9:51 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Justin Ashley won the Top Fuel final in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series opener Sunday, beating Austin Prock in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Ashley had a 3.694-second run at 314.53 mph for his third career victory. “We know coming into the day the Top
The French manufacturer has changed colour schemes for this season, off the back of a new title sponsorship with water company BWT, whose branding and iconic pink corporate colour features on the front wing, sidepods and rear wing. The A522 features a pushrod suspension at the front, with pullrod at the rear. The nose is
The Italian finished runner-up in the 2021 season after winning four races, and comes into the new campaign as one of the favourites for the championship. Bagnaia has been a long-term project for Ducati, who signed him to ride for Pramac in 2019 at the start of 2018 before he’d won that year’s Moto2 crown.
Cindric, in his first full season in Cup Series, led the way on the start of the two-lap overtime following a crash involving Ricky Stenhouse Jr and Chris Buescher. But as the last lap got underway, he got a big shove out from Penske team-mate Ryan Blaney that took him clear of outside lane runner
Alpine announced earlier this month that Austrian water technology company BWT had joined as its new title sponsor for this year, having previously been a partner of Aston Martin, Racing Point and Force India. The French team unveiled the livery for its new car, the A522, in a launch event on Monday before its on-track
1:01 PM ET Alpine will contest the first two Formula One races of 2022 in a predominantly pink livery before switching to a different scheme for the rest of the season. This year Alpine has a new title sponsor, BWT, which previously sponsored the Force India team in 2018 and 2019. To mark that new
Ahead of the new F1 season, motor racing’s governing body is mindful teams could try to make the most of bendy wings or floors to give themselves a performance advantage. Getting wings to flex down on the straights can bring a reduction in drag to improve straightline speed, while the new ground effect cars means
Bagnaia has been with Ducati for the entirety of his MotoGP career thus far, having been signed by the Italian marque to join Pramac in 2019 at the start of 2018 before the Valentino Rossi protege had even won that year’s Moto2 crown. Though his first two seasons with Pramac and Ducati in MotoGP were
The 1.7-mile, 13-turn short course at Sebring is the nearest that IndyCar squads can get to testing on a street course. Its bumps and kerbs send the chassis into paroxysms, while putting a team’s shock and damper programme under the spotlight. “It’s not bad – the best representation we’ve got of a street course,” said
The 23XI Racing driver tried desperately to shove Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney and get in position to race leader Austin Cindric for the win in Sunday’s Daytona 500. He succeeded in the first part but not in the second, just coming up short of winner Cindric at the finish on Sunday. The runner-up finish was
Leclerc and Sainz enjoyed a successful first season as team-mates at Ferrari in 2021, lifting the team from sixth in the standings the previous year to finish third with five podium finishes and two poles. The duo were evenly matched throughout the year, and enjoyed a handful of close on-track moments, most notably during their
8:36 AM ET Michael Andretti’s plan to enter F1 in 2024 — revealed after his father, racing legend and 1978 F1 champion Mario, tweeted about it at the weekend — certainly caused a stir in the motor racing world. There is already an American F1 team, Haas, but the team has shied away from signing
Latifi faced a barrage of abuse on social media platforms after his late crash in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix brought out a safety car, which ultimately led to a last-lap restart that decided the championship. The Williams driver said in December he had faced death threats amid the abuse, and revealed this week he
9:56 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Who in the world is Austin Cindric? As the 2022 Daytona 500 ground its way to the checkered flag, finally ending a 3½-hour enduro race that put a dozen cars behind the wall and saw 25 of the 40 cars in the field caught up in accidents (that’s
A big crash for McLaren’s Tanner Foust halted proceedings at the end of the first lap, with double World Rally champion Carlos Sainz (Acciona Sainz) having built a two-second lead over nine-time champion Sebastian Loeb (X44). But at the resumption Johan Kristofferson came from behind to snatch victory for RXR and new co-driver Mikaela Ahlin-Kottulinsky.
The 2021 MotoGP season proved to be a breakout campaign for Aprilia, as Espargaro guided it to its first podium in the modern premier class era seven years into its comeback. Aprilia – entering its first campaign since its comeback as an outright manufacturer team having previously run its operation in conjunction with Gresini
The main aim of the 2022 technical regulations is to create a wake that allows following cars to maintain much higher downforce levels as they close in compared with the previous cars. The aero package was developed by a team working at the F1 organisation under Brawn and led by aerodynamicist Jason Sommerville, who focussed
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The team announced the move prior to the start of Sunday’s Daytona 500, with the #9 Chevrolet driver’s current contract having been set to expire following the conclusion of the 2022 season. “I feel so fortunate to be in this position,” said Elliott. “I have a great team with leadership from Alan (Gustafson, crew chief)
The 15-time MotoGP race winner will contest his first full season on a Yamaha since 2012 this year as he continues with RNF Racing – rebranded from Petronas SRT, whom he joined on a Yamaha contract from last year’s San Marino Grand Prix. Dovizioso has been very open about his struggles to adapt his riding
He also admits that the tighter cap will make it hard for a team that discovers it has followed the wrong concept with the new rules to switch direction and produce a substantially modified car during the 2022 season. This year the cost cap drops from $145m to $140m, forcing the bigger teams to further
7:00 AM ET NASCAR president Steve Phelps (in suitcoat) presented Kyle Larson with the championship trophy in 2021, a year after he suspended the driver for a racial slur. Chris Graythen/Getty Images DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR President Steve Phelps is sitting in his office overlooking Daytona International Speedway. You can see and hear race cars
Hydrogen has long been touted as a ‘clean’ energy source for future mobility, as the only byproduct following intra-cell electrolysis reaction is water. Championship founder Alejandro Agag, who first shared his intention to adopt hydrogen power in the SUV series at XE’s launch in 2019, described the move as “a natural evolution of our mission
After being dropped by Red Bull, Albon spent last season racing in the DTM while also working on the Milton Keynes team’s 2021 and 2022 F1 cars in its simulator. He says the opportunity to take a step back while also assisting Max Verstappen’s successful title campaign has given him a “global view” of what it
10:22 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Brittany Force took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Force had a 3.661-second run at 333.91 mph in the final qualifying session, giving her 33 career No. 1 qualifiers. She drove
Nine-time World Rally Championship-winner Sebastian Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez took a comfortable victory in the faster of the two heats on the new Neom layout, with Timmy Hansen and Catie Munnings triumphing in the other heat for Andretti United after a time penalty for defending champions Rosberg X Racing. In a late format change, the
MotoGP is set to stage its longest-ever calendar this season, as the addition of the returning Indonesian and Finnish Grands Prix – last hosted in 1997 and 1981 respectively – brings the number of races to 21. This is despite the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020 still being designated as a pandemic by the World Health
‘I’m back and stronger than ever’ was Hamilton’s clear message, and he left those who heard him speak in no doubt that he absolutely meant what he said. Following the controversial finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton made a few generous comments about new world champion Max Verstappen in parc ferme. But, understandably
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