Read – born Phillip William Read in Luton on new year’s day in 1939 – began his grand prix racing career in 1961, taking a first win in the 350cc class at the Isle of Man TT, which was then the British round of what we know today as the MotoGP world championship. This would
2:15 AM ET Fernando Alonso set the pace in a wet first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix as Mick Schumacher crashed out after the chequred flag. Persistent rain throughout the morning saw practice get underway in full wet conditions at Suzuka, resulting in limited running during the hour-long session. 1 Related Alonso emerged
The FIA has been completing its audit of each F1 team’s financial submission for the 2021 season in recent months, judging if each outfit complied with the $145 million limit for last year. Speculation arose over the Singapore Grand Prix weekend that two teams – Red Bull and Aston Martin – may have been in
Having moved into fifth place last week, the BMW Compact pilot is now up to fourth and is just one win behind table-topper Lucky Khera following another two class successes at Snetterton. Drinkwater sealed a fourth consecutive Hot Hatch crown in style with a further two Class C triumphs in Norfolk to take his win
1:11 PM ET Associated Press Santino Ferrucci will return to full-time IndyCar racing next season in A.J. Foyt’s flagship car after two seasons filling in as a substitute driver for other teams. AJ Foyt Racing said Thursday that Ferrucci will drive the No. 14 Chevrolet, which is fielded out of Foyt’s headquarters in Waller, Texas.
Tsunoda booked a karaoke room and invited Gasly and other team members to join him for the evening, with the results appearing on social media. The get-together also served as a sort of an informal early farewell party with Gasly’s move to Alpine for 2022 expected to be confirmed soon. “That was definitely the highlight
Although Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist finished only seventh and eighth in the IndyCar drivers’ championship this year, they finished behind only Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing drivers – in other words, beating all Andretti Autosport entries. According to Arrow McLaren SP modelling, the progress that the team has made is notable, but reliability
Ferrucci, who made his initial forays into the IndyCar Series in 2018 with Dale Coyne Racing and spent his first two full seasons there, has been a part-timer for the last two seasons. He had five races in 2021 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan, while this year he competed for three different teams – RLL, Dreyer
9:30 AM ET Finding opportunities in F1 limited, Callum Ilott moved to IndyCar for the 2022 season. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Years from now, Callum Ilott just might be hailed as IndyCar’s pied piper. Fresh from a breakout season with the upstart Juncos Hollinger Racing team, the 23-year-old Englishman could be the agent of
In Singapore last weekend, Kevin Magnussen was shown the black-and-orange flag after damaging a front endplate in early contact with Max Verstappen. He was obliged to pit for a new nose, with the unscheduled stop in effect putting the Dane out of contention for points. Similar, costly scenarios have played out twice for Magnussen this
Gasly was one of the first drivers to abandon intermediates on the drying track, but the decision dropped him several places as those who stayed out continued to lap quickly. He eventually finished 10th, while late stoppers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo – both behind the Frenchman when he pitted – earned fourth and fifth.
3:51 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Lewis Hamilton has confirmed he plans to stay in Formula One beyond the length of his current contract with Mercedes. The seven-time world champion has a deal to race until the end of 2023 but has hinted on a number of occasions that he is considering staying longer. In
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel announced in July that he will retire from the series at the end of the season, drawing the curtain on a 15-year stint in grand prix racing. It means this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix will be Vettel’s final scheduled appearance at Suzuka, a track he has always named as his
Sixth and eighth places for Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel earned the team 12 points, the team’s best haul of the year. The score moved Aston Martin from ninth place to seventh in the table, ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri. It is now only 15 points shy of sixth-placed Alfa Romeo. However, Krack warned that
Following speculation over the Singapore Grand Prix weekend that two teams – Red Bull and Aston Martin – may have breached the $145 million cost cap for 2021, the F1 paddock awaited eagerly for news from the series’ governing body. The FIA was set to issue compliance certificates to teams who had stayed within the
The pair collided early in the race when Latifi moved across on Zhou, with the contact ending the Alfa Romeo driver’s race on the spot. Latifi picked up a puncture and after making it back to the pits he was forced to retire with suspension damage. The stewards reviewed the incident during the race and
The eight-time MotoGP podium finisher switched from KTM to Honda last season, but has struggled throughout his tenure with the Japanese manufacturer. Scoring just two podiums across his two years with the team thus far, Espargaro’s only top five in 2022 was his third in Qatar at the start of the year and he currently
11:09 AM ET The FIA will not release the findings of its audit into Formula One’s 2021 budget cap spending until Monday. Last year’s cap has become the biggest talking point in the sport, with rumours Red Bull and Aston Martin overspent the $140 million limit last year gaining traction in the build-up to the
McLaren finished third in the constructors’ championship in Norris’s first season with the team in 2020, before slipping to fourth last year. The team is currently fourth again but sit just four points ahead of rivals Alpine, and is set to score far fewer points than last year. Norris has scored 100 points thus far
The revisions built on the fundamental changes made to the layout of its sidepod and engine cover bodywork, plus the alterations made to the floor and diffuser earlier in the season. However, the sheer scope of the development package and logistical challenges involved resulted in the parts only being fitted to one of its cars,
Bowman, 29, crashed on lap 97 of the 334-lap 25 September race at Texas Motor Speedway. Although damaged, he continued on and finished the race. A few days later, he announced plans to skip the Cup race at Talladega after experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Bowman, who was already below the cut line before being sidelined, had
Miller has enjoyed a strong run of results since coming back from the summer break, scoring podiums in Britain and Austria before claiming victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. Last weekend in Thailand he added to his rostrum haul by taking second in the wet after a battle for the win with KTM’s Miguel Oliveira.
1:48 PM ET Associated Press Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone faces trial in October next year accused of failing to declare more than £400 million in a trust in Singapore to the U.K. Government. Ecclestone, 91, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a single count of fraud by false representation between July
The Haas driver damaged the wing in a brush with Max Verstappen on the opening lap of the Marina Bay circuit race. With the endplate section on Magnussen’s car appearing to be flapping about, a few laps later the FIA issued him with a black-and-orange flag – which signifies that a driver has a mechanical
At last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix we were delighted to see Alex Albon return after an emergency appendectomy and serious complications, ultimately requiring him to be put on a ventilator. It was because Albon couldn’t drive at Monza that Nyck de Vries was thrust into the limelight, scoring points with a stunning debut drive. And
Zarco finished Sunday’s wet Thailand Grand Prix in fourth having piled pressure on Bagnaia in the latter stages for the final podium place. The Pramac rider was careful in how he approached the battle, given Bagnaia is Ducati’s leading championship hope and is now just two points behind Fabio Quartararo after the Yamaha rider struggled
6:42 PM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Cody Ware suffered a foot fracture and torn ligaments in a
Perez pulled off a brilliant victory at the Marina Bay circuit on Sunday, holding off race-long pressure from Charles Leclerc to grab his first win since the Monaco GP in May. He also managed to keep hold of the win despite being found guilty of two separate safety car rule infringements, having dropped back too
Ward, who is a former race engineer to Josef Newgarden at Team Penske, left the squad last winter but due to legal reasons he couldn’t officially start working as Arrow McLaren SP’s director of trackside engineering until July. Now as racing director Ward will lead the technical performance team of Max Neyron (director of operations),
There are a few sports that don’t require a dime to play. Running, swimming and wrestling spring to mind. Motorsport – and Formula 1 in particular – has always been the antithesis of those. By its very nature, large sums of money are required even to bring a single grand prix to life. Most of
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