The problem of riders backing off and waiting for faster competitors to come by, before latching onto the back of them and taking profit of the slipstream, has been a constant problem in Moto3 and prompted the introduction of harsh sanctions to combat this. But the problem has also plagued many MotoGP sessions, including Q1
Reaching the traditional 33-car grid number for the IndyCar Series’ blue ribband round is proving difficult at a time when some teams have struggled to find the requisite personnel to run their full-time cars. There are 32 confirmed entries for this year’s race, with 15 powered by Chevrolet and 17 by Honda. Autosport understands that
Yet instead it was a race that saw the momentum swing firmly in Leclerc and Ferrari’s direction as Verstappen suffered his second DNF in three races following another fuel system issue. Leclerc may have been out of reach for outright pace, yet Red Bull was still left licking the wounds of more dropped points, with
Apr 10, 2022 Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Josef Newgarden won for the first time on the downtown streets of Long Beach, holding off Romain Grosjean on Sunday to make Team Penske 3-for-3 to open the IndyCar season. Newgarden led a race-high 32 laps to win a second consecutive race. Penske teammate Scott McLaughlin
After the frenetic DRS duels that defined the 2022 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grands Prix, the return to Australia after three years without a race was a comparatively humdrum affair. Polesitter Charles Leclerc took control to land the victory. The Ferrari charger launched cleanly to pull across the Albert Park circuit and
The six-time MotoGP world champion was making his return to action following his double vision-induced Argentina absence at the Circuit of the Americas and was pegged by many of his rivals as a favourite to take victory in Sunday’s race even from ninth on the grid. But a technical issue meant he barely pulled away
The Andretti Autosport driver climbed from sixth on the grid to deliver his first podium for his new team and the fourth of his 19-race-old IndyCar career. Grosjean’s rise through the field came after crash in qualifying brought out the red flags, resulting in the Frenchman losing his fastest laps in the Fast Six shootout.
American interest in Formula 1 is on the up. The success of the United States Grand Prix in Austin has contributed to Miami joining the calendar, with Las Vegas set to make it three American races on the 2023 schedule. Michael Andretti also wants to bring his team to the grid. He faces some tough
12:41 PM ET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A Russian go-karter who made what appeared to be a Nazi salute on a race podium is under investigation, the FIA motorsports governing body said Monday. Artem Severiukhin was filmed extending his raised right arm then laughing as he stood on the podium after winning a European
The Yamaha rider qualified as the top non-Ducati rider in sixth at the Circuit of Americas and displayed strong race pace throughout practice. However, Quartararo was unable to mount a challenge for the podium and took the chequered flag in seventh after a late battle with Honda’s Marc Marquez. The Frenchman sits fifth in the
Ducati dominated the action at the Circuit of the Americas, with factory rider Jack Miller taking third place. The result poses questions for Ducati, who are yet to decide on their rider line-up for next year, with Miller and Bastianini both in contention for the second seat alongside Francesco Bagnaia. Elsewhere, Marquez made a stunning
The Andretti Autosport driver led the first stint of the race, but was surprised to emerge from the pits behind not only Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou’s Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda but also Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden. While he spent much of the second stint trying to get around Newgarden, he had fallen 1.5s behind the eventual winner
Masi lost his job over the winter, in the wake of his handling of the safety car restart in the closing stages of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Mistakes made by race control in only allowing a select number of backmarkers to unlap themselves, plus the decision to go for an immediate restart, opened
8:51 AM ET Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has likened Formula One’s Aston Martin safety car to a turtle, saying it was going too slow during its deployment at the Australian Grand Prix. Formula One has two safety cars which alternate at races, an Aston Martin V8 Vantage and a Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series. The
The Spaniard made history for Aprilia in last week’s Argentina Grand Prix when he guided the marque to its first win in the modern MotoGP era. It also ended a 200-race drought in the premier class for himself, with Espargaro first making his debut in MotoGP in 2009 and has been a mainstay on the
