What is a superlicence? A superlicence is the licence needed by any driver who wants to compete in Formula 1. It’s the highest type of licence available, and is awarded by Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA. How do you get a superlicence and what are the requirements? Any driver hoping to attain a superlicence
Month: September 2022
Quartararo has been very critical of Yamaha’s lack of development with its engine for 2022. Having lacked power for several years, it remains the slowest bike through the speed traps. But Yamaha has started to work in a different way for 2023 in regards to engine development, bringing in ex-Ferrari Formula 1 engine boss Luca
Sordo, who has over 20 years of engineering experience in Formula 1, will join the team co-owned by Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan on 1 October. Sordo spent the past six seasons with McLaren Racing F1 as head and director of vehicle performance and, prior to that, spent 10 seasons with Red Bull
2:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago: North Wilkesboro Speedway. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina native Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined the stock car body and the track’s owner on Thursday to announce that the track will
The seven-time world champion will have fourth power unit at the Monza race as a consequence of the damage that his third engine picked up in his clash with Fernando Alonso on the opening lap at Spa-Francorchamps. That power unit, which took at 45G impact in the first lap crash and lost fluids on the
Lucky Khera had topped the leaderboard for five months but there has now been a second change at the head of the order in three weeks, thanks to Harrison’s dominance at Croft. The teenager was unstoppable in both Historic Formula 3 and Historic Formula Ford 1600 at his local track – sealing the FF1600 crown
With Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon having clawed his way up to third it was assumed by some – including the Kiwi six-time champion – that Team Penske would go against its openly stated convention of letting its drivers race, and ask long-time leader McLaughlin to move aside for the closely following Power to maximise his
9:57 AM ET Ferrari has revealed the tweaked livery it will use at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the car company. The one-off livery features a splash of yellow to pay homage to Modena, the hometown of the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. Yellow is one of the colours of
Although Aston lies only ninth in the F1 world constructors’ championship, the team has scored points in eight of the last nine races, only missing out in Austria. Encouragingly Lance Stroll made Q3 at Zandvoort last weekend, although the Canadian couldn’t take part in the final session due to a hydraulic issue. In the race
BMW and Lamborghini will field LMDh machinery at Le Mans in 2024, with BMW’s M Hybrid V8 racer already undergoing testing ahead of its debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year. PLUS: Why BMW shouldn’t be overlooked on its return to prototypes Ferrari and Porsche, also present in the DTM with customer teams, will step
6:08 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar newcomer Scott McLaughlin has signed a multiyear contract extension with Team Penske just as the New Zealander heads into his first championship race since joining the series. The extension is the third in a month given out by Roger Penske, who also recently extended the contracts
Indeed just four teams opted to bring new parts to a circuit that has very different demands to the two circuits that are either side of it in the schedule. But that did not stop Friday’s free practice session offering a little bit of tech intrigue, as there was a group test being carried out on behalf of the FIA.
