9:52 AM ET Williams driver Alex Albon is recovering in hospital after suffering a respiratory failure following surgery for appendicitis. Albon missed the Italian Grand Prix at the weekend for surgery on Saturday. The Thai driver experienced “unexpected post-operative anaesthetic complications” after his procedure and was sent to intensive care at Monza’s Ospedale San Gerardo,
Albon fell ill on Saturday morning and had to sit out the rest of the Italian Grand Prix weekend, with his Williams seat being taken up by reserve driver Nyck de Vries. On Monday Williams announced that Albon suffered “complications which led to respiratory failure” after the procedure, which meant Albon had to be re-intubated
There’s nothing unusual in Toyota winning a World Endurance Championship round at Fuji. Victory for Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa last weekend was the eighth in nine attempts since the rebirth of the series in 2012. What was atypical on Sunday was that they pretty much destroyed their team-mates in the sister GR010
Palou climbed from 11th on the grid, following an engine change grid penalty to defeat the charging off-strategy Josef Newgarden and 2022 IndyCar champion Will Power, beating them both by over half a minute. “We knew it was going to be a tough race even before coming here this weekend because we tested here, and
Wallace ran down Alex Bowman to take the lead for the first time in the race on lap 200 of 267 and remained out front after successfully navigating a round of green flag pitstops. With 16 laps to go, Hamlin – who is co-owner of Wallace’s #45 23XI Racing team – got around Christopher Bell
5:31 AM ET MONZA, Italy — A controversial safety car at the end of a race won by Max Verstappen. Formula One has been here before. The one which ended Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix one was slightly less dramatic and much less impactful than the last time that happened, at last year’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi
Verstappen can wrap up his second successive world title next time out in Singapore, following his fifth consecutive race victory on Sunday. Who is leading the 2022 F1 World Championship Drivers’ points? Red Bull’s reigning champion Verstappen scored 25 points at Monza and his lead in the World championship is up to 116 points over
The 2020-21 Formula E champion was drafted in to replace Alex Albon on Saturday at Monza, after the Thai driver was struck down by appendicitis. De Vries qualified a solid 13th before being promoted to eighth due to a raft of grid penalties being applied to drivers ahead of him. The Dutchman only lost one
Team Penske driver Power got a clean start from pole but both Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport and Pato O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren SP machine – up from sixth – squeezed front-row starter Callum Ilott’s Juncos Hollinger Racing car to the outside at Turn 2 to claim second and third respectively. Further back, Palou had already
6:18 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar’s intense season came to a nail-biting end in which Team Penske’s superstars duked it out for the title and the future of the race winner clouded once again. Will Power beat Team Penske teammate Josef Newgarden by 16 points for the Australian to win his second
The reigning Formula 1 world champion recovered from a five-place grid drop for an engine change to take his fifth consecutive victory by beating home favourite Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Verstappen had been leading the race after Ferrari polesitter Charles Leclerc made a second pitstop to change onto a set of soft tyres. The Red Bull
The race at Monza on Sunday ended under caution after a set of circumstances meant officials ran out of time to conduct a restart. With Daniel Ricciardo’s car having stopped at the side of the track six laps from the end of the race, which triggered a safety-car period, there should have been plenty of
The American and his dad Bryan, who looks after his son’s interests and runs his IndyCar strategy from the Andretti Autosport pit stand, are awaiting a decision from the FIA regarding a superlicence request. Colton Herta has 32 of the requisite 40 points on the FIA’s system, which means he falls short of automatically getting
1:58 PM ET The Safety Car period at the end of the Italian Grand Prix brought back memories of last year’s season-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton saw his shot at an eighth world title disappear on the final lap of the final race of last year when race director Michael Masi
But while the arguments about the pros and cons of the penalty system look set to rage forever, one thing that the paddock seems united on is that a lengthy wait for a confirmed grid order is not a good look for F1. The near four-hour wait for the provisional grid at Monza prompted anger
