With F1 getting close to its limit of 24 races, and new grands prix coming on board in Las Vegas and Qatar, there is increasing competition among the current venues to retain their places on the calendar. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has been clear that even classic circuits need to earn their spot and cannot
Adding a CEO to the organisation was one of the stated aims of Mohammed Ben Sulayem on his election as its President in December, and the search was kickstarted in February. Ben Sulayem sees the introduction of a well-qualified professional manager as a key part of his strategy of updating the FIA and especially keeping
The reigning Formula 2 champion has been sidelined from any racing this season thanks to his Alpine Academy deal and the team having two race drivers in Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso. Instead he’s been placed in a beefed up test and development driver role that will include taking part in all tests and simulator
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Hyundai has found itself on the back foot compared to its rivals Toyota and M-Sport Ford at the start of the WRC’s new Rally1 hybrid era having been the last of the manufacturers to commit to the new rules. A frantic off-season, that included the shock departure of team principal Andrea Adamo, was followed by
The six-time world champion has had a fraught start to the 2022 campaign and struggled to understand the radically revised Honda MotoGP bike, which is now more rear-biased to improve traction. Finishing fifth in the 2022 Qatar curtain-raiser, his first race since winning the 2021 Emilia-Romagna GP after a pre-Portugal training crash left him with
The Italian squad has been the team to beat so far this season, with Leclerc emerging as the championship leader – winning two of the first three races. Following Sainz’s DNF in Australia last weekend, Leclerc is 38 points ahead of his team-mate and is clearly in the best position to go for the title. But despite the obvious advantage
The MP Motorsport driver clocked a best time of 1m31.507s during Saturday’s morning session while undertaking a qualifying simulation. Collet’s time put the Brazilian Alpine Academy racer 0.317s clear of his nearest rival and team-mate Alexander Smolyar, while Van Amersfoort Racing’s Franco Colapinto was third fastest, having logged the most mileage on the day with
In the wake of Grosjean’s fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes offered the Frenchman a test as a final farewell to F1 – as it didn’t want his last experience in a car to have been his accident. The original plan was for the test to take place at the 2021 French
His list of success and accolades in motorsport is lengthy, but one thing that doesn’t spring to mind when thinking of Walter Rohrl is music, and more specifically a music video. Yet here we are, in 2022 and with the successful German rally driver centre stage in a video that was released last month, entitled
Last weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas, the MotoGP paddock saw a different Marc Marquez. He was more serious than usual, more thoughtful and subdued, with less spark. His brother Alex declared that “he had never seen him so low in morale”. Despite celebrating the possibility of returning to racing after missing the
UK firm Apex Circuit Design has laid out the 3.36-mile anticlockwise circuit – which winds around the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens – with an expected lap time of 1m35s and an average speed of just under 135mph. It is expected to produce overtaking opportunities in at least three points around the 19-turn circuit,
Aston Martin is the only team not to have scored a point thus far in 2022, and it currently lies 10th in the World Championship, handicapped by a struggle to control porpoising. Between them Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll were involved in four accidents over the Australian GP weekend, with the damage further compromising development
The Spaniard’s title defence last year proved difficult, as a lack of development on the GSX-RR meant he could do no better than third in the standings and failed to add to his victory tally. While Mir is yet to score a podium in 2022 while team-mate Alex Rins has two – including last weekend
As a result the company is set to rely on some Friday FP2 running later in the year in order to trial its prototype tyres for next season. The rules allow for 25 car days of dry and wet tyre testing, focussed on the development for the following season, which this year will be conducted
Ferrari has indicated that it will hold back on developments for its local race because of the added complication of it being a sprint weekend, with the restrictions on Friday practice running that entails. However Szafnauer says that his team is sticking to the traditional schedule of using the first European race to introduce new
The repainted former McLaren show car has been transformed as part of an art project called ‘Senna Now’. One side of the car is made up of three different iconic liveries from Senna’s F1 career – the black-and-gold of Lotus, the Rothmans Williams and Marlboro McLaren. The other side of the car has been given
Shot 100% on the HD HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch Ken Roczen during his first laps of Moto 2 at the eighth round of the 2015 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Millville, Minnesota
Two cars home and our first double-points finish of the season. Being at Daniel’s home race meant we had an even bigger crowd cheering us on this weekend and it was a real pleasure to give them something to celebrate. #FearlesslyForward Join McLaren Plus, our fan engagement programme which brings McLaren fans closer to the
GT World America headed to New York’s Watkins Glen for Round 9 & 10 of the season and the action from the weekend certainly didn’t disappoint. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well
Balance of Performance is never going to get universal approval. But one of its upsides is that multiple manufacturers are capable of winning and setting virtually identical laptimes. Take the Pro qualifying session at British GT’s Oulton Park round last year, where 0.088 seconds split the top four – which included a Porsche, two Lamborghinis
The former MotoGP rider, who competed in the premier class from 2012 to 2021 and won twice with Ducati, will contest the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike season for the Warhorse Ducati squad. He made a stunning debut in the series at the Circuit of the Americas on the support bill to MotoGP, qualifying third and winning
For fans, the most obvious contrast has been the alternative green and red colours at the front of the field – but it’s been a different story for the F1 drivers themselves. For the out-and-out performance of the two safety cars was thrust into the spotlight at the Australian Grand Prix when drivers took aim
Allan McNish has never enjoyed much success at Suzuka. Only ever entered in three races at the 3.608-mile circuit which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the Scotsman was withdrawn from the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix on medical advice following a 175mph qualifying crash and managed a best finish of third in his two prior
After two years where the coronavirus pandemic has prevented the series getting under way at Oulton Park over Easter, this staple of the national racing schedules is back for 2022. With the reigning GT3 champions absent, we explore some of the likely contenders as well as the raft of changes for this year, including new
The Australian has been part of Ducati’s stable since the 2018 campaign when he joined Pramac from Marc VDS Honda, and has been under a factory contract – first at Pramac, and then the factory squad – since 2019. PLUS: How ‘Beast’ mode is putting Ducati into 2022 MotoGP title contention During last week’s Americas
Team president Taylor Kiel and McLaren CEO Zak Brown had been considering the prospect of continuing with a third car this year, after Juan Pablo Montoya’s participation in the Grand Prix of Indy and the Indianapolis 500 alongside full-timers Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist. However, Kiel has now confirmed to Autosport that other commitments have
In the first of our new A Short View Back to the Past series, Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner takes a look at how Enzo Ferrari’s team started its winning ways in grand prix racing. It’s the tale of how former racer Ferrari went from running the factory Alfa Romeo team before the Second World
The Brazilian driver, who leads the championship, set a 1m27.529s on Thursday morning to top the timesheet at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Drugovich, who took victory in the feature race in Jeddah, led from sprint race winner Liam Lawson (Hitech Grand Prix) and rookie Jack Doohan (Virtuosi), who was just three-tenths off the pace. PLUS: The
Perez and team-mate Max Verstappen were both sidelined in the closing laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix last month by a fuel pump issue, costing the team P2 and P4. A separate fuel system problem emerged on Verstappen’s car with 20 laps to go in last Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, forcing him to retire and