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 Sky Original documentary titled ‘Queen of Speed’ recounts the story of how Mouton fought to break into the male-dominated world of motorsport in 1970s and 1980s, winning four World Rally Championship events in the frightening Group B era, while becoming a trailblazer and arguably the most successful female in motorsport history. Mouton, now aged
The Honda rider crashed during an off-road training session last Saturday and suffered what HRC described as a mild concussion. Having still been experiencing symptoms when he went for a check-up ahead of the Algarve Grand Prix, the decision was made to bench Marquez for MotoGP’s return to Portugal for a second time this season
From 11th on the grid the Italian had a great first lap, avoiding incidents ahead to jump up to sixth place. He lost a spot to Carlos Sainz Jr after the restart, but he was still running a strong seventh ahead of Sebastian Vettel when he was called in for an early pit stop on lap
4:49 AM ET Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has blamed social media for “exploiting” his criticism of AlphaTauri’s Japanese rookie Yuki Tsunoda at the Mexico City Grand Prix. Horner told Sky television that his drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez had been “Tsunoda’d” in qualifying after their final flying laps were affected by the
Bottas has already visited the Hinwil factory and had a seat fitting in anticipation of a deal being reached. Usually in such situations, complex commercial arrangements have to be addressed. However, the date of the 18-inch tyre test – on 14-15 December – is so late in the calendar year that it falls close to
Bagnaia made these comments in response to the incident involving Darryn Binder in Sunday’s Moto3 Algarve Grand Prix, in which the MotoGP-bound South African controversially wiped out title hopeful Dennis Foggia on the last lap while trying to overtake another rider. Binder – younger brother of double MotoGP race winner Brad – will make his
With the world championship battle between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton so close, their team-mates have been used at races this year to try to take away fastest lap points. In Mexico, with Valtteri Bottas outside of the points following his Turn 1 incident, Mercedes made a late switch to softs for the Finn to
6:17 AM ET With four races left of the F1 season, Max Verstappen appears to be on the verge of a first world championship title. He leads title rival Lewis Hamilton by 19 points with 109 to play for. Here’s the run-in: Nov. 14: Brazilian Grand Prix Nov. 21: Qatar Grand Prix Dec. 5: Saudi
Alongside the full-time #79 entry raced by Cooper MacNeil, Matt Campbell and/or Mathieu Jaminet – the trio will be reunited this weekend – WeatherTech/Proton Competition will enter the #97 driven by Porsche’s Kevin Estre, Michael Christensen, and Frederic Makowiecki. “Together with Porsche we wanted to try and give the IMSA GTLM class a proper send-off,”
Miller was overtaken by the charging LCR Honda of Marquez on lap 12 of 23 in Sunday’s red-flagged Algarve race, but finally found a way through again on lap 21 when Marquez ran wide. The Ducati rider suffered several moments in the latter stages when he reclaimed third from Marquez, with the Spaniard right on
Four-time NASCAR Cup champion Jeff Gordon says that 2021 series winner Kyle Larson has done “amazing things” in his first season with Hendrick Motorsports. After a brief stint as a TV analyst with Fox Sports following his racing career, Gordon returned to Hendrick in an official role in June of this year as vice-chairman of
The Monegasque and his team-mate were locked in a tight fight with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly throughout the Mexico City race as they battled for fourth spot. A strategy offset between the two Ferrari drivers, with Sainz having extended his opening stint to have fresher hards at the end, had brought him on to the back
7:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton has blamed Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas for leaving the “door open” to title rival Max Verstappen at the first corner of the Mexican Grand Prix on Sunday. After Mercedes locked out the front of the grid for the first time this season, Verstappen passed both Hamilton and pole-sitter Bottas as
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Following the 19 June 2020 meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, the sporting regulations were amended to support the “sporting and financial” health of the series. Among these updates, each driver was cut from four to three new rear and front tyres per event (practice, qualifying and the race) and four of each
The outgoing world champion endured a torrid couple of races at Misano and COTA last month, and admitted he was “mentally collapsed” after the Emilia Romagna GP – which forced him to take a full week off from training. In Portugal last weekend Mir enjoyed his strongest weekend of the season, qualifying on the front
The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who finished second in 2018 with Furniture Row Racing and again in 2019 with JGR, led for 72 laps on Sunday and hit the front in stage three after undercutting his title rivals at what should have been the final stop of the race and cycling him back to the
Bearman, 16, joins the academy that helped further the careers of drivers such as Charles Leclerc, Jules Bianchi, Lance Stroll and Callum Ilott over the past decade. The signing of Bearman comes following an impressive outing at the FDA Scouting World Finals that were held in Maranello last month. Bearman is also a finalist for
6:33 AM ET MEXICO CITY — With four races remaining, Max Verstappen’s grip on the 2021 Formula One title is looking stronger than ever. His ninth win of the season on Sunday moved him 19 points clear of Lewis Hamilton in the championship standings, with a maximum of 107 points (including those for the Brazil
Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Max Verstappen took a dominant victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, leaving Perez to challenge Mercedes rival Hamilton for second place. Perez sat within two seconds of Hamilton when Mercedes brought him into the pits, prompting Red Bull to go long with its strategy and open up an 11-lap tyre
The Yamaha rider struggled to seventh in Saturday’s qualifying at the Algarve GP and couldn’t make much inroads from there, despite feeling like he had pace to match race winner Francesco Bagnaia. Quartararo would run as high as sixth, but got stuck behind the Pramac Ducati of Jorge Martin and couldn’t overtake owing to the
Having won out in the ‘regular season’, Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson continued his impressive form throughout the playoffs, and capped off an excellent season with a strong defensive drive from Martin Truex Jr, who was looking to claim his second Cup Series title. Larson led the most laps at Phoenix, but had fallen out of lead
Polesitter Bottas and Hamilton had locked out the front row for Mercedes, with the team hoping to use that opportunity to exert control on the Mexico City race early on. The two were three-wide heading into the first corner with Verstappen, who swept around the outside and claimed the lead of the race with Hamilton
10:01 PM ET Ferrari hauled themselves back above McLaren in the battle for third place in the Formula One constructors’ championship after both drivers finished in the points at the Mexico City Grand Prix on Sunday. From starting the race 3.5 points adrift, the Italian team moved 13.5 clear of their British rivals and with
The Frenchman is considering a move into sportscars next year, having already announced that this month’s season-closing Rally Monza will be his final appearance in WRC as a full-time rally driver. The Toyota driver, who currently leads the WRC standings from team-mate Elfyn Evans, got his first taste of the title-winning GR010 Hybrid on Sunday
Bagnaia’s 2021 title hopes came to an end late on in the previous Emilia Romagna GP when he crashed out of the lead, with Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo emerging from the Misano weekend as the world champion. The Ducati rider put those demons behind him to qualify on pole in Portugal with a new lap record