Having come to blows with Finn Niclas Gronholm at the first corner of the final in round four of the series 24 hours earlier and spun out of contention, the Swede had to give second-best to Gronholm in the overall qualifying order. Both drivers won their semi-finals to lock out the front row of the
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Turkington, who was drawn on reversed-grid pole position, got the jump on front-row partner Gordon Shedden off the line, and never looked back. Turkington’s West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330i M Sport was carrying 27kg of success ballast compared to the 33kg of Shedden’s Team Dynamics Honda Civic Type R. Once again, the race was neutralised
Auer pulled away cleanly from pole position at the start and was already 1.8s in front by the end of the opening lap, aided by Marco Wittmann holding off the field in his heavily ballasted Walkenhorst BMW. Red Bull Formula 1 reserve Alex Albon tried his best to overtake the two-time champion having cleared the
Quartararo has an incredible qualifying record in 2021, scoring five poles and putting his M1 on the front row of the grid at all but one race so far. At Misano he was once again third having qualified there at Silverstone and at Aragon, with his latest front row coming despite a late crash at
For now, Pagenaud has been impressively discreet on the subject of his plans for next year, but Autosport understands that he is departing Team Penske at year’s end and is set to join fellow ex-Penske refugee Castroneves at MSR. Asked who would be his perfect choice of teammate to replace the departing Jack Harvey, Castroneves
Wittmann’s Walkenhorst BMW M6 had dropped to fifth place after a slow pitstop on lap nine, but he charged his way through the field to win from guesting Lamborghini driver Mirko Bortolotti, who overcame a five-second penalty for an incident involving polesitter Lawson’s AF Corse Ferrari. An ill-timed safety car for Abt Audi driver van
Marquez’s recovery from his serious right arm break has been much slower than anticipated this season, with the six-time world champion continuing to lack strength in his right shoulder. This is affecting him at clockwise circuits, with the nature of Misano and especially the high grip levels it offers making the Honda “more aggressive” in
Earlier this year a group from Saudi Arabia headed by Prince Abdul Aziz, known as Tanal Entertainment, announced it had agreed a deal with VR46 and oil giant Aramco to bring Rossi’s team to MotoGP from 2022. However, Aramco later issued a statement to Autosport that no such title sponsorship deal existed – something it
Ott Tanak led Hyundai’s charge ultimately finishing second 42.1s behind Toyota’s runaway winner Kalle Rovanpera but the Estonian’s rally was not without a battle against technical dramas. Tanak admitted he was lucky to start his i20 ahead of the final stage as a plume of blue smoke emerged from the car, this came after an
The double DTM title winner and one-time World Rallycross champion has been the benchmark in Pure ETCR, taking his Cupra E-Racer to victory in the Spanish round at Aragon and being placed in the top three at every other event. He is also leading Abt Cupra’s challenge on the inaugural season of Extreme E. Sharing
The Italian rider will make his first MotoGP start since leaving Ducati at the end of 2020 but has conducted tests for Aprilia in the intervening period this year. The various movements within the Yamaha squad, following Maverick Vinales’ mid-season departure to Aprilia, have allowed Dovizioso the chance to ride the Petronas SRT bike vacated
The governing body established an Investigatory Tribunal immediately after this year’s event, with an experienced panel including Garry Connelly, Matt Selley and Neal Bates looking in to the tragic deaths. Shane Navin, Leigh Mundy and Dennis Neagle were killed in two separate incidents at this year’s running of the long-standing tarmac event in Australia’s south.
One of the new tracks was announced on Tuesday, with the pre-season exhibition Clash race to be held on 6 February on a built-from-scratch quarter-mile asphalt track at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The 1.25-mile slightly banked asphalt Gateway oval will join the Cup Series schedule in 2022 as a points race on 5 June.
Reigning DTM Trophy Champion Tim Heinemann was successfully able to control the 1200bhp DTM Electric car from AVL Racing’s simulator in Graz, more than 80km east of the Formula 1 venue. For this purpose, the championship equipped the under-development car with Schaeffler’s drive-by-wire system, which eliminated the need for a physical connection between the steering
The 65-year-old Austrian will be replaced as vice-president of Porsche Motorsport by Thomas Laudenbach, who is returning to the marque after eight years with Audi Sport. Laudenbach, 53, was head of racing powertrains at Porsche in 2005-2013, in which time he led development of the 3.4-litre normally-aspirated V8 that powered the all-conquering RS Spyder LMP2
Spice was best known for winning the top class of the BTCC for six consecutive seasons from 1975-80, and earning four world sportscar championship titles in the Group C2 category in 1985-88. A driver of the old school, he was an accomplished raconteur who was invariably the life and soul of any social gathering, often
Teams have long had the opportunity to run junior drivers on Fridays this year, but only a few have used it due to a lack track time now, with Williams and Alfa Romeo among the regulars. It has yet to be determined on how many weekends teams will have to run a rookie next year,
The Award, which started in 1989, aims to find and assist the best junior British racing drivers. There was a hiatus last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the Award is returning in its familiar format. Aston Martin joined the Award in 2019 and the prize for this year’s winner includes £200,000. Finalists have
Hyundai has confirmed Suninen will join its ranks alongside WRC2 regular Jari Huttunen with the news coming shortly after the Korean marque announced that Oliver Solberg will drive a WRC car at the October 14-17 October event. This is the second drive Suninen has secured since his shock departure from M-Sport last month. The Finn