Multitudes of factors prove too troublesome in the end; but a common thread is that the costs to get to the front of F1 prove unsustainable, plus there is too much impatience from company boards for short-term progress. So when current Alpine F1 CEO Laurent Rossi talks about a 100-race plan to get the French
7:13 AM ET Ex-Formula One driver Nico Hulkenberg has ruled out a move to IndyCar in 2022, citing “personal reasons”. Hulkenberg has been looking for a full-time drive since leaving Renault’s Formula One team at the end of 2019. The German driver made two stand-in appearances for Aston Martin last season as a COVID-19 substitute
Watch Adam Cianciarulo during 250 Moto 1 at round 7 of the 2019 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Buchanan, Michigan. For full event results visit: https://mxsportsproracing.com Shot 100% on the HERO7BLACK® camera from http://GoPro.com
From the showroom to the speedway, the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge is IMSA’s showcase for the latest in American-made and imported high performance sports cars, coupes and sedans straight from the dealer showroom floor. Racing takes place in two classes, Grand Sport (GS) and Touring Car (TCR) with the series running a 10-race schedule in
In the next installment of Tooned Series 2 Professor M is joined by Jenson Button and Sergio Perez to welcome the original ‘Professor’ Alain Prost. Featuring the voices of Alexander Armstrong and Brian Cox. Find out more here: http://www.mclaren.com/tooned Subscribe to our channel and never miss any of our exclusive videos: http://tinyurl.com/ngj9czb McLaren.com | http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/
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Following Ferrari’s GTE Pro victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in August, the boost pressure of the 488 GTE Evo was lowered significantly in Bahrain last weekend, robbing the car of 25bhp. This change was made outside of the auto BoP system that has been in place in the WEC for several years, with
The proposal, first reported here in September, will see the IndyCar and IMSA races shift from the man-made island back to the city, incorporating part of the track first used by Formula 1 1982-88 then CART Indy car 1989-91. Over the last five weeks, Grand Prix representatives have met with Detroit residents, business leaders, community groups
For this edition of #ThinkingForward we speak to the promoter of the Mexican Grand Prix, Federico González Compeán about the business of hosting a Grand Prix, how the Netflix Drive to Survive series is drawing in new audiences, and the similarities between promoting F1 and a Coldplay or Madonna concert. A year ago the Mexico
7:41 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit City Council approved a contract Wednesday to return the Detroit Grand Prix downtown from the IndyCar race’s current home on an island in the middle of the Detroit River. Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Inc. told councilmembers in September that it wanted to hold the race
The Swiss 21-year-old set a 1m21.300s on Wednesday morning, the quickest time of the three-day test. He said the step up to F3 had so far proven “easier than I was thinking”, having stepped into new machinery less than 24 hours after taking his title at Monza on Sunday. It completed a strong week’s testing
Larson, 28, was indefinitely suspended from NASCAR and fired from Chip Ganassi Racing in March 2020 for using a racial slur over the radio during a public iRacing event. He sat out the remainder of the 2020 season, with a return to NASCAR never a certainty. After fulfilling the requirements by NASCAR to lift his
It was perhaps not by chance that the subject of teams eventually being worth over $1 billion became a topic of conversation over the recent US GP weekend. Packed grandstands and general admission areas reflected the Netflix effect, while the paddock was properly opened up for the first time in the COVID era, and was
9:17 AM ET McLaren announced New Zealander Emma Gilmour as their first female racer on Wednesday with the rally driver set to compete in the new electric Extreme E off-road series next year. The announcement during the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow took the British-based team back to its origins, with late founder and
The former Williams Formula 1 driver will be replaced in the WEC line-up after nine seasons with the team, during which time he won the Le Mans 24 Hours blue riband round three times and took the 2018-19 title alongside Fernando Alonso and Sebastien Buemi. It looks certain that his place will be taken in
F1 chiefs and the FIA are in detailed discussions with grand prix racing’s current manufacturers about new power unit regulations from 2026. While the sport plans to keep the turbo hybrid concept, it is likely that the complicated and expensive MGU-H will be abandoned to prevent it acting as a deterrent to new entrants. But
Go onboard with Adam Cianciarulo as he makes his 450 debut at the 2019 Monster Energy Cup from Las Vegas, Nevada. Shot 100% on the HERO8Black® camera from http://GoPro.com For full event results visit: http://www.supercrosslive.com
Take a lap around Lime Rock Park with Paul Holton in the No. 76 Compass Racing McLaren 720S GT3.
