Hamilton is to start from the back of the grid at Monza after his Mercedes team elected to switch to his fourth power unit of the season. While F1’s rules mean that his final position against fellow back-of-the-grid starters Carlos Sainz, Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas will depend on his qualifying time against them, it will
The Virtuosi driver was sixth after the first runs, with Juri Vips, who also topped practice for Hitech, leading the field. Doohan then improved to fourth, before his third run, a 1m31.965s took him to the top of the timesheet as the quickest lap of the day so far. As the field emerged on fresh
3:34 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — Jimmie Johnson announced Friday that sponsor Carvana has agreed to fund next year’s racing endeavors, and the seven-time NASCAR champion will use the next few weeks to determine his 2023 schedule. Johnson just a week ago said he was still seeking funding for a full IndyCar season.
AlphaTauri AT03 rear suspension detail Photo by: Giorgio Piola At the rear corner of the AlphaTauri AT03, note the small winglets mounted on the inner surface of the brake duct fence which are used to help divert the airflow to its intended target. Ferrari F1-75 technical detail Photo by: Giorgio Piola Ferrari made changes to
Nine-time world champion Loeb found himself locked in a fight with his younger team-mate Loubet across Friday’s six stages as the rally lead swung between the two Ford Puma drivers. A hat-trick of stages wins in the morning pushed Loeb into the lead before Loubet capitalised on an error from his rival to claim a
McLaughlin, who scored his third win of the season last Sunday at Portland, arrives at the 2022 season finale at Laguna Seca lying fifth in the championship and still mathematically in title contention. He has made a huge leap in performance this year and, while he won the 2021 Rookie of the Year honours, the
9:01 AM ET Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will drop to the rear end of the grid for the Italian Grand Prix as he joined the growing list of drivers taking an engine change penalty. The nature of Monza’s circuit, which features long straights and overtaking opportunities, is seen as a place where the impact of grid
At the start of the one-hour session, Nyck de Vries led the pack out of the pits, running a large aerodynamic measuring device behind the front wheels of Sebastian Vettel’s Aston Martin. When the 2021 Formula E champion pitted before setting a timed lap – which he would not do until near the halfway point
The nine-time world champion benefitted from an advantageous road position on the dusty gravel stages, but once again showed his class to win all three stages of the morning loop in his M-Sport Ford. The 48-year-old, partnered by Isabelle Galmiche, became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event and eclipsed the record perviously held
IndyCar front-runner Herta has emerged as a contender for a seat at AlphaTauri for next season, with Red Bull eager to tap in to the impact his switch to F1 could have on the American market. But with Herta not having enough superlicence points to automatically receive an entry, this comes with efforts from the
4:45 AM ET Porsche has confirmed it is no longer in negotiations to join forces with Red Bull in Formula One following several months of talks. Porsche was planning to enter F1 at the start of the new engine regulations in 2026 and was in negotiations with Red Bull about partnering with the team. It
As Ricciardo prepares to depart the McLaren squad where he has raced since the start of the 2021 season, after a string of underwhelming performances prompted the team to replace him with Oscar Piastri, there is intense interest in where Ricciardo will end up. As he is understood to be receiving salary compensation from McLaren
Neuville blitzed the 1.95km side-by-side tarmac test in front of a bumper 60,000 crowd on Thursday night, seeing off Toyota’s Elfyn Evans in their head-to-head contest to post a time 0.1s faster than WRC2 star Teemu Suninen, who set the early benchmark. Suninen, also driving a Hyundai, was making his first appearance since losing WRC2 victory
During and after Formula 1’s grand prix at Zandvoort last weekend, there were some feverish minds at work. First came the asinine accusations that AlphaTauri deliberately fouled Yuki Tsunoda’s car to cause a virtual safety car that would help Max Verstappen’s cause. As Tsunoda stated on Thursday at Monza, rumourmongers should “scan the MRI and see
8:59 AM ET Lewis Hamilton will start this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Mercedes confirmed his car would be fitted with a new power unit that will incur a grid penalty. Hamilton will use his fourth power unit of the season in Italy, taking him over his quota for
