Starting from sixth, Evans was pitched into an early tussle with Pascal Wehrlein, after the Porsche driver had been passed early on by Jake Dennis for fourth place. But having nursed an issue in the early phases which caused him to haemorrhage positions in the first half of the race, Wehrlein put up a resolute
Although all three parts of qualifying required intermediate tyres for the duration, rain was intermittent – stopping for the end of Q1 before returning harder for the second session. That meant the fastest times were set in the opening 18-minute gambit which left several drivers in Q2 and Q3 with the wrong benchmark delta lap
2:34 PM ET SILVERSTONE, England — Carlos Sainz was surprised to be told he had claimed pole position at the British Grand Prix, an achievement that felt like a long time coming for the Ferrari driver. “Holy s—-,” Sainz said on the radio. “I didn’t expect that one!” It was pole position at the 151st
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Devlin DeFrancesco caused a red flag in the opening minutes of the session with an off-course excursion, before ten drivers soon set laptimes under 1m08s. Alexander Rossi sent his Andretti Autosport-Honda to the top with a 1m07.872s lap, before he was swiftly replaced in P1 by Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet. However, the Swede
Pato O’Ward was the first driver to set a representative time on used reds in the Fast Six shootout, a 67.0852s, before pitting immediately to grab another set of worn reds. His time withstood the first efforts by Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske-Chevrolet and his own team-mate Felix Rosenqvist. Then he lowered the mark still
The Spaniard clinched his maiden F1 pole ahead of his 150th career start in a dramatic wet qualifying, beating Max Verstappen by 0.072s. Verstappen, who was booed by some sections of the Silverstone crowd after qualifying, suffered a spin early into Q3, while title rival Charles Leclerc also spun in the final segment of qualifying
2:55 PM ET Associated Press ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Chase Elliott won the pole at Road America and will lead the field to green Sunday as he attempts to defend his win on the Wisconsin road course. NASCAR’s most popular driver is coming off a win last weekend at Nashville and put himself in position
Chadwick produced a lights-to-flag victory, maintaining her 100% record this year and extending her winning run in W Series to six consecutive races counting back to 2021, as he bolted clear of the challengers behind. After a brief rain shower mid-race threatened to shake up the running, Chadwick put in a flawless performance to win
The FIA has stepped in to try to minimise cars bouncing after drivers expressed concerns about their safety, with them being subjected to heavy impacts inside of the cockpits. As part of its efforts, the governing body is to introduce an Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM) from the French Grand Prix that limits the vertical forces
Two-time and defending champion Chadwick held provisional pole after the first runs with a 1m57.725s, ahead of an impressive lap by rookie Tereza Babickova. But as all drivers adjusted to track conditions, having completed practice over nine hours earlier in the day, the lap times would be brought down with fresh tyres on the final
After a damp opening practice curtailed any sustained running, a dry second practice featured plenty of action with many teams testing out new parts, including substantial upgrade packages for Mercedes, Williams and Alpine. Sainz topped the second practice session for Ferrari with a best lap time of 1m28.942s to beat two of the home heroes
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David Malukas was the first driver to turn a 70-second lap, turning a 70.3589s for Dale Coyne Racing with HMD, before improving to a 68.4831s, an average of 118.698mph around the 2.238-mile course in Lexington, OH. His fellow rookies were out on track with him at this early stage, taking advantage of the extra set
The past few days have been turbulent for Formula 1. The surfacing of Nelson Piquet’s comments directed at Lewis Hamilton given in an interview late last year, in which he used a racial slur, reignited the discussion surrounding racism and the push for diversity in F1, enacting proper change. The statements made by F1 and
10:25 AM ET SILVERSTONE, England — A group of environmental protesters have threatened to invade the track during Sunday’s British Grand Prix. The threat was made ahead of what could be Silverstone’s record attendance, with F1 expecting 400,000 fans to attend across Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 1 Related Race day attendance may well exceed the
Sharing a service park tent with a double world champion can be a daunting prospect for any young driver climbing the World Rally Championship ranks. But four-time WRC runner-up Mikko Hirvonen believes the no nonsense advice gleaned from his team-mate at Ford between 2006 and 2007, Marcus Gronholm, proved to be among the biggest influences
The Alfa Romeo driver was battling the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc for much of the hour-long practice, taking third place with his first attempt, a 1m46.056s. Leclerc led early on, with Sainz then taking the top spot, before Bottas demoted the pair, setting a 1m42.249s with just five minutes left on the
9:28 AM ET SILVERSTONE — Lewis Hamilton has removed his nose stud ahead of the British Grand Prix, seemingly ending the controversy over Formula One’s jewellery ban. This year the FIA has clarified a long-standing rule in F1’s regulations banning drivers wearing items of jewellery during races, something Hamilton had been in defiance of. The
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Piquet – who is the father of Verstappen’s partner, Kelly Piquet – used a racial slur to describe Hamilton in an interview given last year, the contents of which surfaced this week. It led to widespread condemnation from the F1 community over the past week as the majority of drivers and teams rallied around Hamilton,
After struggling to adapt to the car in the first part of the season, Sainz had strong weekends in both Monaco and Baku before a valiant but unsuccessful chase of Max Verstappen in Montreal. The Spaniard says after the three street or temporary tracks that Silverstone is more akin to Barcelona, the last venue where
2:10 PM ET SILVERSTONE — The FIA will start enforcing rules around how much Formula One cars can bounce — or porpoise — from the French Grand Prix onwards. F1’s governing body has introduced a Technical Directive on the issue following safety concerns about the impact of the bouncing on drivers’ health. After the Azerbaijan
The first privateer to announce a deal to run a programme in the WEC with the German manufacturer’s new LMDh prototype believes that with identical equipment to the Porsche Penske Motorsport squad and backing from hire car giant Hertz it can compete on equal terms. “We are comfortable with the way the rules are written
While it’s obvious that the changes will have an effect on the external airflow stream, there’s also a considerable amount of work that’s gone on under the bodywork in order to accommodate them. It’s clear that there’s heavy influence in design decisions from both Ferrari and Red Bull, with the sidepods completely altered to take
11:22 AM ET Road America, carved out of the countryside of Wisconsin, is one of the greatest racetracks in the U.S. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Sir Jackie Stewart stood on a platform overlooking the entrance of Miami International Autodrome’s Turn 6. You know the one. The broad lefthander that swept around a flotilla of
Autosport understands Dixon’s current contract with Ganassi is through to the end of 2023, and that it is IndyCar-specific, whereby he can’t be moved sideways into CGR’s Cadillac sportscar operation full-time – although he’ll likely remain as one of the extras for endurance races. However, there are rumours that when his contract is up, he
Ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA issued a technical directive (TD) to teams announcing its intention to help limit the amount cars were bouncing because of concerns about driver safety. The governing body wanted to create an Aerodynamic Oscillation Metric (AOM), that would help define a limit that cars would be allowed to bounce up and
The three-time Formula 1 world champion has been widely condemned by the grand prix paddock after a Brazilian interview from November 2021 surfaced in which Piquet directed racist language towards Hamilton. Piquet has since issued an apology in which he acknowledged what he said in his native Portuguese was “was ill thought out, and I