12:00 PM ET The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, so we try to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the Russian Grand Prix. Revolution! Local hero Daniil Kvyat wanted to wear a helmet featuring a
Month: September 2019
Double champion Josef Newgarden will demo his Penske IndyCar at Charlotte this weekend, and the track and championship have held “high-level” talks about an IndyCar Roval round in the future. This weekend NASCAR will hold its second successive event at the Roval after the road-course style lay-out was used for the first time in 2018.
Ferrari believes its encouraging Russian Grand Prix practice pace has validated the performance of its latest Formula 1 aerodynamic package, and will not introduce any more major updates this season. The Italian team claimed a shock pole position and victory in Singapore last weekend having struggled at high-downforce tracks all season. After that result Ferrari
Japan, Kenya and New Zealand all return to the World Rally Championship calendar in 2020, with Australia, Corsica and Spain all dropped from the schedule. Germany’s Bostalsee-based round had been expected to be dropped, but was saved at the expense of Catalunya. Germany does, however, move from a summer date to mid-October. Rally GB is
Max Verstappen says he does not want to be the deciding factor as Red Bull picks who should be his Formula 1 team-mate next season. Verstappen is currently partnered at the team by Alex Albon, who was promoted from the Toro Rosso junior outfit mid-season in a seat-swap with the underperforming Pierre Gasly. Red Bull
10:50 AM ET Charles Leclerc has told himself to “shut up” and show restraint in difficult situations after venting his frustrations during the Singapore Grand Prix over his in-car radio. Leclerc was annoyed after seeing teammate Sebastian Vettel put onto what turned out to be the better strategy. Leclerc had claimed pole and led the
Co-driver of the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3, Katherine Legge finds herself within reach of her first GT Daytona (GTD) championship in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with one race remaining in 2018. Legge sits down with Justin Bell to discuss what factors have led to her success and the impact she
There was action aplenty in the first session of the weekend in Singapore. Check out all the best of the action before lights went down in Marina Bay… For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1 #F1 #SingaporeGP
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
Charles Leclerc says he will “just shut up” instead of making negative radio comments to his Ferrari Formula 1 team after the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix. Leclerc voiced his frustrations at ending up behind team-mate and eventual race winner Sebastian Vettel during the concluding stages of last weekend’s race in Singapore. After talking through the
1:07 PM ET Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is concerned Formula One’s plans to experiment with new race formats next year is simply a way of masking the shortfalls of the long-awaited 2021 rules package. Formula One’s motorsport director, Ross Brawn, defended plans to experiment with different race formats after Hamilton and four-time champion Sebastian
Dani Sordo is expected to remain with Hyundai in the World Rally Championship for a seventh season in 2020, despite speculation about a move to Toyota. The 36-year-old took his first win since 2012 earlier this season in Sardinia and has been in contention for podiums on most events he has contested this year. His
One of the most mouth-watering prospects heading into this MotoGP season was Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo sharing the Honda garage and going head-to-head on equal machinery. But a constantly injured Lorenzo has struggled to adapt from the Ducati he took to three race wins in 2018 to the RC213V, and he is in the
The latest edition of The Autosport Podcast considers the extent to which Sebastian Vettel’s surprise Singapore Grand Prix victory marks the rebirth of the four-time Formula 1 world champion. Vettel’s win came after he jumped team-mate Charles Leclerc in the pitstop phase, a result of Ferrari underestimating the power of the undercut when stopping Vettel
5:13 AM ET Max Verstappen and the grid’s three other drivers of Honda-powered cars will serve grid penalties at the Russian Grand Prix. Honda has pursued an aggressive development plan this year in a bid to catch Ferrari and Mercedes. The Japanese manufacturer introduced its ‘Spec-4’ engine at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Red Bull
Ricky Stenhouse Jr will leave Roush Fenway Racing after seven full seasons with the team and be replaced by Chris Buescher for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Stenhouse, who had signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year, has driven the #17 for RFR full-time since the 2013 season following back-to-back Xfinity Series titles
Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says he is continuing to work with teams and drivers to address the “shades of grey” in the FIA’s interpretation of driving standards. Masi was instrumental in bringing back the use of the black and white warning flag, F1’s equivalent to a yellow card, and it was deployed for
Sep 24, 2019 After Sebastian Vettel won his first race in over a year, we assembled ESPN’s panel of F1 journalists — Laurence Edmondson, Nate Saunders, Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton — to discuss the main talking points from the Singapore race weekend. Given the events of the last three races, if asked right now
Shot 100% on the new HD HERO2® camera from http://GoPro.com. Watch James Stewart as he attempts to find the fastest line at the Daytona Supercross by Honda in Daytona, Florida during practice.
Take a lap around Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with Misha Goikhberg in the No. 85 JDC-Miller Motorsports Cadillac DPi-V.R.
Who would light up the streets of Singapore and take pole around the tight and twisty Marina Bay Street Circuit? For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1 #F1
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
Tyrrell shocked the Formula 1 world when it launched its six-wheeled P34 in the 1976 season, and it managed to take victory in that year’s Swedish Grand Prix. Giorgio Piola, who counts the Cosworth-powered P34 as one of his all-time favourite F1 cars, was granted a high level of access to the car during its
8:04 AM ET Ralf Schumacher’s son David will race in the Formula 3 season finale in Sochi this weekend, meaning two Schumachers will compete on the support bill for the Russian Grand Prix. David Schumacher has been drafted in to replace the injured Alex Peroni, who was injured when his Campos Racing car was launched
FIA president Jean Todt is disappointed the World Rally Championship has not embraced hybrid technology sooner and admits the governing body should have pushed harder for the move. Key aspects of the hybrid future of the World Rally Championship are being discussed by the FIA’s technical working group this week with decisions set to be
KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer says that Johann Zarco has the company’s blessing to test or race for a rival MotoGP manufacturer while he remains under contract. Following Zarco’s decision to request an exit from his two-year deal one year early, KTM decided to drop the two-time Moto2 champion with immediate effect. Zarco was then
Formula 1 drivers are ‘100% united’ on the changes they want to see the championship’s bosses make instead of experimenting with ideas like reversed grids. Teams remain in talks with F1 owner Liberty Media and the FIA about trialling reversed-grid qualifying races at select grands prix in 2020, but that proposal has not been well
Ahead of each race in 2019, ESPN is ranking every driver on the grid in our Formula One Power Rankings. In compiling these standings, we have taken out the car factor and focused solely on the drivers and how each has been performing. This is not a prediction for how the race will go this
MotoGP race winner Sete Gibernau will not remain part of the MotoE grid after the 2019 season, the rider has told Autosport. The 46-year-old came out of retirement to contest the electric series’ inaugural season with Pons, and currently sits 10th in the standings after four of six rounds. Gibernau said he has been “completely
Felix Rosenqvist admits he channelled his “anger” over his treatment at the hands of the IndyCar Series’ stewards into a strong finish in last weekend’s Laguna Seca season finale. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver capped off his rookie campaign by finishing fifth from 14th on the grid on Sunday, after having his two fastest laps