Forget Top Gun Maverick, in the world of NASCAR it’s Team Trackhouse that feels like the feelgood movie of the summer. In a Cup Series where giants like Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing and Team Penske field their star-studded jet jockeys, Trackhouse is the plucky little squadron that put them all in its sights and
Although much of its work is on aerodynamic and mechanical improvements to tame the bouncing that Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are suffering from, it has not made the mistake of throwing all its efforts behind that single issue. Instead, it has made sure to keep up with as much regular development as it can
6:30 PM ET The Australian Grand Prix will stay in Melbourne until at least 2035 after a 10-year agreement was announced by Formula 1. The new deal begins in 2025 and will also see Formula 2 and Formula 3 join the race weekend schedule for the first time from 2023. The 2022 Grand Prix saw
Following a difficult start to the 2022 campaign that saw it slump to the bottom of the constructors’ championship after three rounds, Aston Martin made a number of visible changes to the design of its AMR22 car for the Spanish Grand Prix last month. Similarities were drawn between Red Bull’s RB18 car and the revised
The current deal runs for three more years until 2025, and the 10-year extension is the latest in a series of announcements as established venues rush to secure long-term contracts in the face of stiff competition for a place on the sport’s calendar. A third US race in Las Vegas has already been confirmed for
6:14 AM ET Lewis Hamilton was clearly in pain as he parked his Mercedes F1 car after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and gingerly lifted himself out. For the past 95 minutes, his body had taken a beating within the cockpit, with his back subjected to the full brunt of the car smashing into the track
The Porsche factory drivers will reunite for the Spa classic on 30-31 July aboard a Porsche 911 GT3-R run by ART Grand Prix as part of GPX’s assault on this year’s Intercontinental GT Challenge. Estre, Christensen and Lietz, who all race for Porsche in the World Endurance Championship, came together for Spa in 2019 when
Following a strong Spanish Grand Prix, in which Alfa’s car excelled in Barcelona’s slow final sector, the Hinwil team headed to Monaco with high expectations. But Monaco was close to a disaster as Valtteri Bottas had to sit out most of FP1 and he and Zhou Guanyu then qualified 12th and 20th respectively. Bottas managed
As each race goes by, teams are accruing more data and have a better understanding of how to maximise performance, while combating the ill effects posed by porpoising. The phenomenon, which caught the majority of the grid by surprise when their cars first hit the track, has been the main focus for teams as reducing
11:57 AM ET Romain Grosjean’s combative nature has earned him few fans within the IndyCar paddock. Chris Graythen/Getty Images We have brought you here today, during this week when NASCAR and IndyCar are off and only Formula One is on the racing calendar (Canadian GP, Sunday, 2 p.m. ET; stream live on ABC) to discuss what
Elsewhere, Glickenhaus took its first Le Mans podium, while Jota’s #38 squad took the LMP2 victory despite suffering a late scare with tyre problems. Porsche’s #91 car took the final win for the GTE Pro class at Le Mans, pouncing on a double retirement for Corvette, as the #33 TF Sport Aston Martin claimed victory
The upper rear wing, which was taken to the Miami Grand Prix but not used there, was run on a race weekend for the first time in Azerbaijan. Although the Ferraris were near the bottom of the main speed trap table for the race, when tows and DRS activation have a big influence, they were
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The Czech Republic manufacturer has spent two years developing the Fabia RS which will replace the hugely successful Fabia Rally2 and Evo models that have proven a force in R5 classes, claiming more than 1700 rally wins all over the world to date. Skoda’s latest rally car offering is based on the new fourth-generation Fabia,
The Canadian received the penalty because a mechanic was still on the grid and made contact with the car after the 15 second signal before the formation lap. The mechanic concerned, who was looking at his watch, initially walked away from the car after helping to push it forward. However, he then turned around and
Very few Ginetta GT4 Supercup contests have had quite such a dramatic finish as race two at Oulton Park last weekend. In barely believable scenes, the two leaders tangled through Deer Leap on the last lap, the third-placed car narrowly avoided smashing into the pit entry barriers when dodging the spinning G56 and the driver
The blue cars were fastest on the straight in Baku, with Alonso easily able to stay ahead of Daniel Ricciardo’s McLaren on the way to seventh place. Ocon meanwhile had a tougher time on the way to 10th place, having struggled on the harder tyre in the opening stint. This was in part because he’d
7:26 AM ET Associated Press Organisers of a motorcycle race on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea will investigate the reasons behind five competitors dying in crashes in the 2022 event. ACU Events Ltd., which runs the Isle of Man TT Races, said it will “systematically analyse every aspect” of the incidents that
Just three races ago, a package of changes introduced for the Barcelona race appeared to have transformed the pace of the W13. The Mercedes had delivered its strongest form of the season and Hamilton’s charge from the back to finish fifth left team boss Toto Wolff suggesting he had the fastest race car that day.
At Road America, Newgarden delivered his third win from the opening eight races of the season, and moved up to third in the championship, 32 points away from leader Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson. Newgarden is the only driver to score more than one victory this year to date. But the 2017 and ’19 title
After a disappointing qualifying session Norris and Ricciardo started in 11th and 12th on different tyre strategies, trying to cover for various scenarios in a bid to move up the order. But a lack of top speed due to McLaren’s draggy car meant neither driver managed to move up, with Fernando Alonso’s slippery Alpine proving
Lloyd’s Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N collided with the Toyota of Ricky Collard on the opening lap of the final race as they battled for third position, and then ricocheted back onto the circuit after hitting the barriers. The Hyundai was collected heavily by the West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Colin Turkington,
After Palou and Ericsson qualified third and fourth respectively – Ericsson’s best grid position of the year – the pair had retained those positions from the start. Following the long run down to Turn 5 on lap 4, Palou appeared to brake slightly early in response to being so close behind the second-placed car of Josef Newgarden,
The Brackley-based squad endured another challenging weekend in Baku as both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell battled the excessive porpoising that has blighted it all season. While it remains hopeful it can unlock the inherent performance it believes its current W13 has to help it fight Red Bull and Ferrari, Wolff says that wider scale
Suarez took the lead in Sunday’s race at California’s Sonoma Raceway road course with 22 of 110 laps remaining and cruised to victory over Chris Buescher, earning his first victory in 195 career starts. He became the first Mexican driver to win in the Cup Series since its inception in 1949. His NASCAR career had
Bottas endured a frustrating weekend in Baku after his pace completely vanished from Saturday onwards. In the race, he was a sitting duck, finishing a lapped 11th while team-mate Zhou Guanyu was on course for points until he retired with a technical issue. On Friday, Bottas finished one tenth ahead of Zhou in each practice
6:54 AM ET Formula One is moving closer to securing a South African Grand Prix at former race venue Kyalami, which could be on the schedule as early as next year. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has flown straight from Baku, host of Sunday’s Azerbaijan GP, to South Africa for talks over the potential return. 2
In his 195th Cup Series start since his 2017 debut with Joe Gibbs Racing, the 30-year-old cruised to a 3.849 second win to book his place in the playoffs alongside team-mate Ross Chastain. The 2016 Xfinity Series champion, one of the first success stories to come out of NASCAR’s Drive for Diversity programme, Suarez had posted
Glickenhaus secured its maiden podium finish at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Sunday, with Ryan Briscoe, Richard Westbrook and Franck Mailleux finishing third in the marque’s Pipo-engined 007 LMH behind the two leading Toyota GR010 Hybrid cars. However, the American boutique manufacturer was never in a position to threaten the rapid Toyotas out front,