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