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Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Bottas stayed in the United States following the Miami Grand Prix, taking time to travel with his partner and professional cyclist, Tiffany Cromwell. Bottas posted a picture to his Instagram showing him swimming in a stream in Aspen, Colorado, with his bare bottom poking out of the water. The stir it caused on

Rossi confirmed to Autosport his new contract could not be disclosed at this stage for legal reasons, leaving questions open about whether he is continuing with Andretti Autosport or making a switch to Arrow McLaren SP. Asked what was his priority when weighing up options for a new deal, the 2016 Indy 500 winner said:

Top Performer – Kalle Rovanpera and Jonne Halttunen Kalle Rovanpera was described as a “miracle kid” after pulling off an against the odds win in Croatia last month, and now he’s being likened to the WRC’s all-time greats Sebastien Ogier and Sebastien Loeb. That is the level Rovanpera is operating at currently. At only 21-years-old

Kevin Magnussen qualified an encouraging eighth in Barcelona only to clash with Lewis Hamilton on the first lap. The Dane lost of a lot of time returning to the pits, and having been put on what was in effect a one-stop strategy – as the only driver to use the hard tyre – he struggled

Full-time entries now have their race engines installed, and for the first time this week, cars were pitting off Turn 4 rather than the deceleration lane. This caused a couple of issues, JR Hildebrand locking up the front wheels of his AJ Foyt Racing on pit entry and Christian Lundgaard locking the rears of his

For once, Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix provided an engaging contest up and down the grid and just like last year it included developments that could be key to the outcome of the world titles. Max Verstappen led a Red Bull 1-2 ahead of Sergio Perez, but that summary barely scratches the surface of an

Bottas continued his impressive start to life at Alfa Romeo in 2022 by finishing sixth at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday, ensuring the team retained P5 in the constructors’ standings. But the Finn had been running as high as third at one point, benefitting from the hectic first half of the race that saw

Dixon had booked his place into the Fast Six by going fastest in the preceding Top 12 session, edging Rinus VeeKay for pace with a 233.510mph run. Last to take to the track in the final part of qualifying, the six-time IndyCar champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner delivered two laps over 234mph and even

Mercedes brought a raft of updates to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix, but Hamilton said he was still struggling with the W13 car in qualifying, leaving him sixth on the grid. Contact with Haas driver Magnussen on the opening lap caused Hamilton to slow and forced him into an early pitstop, leaving him over

The ART driver passed Trident’s Roman Stanek on the run down to Turn 1, having had a better start than the Trident driver. He quickly built up a solid lead and despite two safety cars, held on to take his third series victory. Stanek took second place and sits second in the drivers’ standings, resisting

The two Saturday qualifying sessions at Indianapolis determined the positions outside of the top 12 and track temperatures had dropped by the end of the initial runs of the second segment. Callum Ilott of Juncos Hollinger Racing was the first to do a retake run and improved by 0.7mph but only gained three places, and lost

The MP Motorsport driver, who started in fourth, was boosted to third after Calan Williams failed to get off the grid for the formation lap due to an issue and his Trident-run car was pushed to the pitlane. He swept past Jake Hughes (Van Amersfoort Racing) and ART Grand Prix’s Theo Pourchaire before Turn 1

Auer, who won the opening round of the 2022 season in Portimao and has three DTM victories to his name at the east German track, posted the benchmark time of 1m30.654s in the opening half of the 20-minute session but couldn’t improve his time further as others around him closed in. Van der Linde, who

As the wind started to drop, and track temperature went down, the 2013 Indy 500 winner embarked on a qualifying simulation run and turned laps of 231.392mph, 230.419mph, 230.668mph and 229.589mph. That meant an average of 230.517mph which vaulted him to the top ahead of by far the quickest rookie, David Malukas. Twice he completed

Leclerc was quickest in both FP1 and FP2, ahead of Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz and Red Bull’s reigning world champion Max Verstappen across the two one-hour sessions. Spanish Grand Prix FP1 results: Leclerc fastest from Sainz What happened in Spanish GP Free Practice 1? After early running

