After 26 seasons of grand prix racing, having made his 125cc debut back in 1996, MotoGP legend Rossi will bring his illustrious career to an end this weekend in Valencia on his 432nd race start. Winning nine grand prix world titles – seven of which in the premier class – Rossi has tallied up 115
Verstappen heads into this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix leading Lewis Hamilton by 19 points in the drivers’ championship with four races remaining in the season. The Red Bull driver has scored back-to-back wins in the United States and Mexico to grow his lead, and has a chance to add to his haul in the
The Finn did not get away brilliantly from pole position in Mexico City last weekend, as Verstappen, who started right behind him, was able to drag up alongside him down a gap left on the outside of the track. That opening was enough to allow Verstappen to outbrake Bottas and his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton
2:50 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — McLaren’s Lando Norris revealed boyhood hero Valentino Rossi texted him ahead of what will be the Moto GP legend’s final race this weekend. Norris is well known as a Rossi fan and got to meet the Italian rider at an event in 2019. The two have remained in
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Fresh off an endurance race, IMSA teams are prepared to be tested at CTMP as the series heads to Canada for the only time this season.
When you hear the name James Hunt, you don’t invariably think of secret agents, dangerous Alpine skiing adventures, and Formula 1 cars equipped with ejector seats, right? Well, you might do after watching this special episode of McLaren’s TOONED animation series. We’ve once again teamed up Oscar-winning visual effects house Framestore to create an appropriately
Encouraged by the success of the Blancpain Endurance Series, world-renowned Swiss watch manufacture Blancpain and the SRO Motorsports Group decide at the end of 2013 to extend their partnership to the Sprint series, previously promoted as the FIA GT Series, offering teams and drivers the opportunity to compete for an overall Blancpain GT Series title,
The Spaniard made a winning start to 2021 in the Qatar GP on the factory Yamaha, but struggled from that point on, with the relationship between both parties breaking down irreparably over the ensuing months. Vinales was dropped by Yamaha mid-season following a suspension from the Austrian Grand Prix after he was found to have
Speaking exclusively on Motorsport.tv’s This Week with Will Buxton show, 29-year-old Californian Larson – who won the Cup title at Phoenix for the Hendrick Motorsports team last weekend – said he’s never seen an F1 car run in the flesh on a grand prix weekend. “I’m really excited, I’ve never been to an F1 race
Indy Lights champion Kirkwood was confirmed this morning as the #14 AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet driver for 2022, and Larry Foyt believes this will help his team lure staff to bolster the engineering line-up. Kirkwood has proven himself by becoming the first driver to win the championship at each level of the Road To Indy, accumulating
Max Verstappen opened up a 19-point lead over Lewis Hamilton at the top of the F1 drivers’ championship by winning in Mexico on Sunday, marking his second victory in three weeks. Red Bull also cut into Mercedes’ constructors’ championship advantage as Sergio Perez finished third, reducing the gap to just a single point with four
Mir emerged as the most consistent force of a chaotic 2020 MotoGP season, which saw nine riders win grands prix in a COVID-19-shortened 14-race calendar. The Suzuki rider won at the European Grand Prix in Valencia a week before he would be crowned world champion, but has struggled in 2021 in what turned out to
The 10-hour Road Atlanta event will bring down the curtain on four seasons of competition in IMSA’s GT Le Mans division with a pair of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-run machines. After three full-time campaigns from 2018 to 2020, which yielded a pair of class wins in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, BMW scaled back its
It’s not often that a seasoned sportscar veteran gets a shot at a professional single-seater gig in their mid-30s. But although his IndyCar career lasted just one race, which was ended by an engine failure, Lucas Luhr can claim to be part of that select club after his 2013 cameo at Sonoma for the Sarah
While it’s an impressive feat, given the significant regulation changes that arrive next year and against the backdrop of the cost cap, it also shows its commitment level in the battle for the 2021 championships. Aside from new engine cover bodywork, Red Bull was also bringing the changes in terms of its front brake duct layout in Mexico. Another new
10:52 AM ET Formula One has banned celebrities from bringing bodyguards to the starting grid after an incident with commentator and former racer Martin Brundle at last month’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin. The 62-year-old Briton, a former team mate of Germany’s seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, was doing his pre-race ‘grid walk’ for
The Porsche GT Team had previously stated its intent to take its case to the International Court of Appeal, but on Wednesday evening revealed via social media that it had reversed this decision. In a Twitter thread, Porsche explained it had intended “to carry out a full examination of the circumstances and the facts in
With the majority of the biggest prizes in MotoGP decided, focus will turn to nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi’s final race before retiring following an illustrious career. While Rossi will be hoping for a final flourish, with it marking his last chance to secure that elusive 200th career grand prix podium, the familiar frontrunners will
Kirkwood, who won the championship in all three categories on the Road To Indy between 2018 and ’21, scored 10 wins on his way to the Lights title, but his erstwhile team owner Michael Andretti couldn’t find a berth in his IndyCar team for the 23-year-old. However, the youngster’s contract meant he wasn’t allowed to
F1 is currently embarking on its latest triple-header run of races across Mexico, Brazil and Qatar, posing significant travel distances for staff involved in all three events. It emerged on Wednesday that some teams were still waiting on freight to arrive in Brazil, impacting their preparations at Interlagos ahead of the Sao Paulo Grand Prix
11:12 AM ET Associated Press Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood, the most well-rounded driver of the next wave of young IndyCar newcomers, has at last found an open seat and will drive for A.J. Foyt Racing next season. Kirkwood will drive Foyt’s flagship No. 14 Chevrolet, the team said Wednesday. Sebastien Bourdais drove the car
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Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Road America.
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The Total 24 Hours of Spa staged its 20th edition since GT rules were introduced in 2001. We had to wait a little longer than usual before heading to the Ardennes. While the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic altered the character of this year’s event, what did not change, however, was the level of
The 20-year-old Australian is set to team up with the Italian squad for the three-day test at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina circuit from 16-18 December. This will be Williams’ first experience behind the wheel of an F2 car with the opportunity arriving following his second season of FIA F3. Driving for Jenzer Motorsport, Williams finished
Petrucci will carry the colours of Tech3 – the squad with which he raced for in MotoGP this year – on his KTM 450 Rally bike as he makes a switch to cross-country rallying after a career spent largely in circuit racing. The 31-year-old has already completed a test on desert terrain under the watchful
The Brazilian round hosts the middle leg of a triple-header, officially called the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, following last weekend’s Mexican GP where Max Verstappen claimed a dominant victory ahead of F1 title rival Lewis Hamilton to extend his advantage to 19 points at the top of the drivers’ championship. Brazil will also host the
3:42 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments he made about Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the aftermath of the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton finished second behind title rival and championship leader Max Verstappen in Mexico City. After the race, Hamilton joined Mercedes boss Toto Wolff in criticising Bottas’ lack