12:55 PM ET New Formula One world champion Max Verstappen said Mercedes are not as gracious in defeat as his Red Bull team. Verstappen claimed the title in dramatic fashion at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, passing Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to win. 2 Related The circumstances around the finish are controversial and
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Norris slipped from fourth to sixth in the world championship in the closing races of the season. He finishing the year with a seventh in Abu Dhabi after a late puncture dropped him down from a potential fourth place finish, and cost him the chance to challenge Carlos Sainz Jr for third. His four previous
The Suzuki rider didn’t win a race in 2021 and only scored six podiums on his way to third in the standings, 70 points down on title winner Fabio Quartararo. Mir was hampered by a lack of development on the 2021 GSX-RR relative to its championship-winning predecessor. Reflecting on the 2021 campaign, Mir insists he
During the opening run of Wednesday’s test session at the Yas Marina Circuit, wheel covers were fitted to the rear wheels of Lando Norris’s McLaren car that featured LED lights. Norris completed only one flying lap using the LED light wheel covers before returning to the pits, after which they were removed for his subsequent
2:13 PM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson‘s first Formula One race was the season finale, and he is as conflicted as anyone over the controversial ending of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the final lap Sunday to win the title, but
The announcement confirms that the 12 Hours of Sebring-winning team will continue for a fourth season with the Cadillac DPi-V.R, a model that becomes obsolete at the end of next year. The team will also continue with primary sponsorship from Mustang Sampling. With JDC-Miller’s former endurance extra Sebastien Bourdais shifting to Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac
Born Hazel Williams, she met Chapman at a dance in 1944 and Chapman’s first car, what became known as the Lotus Mark 1, was built around an Austin 7 chassis in a lock-up garage at the rear of her parents’ house in Hornsey, North London, in 1948. She took over the development of the trials
2:52 PM ET Associated Press James Hinchcliffe, one of IndyCar’s most popular drivers, said Tuesday that he is stepping away from full-time racing in the series. The Canadian driver said he is not retiring and will explore other types of racing. Andretti Autosport did not renew his contract for next year. “With a decade-plus of
Mercedes continued its record streak of constructors’ championship victories by clinching an eighth title on Sunday in Abu Dhabi, ending the season 28 points clear of Red Bull. It marked a fifth constructors’ win for Bottas to end his fifth and final season for Mercedes. Hamilton was passed on the last lap of the race
Martin stunned the paddock when he scored pole and finished third in just his second race in the Doha Grand Prix back in April, but would suffer a violent crash in FP3 at the next round in Portugal. Suffering multiple fractures, Martin missed four races and had to undergo an operation, while the injury to
Hamilton lost out in the Abu Dhabi finale after a late safety car cost him his advantage over Verstappen, and allowed the Dutchman to take fresh tyres and then jump ahead on the last lap dash to the flag after the green flag flew. Alonso and Vettel both have experience of last round showdowns, with
11:23 AM ET ABU DHABI — Dressed in a t-shirt proudly pronouncing Max Verstappen as the 2021 world champion, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner marched towards the stewards’ office on Sunday night to defend the very slogan stamped across his chest. Just four hours earlier, Horner had stood on the Abu Dhabi podium celebrating
The American 20-year-old will re-join the British team for their third season together, after campaigns in the F4 British Championship (2017) and FIA Formula 3 Championship (2019) before spending the past two years in F3 with Prema Racing and Charouz Racing System. Sargeant, who will make his F1 test debut with Williams in this week’s
Verstappen benefited from a late safety car restart to overtake Hamilton for a victory that secured him the crown in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. And although the race ended in controversy, as Mercedes protested the result over its belief the FIA did not follow its own rule book in the timing of
10:13 PM ET EDITOR’S NOTE: This story originally published on Dec. 24, 2020. Since then, Bubba Wallace earned his first career Cup win — making him the first Black driver to win a Cup Series race since 1963. That win came on Oct. 4, 2021, at Talladega, the same track that what was believed to
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Vosse made the claim after Rossi tested one of WRT’s Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evos at Valencia last week and revealed that he is working towards running the seven-time MotoGP world champion in the Pro class of next year’s GT World Challenge Europe. “Valentino is a legendary rider, but he is also impressive as a
Abu Dhabi served up one of the most dramatic ends to a season in Formula 1 history as Max Verstappen passed Lewis Hamilton on the last lap to become champion. In a controversial finish that caused confusion among drivers and frustration among fans, Verstappen capitalised on a late restart following the safety car to overtake
And now Al Unser, four-time Indianapolis 500 winner, three-time Indycar champion, has left us at the age of 82 barely seven months after elder brother Bobby, leaving a similar-sized hole in the ranks of US open-wheel legends. He never relished the spotlight like Bobby, and would never have dreamt of being as strident, but while
Hamilton had looked on course to grab the win that he needed for an eighth title, before a late safety car was brought out following a crash for Williams driver Nicholas Latifi. A decision by F1 race director Michael Masi to restart the race with one lap to go gave Verstappen, who had pitted for
1:17 PM ET Formula One world champion Max Verstappen took stock of his new status on Monday and revealed that Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff, despite threatening to appeal, had texted his congratulations. The 24-year-old handed Red Bull their first title since 2013 in Abu Dhabi on Sunday when he overtook Mercedes’ seven times world
Doohan will join the team after finishing second to Dennis Hauger in the 2021 FIA F3 Championship, taking four wins and seven podiums. The son of motorcycle racing legend Mick also led Trident to its first F3 teams’ title. It will be the Australian’s first full year in F2, having taken part in the final
While Todt praised “all those who made it possible”, many fans could not hide their anger at what they felt had been a shambolic running of the final F1 race of the season. Pouring through the messages, accusations of the FIA having rigged the event, manipulated its own rules and put the desire for
6:02 AM ET Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has apologised and said it was not his intention to play such a major role in deciding the outcome of the F1 championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Latifi’s crash on lap 52 of 58 was the spark for the safety car which changed the
After the FIA stewards initially rejected Mercedes’ protest over Max Verstappen illegally overtaking behind the safety car, a second protest was also dismissed about the restart from the late safety car period. Here’s the full FIA verdict: Protest filed by Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team against the Classification established at the end of the Competition Stewards
Max Verstappen clinched the F1 world championship title at the Yas Marina circuit after race director Michael Masi elected to restart the race with one lap to go following a brief safety car period triggered by a crash from Williams’ Nicholas Latifi. The Red Bull driver had been switched on to soft tyres for the
3:01 PM ET Bethan Clargo In a season full of drama and controversy, it almost feels fitting the championship title was decided on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton entered the race level on points — a feat that has only happened once before in the sport’s
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