McLaren started the season well off the pace in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with both of its drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo unable to get through to Q3. In Melbourne the team’s competitiveness improved as both drivers did qualify in the top 10, and then stayed there all race to score a big haul
Bastianini has made a storming start to his second season in MotoGP, securing a maiden win in Qatar last month and returning to the top of the standings last weekend after claiming victory in the Americas Grand Prix. PLUS: How ‘Beast’ mode is putting Ducati in 2022 MotoGP title contention The Gresini rider – who is
Back in 2019, this writer rated Alexander Rossi as the best IndyCar driver of the season. Yes, he’d missed out on the title – indeed, he slipped to third in points at the final round – but the Andretti Autosport driver made fewer mistakes than champion Josef Newgarden, despite having the best car on fewer weekends, and
The pace has come despite the Maranello outfit not bringing any major developments to its F1-75 since the start of pre-season testing back in February. Team boss Mattia Binotto also made clear after the Australian Grand Prix that there would be no major update for a while, either, with the squad opting to hold back
12:37 PM ET Formula One’s governing body defended the Aston Martin safety car on Thursday, reminding drivers that its top speed was of secondary importance, after world champion Max Verstappen compared it to a turtle. Aston Martin and Mercedes both provide safety and medical cars for grands prix, with the championship divided between the two
The team realised after testing that it hadn’t made the expected step with the FW44, and then progress wasn’t helped by two heavy accidents in Saudi Arabia for Nicholas Latifi that led a huge effort to ready his car for Melbourne. Latifi was then involved with a collision with Lance Stroll in Q1 in Australia.
The Argentina race winner went from qualifying on pole and scoring victory at Termas de Rio Hondo to qualifying 11th and finishing there in the Circuit of the Americas race the week after. Espargaro owned up to his crash in Q1 which hindered his weekend as he allowed traffic frustrations to boil over, but
All those driver/team combinations who have been announced for the 106th running of the Indianapolis 500 will be in action at the Speedway on 20-21 April. Marco Andretti will return to his favourite track with Andretti Autosport, where he scored Rookie of the Year honors in 2006 with a close runner-up finish and where he
It’s the job of an aerodynamicist to ensure that the car they work on is as efficient and quick as possible, but what is a Senior Aerodynamicist and what do they do to help an F1 team? We spoke to McLaren’s Rebecca Wilson to find out. What is an Aerodynamicist? The main role of an
6:59 AM ET The Haas Formula One team has rejected former title sponsor Uralkali’s demand for a refund of $13 million and asked for compensation from the Russian company, according to a report by Motorsport.com. Haas split from Dmitry Mazepin’s company Uralkali and dropped his son Nikita as driver several weeks after Russia’s military invasion
An unusual combination: Focus estate and Escort Mk1 The British Racing and Sports Car Club’s Modified Fords series caters for an eclectic group of machinery carrying the Blue Oval. From classic Anglias and Mk1 Escorts to Sierra Cosworths and four-wheel-drive Escort WRCs, via spaceframe specials and more modern Fiestas. Wayne Crabtree debuted his Mk1 Escort,
Monaco has long stood as one of F1’s most prestigious events due to its rich history and glamorous image, acting as the original street race on the calendar in 1950. But, amid the current expansion of the F1 calendar to include more city events such as Miami and Las Vegas, questions have been raised about
11:25 AM ET Years of hard work are paying off for Ferrari with a stellar start to the Formula One season, company chairman John Elkann said on Wednesday. Charles Leclerc has won two of the first three races, finishing second in the other, and has a 34-point lead in the championship. Ferrari, who last won
Three-time title winner Sutton, who has switched to a Motorbase Performance-run Ford Focus for this season, stamped in a time with just under 10 minutes remaining in the afternoon to eclipse the morning best of Jake Hill by 0.137 seconds. It was a qualifying simulation for Sutton, who switched on his headlights in the gloom
After running third in the opening stages of the race at Albert Park on Sunday, Hamilton dropped back to fifth when he was overtaken on track by Sergio Perez and lost a place to Mercedes team-mate George Russell in the pitstops. Russell and Hamilton moved up to third and fourth when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen
