Hamilton beat Red Bull driver Verstappen to pole position by four-tenths of a second in qualifying on Friday as the championship contenders locked out the front row of the grid for the sprint race. But Hamilton faces possible exclusion from the qualifying session after the DRS element of his rear wing failed the post-session checks
10:29 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Mike Salinas raced to the provisional No. 1 qualifying spot in Top Fuel on Friday in the season-ending Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway. Salinas had a 3.694-second run at 328.78 mph. Points leader Steve Torrence was second with a 3.698 at 317.05 as he
After wet conditions curtailed the top lap times in the first practice session, dry weather saw Jack Miller claim the fastest time of the day on his factory Ducati, beating Honda’s Pol Espargaro by just 0.012s after the Spaniard suffered a late fall in FP2. Francesco Bagnaia grabbed third place on the sister factory Ducati
On Thursday prior to the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix, Norris said he recently sent Rossi a “heartfelt” message ahead of the nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion’s retirement this weekend in Valencia. Norris revealed that he keeps in regular contact with Rossi – who is the McLaren’s driver’s personal hero – and explained that both have
The duel for pole was as close as the final results indicated, with Nasr setting the top time in Sector 2, while Tincknell fought back in Sector 3, but it was the Whelen Engineering Cadillac that Nasr will share with Pipo Derani and Mike Conway that ultimately prevailed. Third went to the JDC Miller Motorsports
The entire race weekend format has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first having taken place at the British GP in July and the second at the Italian GP in September. Lewis Hamilton went fastest in qualifying
5:34 PM ET Aston Martin Formula One principal Otmar Szafnauer said he had a long-term contract and no intention of leaving as he faced a grilling in Brazil on Friday about reports he could move to Renault-owned rivals Alpine. Reports in France have linked the experienced paddock insider to a future restructuring of Alpine. Silverstone-based
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Take a lap around Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta with Ryan Hardwick in the No. 16 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R.
The name’s Hunt. James Hunt. The next episode in our special McLaren50 themed series of Tooned features our second world champion James Hunt. Featuring the voices of Tom Hunt, Alexander Armstrong and Brian Cox, with a guest appearance by Murray Walker. Find out more here: http://www.mclaren.com/tooned Subscribe to our channel and never miss any of
Eight manufacturers. Five continents. One champion. The world’s only global GT3 championship is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever before!
The three-time MotoGP race winner joined Yamaha at the start of 2021 as its official test rider following his retirement from full-time competition at the end of last season. Crutchlow replaced three-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo in the role, the Spaniard having briefly returned to the marque with whom he won all three of his
MIAMI, FL – November 12, 2021 – The 8 Hours of Nurburgring takes place this weekend, which will be the longest race of the Le Mans Virtual Series to date. Le Mans Virtual Series is a joint venture between Motorsport Games and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest. The third of five rounds for the 2021-22
Verstappen’s lead over Hamilton is now 19 points – the largest gap between F1’s two 2021 title rivals at any stage since the Dutchman won the Austrian Grand Prix and secured a 32-point gap that was subsequently erased. But it was the manner of Verstappen’s win at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez last Sunday – where
5:34 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said the task of overhauling Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to win a record eighth Formula One title felt “as steep as it can be” with four races remaining and 19 points between them. The 36-year-old Mercedes driver has five wins to his Dutch rival’s nine this season, with Verstappen chasing
The nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion stands at the gates of his final MotoGP race in this weekend’s Valencia Grand Prix, as he gets set to call time on a truly glittering 26-season career. The 42-year-old will make his 432nd grand prix start this weekend having amassed 115 victories – 89 of which in
The Williams driver will replace Valtteri Bottas as Lewis Hamilton’s teammate next year, after three impressive campaigns for his current outfit. While no stranger to testing Mercedes F1 cars, having completed many runs as part of the German car manufacturer’s young driver programme, his run at the Yas Marina circuit next month will be his
Rossi is set to depart from MotoGP after a 26-year career in motorcycle racing, where he has racked up 115 victories – with 89 being taken in MotoGP – 199 podiums and seven top-class championships from 432 grand prix starts. Mercedes F1 racer Hamilton and Rossi famously swapped rides in December 2019, with the former
1:35 PM ET SAO PAULO, Brazil — Max Verstappen said he will run the number 1 on his car next season if he wins this year’s Formula One championship. Verstappen, who leads Lewis Hamilton in the championship by 19 points with four races to go, chose 33 as the number to accompany him for the
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