The Scot converted his prime spot on the grid into the lead off the line, and his Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R was never seriously challenged. Dan Lloyd finished second for the second consecutive race in his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra, and kept Shedden honest for almost the entire distance. The Yorkshireman never
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Tandy and Milner, in the #4 Corvette C8.R, had been embroiled in a fight with the sister #3 car, driven by Jordan Taylor and Antonio Garcia, but Garcia spilled his team’s chances after clashing with the GTD-leading Turner BMW. Taylor had snatched past pole-winner Milner at the start, finding a dry strip on a damp
Having starred in the Swedish round of the series at Holjes, on another low-grip circuit, Abbring again shone in the Unkorrupted Renault Megane in the opening session at Spa, winning his race from the front in Q1 to better Kristoffersson and three-time Spa 24 hr winner Timo Scheider in the overall session times. Points leader
The championship will instead stick with an updated version of the existing format, with any necessary changes included. The current sporting regulations developed organically over the last few decades, initially on the watch of the late FIA race director Charlie Whiting. While in essence they follow the timeline of a race weekend – from practice
Milner turned a 1m40.263s lap of the 18-turn track to clinch pole, the pair less than 1.2s ahead of Cooper MacNeil in the WeatherTech Racing Porsche. In GT Daytona’s amateur section of qualifying which sets the grid for the class, Robbie Foley put the Turner Motorsports BMW M6 almost three tenths of a second clear
The Zengo Motorsport Cupra Leon driver was the second to run in the top-five Q3 shootout and set a time of 1m38.757s. That ended up just 0.091s faster than the effort from Norbert Michelisz, who was the last to go in his BRC Hyundai Elantra. “With 20kg more weight from the last race, to get
The Japanese manufacturer is to leave F1 at the end of this year, but has just announced a detailed new tie-up with its current engine partner. With Red Bull taking on the IP of the current Honda power unit, current engineers involved with the project will continue to work on grand prix racing activities for
F1 is set to reveal its calendar for next season in the coming week ahead of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council meeting, with a 23-race schedule anticipated. F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali has already confirmed plans for a 23-race season that, despite finishing earlier in the year than 2021, will feature the most
The rookie orientation program for the Indy 500 requires a driver to turn 10 laps of 205-210mph, 15 laps of 210-215 mph, then 15 over 215mph. Johnson completed Phases I and II, but still had a few laps left of Phase III when rain, which had already delayed the process, returned to the Speedway and
When Red Bull announced that it would be returning to the DTM this year, this time with a team of its own, the spotlight was very much on Alex Albon rather than his younger team-mate Liam Lawson. After all, Albon had made a name for himself in F1 over the last two years and his
Having signed McLaughlin to return for the 2021 Bathurst 1000 last year, Dick Johnson Racing confirmed on Tuesday that the Kiwi won’t make the trip down under after all. Confirmation of that news followed recent comments from McLaughlin suggesting the deal was unlikely to go ahead due to his off-season IndyCar commitments in the United
Albon is set to return to the F1 grid in 2022 with Williams after being dropped by Red Bull at the end of last year, having completed just one full season with the team. He was demoted into a reserve driver role after struggling to match team-mate Max Verstappen’s form since joining as a mid-season
Tom Waterfield demonstrated considerable prowess in defending his Freddie Giles Memorial Frazer Nash title at the 10th Castle Combe Autumn Classic. His other victory, aboard Tim Ross’s ex-Jim Russell Cooper-Norton Mk9, was poignant, since British Formula 3 champion Russell won the 500cc standalone race 66 years ago, the last such contest at the venue until
The Groupe Renault brand’s entry will be designed around an Oreca chassis and powered by an Alpine engine developed at its Viry-Chatillon base. It has committed to WEC’s Hypercar category for four years from 2024, and will join rival manufacturers Acura, Audi, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche in using the global LMDh platform. Other manufacturers –
The 2020 GTE Pro Le Mans 24 Hours class winner with Aston Martin has signed a long-term deal to race for Chip Ganassi Racing and Cadillac, Autosport/Motorsport.com has learned. The Ganassi deal will result in him driving a Caddy DPi-V.R Daytona Prototype international for the team in IMSA next year. That is expected to be
