Having lost out on a MotoGP ride for 2022, Petrucci made a radical career shift and signed up with KTM to do the Dakar Rally for the first time. Injured while training for the event, Petrucci’s fortnight in Saudi Arabia was one filled with much drama – including a COVID near-miss, an historic stage win
Read Also: While the dates for the first two-pre season tests had been agreed several months ago, the details of the runs in Barcelona and Bahrain had still to be finalised. On Wednesday, however, F1 confirmed that its contract with both venues had been agreed, as it laid out the plans for the two three-days
The German, who is the son of seven-time champion Michael, made his debut for Haas last year as team-mate to Nikita Mazepin. While both drivers endured a challenging campaign with the Haas car having not been developed since 2020, Schumacher did enjoy some highlights – which included making it through to Q2 on merit at
When IndyCar’s current 2.2-litre V6 engines were introduced in 2012, Chevrolet won six straight manufacturers’ titles. But now Honda has won the last four. While that’s never been an accolade that garners much attention, it’s important to the OEMs themselves and it provides a clear indication that the momentum has swung toward Honda. Further evidence
Larson, who clinched the 2021 Cup Series title with victory in the 2021 season finale at Phoenix, led the way in average lap speed (131.728 mph) on the first day of a scheduled two-day test at the track on Tuesday. The Next Gen car is a wholesale change from NASCAR cars of years past, but
The Faenza-based squad said on social media that the AT03 will be revealed on Monday, 14 February but stopped short of providing any additional info about the launch. AlphaTauri is the fifth team to announce its launch date, with McLaren, Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari already having revealed when they plan to reveal their new
3:56 AM ET Formula One is brimming with exciting young talent on the verge of making themselves top tier talents. F1’s youth revolution was underlined by Max Verstappen winning the title last year but it’s been hard to ignore the rise of several other young stars. Whether it was Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in 2019 or
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Sebring always brings the heat, and this year’s Fanatec GT World America event at the classic raceway was no different. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and uninterrupted coverage of major events, as well as behind-the-scenes access, special features and
The eight-time World Rally Championship title winner drove a Toyota GR010 HYBRID at the Aragon circuit in Spain this week, less than two months after his maiden appearance in the car at the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain last November. Ogier flew to Spain straight after finishing second in last weekend’s Monte Carlo
The six-time MotoGP world champion missed the final two rounds of 2021 and remained off a motorcycle for three months over the winter due to a double vision issue resulting from a training crash in November. With surgery not needed, Marquez spent the winter gradually recovering from his vision issues – which he also suffered
The Maranello-based team had originally intended to run last year’s SF21 car for the four days of the test, which is scheduled as a warm-up exercise for race drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr, plus tester Robert Shwartzman. However, shortly before the testing programme began, Ferrari had to revise its plans because of confusion
Top Performer – Sebastien Loeb and Isabelle Galmiche After coming out on top in the battle of the WRC’s greatest of all-time, Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche fully warrant the top performer status. At 47-years-old, even the nine-time champion questioned if he can still be competitive in brand new hybrid WRC machinery in his
As part of F1’s rules overhaul for 2022, which has included a switch to ground effect cars, official tyre supplier Pirelli is also moving to 18-inch wheels. The change, allied to a desire to have rubber that is not so sensitive to overheating, has led to the compounds shifting towards being slightly harder. That will
Its first campaign under GT3 rules ended in controversial circumstances last year after Mercedes orchestrated a swap between its leading three drivers at the Norisring, asking Lucas Auer and Philip Ellis to slow down and make way for championship hopeful Maximilian Gotz. This allowed Gotz, who was 22 points adrift of standings leader Liam Lawson
The three-time championship runner-up makes his full-time return to MotoGP in 2022 with the rebranded RNF Racing Yamaha team, having sat out most of 2021 after losing his Ducati ride and contesting the final five races of the campaign with RNF’s predecessor Petronas SRT. Dovizioso has signed directly with Yamaha for 2022 and will ride
Had Andretti’s plan worked out, Herta would have moved to F1 once granted an FIA super license, replaced in Andretti Autosport’s IndyCar squad by its Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood. Instead, Herta has remained in the #26 car which he drove to three wins last season, and Kirkwood will spend his rookie season at AJ
Tsunoda showed flashes of speed and promise in 2021 but his rookie season was also marred by various crashes and errors as the Japanese youngster was overshadowed by teammate Pierre Gasly. Tsunoda raised eyebrows with a ninth place on his Bahrain debut but then struggled to build on that result. While Gasly consistently raked in
The reigning Asian and European Le Mans Series champion, who was announced as a Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific selected driver in November, will race a Porsche 911 GT3-R run by reigning champion team Herberth Motorsport in the two-weekend, four-race series in the Middle East. Ye’s participation in the ALMS alongside Klaus Bachler and Antares Au
While work is continuing on its 2022 challenger, which has a codename of 674 and is being launched on 17 February, the Maranello outfit wants to ensure its drivers and team personnel are back up to speed after the winter break. It has therefore slated in a four-day run with last year’s SF21 at its
Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche combined to pull off a sensational win over reigning champion Sebastien Ogier and new co-driver Benjamin Veillas, following a final stage decider on Sunday. The nine-time champion’s WRC return came through a one event deal with M-Sport Ford to pilot a fourth Puma at Monte Carlo, with Loeb admitting pre-event
Binder becomes the first rider since Jack Miller in 2015 to come directly to MotoGP from Moto3 this season when he makes his debut with the rebranded RNF Racing Yamaha team in 2022. The one-time Moto3 race winner’s promotion has come in for criticism owing to his aggressive nature in the lightweight class – which
F1 teams are currently putting the finishing touches to their 2022 car designs ahead of the first pre-season test that will take place at Barcelona in Spain from 23-25 February. The new designs are a complete overhaul of the regulations, with the ground effect challengers aimed at making the racing better and closing up the
The 29-year-old Briton, who took the NLS title in 2020 with the Walkenhorst BMW team, has been confirmed as a factory driver by the British manufacturer after being named on the 2022 World Endurance Championship entry list earlier this month alongside the works-run NorthWest AMR entry. He will share the NorthWest GTE Am class Aston
Together with team-mates aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway, Lopez claimed a second straight WEC title in 2021 as the crew secured their long-awaited maiden Le Mans 24 Hours victory. But with Peugeot set to join Toyota in the Le Mans Hypercar class this year and a renewed assault to
The RNF squad has been rebranded from Petronas Sepang Racing Team for 2022, after title sponsor Petronas elected to quit SRT at the end of 2021. The Sepang-run team also ultimately elected to quit MotoGP for 2022, leaving current team boss Razlan Razali to take over the outfit and rebrand it as RNF Racing. Gaining
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BMW wins the inaugural #Indy8H! Connor De Phillippi, Augusto Farfus and Nick Catsburg led a Walkenhorst Motorsport 1-2, while Bimmerworld made it a perfect day for the Bavarian Motor Works by clinching GT4 victory. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live
Formula 1’s new era begins in 2022 with new technical regulations set to see the return of ground effect cars aimed at making racing closer. After a year delay to F1’s all-new aerodynamics package due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-awaited technical overhaul is set to arrive this season. The changes have a lot to
The British squad scored its first WRC win since Rally GB in 2018 as Sebastien Loeb and co-driver Isabelle Galmiche managed to hold off Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier after an intense four-day battle. It also marked a successful debut for the new Ford Puma Rally1 the team has poured its limited resources into over the last