10:33 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Daytona Speedweeks (OK, it’s actually Speedweek now) have reached full speed leading into Thursday night’s dual 150-mile qualifying races, everyone in the Cup Series garage seems to agree that NASCAR’s newly christened rides, the so-called Next Gen machines, were needed. OK, they agree for the most part.
F1 and the FIA came in for criticism about how the final laps were handled at the last year’s season finale, which triggered the investigation led by new FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem over the winter. The outcome sees Masi replaced as F1 race director by WEC race director Eduardo Freitas and former DTM race
Brivio helmed Suzuki from 2013 as he prepared it for its full-time MotoGP return in 2015, and helped guide the marque to its first MotoGP world title in 20 years when Joan Mir won the 2020 championship. A talismanic figure for Suzuki, he dropped a bombshell on the eve of the 2021 MotoGP season when
Lopez, who was fourth driver in AXR’s #48 Cadillac DPi-V.R in the Daytona 24 Hours, will join Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Rockenfeller for the IMSA Sports Car Championship’s 12-hour classic, which the team won in 2015 and 2019. With the race held on 19 March, some hoped it would be possible for an IndyCar driver
Villeneuve, who won the F1 title in 1997 two years after his 1995 Indy 500 victory, ensured himself of a starting spot in NASCAR’s biggest race of the season on Sunday in qualifying on Wednesday night. Driving the #27 Hezeberg Ford Mustang, the Canadian takes one of the four non-charter spots on the grid, with Beard Motorsports’ Noah
Let’s start at the front of the car and get straight into the innovations: Ferrari has opted for a four-element front wing, the maximum possible under the new regulations. The nose is connected to all four elements of the wing but is a very slender design when compared with what we’ve seen elsewhere, not only
11:34 AM ET Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has joined rivals Alpine as their new team boss as part of a wider restructuring of the French Formula One outfit’s management, the Renault-owned manufacturer said on Thursday. The Romanian-American, who left Aston Martin last month, will assume the role of team principal, which was
Shot 100% on the HERO4® camera from http://GoPro.com. Ryan Villopoto’s Moto 1 from round 1 of the 2015 FIM World Motocross championship in Qatar.
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Ferrari launched its new car for the 2022 season on Thursday, featuring a radical design under the revised technical regulations and a new red and black livery. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr are set to enjoy their first extended running in the F1-75 car when pre-season testing begins at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on
Larson pipped 2021 poleman and Hendrick team-mate Alex Bowman to secure top spot for the 2022 season opener, the first points-scoring round of NASCAR’s Next-Gen era. Larson’s average lap speed in the final round was 181.159 mph – the fastest lap recorded in both rounds, after he’d been second fastest in the first runs. His
As is revealed here, Ferrari has constructed a ‘modular’ nose concept on the new F1-75 – something which has never been seen in F1 before. Rather than having a single nose section, Ferrari has split its design in to two separate elements. Towards the main chassis, there is the structural element (outlined in red) that
5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in
Pic, who competed in F1 with Marussia in 2012 and Caterham in 2013 before acting as Lotus F1 test driver in 2014, has acquired full control of the French racing team taking over from co-team principals Olivier and Gregory Driot who had been in charge since the passing of their father and team founder Jean-Paul
The series was first announced last year, with camera crews spotted at the Qatar Grand Prix season-opener following the paddock around. Like Netflix’s Drive To Survive, MotoGP’s docuseries will offer fans unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to the biggest names in the series and chart their 2021 seasons. Here is everything we know so far about the
Since the new rules were first announced there has been speculation about the possibility of a savvy competitor matching what Brawn’s own eponymous outfit did in 2009. That year Brawn GP introduced the controversial double diffuser and enjoyed a huge advantage in the early part of the season. Brawn said he couldn’t guarantee that loopholes
10:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jacques Villeneuve qualified for his first Daytona 500 then jogged down pit road anxiously searching for his team and a celebration. The 50-year-old former Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner found his partner and lifted her in the air, then he hugged his crew members.
Toyota’s six drivers, spread across the Joe Gibbs Racing and 23XI teams, were the first to file up in line and practice drafting on Tuesday as the Next Gen cars hit Daytona’s high banks for the first time in anger. Five of its Camrys ended the opening practice in sixth through 10th on the speed
MotoGP Unlimited was first revealed to be in the works with Amazon back at the start of the 2021 season in Qatar. However, the series was not officially confirmed by Dorna Sports until later in the year, with its official name – MotoGP Unlimited – revealed to press during a media invite for the Madrid
Over the last few years, in conversation and in writing, there have been times when I’ve described Simon Pagenaud as puzzling, troubled, enigmatic, lacking confidence and one of those guys who needs everything au point with his set-up in order to give his best. I’ve also opined that when he is at 100%, he has
The pair completed a shakedown of their Williams FW44 at a wet Silverstone on Tuesday, as the squad unveiled an all-new livery for the season ahead. And although the rules restricted their running to 100km in total, and the day was hit by rain, both drivers admit concerns that visibility with the new 18-inch wheels
5:49 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Red Bull have signed a multi-year partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Bybit in what the Formula One team said was the largest annual crypto deal in international sport so far. The Milton Keynes-based team did not reveal a deal value in their statement issued on Wednesday but an informed source
Two-time Formula 1 Champion Fernando Alonso is embarking on his second attempt at victory in the prestigious Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 26-27, 2019. Joining forces with Jordan Taylor, Renger Van Der Zande and Kamui Kobayashi in the No. 10 Konica Minolta DPi-V.R., Alonso and the Wayne Taylor Racing squad will battle on the
The Brazilian has been retained by the Czech team for 2022 where he will team up with Turkish Esports competitor-turned-racer Cem Bolukbasi. The 20-year-old grandson of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, joined Charouz for a part F2 campaign in 2021, beginning at Monza in September, having started the year racing for Charouz in FIA
Bagnaia enjoyed a breakout 2021 campaign as a factory Ducati team rider, winning four races and pushing eventual champion Fabio Quartararo for the championship. The Italian ended the year as runner-up, but just 26 points from Quartararo, and with the gains Ducati has made with its MotoGP package Bagnaia has been pegged by many as
The former Penske driver lapped the course in 52.11s to narrowly shade his former and current teammate Helio Castroneves, with whom he won the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona last month. Castroneves in turn was just a couple of hundredths faster than the quickest of the Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing quartet, Marcus Ericsson, around the 1.7-mile
In August 2020 the Williams family sold its majority stake to the US investment firm Dorilton Capital following years of decline, finishing at the bottom of the constructors’ championship in three consecutive seasons from 2018 to 2020. The new owners brought in former Volkswagen Motorsport chief Jost Capito in February 2021 to head a reorganised
6:37 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 We’ve seen six of the ten cars (in some form) that will contest the
Button, who contested the inaugural race in AlUla, Saudi Arabia last year before stepping aside for Kevin Hansen, has been candid about his team’s chances of returning this year. He told Autosport at the final 2021 event in Dorset that “I look forward to hopefully being involved if we can find some more funding. There’s
The series will return to Indonesia for the first time since 1997 on 20 March when the inaugural grand prix at the new Mandalika track – MotoGP’s first street circuit – is held. Ahead of the grand prix, the final three-day pre-season test of 2022 was held at the circuit situated on the island of