Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso says he knows “more or less” what his racing plans will be for the 2021 season. Since making his most recent F1 appearance at the end of 2018, Alonso has raced in both the World Endurance Championship and the Dakar Rally, and is due to enter this year’s
Month: May 2020
2:00 PM ET Associated Press Andretti Autosport and Chip Ganassi Racing are the first two American teams to commit to a new electric SUV off-road racing series scheduled to begin in 2021. The Extreme E series has five events planned in what the league is calling “some of the most remarkable, remote and severely damaged
Jerez is in discussions to hold the first two rounds of the delayed 2020 MotoGP season on consecutive weekends at the end of July. So far, the global coronavirus pandemic has caused the opening 11 races on the original calendar to fall by the wayside, with the Dutch TT, German and Finnish Grands Prix becoming
Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer says his team is still the smallest Formula 1 squad by budget and staff size even after Lawrence Stroll’s investment. Stroll bought the assets of the ailing Force India squad during the 2018 summer break, and formed a new entity that was allowed to enter F1 to compete in
The 2017 Advance Auto Parts Sportscar Showdown from Circuit of The Americas will be broadcast Saturday, May 6 beginning at 7 p.m. ET on FS1.
After Red Bull and Ferrari dominated practice, not many predicted pole position for Lewis Hamilton in Singapore. Over to the Mercedes man himself for an earth-shattering lap of 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
All Formula 1 personnel attending the behind closed doors races in Europe will be tested for coronavirus every two days under plans to get the 2020 season underway. F1 bosses are currently aiming to get the season started with the Austrian Grand Prix in early July after the coronavirus pandemic forced the first 10 races
Carlos Sainz has beaten Sebastien Loeb to be named the greatest driver in World Rally Championship history in a poll run by the series promoter. The 1990 and 1992 WRC champion, who celebrated his third Dakar Rally win earlier this year, went up against nine-time world champion Loeb in the head-to-head final, with the Spaniard
Petronas SRT boss Razlan Razali has confirmed to Autosport that talks have been held with Yamaha about signing Valentino Rossi for the 2021 MotoGP season. Seven-time MotoGP world champion Rossi is out of contract at the end of this year and has lost his place at the factory Yamaha squad to Fabio Quartararo for 2021.
The ‘mass damper’ adopted by Renault for its 2005 R25 Formula 1 car was a stability aid that improved front-end downforce before it was outlawed by the FIA. Devised at the height of Renault’s mid 2000s success, with Fernando Alonso scoring back-to-back titles in 2005 and ’06, the ‘mass damper’ was a simple solution that
2:24 PM ET Formula One can be expected to “hit a glitch” as the sport tries to complete a 2020 season stalled by the coronavirus pandemic, McLaren boss Zak Brown said on Monday. The American said that up to 15 races could be achieved at 10 circuits. Organisers have said they are aiming for 15-18
Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez says Honda lost its way during pre-season testing because it was “convinced” the real issue was his injured shoulder. Marquez had to undergo surgery on a partially dislocated right shoulder he suffered in a heavy crash during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix, and which he aggravated further in
Lewis Hamilton has stood out among Formula 1 multiple world champions thanks to his “utterly unblemished” sportsmanship record, says Mercedes technical director James Allison. Hamilton has won five of his six F1 world championships with Mercedes against fierce competition including former team-mate Nico Rosberg and four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. Hamilton has rarely been accused
2:41 PM ET Lando Norris says the events of this past weekend’s IndyCar esports event, when reigning Indy 500 champion Simon Pagenaud conspired to knock him out of the race, were unacceptable given how much online racing has grown in stature this year. Lando Norris joins the podcast to talk his recent run-in with Indy
One crazy incident… lots of fallout. Take a closer look as Max Verstappen and Esteban Ocon clashed on and off the track in Brazil… 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 #BrazilGP
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown admits 2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button and NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson have expressed interest in racing in IndyCar. So far, double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso has been confirmed by McLaren as one of its drivers for the 2020 Indy 500. The 38-year-old Spaniard is aiming to make his
Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn says plans for a lower budget cap in 2021 are nearly finalised, with the main sticking point on how much it’s reduced in subsequent seasons. The 2021 F1 team cost cap was announced at $175million last year but, in recent discussions, it was agreed to lower it to $145m. Brawn
6:27 PM ET The National Hot Rod Association is working toward resuming the 2020 season in August, with fans in attendance, according to a Monday press release. The NHRA’s “Mello Yello Drag Racing Series” will consist of 18 total events this season, including the two that ran before the circuit suspended operations amid the coronavirus
Petronas SRT has suggested an all-star MotoGP line-up of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo for 2021 is now unlikely, as it looks set to retain Franco Morbidelli. Seven-time MotoGP world champion Rossi has lost his place at the works Yamaha team for next year to Fabio Quartararo, but has been promised full factory support at
Forty years ago today, Didier Pironi scored his first Formula 1 Grand Prix victory for Ligier at the Belgian GP. Just over two years later, he was on the cusp of becoming France’s first F1 world champion before fate intervened Didier Pironi arrived in Formula 1 as a driver made for the ground effect era.
12:30 PM ET Formula One has agreed a $145 million budget cap for teams next year and will continue to try and tighten that for future seasons, managing director Ross Brawn said on Monday. Brawn also said after a teleconference with teams and the governing FIA that a much fairer prize fund would feature in
The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez, venue for the Formula 1 Mexico City Grand Prix, will be transformed into a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients. The outbreak of COVID-19 has infected more than three million people worldwide and led to upwards of 200,000 deaths since the first cases were confirmed at the start of the year. In
6:21 AM ET The esports events continued to come thick and fast across the motorsport world this weekend. A genuinely exciting race … for esports American driver Juan Manuel Correa on the F2 crash that left him with life-altering leg injuries and claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert; his recovery; and his hopes of a
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
Red Bull Formula 1 driver Alexander Albon took his maiden Virtual Grand Prix victory after triumphing in a tense fight with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at Interlagos. Albon vaulted into the lead at the start of the race, with two-time Virtual GP winner Leclerc following him into second place as polesitter Stoffel Vandoorne suffered a nightmare
3:57 PM ET Alexander Albon won a virtual Formula One thriller, against a field that included England cricketers Ben Stokes and Stuart Broad, around Brazil’s Interlagos circuit on Sunday to deny Charles Leclerc an esports hat-trick. The Thai’s victory over his Ferrari rival gave Red Bull something to celebrate on a day that should have
Motorsport Heroes, the feature-length documentary available to watch on Motorsport.tv, follows the incredible racing careers of five icons of the sport. In this preview clip of the film, WRC hero Michele Mouton remembers a career-defining call. From the director behind the award-winning Senna, Manish Pandy’s 111-minute documentary Motorsport Heroes is a must-see for all fans
A late crash for long-time leader Francesco Bagnaia gifted victory in the first MotoGP Virtual GP to Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales at a virtual Jerez circuit. Replacing the #StayAtHomeGP, MotoGP introduced its first Virtual GP on the new MotoGP 20 video game to replace the Spanish Grand Prix, which was due to be this weekend before