Last season Daniel Ricciardo led Norris home in an unexpected 1-2 finish, helped by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton colliding and taking each other out of the race. However, when asked by Autosport if there was any evidence that this year’s car could repeat that sort of form, Norris made it clear that he expects
The plan is to construct a purpose-built FIM and FIA-accredited track at an undisclosed venue in the kingdom, which would make Saudi Arabia the second country in the Middle East to host a MotoGP race after the neighbouring Qatar. It is unclear if this track is the same as the one planned in Qiddiya near
The Andretti Autosport driver has been linked with a switch to F1 in 2023 and has been courted by AlphaTauri, as Pierre Gasly has been linked with a move to Alpine to replace Fernando Alonso, but Autosport understands he will only be allowed to move on if a superlicence for Herta is granted. Herta is
Harvick was forced to retire from the first race of the NASCAR Cup playoffs in Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington when his #4 Stewart-Haas Ford caught fire on lap 276 of 367. The 2014 Cup champion safely exited the vehicle, which quickly became engulfed by smoke and fire, and was classified a disappointing 33rd to
12:56 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR is investigating a spate of car fires that left one championship contender fuming after his Ford erupted into an inferno during the opening playoff race. Kevin Harvick lashed out at NASCAR and the new Next Gen car after his inexplicably caught fire at Darlington Raceway. The Next Gen debuted
Having started eighth Mick Schumacher had an eight-second first pitstop that put him out of contention for points, while his second stop was also slow. After miraculously surviving a second-lap hit with the barrier Kevin Magnussen also had a poor pitstop. The two Haas drivers eventually finished 13th and 15th, with Schumacher ahead. “The front
The 40-year-old will call time on a decade-long partnership with the German manufacturer after this month’s final round of the Italian GT sprint series at Mugello with Roberto Ravaglia’s Ceccato Motors team. Writing on his Instagram page, Glock said sharing a BMW Z4 GT3 with Bruno Spengler and Alex Zanardi at the 2015 Spa 24
This is only the third time the DTM is holding an event at the Ardennes venue in its modern era, having previously visited the 7km track in 2005 and again in the coronavirus-disrupted 2020 season. The championship picture took a major turn at the Nurburgring last time out, with two retirements for Lamborghini star Mirko Bortolotti
The Australian led from pole on the opening lap but had his win hopes dashed when he crashed at Turn 4. Miller re-joined the race to finish 18th with one side of his aerodynamic fairing broken and his rear brake no longer working. While he considers Sunday’s race was potentially a missed opportunity for him,
The Mercedes driver had looked on course to challenge Max Verstappen for victory at Zandvoort after a strong run through much of the race, but the events were turned on their head by late virtual safety car and safety car periods. For the latter, Red Bull had elected to sacrifice track position to switch Verstappen
The punishing Greek stages are set to provide one of the hardest tests of the season for the new 2022 Rally1 cars. Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera heads to Greece with a realistic chance of wrapping up the championship which would see the Finn become the youngest ever world champion. The 21-year-old holds a 72-point lead over
Vinales and Bagnaia fought for victory at Misano in 2020 when the former was still at Yamaha, with long-time leader Bagnaia crashing out on his Pramac Ducati. In last Sunday’s San Marino GP, Vinales ran Bagnaia hard in the first half of the 27-lap race but couldn’t find a way through on the factory Ducati
Sep 5, 2022 Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he had no problem with Lewis Hamilton‘s profane radio messages during the Dutch Grand Prix because the teams play the role of “vomit bags” for their drivers at emotional moments. Hamilton later apologised for telling the team they had “f–ing screwed” him, although he said he will
The Dutchman has already participated in two FP1 sessions during the 2022 season, taking over Alex Albon’s Williams at the Spanish Grand Prix before driving Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at Paul Ricard ahead of the French Grand Prix. De Vries has already spent time preparing for his outing in Aston Martin’s AMR22 by driving the team’s
The Ferrari driver was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release from his final pitstop in the Zandvoort race, when Fernando Alonso clipped him while he left his pitbox. Due to the cramped set-up of the Zandvoort pitlane and McLaren undertaking a pitstop for Lando Norris at the same time, Sainz initially had room
The six-time MotoGP world champion made his highly anticipated return after 100 days away, following a fourth major surgery aimed to fix his badly broken arm suffered at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix. Having returned to gym work in the last two weeks and motorcycle training in the last week, Marquez completed 39 laps for
Sep 1, 2022 Racers were angry. Racers were complaining. Racers were questioning everything, live in HD on our television sets. Awesome. Welcome to the postseason. On Sunday night in the 73rd edition of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s oldest speedway and its still-new race car joined forces to send the sport through a
There had been an original plan for a press announcement about the partnership to be made at the Austrian Grand Prix, and matters had progressed enough for Porsche to seek permission for a buy-in of the team with anti-cartel authorities. But as fellow Volkswagen Group manufacturer Audi confirmed its entry from 2026 at the Belgian