The Andretti Autosport driver has been linked with a switch to F1 in 2023 and has been courted by AlphaTauri, as Pierre Gasly has been linked with a move to Alpine to replace Fernando Alonso, but Autosport understands he will only be allowed to move on if a superlicence for Herta is granted. Herta is
Harvick was forced to retire from the first race of the NASCAR Cup playoffs in Sunday night’s Southern 500 at Darlington when his #4 Stewart-Haas Ford caught fire on lap 276 of 367. The 2014 Cup champion safely exited the vehicle, which quickly became engulfed by smoke and fire, and was classified a disappointing 33rd to
12:56 PM ET Associated Press NASCAR is investigating a spate of car fires that left one championship contender fuming after his Ford erupted into an inferno during the opening playoff race. Kevin Harvick lashed out at NASCAR and the new Next Gen car after his inexplicably caught fire at Darlington Raceway. The Next Gen debuted
Having started eighth Mick Schumacher had an eight-second first pitstop that put him out of contention for points, while his second stop was also slow. After miraculously surviving a second-lap hit with the barrier Kevin Magnussen also had a poor pitstop. The two Haas drivers eventually finished 13th and 15th, with Schumacher ahead. “The front
The 40-year-old will call time on a decade-long partnership with the German manufacturer after this month’s final round of the Italian GT sprint series at Mugello with Roberto Ravaglia’s Ceccato Motors team. Writing on his Instagram page, Glock said sharing a BMW Z4 GT3 with Bruno Spengler and Alex Zanardi at the 2015 Spa 24
This is only the third time the DTM is holding an event at the Ardennes venue in its modern era, having previously visited the 7km track in 2005 and again in the coronavirus-disrupted 2020 season. The championship picture took a major turn at the Nurburgring last time out, with two retirements for Lamborghini star Mirko Bortolotti
The Australian led from pole on the opening lap but had his win hopes dashed when he crashed at Turn 4. Miller re-joined the race to finish 18th with one side of his aerodynamic fairing broken and his rear brake no longer working. While he considers Sunday’s race was potentially a missed opportunity for him,
The Mercedes driver had looked on course to challenge Max Verstappen for victory at Zandvoort after a strong run through much of the race, but the events were turned on their head by late virtual safety car and safety car periods. For the latter, Red Bull had elected to sacrifice track position to switch Verstappen
The punishing Greek stages are set to provide one of the hardest tests of the season for the new 2022 Rally1 cars. Toyota’s Kalle Rovanpera heads to Greece with a realistic chance of wrapping up the championship which would see the Finn become the youngest ever world champion. The 21-year-old holds a 72-point lead over
Vinales and Bagnaia fought for victory at Misano in 2020 when the former was still at Yamaha, with long-time leader Bagnaia crashing out on his Pramac Ducati. In last Sunday’s San Marino GP, Vinales ran Bagnaia hard in the first half of the 27-lap race but couldn’t find a way through on the factory Ducati
Sep 5, 2022 Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said he had no problem with Lewis Hamilton‘s profane radio messages during the Dutch Grand Prix because the teams play the role of “vomit bags” for their drivers at emotional moments. Hamilton later apologised for telling the team they had “f–ing screwed” him, although he said he will
The Dutchman has already participated in two FP1 sessions during the 2022 season, taking over Alex Albon’s Williams at the Spanish Grand Prix before driving Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes at Paul Ricard ahead of the French Grand Prix. De Vries has already spent time preparing for his outing in Aston Martin’s AMR22 by driving the team’s
The Ferrari driver was given a five-second penalty for an unsafe release from his final pitstop in the Zandvoort race, when Fernando Alonso clipped him while he left his pitbox. Due to the cramped set-up of the Zandvoort pitlane and McLaren undertaking a pitstop for Lando Norris at the same time, Sainz initially had room
The six-time MotoGP world champion made his highly anticipated return after 100 days away, following a fourth major surgery aimed to fix his badly broken arm suffered at the 2020 Spanish Grand Prix. Having returned to gym work in the last two weeks and motorcycle training in the last week, Marquez completed 39 laps for
Sep 1, 2022 Racers were angry. Racers were complaining. Racers were questioning everything, live in HD on our television sets. Awesome. Welcome to the postseason. On Sunday night in the 73rd edition of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s oldest speedway and its still-new race car joined forces to send the sport through a