The Gresini rider passed long-time leader Jack Miller on the factory team Ducati late on and cleared off by two seconds to return to the top of the standings with his first podium since his debut win in Qatar and win the 500th race of the Dorna Sports era of MotoGP. Miller grabbed the holeshot
Having fended off threats from Palou and Grosjean, the Penske driver took the team’s third consecutive win after a crash-strewn race. It marked Newgarden’s 22nd career victory, equaling Tony Bettenhausen and Emerson Fittipaldi in the record books. Former Formula 1 driver Grosjean took his second series podium, having been denied pole for Sunday’s race after a
Russell sat fifth during the opening stint of the race at Albert Park before pitting under the safety car to leap up to third ahead of both Red Bull driver Perez and team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Russell was instructed with 20 laps to go not to fight Perez for third place as he needed to manage
6:45 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — The Beast is on top in MotoGP, with a win and the lead in the season championship. Enea Bastianini of Italy, nicknamed “La Bestia,” passed Australia’s Jack Miller for the lead with five laps to go and pulled away to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of the
The format for the Americas GP weekend was altered, with Moto2 going first and Moto3 the final race of the day. American Cameron Beaubier scored his first grand prix pole in front of his home fans at the Circuit of the Americas, but would get jumped off the line at the start by several riders.
The Gresini rider passed long-time leader Jack Miller on the factory team Ducati late on to take his first podium since his debut win in the season opener in Qatar. He is MotoGP’s first repeat winner in 2022 and takes a five-point lead in the championship. Miller took the lead from poleman Jorge Martin off
Herta was the first driver to drop into the 66-second bracket around the 1.968-mile course, clocking a 1m06.5710s on his sixth lap which at the time left him half a second clear of the field. However with 35 minutes to go, a spin at Turn 6 caused last year’s Long Beach winner to strike the
With a late retirement for title rival Max Verstappen, Ferrari took their second victory from three rounds to continue a strong start to the season. Sergio Perez finished second ahead of George Russell, who was a big gainer under the second safety car, but had to hold off a charging Lewis Hamilton to the flag.
6:14 AM ET On the basis of pure performance, there has been very little to choose between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen this season. But on the basis of championship points, the gap is already vast. With three of this year’s 23 races complete, Leclerc has a 46-point lead over Verstappen — a margin larger
Human Performance Consultant Osteopath Fisher heads up Formula Health, an integrated medical clinic based near Reading in Berkshire that’s open to a wide range of patients, from newborns to the elderly. But it specialises in helping motorsport professionals to achieve their health, fitness and cognitive goals – thereby outperforming the opposition. “You can have the
The Honda rider is a seven-time polesitter and seven-time race winner at the Circuit of the Americas and was expected to have a strong return to action this weekend having missed the Argentine round with vision problems he suffered as a result of a violent crash in Indonesia. But Marquez could only qualify ninth on
Alexander Rossi laid down the first marker in the third segment of qualifying with 66.0, his closest opponent being Josef Newgarden and Felix Rosenqvist after their first runs. Alex Palou then delivered a 65.8667sec lap to go top, before then Herta slammed in a 65.3095 to claim the qualifying track record by nine-tenths of a
After a difficult start to the season for the McLaren squad there were signs of significant improvement across the Albert Park weekend. Lando Norris topped Free Practice 3 and was fourth fastest in qualifying, three spots ahead of Ricciardo. The pair then spent the majority of the race running in formation, Norris leading Ricciardo, as
5:43 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has explained what he meant when he told Mercedes they had put him in a “difficult position” while running behind teammate George Russell at the Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton had spent the race ahead of Russell until a late Safety Car allowed the Mercedes newcomer to have a pit stop
Byron dominated much of Saturday night’s race, leading 212 of 403 laps, but a late caution on lap 394, triggered when Todd Gilliland hit the wall at Turns 3 and 4, sent the event into a two-lap overtime and bunched the field one last time. Byron cleared off in the lead and took the white