As revealed by Autosport last month the calendar will grow next year from 12 to 13 rounds. As it stands 12 of those rounds are locked in while one, on the last weekend of July, is listed as TBC. That’s expected to eventually be filled by The Bend Motorsport Park. The season will be book-ended
The defending F1 world champion held on to take his fifth pole of the season in Jeddah after Max Verstappen hit the wall at the final corner on his last lap in Q3, having looked set to grab top spot at the finish. The crash meant Verstappen will start the inaugural Saudi Arabian GP from
5:21 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Race after race, corner after corner, Max Verstappen has been pushing his Red Bull to the limit this year. His impeccable judgement of speed versus grip has saved him from disaster and delivered him to glory on numerous occasions, but on the final corner of the final lap
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Hamilton will meet with the stewards one hour before the start of qualifying at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit over two separate incidents that took place in FP3. Hamilton was initially summoned for allegedly not respecting double-waved yellow flags 22 minutes into the session. A second summons was issued by the stewards 20 minutes later for
Nine-time grand prix motorcycle racing world champion Rossi called time on his illustrious career at the end of last month’s Valencia Grand Prix finale, the conclusion to his 26th season. Rossi’s career was defined by the numerous intense rivalries he had with the likes of Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc
“I remember my race for third place with Mansell at Suzuka in ’94. Every lap he tried to pass in the same place, and I knew on the last lap he’d go for it and probably take us both off. But the race had been stopped and restarted, and I was ahead on overall time,
Red Bull enters the penultimate race of the season in Saudi Arabia trailing Mercedes by just five points at the top of the constructors’ championship, while Max Verstappen sits eight points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ standings. It has given the team a shot at winning its first title since 2013, but Perez
Hamilton topped both free practice sessions at the Jeddah Corniche street circuit, narrowly edging out teammate Valtteri Bottas and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly in the second session. His title rival Max Verstappen ended up fourth in FP2 in the Red Bull, two tenths behind Hamilton, after the Dutchman finished a close second to the world champion
12:20 PM ET Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he wants to do everything in his power to be a force for positive change in Saudi Arabia ahead of the country’s first race. Hamilton will wear Pride colours on his race helmet for the second race in a row this weekend, having done so at
The high-speed characteristics of the Jeddah circuit, with blind apexes and a narrow run to the final corner, means drivers on flat-out laps only get to see slower cars ahead of them at the very last moment. With huge closing speeds between those cars waiting for a clear bit of track to start their run,
The Mercedes driver completed a clean sweep of top times on Friday in Jeddah, leading FP2 by 0.061s from team-mate Valtteri Bottas despite both drivers having their soft tyre qualifying-style runs hampered. The second practice session was ended prematurely by a heavy crash for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. As F1 drivers got to grips with the
1:31 PM ET Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff is to meet survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after apologising on behalf of his team on Friday for any distress caused by a sponsorship deal with a company linked to the 2017 disaster. The deal with Kingspan, an Irish company that produces high-performance insulation and
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Ahead of the Saudi Arabian GP, Mercedes announced a new sponsorship deal with the insulation and building envelope firm Kingspan – with the company’s logos appearing on the W12 car. The move triggered a backlash from survivors and those families impacted by the Grenfell fire disaster in 2017, which killed 72 people. Kingspan’s K15 insulation
Rossi, who retired from bike racing at the conclusion of this year’s MotoGP season, will take part in the two six-hour events that make up the Yas Marina enduro in Abu Dhabi on 8 January aboard a Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo. PLUS: Valentino Rossi’s 10 greatest MotoGP races The seven-time MotoGP champion’s team-mates
A fortnight ago Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Williams duo George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all suffered similar looking left front tyre failures during the race at Losail. The puncture caused a retirement for Latifi, while the remaining three victims managed to get back to the pits and continue their race, although
8:58 AM ET SAM SCHMIDT had to wait seventeen years to drive his wife to a date. He wasn’t even meant to be alive at that point, not after what happened to him back in January 2000. Back then, Schmidt was a racing driver, doing what he loved the most, preparing for a new Indy
Gasly started the inaugural F1 race at the Losail International Circuit from second, the first front-row start of his F1 career, after yellow flag penalties demoted Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas. But despite pursuing a two-stop strategy to mitigate the heavy tyre wear expected at the Qatar track, Gasly struggled badly with overheating and wearing
With the US Air Force pulling its support for the #20 car which oval specialist and team owner Ed Carpenter shares with a road/street course driver, ECR has been freed up to enter discussions with non-American drivers. As a result, 2012 IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay’s candidacy for the ride has looked weaker and 26-year-old Aitken has emerged
The Aston Martin driver has been quite active this year in promoting equality, and has been open about being uneasy regarding some of the attitudes towards women that are common in Saudi Arabia. But rather than elect to simply speak out against what he does not like, Vettel used his presence in the country to
1:31 PM ET Sebastian Vettel organised a karting event for women in Saudi Arabia this week ahead of the country’s first Formula One race. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place in Jeddah on Sunday against a backdrop of accusations of “sportswashing” by human rights groups. One of the controversies is over rights for
The two Gen3 prototypes were formally unveiled at Mount Panorama this morning ahead of their 2022 testing programme. A full field of Gen3 cars will then make their competitive debut at the opening round of the 2023 season. As promised the next-generation cars very closely resemble their road-going counterparts, particularly when compared to the current
Quartararo made history in 2021 when he became France’s first ever MotoGP world champion, while also ending a title drought for Yamaha dating back to Jorge Lorenzo in 2015. The French rider, who stepped up to the factory Yamaha squad in 2021 to take Valentino Rossi’s place, won five times and scored four other podiums
The high average speeds and sequences of flat out and blind corners on the track, which is hosting the country’s first grand prix this weekend, means that drivers will have little warning if there’s an accident ahead. With the circuit’s characteristics in mind, Sainz says drivers will have to rely on track marshals and race
1:54 PM ET The survivors’ group of the Grenfell Tower fire has written to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff to ask the reigning Formula One champions to end their sponsorship deal with building materials company Kingspan. Kingspan made some of the insulation cladding used on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower, which caught fire on June 14,
Get set for Snett with a look at this weekend’s Intelligent Money British GT Championship entry 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 fun from inside the
Raikkonen announced in September that the 2021 season will be his last in the sport, bringing a career that spans over 20 years to a close. The 42-year-old Finn made his F1 debut with Sauber in 2001 and went on to win the 2007 title with Ferrari, scoring a total of 21 victories with the
In many sports the last event of the season sees the presentation of the trophy to the winner. At the Indy 500 the Borg-Warner trophy is given to the winner moments after they step out of the car, in the NFL the Lombardi Trophy – given to the winners of the Super Bowl – is