11:46 AM ET Monaco is still discussing a new contract with Formula One but the future of the showcase race beyond this year is assured, according to the head of organisers the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM). ACM president Michel Boeri hit back at media reports that Monaco was in danger of dropping off the
Much has changed since Anglo-Bahraini squad 2 Seas Motorsport was last a full-season entrant in the British GT Championship in 2020. Although it won at Snetterton that year with Jack Mitchell and Jordan Witt, the team’s frequent struggles with unreliability on the McLaren 720S GT3 were a drain on time and resources. “We were employing
Alfa Romeo arrived in Australia looking to continue its strong start to the season after seeing Valtteri Bottas finish sixth in Bahrain and reach Q3 in Saudi Arabia before retiring from the race. Team-mate Zhou Guanyu also scored a point on his F1 debut in Bahrain, giving the team its first double-points finish since Imola
Brother of seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton, the 29-year-old will stick with Team Hard this year alongside Aron Taylor-Smith, Jack Goff and Bobby Thompson all running Team Hard Cupras, while Rick Paffitt Jr will race an Infiniti for the team. Hamilton made his BTCC debut in 2015 when he contested four rounds with
Sebastian Vettel crashed heavily in both FP3 and in the race, while his teammate Lance Stroll also went off in FP3 and was involved in a controversial collision with Nicholas Latifi in Q1. He then finished the race out of the points in 12th place. After the race, the team completed an inventory of usable
The car is the successor to the hugely successful 488 GT3 and has been built in conjunction with ORECA. A statement from Ferrari said that “the day’s programme alternated between sessions of laps on the track and stages when the 296 GT3 was checked by the technicians”. Factory Ferrari drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi and Andrea
Quartararo had just moved into fourth in the early stages of Saturday’s Q2 pole shootout session and was on course to better his lap when he slid off his Yamaha at the Turn 19 left-hander. He was able to get back to his Yamaha box and get his second bike, with the reigning world
The Chip Ganassi Racing driver grabbed too much kerb on the inside of Turn 5 of the legendary street course during Friday’s sole practice session, so that the underside of the car grounded out, taking weight off his wheels just as he needed maximum grip to complete the corner. Johnson hit the tyre wall on
So far this season, due to the impact of the cost cap and logistical challenge of the first flyaway races, none of the top teams have introduced any major development steps for their new cars. However, the start of the European season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix should in theory offer the perfect chance
4:48 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson doesn’t intend to let a fractured right hand keep him off the track. On Tuesday, the seven-time NASCAR champion, who has become an IndyCar Series regular, announced on Twitter he had surgery Monday night in Charlotte, North Carolina, to repair the injury he suffered in
Severiukhin, 15, was accused of showing a Nazi salute after winning the round of FIA Karting European Championship at Portimao in Portugal over the weekend. Motorsport’s ruling body, the FIA, announced on Monday it would launch an investigation into the incident. Severiukhin’s team Ward Racing also announced the termination of his contract after the video
The Suzuki rider has enjoyed a consistent start to the 2022 campaign after a year plagued by crashes in 2021 ruled him out of title contention early on. But after four races this season, Rins sits second in the championship and is the only other rider aside from double winner Enea Bastianini who has scored
But rather than this being some funky idea for his W13 to look better, the light was actually a working sensor, and the result of the ongoing push by Mercedes to get to the bottom of its porpoising problems. Mercedes believes that if it can understand what’s needed to stop its 2022 F1 car bouncing
4:47 AM ET Italy has seized properties worth some €105 million ($114.45 million) owned by Russian former Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin and his oligarch father. The operation targeted a villa — known as Rocky Ram — located in the north of the island of Sardinia. It is part of broader efforts aimed at penalising
Consisting of three drivers – Jordan Sherratt, Gianfranco Giglioli and Giorgio Simonini – the Automobili Lamborghini Esports Team will focus initially on the SRO-organised GT World Challenge Esports Championships using Assetto Corsa Competizione. Sherratt dominated the EMEA region of last season’s The Real Race competition, but before his virtual career finished fifth in the