Norman was one of the first key executive hires after Liberty Media officially acquired F1 in January 2017. Her appointment in the top marketing role was announced in June that year and started in August, reporting Sean Bratches, the then managing director of commercial operations. Prior to joining F1 Norman had worked at Honda Motor
11:18 AM ET Alain Prost has accused the Alpine F1 Team of having “no respect” after his departure was leaked before being made official. Prost, a four-time Formula One world champion, had been the team’s special adviser since 2017, serving through its rebrand from Renault to Alpine ahead of last season. The F1 website announced
After a one-year delay F1 is finally introducing its much-anticipated new technical regulations in 2022, drastically overhauling the aerodynamics in a bid to improve overtaking. As F1 hopes a reduction of dirty air and a more prescriptive ruleset will make the racing closer, some observers fear that the nature of a new regulations cycle will
Coming into his second season in the premier class, Bastianini has switched from the defunct Avintia squad to Gresini Racing as it returns to being a true independent outfit following seven years as Aprilia’s factory entrant. PLUS: Ranking the top 10 MotoGP riders of 2021 Bastianini – who began his grand prix career with Gresini
It’s time to buckle up for the first GT-only race of the year, the Northeast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Le Mans (GTLM) and GT Daytona (GTD) classes are set to battle it out on the “Bull Ring” circuit on Saturday, July 21. Tune in to the television
The German manufacturer, which won last year’s constructors’ world championship, posted on social media that its W13 will be revealed on 18 February. This is the day after rival Ferrari plans to launch its car, and comes shortly before the first pre-season F1 test in Barcelona kicks off on 23 February. The Mercedes event will
6:06 AM ET Mercedes will launch the Formula One car it hopes Lewis Hamilton will race in 2022 at a virtual Silverstone event on Feb. 18. Mercedes will unveil the W13E Performance as it bids to continue its recent dominance of F1, having won eight straight Constructors’ Championships coming into this season. However, a major
Wickens will race in the TCR class of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge this season in a Hyundai Elantra N run by Bryan Herta Autosport, teaming up with fellow Canadian Mark Wilkins. He will use a specially-modified steering wheel fitted with hand-controlled brake and throttle systems, which Wilkins will be able to switch on or
The Woking outfit is the third team to reveal a launch date this far, with Aston Martin opting for 10 February and Ferrari naming 17 February. All three dates announced thus far suggest that the teams concerned are planning to run shakedown “filming days” ahead of the start of official testing at Barcelona on 23
Mercedes offered Grosjean the chance to test its 2019 W10 car following the French driver’s departure from F1 at the end of 2020, where the horrific accident he endured at the Bahrain Grand Prix proved to be his final race in the championship. To allow Grosjean to sign off on a higher note, Mercedes had
The six-time MotoGP world champion has been out of action since suffering concussion in a motocross training incident in November which triggered a return of a double vision – or diplopia – he previously had in 2011 after a Moto2 crash. After missing the final two rounds of the 2021 MotoGP campaign and the post-season
Ferrari F1 chief Mattia Binotto said in December the team was planning to launch its new car in mid-February prior to the start of pre-season testing. But Ferrari has now formalised its plans by announcing on social media that it will unveil the 2022 model on 17 February, one month from today. Ferrari is
12:27 PM ET McLaren boss Zak Brown has called for stronger leadership in Formula One to reduce the power of bigger teams and prevent the pinnacle of motorsport from turning into a “pantomime.” In a piece on the year ahead posted on the McLaren website on Monday, Brown said some rivals were seeking “excuses to
F1 and its governing body have found themselves on the receiving end of a wave of criticism for the way in which the 2021 season ended in controversy after the way a late-race safety car restart was handled at the final race. While an FIA investigation into the events of Abu Dhabi and questions over
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In October 2020 Honda announced it would pull the plug on its F1 programme after the 2021 season following seven years of supplying hybrid power units to first McLaren, and then AlphaTauri and Red Bull. That prompted Red Bull to bring the engine development in-house at its Milton Keynes campus, attracting staff from Honda and