There had been an original plan for a press announcement about the partnership to be made at the Austrian Grand Prix, and matters had progressed enough for Porsche to seek permission for a buy-in of the team with anti-cartel authorities. But as fellow Volkswagen Group manufacturer Audi confirmed its entry from 2026 at the Belgian
Following their win in the Le Mans 24 Hours in June, Hirakawa and his team-mates aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley, sit second in the drivers’ standings with only the Bahrain season finale to come after this weekend’s first Fuji race since 2019. They trail Alpine trio Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu
Gresini rider Bastianini and his future factory Ducati team-mate Bagnaia engaged in a tense duel for the win at Misano last Sunday. The pair came close to a collision on the final lap into Turn 4, but both emerged unscathed and ran line astern into the last turn. Bastianini got a good run on Bagnaia
1:05 PM ET AlphaTauri has defended itself against accusations that Yuki Tsunoda‘s retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix was staged to help Red Bull win the race. Tsunoda’s stoppage on Lap 46 was a key moment in the race, triggering a Virtual Safety Car period that allowed Max Verstappen to make a pit stop with
After being pushed hard by Ferrari in qualifying, it was Mercedes who emerged as Red Bull’s closest contender on race day with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell showing great pace. But some late strategy calls left Hamilton fuming over the radio after Mercedes kept him out during the safety car, leaving him powerless to stop
Mercedes made an ambitious one-stop strategy work by fitting Lewis Hamilton and George Russell with the hard at the end of their first stint, bringing them into contention for victory. Red Bull committed to a two-stop strategy with Verstappen, who was set to emerge from the pits behind both Mercedes cars after making his final
The Italian was 91 points adrift of reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo in the standings after registering a fourth DNF of the campaign at the German GP. But a run of victories through Assen, Silverstone, Red Bull Ring and last Sunday at Misano has put him up to second, 30 points behind Quartararo. Despite the
After finishing runner-up in Portland, Power heads to next week’s season finale at Laguna Seca with a 20-point lead over team-mate Josef Newgarden and Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda’s Scott Dixon, with race winner McLaughlin still in the hunt, albeit 41 points adrift. After following McLaughlin to the chequered flag, while title rival Dixon recovered from 16th
9:35 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Greg Anderson won his 100th career NHRA race, defeating Dallas Glenn in the Pro Stock finals of the U.S. Nationals on Monday. Anderson reached 208.07 mph in his 6.587-second winning run. Seven of his victories have come at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. “I don’t know if I
The capacity crowd at Zandvoort was treated to exactly what it wanted as Max Verstappen triumphed on home soil to take his win tally for 2022 into double digits. For those watching on TV, they were treated to what they wanted too as, after the race initially appeared to be a damp squib, it evolved
The accusations on social media were stoked by the impact the virtual safety car had on the race that followed Tsunoda’s retirement, favouring Max Verstappen at the expense of Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Red Bull head of strategy Hannah Schmitz has been the victim of online abuse as a result. The drama
Over the San Marino Grand Prix weekend KTM signed the Spaniard to race for its GasGas Tech3 customer team, which will continue to employ the Austrian marque’s RC16. The current Moto2 leader will be replaced at KTM Ajo by fellow Spaniard Albert Arenas. Fernandez, who is currently competing in his sixth Moto2 season, signed a
Although he lost ground on long-time rival, Team Penske’s Will Power in the points race by finishing right behind him in the Grand Prix of Portland, Dixon has overcome theoretically bigger points deficits with one round to go and claimed the championship. Although the 2015 finale at Sonoma Raceway was worth double points, Dixon was
6:30 AM ET Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Scott Dixon watched Scott McLaughlin lead lap after lap around Portland International Raceway and figured at some point, his fellow New Zealander would be ordered to pull over. There’s a championship on the line – the closest IndyCar title fight in 19 years – and McLaughlin is
The Dutch Grand Prix proved to be another tough one for Ferrari as it faced fresh dramas in the pitlane that derailed its hopes of a better result. Carlos Sainz had been battling Lewis Hamilton over the first stint before it went wrong at his first stop when Ferrari failed to have all the tyres