BMW’s Augusto Farfus and Nick Catsburg are the 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Powered by Pirelli Drivers’ champions after winning the Kyalami 9 Hour along with Walkenhorst Motorsport co-driver and home favourite Sheldon van der Linde. Audi Sport Team WRT’s Frederic Vervisch, Mirko Bortolotti and Charles Weerts came home second ahead of Matt Campbell, Patrick Pilet
The F1 world championship leader produced a 1m17.301s to top FP2 by an impressive 0.424s from Valtteri Bottas, who had been fastest in the first practice session, with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton slotting into third place. That meant home hero Sergio Perez had to settle for fourth place in FP2, but did recover from a
The factory Yamaha rider celebrated clinching the 2021 riders’ world title by topping both Friday practice sessions at Portimao – a circuit he won at back in April – edging Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by 0.132s at the end of FP2. Jack Miller on the sister factory Ducati claimed third place in both Friday practice sessions,
China was the first race to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic back in 2020, and it failed to make it back on to either last year’s or this year’s schedule. With international travel restrictions still quite tight as the country bids to keep control on the impact of COVID-19, F1 has decided to again
7:25 PM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner emphasised on Friday that team orders were a part of Formula One and refused to rule out telling Mexican Sergio Perez to give up a home victory this weekend. No Mexican driver has ever won a home grand prix but Perez has a winning car and has
Ratel’s eponymous organisation will work with the Asian arm of the ACO-owned Le Mans Endurance Management organisation to run the ALMS from the end of next year as part of a wide-reaching agreement. The ALMS and the Stephane Ratel Organisation’s GT World Challenge Asia will combine in the same as the GTWC Europe Endurance Sprint
Verstappen currently leads the F1 drivers’ championship by 12 points over Hamilton as he goes in search of Red Bull’s first title since 2013. Verstappen and Mercedes rival Hamilton have collided twice on-track this year, crashing together at Silverstone and at Monza amid one of the most intense title fights F1 has seen in the
Suzuki’s Joan Mir set the early pace in FP2 with a 1m41.495s, with LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami edging ahead of him with a 1m40.985s just over six minutes into the session. Moments later Nakagami’s team-mate Alex Marquez moved to the top of the order with a 1m40.862s, which put him ninth on the combined times which
Truex has won four races this season – second-most among the title contenders – and won the spring race at Phoenix Raceway, the venue of Sunday’s title race. Yet Truex seems to have flown under the radar because three of his victories came early in the season. While he had to fight and claw for
With Albon’s commitments to race in the DTM this season having come to an end, AlphaTauri boss Franz Tost revealed at the Mexican Grand Prix that the Thai driver was now assisting Tsunoda. “It’s true,” said Tost. “Alex comes to Yuki, talks with him, explains him the track, whatever, and Yuki asks [questions]. It’s a
4:56 PM ET Jose Antonio Cortes MEXICO CITY – Sergio Perez is his first and harshest critic. The Mexican driver hasn’t liked his 2021 Formula One season, but he feels he has found his place within Red Bull Racing Honda and is confident his year-end grade will reflect improvement. In an interview with ESPN ahead
The 2019-20 champion had been speculatively linked to Mercedes in the event that reigning champion Nyck de Vries was signed by the Williams Formula 1 team for 2021, while a return to Andretti Autosport was also rumoured after the Techeetah race team’s owner SECA sought investment in the wake of the pandemic. Autosport understands this
Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi will call time on his illustrious 26-season career at the conclusion of next week’s Valencia finale, but is likely to end his final MotoGP season without a podium. Rossi hasn’t won a grand prix since Assen in 2017 and his appearances on the rostrum have declined in recent
With five races remaining, there are just 3.5 points separating the two teams. But with Ferrari making good performance gains in recent races following the introduction of an upgraded engine, McLaren knows that it is facing a big challenge to hold on to its position. Norris insists that McLaren is not downbeat about its prospects,
9:21 AM ET Formula One leader Max Verstappen said he was not worrying about COVID-19 affecting the championship outcome but rival Lewis Hamilton remained wary as countries ease restrictions. Hamilton tested positive for the coronavirus last December and had to miss the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain, which came after the Mercedes driver had sealed
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With The Roar Before The Rolex 24 in the rearview mirror, all eyes are on the 56th running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Everyone wants to triumph in this twice-around-the-clock race, but who will take home a coveted Rolex watch? Tune in on Saturday, January 27th on FOX at 2 p.m. ET to find
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Since returning to F1 at the start of 2021, Alonso has delivered several fiery in-race messages regarding moves he has been displeased by or regarding officiating calls with which he disagrees. This includes his comments on drivers going off-track at the start of the Austrian races – he also suggested the reaction to his trip
The Yamaha rider made history in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix two weeks ago when he became France’s first MotoGP world champion after finishing the Misano race fourth while main rival Francesco Bagnaia crashed out of the lead late on. The 22-year-old also ended a drought for Yamaha dating back to 2015 when Jorge Lorenzo
Mercedes driver Hamilton heads into the Mexico race weekend trailing Verstappen by 12 points in the fight for the drivers’ championship with five races remaining. The two drivers have crashed together twice this year – at Silverstone and at Monza – and almost had a run-in during practice for the United States Grand Prix two
5:59 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Lewis Hamilton says he is determined to win this year’s title “the right way” and has ruled out attempting to secure the championship by colliding with his rival Max Verstappen. Hamilton is 12 points behind Verstappen with five races remaining, meaning the championship could still go down to the
While Perez has a golden chance to grab a victory that would delight the local crowd, he is well aware that Red Bull’s priority will be in ensuring his teammate Max Verstappen maximises his points. One potential scenario is that Perez could be leading the race from Verstappen on Sunday, before being told to move
The 2021 campaign enters its home stretch this weekend with the Algarve Grand Prix, before the Valencia GP next week brings the curtain down on the season. Yamaha’s Quartararo has already been crowned world champion, after finishing fourth in the previous Emilia Romagna GP, while Bagnaia crashed from the lead to seal the Frenchman his
Speaking at the announcement that Devlin DeFrancesco will complete the team’s four-entry IndyCar line-up for 2022, the Andretti Autosport CEO opened up on the negotiations to secure a stake in the Swiss F1 team. “I’d just like to put an end to some of these rumours that the deal fell through because of financial reasons. That
Formula 1 has had its fair share of driver rivalries since the first world championship in 1950. Some have been fought out fairly, others have been filled with controversy, many have been brief, while a handful have been almost career-long. The best have decided world championships. For this list, we’ve picked out F1’s biggest rivalries,
6:55 AM ET This article was originally posted in 2018, to mark the ten-year anniversary of the race. play 2:34 Maurice Hamilton recalls the most dramatic of championship finishes at Interlagos in 2008. One of the most dramatic Formula One world championship finales occurred at the Brazilian Grand Prix in November 2008. It all started
The Italian-Canadian driver, who scored nine top-five finishes in this year’s Indy Lights championship and finished sixth in the standings, performed impressively in his first two IndyCar tests with the Andretti Autosport team, at Sebring Raceway short course and Barber Motorsports Park. He will race the #29 car alongside team-mates Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi and Romain
Hulkenberg has been without a full-time race seat since losing his F1 drive with Renault at the end of 2019. He retains an F1 role as Aston Martin’s reserve driver, having made two substitute appearances for the Silverstone-based team last season. To evaluate a potential future move into IndyCar, Hulkenberg took part in a test