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F1 is currently enjoying a boom in popularity in the United States, with three American races announced on the calendar for 2023 as Las Vegas joins Austin and Miami. But it has been over 15 years since an American last raced full-time in F1. A recent push by Red Bull to secure IndyCar driver Colton
Thomas Laudenbach, boss of Porsche Motorsport, described the test at the venue for the hybrid prototype’s race debut in January’s Daytona 24 Hours, the opening round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship, as “a good step forward”. “I am glad to see that we did make progress,” Laudenbach told Autosport. “The [development] curve went upwards
2021 Formula 2 champion Piastri will make his F1 debut with McLaren next year after finding himself at the heart of a contract saga in recent weeks involving both McLaren and Alpine. Piastri rose through the junior ranks as part of Alpine’s academy, but the team was found not to have a valid contract in
Cool car: Breck’s Jagermeister Capri There were plenty of distinctive Fords on display at Ford Power Live at Brands Hatch last weekend. Yet, among those racing, none turned heads quite like Alan Breck’s muscular five-litre Mustang-engined Capri, in orange Jagermeister colours, that competed in the Modified Ford Series. Breck races the Capri across several categories,
Ride height devices made their way onto the MotoGP grid in 2018 when Ducati introduced a rear holeshot device onto Jack Miller’s Pramac Ducati to help with starts. This developed the following year into a device that could squat the rear of the Ducati during a lap, before it further evolved this into a front
6:57 AM ET ESPN staff India is set to host its first MotoGP World Championships race at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida next year, it was announced on Wednesday. MotoGP commercial rights owner Dorna and Noida-based race promoters Fairstreet Sports on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to host the premier two-wheel
F1 introduced all-new rules for 2022, aimed at both improving the racing and giving more teams a chance of success through closing the gap between the front and the back of the grid. This is being helped by a combination of a cost cap plus an aerodynamic handicap system that allows more windtunnel and CFD development time
Faustino first worked as Power’s engineer in 2007 at Walker Racing, then running under the Team Australia banner, in Champ Car. The two then crossed the divide to IndyCar with KV Racing in 2008, and then reunited in 2010 as Power joined Penske full-time. Having claimed the 2014 IndyCar title, Power and Faustino had to
For those working in the paddock, it was the first sign of just how many weekends would be spent away from home next year. People joked about the upcoming boom in business for divorce lawyers around Oxfordshire, where most F1 teams are based, and shuddered at the copious amount of time about to be spent
The announcement was made by Dorna chief Carmelo Ezpeleta and sporting director Carlos Ezpeleta at a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, along with key members of race promoter FairStreet Sports. The planned races will take place at the Buddh International Circuit on the outskirts of the capital, the same 5.125km circuit that previously hosted three
7:55 AM ET Christian Horner regrets not adding Oscar Piastri to Red Bull’s driver academy when presented with the chance to several years ago. Piastri, who will race for McLaren in 2023 after a protracted contract saga with Alpine this summer, rose through the French company’s driver academy in recent seasons before winning last year’s
Although Szafnauer has endured some difficult weeks, after finding himself at the centre of F1’s driver market silly season when Alpine lost Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin and Oscar Piastri to McLaren, Rossi has nothing but praise for him. Rossi says that despite what happened on the driver front, with the team still upset about
Four-time world champion Vettel announced at the end of July he would be quitting F1 at the end of the season, calling time on a grand prix career stretching back to 2007. Vettel joined Aston Martin in 2021 following his exit from Ferrari, scoring the team’s first – and to date only – podium since
5:58 AM ET Fernando Alonso has the “speed, hunger, motivation and experience” to help Aston Martin take the next step but things could get difficult if they do not deliver a fast enough car for the former world champion, team boss Mike Krack said on Tuesday. Alonso will make the move from Renault-owned Alpine to
Red Bull recently brought negotiations with Porsche over cooperation on its 2026 power unit project to an end, leaving Audi as the only Volkswagen Group brand on the grid when the new regulations come into force. Red Bull Powertrains is to press on with the project independently while remaining open to a future partnership with
The 2023 edition of the Spa GT3 classic, a round of both the GT World Challenge Europe and the Intercontinental GT Challenge, had been announced for 29/30 July on the eve of this year’s event. The scheduling of the Belgian GP on that weekend, confirmed with the publication of the 2023 Formula 1 calendar on
The Aprilia was expected to be in contention for victory coming to Aragon having taken some of the Italian marque’s best results of a season in previous years. But two crashes on Friday and a difficult FP3 forced Espargaro into Q1, though he managed to sail through that session into Q2 and qualify a solid
10:49 AM ET The Monaco Grand Prix will continue in Formula One until 2025. Monaco’s contract was up this year and there was doubts about whether F1’s most famous event would continue, but on Tuesday F1 confirmed a new three-year deal for the street race. The extension was confirmed alongside F1’s race schedule for 2023.
