Max Verstappen reckons Red Bull’s strong form early in the Russian Grand Prix weekend did not carry into the race because it had less room to improve than its rivals. Verstappen had outpaced his nearest rival, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, by three tenths of a second in Friday practice at Sochi, and looked able to match
Month: October 2019
11:11 PM ET Matthew Willis Sunday, after the checkered flag falls, is always one of the saddest times of the NASCAR season. I’m talking, of course, that I can no longer use the term Roval for another season. What, you think I was referring to the elimination of four drivers from the playoffs? Sad for
Formula 1 race director Michael Masi has explained why Daniil Kvyat was not specifically singled-out by the refusal to allow a special helmet design at the Russian Grand Prix. Kvyat was upset that his request to run in a different coloured design for his home race at Sochi was declined by the FIA – even
Tempers boiled over in the Singapore night heat as the airwaves were filled with profanity and joy around the 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 #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
10:34 AM ET The Toro Rosso name could disappear at the end of the Formula One season with the Italy-based team seeking to race in the future as Alpha Tauri, a fashion brand also owned by Red Bull. Speedweek.com quoted Red Bull’s motorsport consultant Helmut Marko as saying at last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix that
Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award finalist Enaam Ahmed will make his sportscar debut with the R-Motorsport Aston Martin squad at next month’s Intercontinental GT Challenge finale at Kyalami. Ahmed will drive one of two cars confirmed by the Swiss entrant for the Kyalami 9 Hours on November 23. The Japanese Formula 3 race winner Ahmed
Max Verstappen’s father Jos has urged Red Bull to make changes at the team to avoid another “lost year” in 2020. On the back of a frustrating second half to this season, the former grand prix driver has hinted at impatience from himself and his son about the lack of progress being made. In an
9:03 AM ET Ferrari should have been celebrating a fourth straight victory after the Russian Grand Prix. The Italian team not only handed victory to Mercedes on a silver platter, but it spent the evening of the race explaining and defending its controversial and clumsily-executed team orders between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc. Our F1
The Wales Rally GB organiser says there is “nothing forecast that would concern us in the special stages” for this weekend’s World Rally Championship event, despite uncertainty over Hurricane Lorenzo. The hurricane is approaching the UK from the south-east, and a weekend of heavy rain and flood warnings remain in place on Tuesday, causing uncertainty
NASCAR officials will speak to Darrell ‘Bubba’ Wallace Jr over his confrontation with Alex Bowman where Wallace threw water over his rival after the Charlotte Roval Cup race. Bowman was receiving medical assistance next to his car when Wallace came over and threw water from his drinks bottle at the Hendrick Motorsports driver. The pair
Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean has suggested his fellow drivers should be “more gentlemanly” on the first lap of races after he was pitched into the barriers in Russia. Grosjean was hit by Antonio Giovinazzi when the Alfa Romeo driver found himself with nowhere to go and Daniel Ricciardo to his right. Giovinazzi was
9:30 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Sebastian Vettel’s Russian Grand Prix ended with a power failure midway through the race,
Ferrari became embroiled in a team orders controversy in Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel failed to let Charles Leclerc past when asked by his team. Vettel gained the lead at the start with the benefit of a tow from team-mate Leclerc but did not hand the position back during a series of
Five IMSA series head to Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin this weekend. “America’s National Park of Speed” will host the flagship IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race on Sunday, August 4 with the NBCSN broadcast at 6 p.m. ET. Live, flag-to-flag streaming will be available on the NBC Sports App and NBCSports.com starting at 2:35
Could Charles Leclerc make it four poles in a row or will Mercedes have their say at Sochi? 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 #RussianGP
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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