The Monegasque landed his 17th top fight pole to return to the top of the qualifying leaderboard for the first time since the French GP, when he spun into the wall while leading the race. Leclerc topped the session by 0.145s over chief rival Max Verstappen as team-mate Carlos Sainz slotted into third, but the
Newgarden and Chip Ganassi Racing rival Scott Dixon arrived at Laguna Seca with a 20-point deficit to championship leader Will Power. But hopes of closing the deficit to Power by landing the bonus point for pole were dashed in Q1 when Newgarden, setting a banker lap, clipped the triangular device that IndyCar has installed on the
6:31 AM ET Brazilian Felipe Drugovich won the Formula Two championship at Italy’s Monza circuit on Saturday but his chances of moving up to Formula One next season remain remote. The 22-year-old MP Motorsport driver clinched the title mathematically with three races to spare, despite retiring from the sprint race won by Estonian Juri Vips
The Dutchman is deputising for Alex Albon and is set to start the race from eighth on the grid after jumping into the FW44 for FP3. He qualified 13th but has moved up five places thanks to penalties for other drivers. De Vries, who drive in FP1 for Aston Martin in Monza, was relaxing in
The MP Motorsport driver’s sprint race at Monza ended on the first lap after contact with Amaury Cordeel left him with broken suspension. He was left to watch on as Theo Pourchaire failed to make up enough ground to close the gap, needing to finish sixth or higher with his rival not scoring to prolong
In the pole position shootout, Alexander Rossi and Callum Ilott hit the track early on used alternate tyres, while Power went out on primaries but then came straight back in and sat on pitlane, giving himself only one shot at pole. Romain Grosjean was the first driver into the 1m11s to go fastest, but he
7:14 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Will Power broke Mario Andretti‘s record for poles on the day he most needed a big run. The greatest qualifier in IndyCar history is now one step closer to a second championship. Power grabbed his 68th career pole with Andretti watching from pit lane Saturday at Laguna
Red Bull Racing RB18 detail Photo by: Uncredited Red Bull’s unique sidepod inlet design with an open top and large undercut undoubtedly has significant cooling and aerodynamic advantages. Also, note the detail in the mirror and stalk design, as both carefully dictate the airflow’s trajectory. Special mention to the L-shaped buttress near the cockpit, which
Verstappen qualified second behind Ferrari’s polesitter Charles Leclerc but was one of many drivers hit by grid penalties for exceeding the 2022 power unit allowance. After having a fresh internal combustion engine added to his pool, Verstappen took a five-place penalty, although there was some uncertainty in the paddock on how that penalty would be
Colton Herta had worked down to a 1m12.9450s in his Andretti Herta Autosport, when Graham Rahal spun his Rahal Letterman Lanigan exiting the top of the Corkscrew and stalled, causing a red flag. Juncos Hollinger Racing’s rookie Callum Ilott delivered a 1m12.34s, then a 1m11.9899s to go top ahead of fellow rookies David Malukas and
Harvick’s #4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford caught fire during last weekend’s first playoff race at Darlington, despite no crash damage or contact with the wall. Flames erupted out underneath both sides of the car and came in through his dashboard at one point, causing the 2014 champion to retire and be classified 33rd. After he vocally
12:50 PM ET MONZA, Italy — George Russell has said he believes Max Verstappen will slice through the field at the Italian Grand Prix from wherever he starts on Sunday. There was confusion over the final grid order after qualifying, with nine drivers hit with penalties for engine changes made over the past 48 hours.
Red Bull is still waiting for an FIA decision on the matter before it can press ahead with plans to release Pierre Gasly to Alpine, thus creating a slot for Herta at AlphaTauri. Under the current FIA rules, Herta does not qualify for an F1 superlicence. Binotto joins fellow team bosses Toto Wolff, Fred Vasseur,
The 27-year-old Dutchman, who drove in Friday practice for Aston Martin, has been drafted in at the last minute after Albon began feeling unwell on Saturday morning. A statement issued by Williams said: “Williams Racing can confirm that, after feeling unwell this morning and seeking medical advice from the FIA and local hospital, Alex Albon
6:56 AM ET Nyck de Vries will replace Alex Albon at Williams for the Italian Grand Prix after the Thai driver contracted appendicitis. The Dutchman, who won Formula 2 in 2019 and Formula E in 2021, is in the running to be Alex Albon’s teammate next year as there is ongoing uncertainty about the future