The Memorial Mass of Thanksgiving at Westminster Cathedral was timed for the day after the British GP in order allow as many F1 regulars as possible to be present. Over 600 people attended the service, with many past Williams F1 drivers among the well-known names in attendance, including Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Jenson Button, Valtteri
11:18 AM ET In the aftermath of his accident at the British Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo driver Guanyu Zhou tweeted to say the Halo cockpit protection device on his car had saved his life. The Halo became mandatory on Formula One cars in 2018 after years of FIA research into ways of better protecting a
Following a final round of pitstops, Reddick passed Elliott for position on the track and inherited the lead for the first and only time on lap 47. He then spent the last 16 laps masterfully matching Elliott move for move, and pulled away to take victory by 3.304 seconds. Reddick’s first career win comes in
After scoring a win in the season-opener at St. Petersburg, and a very close runner-up finish at Texas, the 29-year-old New Zealand had not scored a top five over the next five rounds. However, at Mid-Ohio he started second, tracked early leader Pato O’Ward very closely over the first stint, so that he was
Calls were made for a crackdown on driving standards after only 11 drivers finished an eventful opening race blighted by contact. The DTM arranged an additional drivers’ briefing prior to qualifying on Sunday, with the second race running caution-free. Championship leader Mirko Bortolotti said that after the “abnormal” number of incidents in race one, matters
Alonso was a close observer of the spectacular battle in the final laps of the race between Leclerc, Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton as the Ferrari driver tried to stay ahead on hard tyres against rivals on faster softs. In the end Leclerc dropped back to fourth. He crossed the line just ahead of Alonso,
10:48 AM ET SILVERSTONE — A group of protesters breached the track on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix and were on the circuit when cars came past. The protesters managed to get onto the circuit at the Wellington straight, which lies just after the first sequence of corners. In a huge stroke
The Chinese driver was tipped over in his Alfa Romeo F1 car on the run to the first corner in the British GP in a clash with George Russell and Pierre Gasly, before being pitched into a roll over the crash barriers and stopped between the catch fencing and tyre wall. The race was immediately
The world champion had just taken the lead from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz at Silverstone when he suddenly slowed with what he believed was a puncture. However, after pitting for fresh tyres and finding his car was no better, Verstappen struggled on with a mysterious aero loss that the team suspected was caused by car damage.
10:46 AM ET SILVERSTONE, England — The British Grand Prix was suspended before the end of the first lap after two huge collisions involving multiple drivers on the pit straight resulted in Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo ending up on the wrong side of the tyre barriers at Turn 1. Emergency crews were immediately in attendance,
McLaughlin took advantage of a full course caution caused by Kyle Kirkwood to leap from second to lead 45 of the 80 laps. The three-time Supercars champion came under pressure from Palou in the closing stages but was able to hold off the Spaniard to claim his second career IndyCar win. Penske team-mate Will Power charged
Albon was hit from behind by Sebastian Vettel as drivers braked to avoid the collision between Guanyu Zhou and George Russell off the start line. That contact sent him sharp right into the pit wall and he was then hit by other cars as he bounced back into the middle of the track. After his
The Just Stop Oil climate activist group has claimed responsibility for demonstrators who jumped the barrier by the bridge on the Wellington Straight at Silverstone and sat on the track. The race was red flagged for the terrifying first-corner Zhou Guanyu shunt as then leader Max Verstappen came across the protestors before marshals arrived on
4:26 PM ET Associated Press LEXINGTON, Ohio — Scott McLaughlin on Sunday picked up his second career IndyCar victory, which may go down as one of the most special wins of his career. The New Zealander won at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with his nervous parents watching from pit lane. McLaughlin had not seen his
Pato O’Ward was the first driver to set a representative time on used reds in the Fast Six shootout, a 67.0852s, before pitting immediately to grab another set of worn reds. His time withstood the first efforts by Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske-Chevrolet and his own team-mate Felix Rosenqvist. Then he lowered the mark still
Zhou Guanyu, who had started ninth, was tipped over on the run down to the opening Abbey turn, and launched through the gravel trap towards the barriers. There was no immediate information regarding the condition of Zhou, although medical crews were quickly on the scene to attend to him. The crash appears to have been
Since the introduction of the new technical regulations for the 2022 season, a number of teams have struggled with their cars porpoising and bouncing as they run their cars low to make the most of the ground effect. Mercedes has been one of the worst-hit teams, leaving the reigning eight-time constructors’ champion squad currently unable
6:28 AM ET Associated Press BOWMANVILLE, Ontario — What a week for Robert Wickens, who picked up his second win in seven days Saturday while celebrating the birth of his first child. Wickens returned to his native Canada and teamed with countryman Mark Wilkins to win the Touring Car class of the IMSA Michelin Pilot
Starting from sixth, Evans was pitched into an early tussle with Pascal Wehrlein, after the Porsche driver had been passed early on by Jake Dennis for fourth place. But having nursed an issue in the early phases which caused him to haemorrhage positions in the first half of the race, Wehrlein put up a resolute
Although all three parts of qualifying required intermediate tyres for the duration, rain was intermittent – stopping for the end of Q1 before returning harder for the second session. That meant the fastest times were set in the opening 18-minute gambit which left several drivers in Q2 and Q3 with the wrong benchmark delta lap