Together with Mike Conway, Lopez and Kobayashi clinched their second consecutive WEC title in 2021, adding a long-awaited first Le Mans 24 Hours victory in the first season for the new GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. Following the season, Toyota revealed that Kobayashi will combine his duties driving the #7 car with the team principal
The Canadian believes that learning to focus on those qualities was the biggest lesson he took from the 2021 season. Latifi showed clear signs of improvement during his second year with the Grove team, and was closer to team-mate George Russell in qualifying. He scored his first points with seventh in Hungary, finishing a place
Formula 2 driver Drugovich in the #70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline led the 50-car and 200-driver field away from pole position, having seen team-mate Rietveld top qualifying the day before, just two thousand of a second ahead of the #123 Team Redline entry driven by Max Verstappen. In GTE, it was Red Bull Racing Esports in the Corvette
A resurgent Ferrari enjoyed a much more competitive 2021 season after finishing a lowly sixth the year before and challenged McLaren to third place, which the Woking team claimed in 2020. A tight battle between McLaren and Ferrari ebbed and flowed for most of the season until the Scuderia surged clear in the final third
The semi-works Ford squad has unveiled a bold new livery for its voyage into the WRC’s new hybrid era, with the team opting for a striking purple and blue colour scheme, featuring sponsorship from energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull. M-Sport was the first of the three WRC manufacturers to showcase its Rally1 prototype, choosing to
The Spaniard turned 40 last July, and with his contemporary Kimi Raikkonen now retired he is the oldest driver on this year’s grid, ahead of 37-year-old Lewis Hamilton. Alonso made his Grand Prix debut with Minardi in 2001. He missed the 2002 season while serving as Renault test driver and took a break from F1
The Japanese marque unveiled its new weapon at the WRC’s official 2022 season launch at Hangar-7 in Salzburg, Austria, in front of new FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Toyota has elected to continue with the same red, black and white factory livery that made its debut on the Yaris last season. However, to highlight the
Villeneuve won his 1997 championship for Williams following a controversial finale at Jerez, where Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher crashed into him as they battled over the title. Speaking at Daytona, where he was testing ahead of a planned NASCAR Cup Series comeback next month, Villeneuve said the disputed ending to the 2021 F1 season in Abu
The 32-year-old Canadian, who suffered a severe spinal injury in a crash during the 13th race of a startlingly strong rookie IndyCar campaign in 2018, announced his return to racing as he joins the Bryan Herta Autosport Hyundai team. In a media conference that followed the announcement, Wickens admitted that his amazing rehabilitation from a litany
The 24-year-old Spaniard, who won his maiden IndyCar title in his first season with Ganassi in 2021, will be added to Ganassi’s roster along with fellow Ganassi IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Marcus Ericsson. Palou and three-time Daytona outright winner Dixon will drive the team’s #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R alongside full-time drivers Renger van der Zande
Alfa Romeo announced in November that it would race with an all-new driver pairing in 2022 after signing Formula 2 graduate Guanyu Zhou to partner Valtteri Bottas, who joins from Mercedes. It will be the first time since the start of the team’s existing engine deal and agreement with Ferrari in 2018 that it has
5:20 AM ET Seven-times MotoGP motorcycle world champion Valentino Rossi said he will return to the track to compete in car racing in the GT World Challenge Europe, joining Belgian outfit WRT. Rossi, who called time on an illustrious motorcycling career spanning more than two decades in 2021, had previously spoken of a desire to
In this episode of Tooned, Jenson Button, Sergio Perez, and Professor M (voiced by Alexander Armstrong), are gathered at the McLaren Technology Centre to celebrate our 50th anniversary when a mystery guest arrives….. Line up on the grid for the first episode in the new series of Tooned! Inspired by McLaren50, Tooned takes a look
Run successfully last year in conjunction with Motorsport Games, the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual returns for 2021 with a bumper roster featuring 200 eRacing drivers – representing 39 different nationalities – piloting the 50 cars (4-drivers in each car in rotation over the 24 hours) located in 28 different countries. The line-up of