The Frenchman revealed the news on social media on Tuesday morning although details of the incident and exactly what happened remain scarce. Loubet has been driving selected rounds of the WRC for Hyundai’s 2C Competition squad, sharing the car with Oliver Solberg across the season. The 24-year-old was set to be part of a five-car
The RoP is a pre-requisite for participation in practice for the 106th Indianapolis 500 that is scheduled for 29 May 2022. IndyCar’s current Indy ROP requires a driver to turn 10 laps at 205-210mph, before 15 laps of 210-215 mph followed by 15 laps over 215mph. For ex-Formula 1 driver Grosjean, it will be his
The four-time world champion has reconnected with some old Formula 1 friends at Aston Martin and the effect has been transformative. Always funny and engaging off-track – until circumstances drove him to miserablism at Ferrari – Vettel has found his voice again in his new environment and thrown himself into social activism. He’s also taken
Sunday’s Moto3 Grand Prix of the Americas was red-flagged after eight laps after Filip Salac needed assistance being taken off track following a nasty highside. The decision was taken by organisers to restart the grand prix with a five-lap dash, but the race only made it to lap three when a second red flag was
Turkish rider Oncu chopped across the front of Gresini’s Jeremy Alcoba on the back straight between Turns 11 and 12 at the Circuit of the Americas. Alcoba crashed as a result, while the following Snipers Honda of Andrea Migno and championship leader Pedro Acosta on the Ajo KTM clattered into the stricken Gresini Honda. Both
Breakout rookie Fernandez led all 18 laps of Sunday’s Moto2 race at the Circuit of the Americas and is now just nine points from the championship lead, after Gardner fell on lap six while trying to chase down the Spaniard. Home hero Cameron Beaubier briefly snatched the lead from a season-best fifth on the grid,
Bagnaia has scored three poles on the bounce since Aragon, converting his previous two into back-to-back victories to cut Quartararo’s championship lead down to 48 points with four races to go. The Ducati rider dominated qualifying at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday, beating Yamaha’s Quartararo by 0.348 seconds for pole. With Bagnaia showing
The championship leader has been found guilty of failing to have his helmet correctly fastened throughout Saturday’s Stage 12. The matter was reviewed by the FIA stewards resulting in Ogier and co-driver Julien Ingrassia being issued with the time penalty and monetary fine. Luckily for Ogier, the time penalty will not affect his position overall
After jumping from third to the lead courtesy of four stage wins in the morning, Evans came under severe pressure from Tanak, who won three consecutive stages as the afternoon loop began. Title contender Evans responded winning the day’s penultimate test before sharing the spoils with Tanak on the final stage, held on the streets
Sainz joined Ferrari from McLaren for the 2021 season, and is currently leading team-mate Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ championship, scoring three podiums and 112.5 points so far this season. Sainz qualified second for the Russian Grand Prix last weekend, led the early part of the race and eventually finishing third after a well-timed switch to intermediates during
The wet weather of the morning session gave way to blazing sunshine for the second 45-minute outing of the weekend. Pramac’s Jorge Martin set the initial pace on his Ducati at a 2m07.650s, though this was immediately bettered by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. The championship leader’s 2m07.529s didn’t keep him top of the pile for long,
Aston Martin F1 driver Vettel has spoken frequently about his environmental interests this season, taking part in a number of events and becoming involved with various initiatives. In lockdown last year, Vettel completed an internship in bio-farming. He took part in an event to build a bee hotel at a school ahead of the Austrian
Tommi Makinen was wishing he’d not won the World Rally Championship. “If this is what it means, then I think I’ll give it back to Colin or Carlos,” he grumbled. What could he possibly mean? Could the Finn really mean he didn’t want the sport’s top prize, just a few hours after clinching it in
During the World Supersport 300 round at Jerez last weekend, 15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales tragically died following a serious incident in the opening race. His cousin Maverick Vinales has subsequently withdrawn from this weekend’s Grand Prix of the Americas. Immediately after the accident at Jerez, World Supersport rider Fabrizio took to Instagram to announce his
The WRC2 driver confirmed on social media that he and new co-driver Craig Drew had been involved in an accident while on recce in one of the rally’s stages on Thursday. Details of the accident remain unclear but the Hyundai driver confirmed on Twitter that nobody was hurt in the accident. The pair have switched