Following months of uncertainty about the future of the event, amid differences of opinion over the race hosting fee, TV rights, trackside sponsorship and infrastructure, a deal has finally been put together for another three years. The news came as F1 confirmed its 24-race 2023 calendar, which begins in Bahrain in March and finishes in Abu
It’s not altogether unusual for drivers to make a single appearance in a series and then disappear off to try their luck elsewhere. But it’s far less common to see a driver make a series of one-off appearances over a number of years, sufficiently talented to be repeatedly asked back, but without it ever leading
Montoya, son of former Formula 1 driver and Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya, and Fittipaldi, the namesake son of the two-time F1 world champion, will take part in the first day of testing tomorrow at the Spanish circuit. The three-day event features over 30 young drivers hoping to take part in the championship in
The returning Marquez was rear-ended by championship leader Fabio Quartararo when the Honda rider had a small moment applying the throttle through Turn 3 on the opening lap. This sent Quartararo into a sickening crash while bits of his Yamaha got stuck in the rear of Marquez’s Honda. When the six-time MotoGP world champion engaged
6:39 AM ET IndyCar’s Colton Herta said he never wanted the FIA to bend its own rules to allow him to race in Formula One next year. The American looks unlikely to be granted an exemption on his superlicence in order to allow him to move to Red Bull junior outfit AlphaTauri next season. Herta
Germany returns to the F1 calendar for the first time since 2016. The track and location may have changed in recent years, but its challenges still remain. Hear from Stoffel’s Race Engineer, Tom on the demands of a short (but not sweet) Hockenheimring. Subscribe and be the first to watch exclusive content from the Official
The new generation of 2022 machinery has produced a number of surprises this year, and teams have sometimes found themselves on the backfoot at race weekends where they expected to do much better. But there has also been a flipside to that too, with teams sometimes finding their performance far exceeds what they anticipated. Ferrari
The FIA World RX of Germany will bring thrilling motorsport action to the Nürburgring again this year. From 12-13 November, a double-header will be held in the Müllenbachschleife of the Grand Prix circuit. The fans will have a lot to look forward to at the World RX season finale – not only two entertaining WRC
The Yamaha rider long predicted Aragon to be one of the toughest races of the year for him, having typically struggled for form at the Spanish venue. Despite showing strong race pace in FP4 – which has convinced Quartararo that he is strong enough “to fight for the victory” – the 2021 world champion could
Max Verstappen looks almost certain to wrap up the F1 drivers’ championship in the next few races, with his first opportunity coming at the Singapore Grand Prix if he wins and title rivals Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez do not score heavily. Verstappen has won 11 races this season so far, including the last five
Third in the opening one-hour encounter, which was won by AF Corse Ferrari pairing Pierre-Alexandre Jean and Ulysse de Pauw, was enough to secure the crown, while a thrilling final-lap victory on Sunday put the icing well and truly on the cake. Coming into the last Sprint Cup round of the season in Spain, Weerts