The new series of Tooned continues! Episode two takes us right back to the beginning, to New Zealand in 1952 where a 14-year-old Bruce McLaren discovers his passion for racing…. As 2013 marks McLaren’s 50 anniversary, Tooned is taking a look back at the team’s long and successful history. You’ll find out about the Grand
Ian Loggie and Yelmer Buurman are firmly back in title contention after winning the day’s second race at Snetterton, while Matt Cowley and Will Moore emerged victorious from a topsy turvy GT4 encounter. GT World is the official YouTube channel for SRO Motorsports Group, the global leader in GT racing. Join us for live and
The success comes just one week after VS Racing wrapped up the International GT Open championship title, which caps off a sensational season for the team. North America took home the rest of the silverware. Precision Performance Motorsport’s Brandon Gdovic and Bryan Ortiz won the Pro-Am title, Victor Gomez (Change Racing) the Am crown and
Quartararo clinched the 2021 crown in last week’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to become France’s first MotoGP world champion and end Yamaha’s drought extending back to 2015. The Yamaha rider won five times across 2021 with two rounds still remaining, and is the only rider to have scored points in every grand prix so far.
Wally Brown, JGR’s competition director, certainly believes the Hendrick Motorsports duo of Larson and reigning series champion Elliott have an advantage heading into the Phoenix finale. “Usually a lot of times, JGR might be the favourite going into a championship race. I think we’re definitely the underdogs. We have to beat the guy – Kyle
The Volkswagen Group, which owns the Porsche and Audi brands, has been involved in recent meetings with the FIA and current F1 manufacturers to discuss a potential entry from 2026, when new engines rules come in to play. Progress has been made in trying to frame new regulations to please both current teams and those
5:58 PM ET Associated Press MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch should not have used a slur referring to the mentally disabled during a post-race interview and NASCAR was right to order the tempestuous driver to undergo sensitivity training, team owner Joe Gibbs said Tuesday. Busch apologized on social media for
The McLaren DDP programme, first run in 2018, involves four drivers being placed with a partner team in the British GT Championship’s GT4 division, split into two car crews. The programme was managed in 2018 and 2019 by Tolman Motorsport, then by Team Rocket RJN in 2021 after a one-year hiatus for the scheme during
The Maranello-based team is just three-and-a-half points behind McLaren in the battle for third sport behind Mercedes and Red Bull with five races to go. And, with a recent engine upgrade having lifted its performance, the team is increasingly bullish about its prospects for the remainder of the campaign. At the United States Grand Prix,
Honda issued a statement on Tuesday afternoon noting Marquez crashed during an off-road training session and suffered a concussion last Saturday. Still feeling unwell, he has been advised to miss this weekend’s penultimate round of the 2021 MotoGP season in Portugal. The brief statement from HRC read: “This past Saturday Marc Marquez, while preparing for
With Michael Andretti’s four-car team set to run Colton Herta, Alexander Rossi, Romain Grojsean and Devlin DeFrancesco in 2022, Kirkwood currently has only three IndyCar entries – part of his Road To Indy scholarship worth $1.25m – set in stone for next year. Andersen Promotions, which ran Indy Lights up until this week when IndyCar
Busch, a two-time series champion, finished second in Sunday’s race at Martinsville Speedway, but was still eliminated from further contention for the 2021 series championship. In an interview caught on video by NBC Sports, Busch said a slur commonly used to refer to those with intellectual and developmental disabilities while describing his last-lap tangle with