While the two teams had been locked in a tight fight for the best-of-the-rest fourth spot behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes for much of the campaign, over recent races it is Alpine that has stretched its legs to edge clear. An aggressive development push with its A522 has helped Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon
What is a superlicence? A superlicence is the licence needed by any driver who wants to compete in Formula 1. It’s the highest type of licence available, and is awarded by Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA. How do you get a superlicence and what are the requirements? Any driver hoping to attain a superlicence
Quartararo has been very critical of Yamaha’s lack of development with its engine for 2022. Having lacked power for several years, it remains the slowest bike through the speed traps. But Yamaha has started to work in a different way for 2023 in regards to engine development, bringing in ex-Ferrari Formula 1 engine boss Luca
Sordo, who has over 20 years of engineering experience in Formula 1, will join the team co-owned by Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan on 1 October. Sordo spent the past six seasons with McLaren Racing F1 as head and director of vehicle performance and, prior to that, spent 10 seasons with Red Bull
2:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — NASCAR is returning to one of its original venues that it left more than a quarter-century ago: North Wilkesboro Speedway. Gov. Roy Cooper and North Carolina native Dale Earnhardt Jr. joined the stock car body and the track’s owner on Thursday to announce that the track will
The seven-time world champion will have fourth power unit at the Monza race as a consequence of the damage that his third engine picked up in his clash with Fernando Alonso on the opening lap at Spa-Francorchamps. That power unit, which took at 45G impact in the first lap crash and lost fluids on the
Lucky Khera had topped the leaderboard for five months but there has now been a second change at the head of the order in three weeks, thanks to Harrison’s dominance at Croft. The teenager was unstoppable in both Historic Formula 3 and Historic Formula Ford 1600 at his local track – sealing the FF1600 crown
With Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon having clawed his way up to third it was assumed by some – including the Kiwi six-time champion – that Team Penske would go against its openly stated convention of letting its drivers race, and ask long-time leader McLaughlin to move aside for the closely following Power to maximise his
9:57 AM ET Ferrari has revealed the tweaked livery it will use at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the car company. The one-off livery features a splash of yellow to pay homage to Modena, the hometown of the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. Yellow is one of the colours of
Although Aston lies only ninth in the F1 world constructors’ championship, the team has scored points in eight of the last nine races, only missing out in Austria. Encouragingly Lance Stroll made Q3 at Zandvoort last weekend, although the Canadian couldn’t take part in the final session due to a hydraulic issue. In the race
BMW and Lamborghini will field LMDh machinery at Le Mans in 2024, with BMW’s M Hybrid V8 racer already undergoing testing ahead of its debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year. PLUS: Why BMW shouldn’t be overlooked on its return to prototypes Ferrari and Porsche, also present in the DTM with customer teams, will step
6:08 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar newcomer Scott McLaughlin has signed a multiyear contract extension with Team Penske just as the New Zealander heads into his first championship race since joining the series. The extension is the third in a month given out by Roger Penske, who also recently extended the contracts
Indeed just four teams opted to bring new parts to a circuit that has very different demands to the two circuits that are either side of it in the schedule. But that did not stop Friday’s free practice session offering a little bit of tech intrigue, as there was a group test being carried out on behalf of the FIA.
Last season Daniel Ricciardo led Norris home in an unexpected 1-2 finish, helped by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton colliding and taking each other out of the race. However, when asked by Autosport if there was any evidence that this year’s car could repeat that sort of form, Norris made it clear that he expects
The plan is to construct a purpose-built FIM and FIA-accredited track at an undisclosed venue in the kingdom, which would make Saudi Arabia the second country in the Middle East to host a MotoGP race after the neighbouring Qatar. It is unclear if this track is the same as the one planned in Qiddiya near