6:35 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Alex Zanardi has been invited back to the Long Beach Grand Prix time and time again in any official race role he wanted. The Italian was informed he would be inducted into the Walk of Fame, but Zanardi was always too busy. Training for the Paralympics,
The two-time F1 world champion is contesting the second season of his third stint at the Enstone team, with which he won his two championship titles in 2005 and ’06. After scoring a podium in Qatar in 2021 and aiding team-mate Esteban Ocon’s quest to land his maiden win in Hungary last year by defending
The Honda rider was thrown from his bike during warm-up at Mandalika last month and suffered a concussion, which ruled him out of the Indonesian GP. He then started to suffer from diplopia – or double vision – which ruled him out of two races in 2021, and was forced to sit out the Argentina
Mercedes’ 2022 challenger is unchanged for this weekend’s returning Melbourne race compared to the previous event in Jeddah, where the Silver Arrows squad was further behind pacesetters Red Bull and Ferrari than it had been at the season opener in Bahrain. The W13 is suffering with severe porpoising at top speed, plus considerable extra weight
11:01 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — William Byron raced to his first NASCAR Truck Series victory since 2016 on Thursday night at Martinsville Speedway. Byron, in just his second Truck Series start since 2016, led a race-high 94 of the 200 laps and grabbed the lead after Stage 2. Byron outdueled Johnny Sauter
Shot 100% on the new HD HERO3® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch Ryan Villopoto during Lap 1 of Moto 1 at the eighth round of the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship.
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Maserati had announced its entry into Formula E as a new manufacturer earlier in the year, but only as a supplier to an existing team on the grid – similar to fellow Stellantis subsidiary DS and its arrangement with Techeetah. The partnership with Venturi will begin from the incoming Gen3 era for Formula E’s ninth
Quartararo currently sits fifth in the championship after a mixed start to 2022, with a lack of grip in Qatar and Argentina – married to the M1’s lack of horsepower relative to its rivals – leaving him ninth and eighth. He had hoped that a strong run to second in the wet Indonesian GP after
Rick Mears will join Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, David Hobbs, Parnelli Jones, Roger Penske, Brian Redman and Bobby Unser on the list of legends to be honoured by the Road Racing Drivers Club in Long Beach later today. The evening’s emcee and RRDC president Bobby Rahal, along with organiser
A lot has changed since the last time the paddock congregated in Melbourne – including the Albert Park circuit itself, which has undergone a number of changes to try and improve the on-track spectacle. But one of the biggest talking points heading into the race weekend is the decision to have four DRS zones around
The Barwell Motorsport Lamborghini crew’s participation had been thrown into doubt by a Motorsport UK ruling following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which barred Russian license-holders from competing in Britain. Barwell has not formally commented on the development but a British GT statement said that Machitski, who has previously held a UK license, and Danish driver
The Japanese team has been nominated randomly by the FIA to carry out the three-day test on Croatia’s asphalt roads with championship leader Kalle Rovanpera set to complete the mileage. This is the first of three Pirelli in-season tests with the remaining outings to be carried out by M-Sport Ford and Hyundai Motorsport. Pirelli will
The Spaniard has been spearheading Aprilia’s project since 2017 and has endured years of hardship developing the RS-GP, to the point where he contemplated quitting prior to the pandemic. But significant progress with the RS-GP in recent years culminated in Espargaro storming to pole and the win in a tense race at Termas de Rio
Alonso ground to a halt during the race due to what turned out to be a water pump issue that in turn caused damage to his internal combustion engine, and led the latter being lost from his pool for the rest of the season. The ICE was new for the Jeddah weekend after the Spaniard
7:25 AM ET On Thursday, Feb. 24, Russian military began an invasion of Ukraine that caused shock and outrage across the world. For Formula One, it cast the relationship of the Haas team with Dimitry Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali in a different light. As various sports began banning Russian involvement and withdrawing from commercial
The Ferrari academy driver, brother of Formula 1 driver Charles, topped the timesheets with a 1m29.366s set on Wednesday afternoon at the Spanish circuit. Leclerc also led the morning session, and topped Tuesday morning’s rain-hampered running with a 1m40.202s, half a second clear of second placed Roman Stanek (Trident). Championship leader Victor Martins finished the
MotoGP returns to the United States just one week after a dramatic Argentina GP weekend, which was won by Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro – marking his first grand prix win and the first for Aprilia in the modern era. It was a weekend plagued by delays, after freight problems forced Friday’s action to be cancelled. PLUS:
One area that has changed significantly and has caused some early dramas for a number of teams is the brakes. Teams had built a reliance on the brake assembly for a number of reasons, all of which have been reduced significantly as part of a push to reduce costs and improve the racing. Firstly, the allowable brake disc diameter has been increased
5:43 AM ET The organiser of the debuting Miami Grand Prix wants to create an event which stands out as completely unique on the Formula One schedule. Miami will host its first F1 race on May 8 on a circuit which surrounds Hard Rock Stadium, home of the Miami Dolphins. A computerised rendering of the
Catch up with the race highlights from the season opener at Imola. The Audi from Team WRT took the first win of the year, courtesy of Dries Vanthoor, Kelvin van der Linde, and Charles Weerts. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for
Leclerc has held an edge over Sainz throughout the first two race weekends of the year, with the Monegasque driver having found the right driving style and set-up for the new 2022 cars. After a 2021 campaign where there was little to separate Leclerc and Sainz, Red Bull had been counting on the two drivers
Honda overhauled its MotoGP package for 2022 after several years of struggle, with its latest RC213V more rear biased to aid the traction it used to miss. This has helped Espargaro in particular to be more competitive on the bike, with the Spaniard fighting for victory in the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix before finishing third.
Last week F1 announced the Las Vegas Grand Prix would return to the calendar from next year with a November date slot, bolstering the number of races in the United States to three grand prix in 2023 alongside the Miami Grand Prix and the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Check out the circuit layout
12:03 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez said Wednesday he has been medically cleared to return to racing this weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas after vision problems sidelined him for the previous two races. Marquez, who missed most of the 2020 season with injuries, crashed hard
Back in 2019, Autosport thrashed it out after Colin Turkington secured his fourth BTCC crown that season. Here’s how the debate between three series correspondents went down. EDD STRAW: Apart from Colin Turkington, Andy Rouse is the other driver with four titles so it’s a good opportunity to discuss who is the greatest BTCC driver,
The Honda rider crashed heavily during warm-up for the Indonesian GP last month and was ruled unfit to race after suffering a concussion. On the flight home from Indonesia, Marquez began to experience problems with his vision and was diagnosed with a new episode of diplopia – also known as double vision. This forced Marquez
Amid worldwide freight delays that have been triggered by rising transport costs and the impact of the Ukraine war, shipments of equipment that teams had sent weeks ago risked not making it on time. A ship containing the freight of three teams, which had originally been expected to take 42 days, was delayed by more
6:30 AM ET The Australian Grand Prix circuit in Melbourne has undergone some changes for the latest edition of the race. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images Australian Grand Prix organisers will hope the days of single-lane racing at Albert Park are over as they unveil long-awaited changes to Melbourne’s lakeside circuit this week. Albert Park has hosted Formula
The new Hyundai WRC recruit enjoyed a confidence boosting run out at the championship’s last round in Sweden, posting a series of strong times that placed the Swede 1.6s from the lead after four stages. Solberg drifted away from the lead battle as the rally progressed, ultimately finishing sixth after a throttle issue resulted in