Eventually taking its name from famed Mercedes engineer and designer Rudolf Uhlenhaut, the coupe was a closed-cockpit variant of the 300 SLR sportscar – itself based on the W196 grand prix racer -that most famously won the Mille Miglia in 1955 in the hands of Stirling Moss. The coupe was crafted for the 1956 season

The Hyundai driver produced a committed run through the 2.82km super special held in front of a bumper crowd in Coimbra city centre to move into a 0.6s lead over team-mate Ott Tanak. The rally began with a fan friendly technical asphalt test, featuring a roundabout and several tight turns – with the traditional gravel

As revealed last month Sicard has been recruited to take on a newly-created job as part of the response to last year’s Abu Dhabi GP controversy. The longtime DAMS managing director will leave his position with the French organisation on Monday, having served out his notice over the past six weeks. The FIA’s sporting director

They are two of motorsport’s true giants. Porsche must be regarded as the greatest sportscar manufacturer, particularly when it comes to the Le Mans 24 Hours. And Audi revolutionised rallying before scoring success in touring cars, endurance competition and Formula E. But neither has a particularly storied history in Formula 1. Aside from the TAG-badged

In the wake of Formula 1 announcing it had abandoned plans to replace the Russian Grand Prix, where F2 was set to run as a support series, this year’s calendar has returned to its original 14-round schedule with the addition of the Paul Ricard event which will take place at the French GP on 22-24

The Swiss finished as DTM runner-up in 2019 and 2020 during the championship’s Class 1 touring car era, but endured a difficult 2021 season following the switch to GT3 machinery with only a single podium in the opening weekend at Monza. But after a productive winter, Muller made a strong start to the 2022 season

McRae, the son of former World Rally Championship driver Alister and nephew of the late 1995 WRC champion Colin, will travel from his Australian home to Europe to contest a quartet of rally events, with the last a debut in the BRC. The 17-year-old, who has been competing in the Australian Rally Championship this year,

At the last race in Miami, Alex Albon featured in the top 10 in practice but a problem with tyre temperatures in qualifying – specifically balancing the front and rear axles – consigned him to 18th on the grid. From there, the former Red Bull driver recovered to 10th, before gaining another position through a

Former BTCC racer and McLaren customer racing head Danny Buxton was recruited by BTC owner Steve Dudman to take the team principal role for his squad of Honda Civic Type Rs in 2022, and oversaw Cook’s first victory of the season in damp conditions in race one. The West Country racer, third in the BTCC

A run of two consecutive retirements, both as a result of damage from contact, had taken Edoardo Mortara out of the Formula E championship lead. Upon arriving at the disused Tempelhof Airport, the apron of the expansive terminals now transformed into a racing circuit, Mortara was fifth overall and 32 points behind championship leader Stoffel

The accident that befell the current Formula 1 world championship leader, which was caused by a brake issue, certainly stole the headlines. But there were also eight races, seven for grand prix cars dating back to before the Second World War and one for sportscars of the 1950s, and several past masters competing. The historic

Busch passed his brother Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson in the final laps on Sunday to claim his first win since joining the 23XI Racing team for 2022, that is co-owned by Hamlin and basketball legend Michael Jordan.  It was only the second win for the NASCAR team after Bubba Wallace took victory in a

The four-time champion progressed from third on the grid to second at the start, then took one lap after an early safety car to work a way around the reversed-grid polesitting Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of Tom Chilton. Turkington had extended an enormous margin of 1.286 seconds within a lap of the pass, with

Albuquerque in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 got the jump on polesitter Sebastien Bourdais in the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R. The turbocharged car pulled ahead from Turn 4 with Jarvis tucking the Meyer Shank Racing Acura into third ahead of the second Ganassi Cadillac fourth, ahead of Tristan Vautier (JDC Miller Motorsports

The reigning Formula E champion looked imperious in the lead, having wrested control of the race as early as the first corner from Mortara with a surprise launch down the inside from third on the grid. Mortara, who was perhaps preoccupied with trying to defend from fellow front-row starter Robin Frijns, left a smidgen of