1:14 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Ron Capps topped NHRA Funny Car qualifying Friday night at the DENSO Spark Plugs U.S. Nationals. Coming off his first career win at Lucas Oil Raceway, Capps had a 3.895-second run at 330.63 mph in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to move into position for his 25th career
Month: September 2020
M-Sport Ford’s Esapekka Lappi drew first blood in the restart of the 2020 World Rally Championship, claiming top spot on the first stage of Rally Estonia. Lappi swept to top spot after overcoming seven-time champion and current points leader Sébastien Ogier, as the first rally since the COVID-19-enforced hiatus got underway this evening in front
AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly says he has “no idea” where the team’s pace came from after impressing in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Gasly was sixth fastest in the morning session before moving up two spots in the afternoon as the fastest Honda-powered driver, even ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. His
3:02 PM ET Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes rival team Mercedes is clearly favouring Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas this year. Hamilton is on target to match Michael Schumacher’s record of seven world titles if he continues on his current trajectory this season and is also likely to beat Schumacher’s all-time career win
Brands Hatch will return to the GT World Challenge Europe next year as part of calendar largely unchanged from the original 2020 schedule. The British circuit will host a Sprint Cup round of the GTWCE, formerly known as the Blancpain Endurance Series, in the traditional early-May slot it has occupied on the calendar since 2014.
Ott Tanak has topped the shakedown for Rally Estonia as the World Rally Championship finally returns to action following the COVID-19 hiatus. Reigning world champion Tanak got off to a flying start to the event on the 6.23km pre-event shakedown stage at Abissaare as the fastest driver through the stage, stopping the clock late in
Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says Red Bull is paying the price for “missing a trick” of always being independent from its engine supplier. Red Bull is playing catch up against Mercedes this season, with the Milton Keynes-based outfit having a tradition of starting campaigns on the back foot before making up ground as the year
9:14 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris has been having fun with his race helmet designs this year — his latest is a pizza-inspired edition for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Norris’ usual race helmet is a yellow and blue design but for the Monza race he has changed the colours. The predominant strip down the
Check out the sights and sounds from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the 2018 Americas Tire 250 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
It was emotional and exciting weekend at Spa – and here are the best bits from the airwaves… For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Follow F1®: http://www.instagram.com/F1 https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Tweets by F1 https://www.twitch.tv/formula1 @f1 #F1 #BelgianGP
Sooner or later during the Formula 1 season you’re going to suffer a failure – and every weekend everyone hopes it continues to be ‘later’. Fortunately, Lando was able to manage a solo ascent of the timesheet and ensure a tough weekend didn’t turn into a bad one. Subscribe and be the first to watch
Formula 1 heads to Italy and Monza for the eighth round of the 2020 season as the second in another run of three back-to-back races. The main talking point on Thursday at Monza was the news that the Williams family would be stepping away from F1 at the end of this weekend, fully relinquishing control
7:57 AM ET The Williams family is set to leave Formula One after standing down from the leadership of the team that carries its name. Frank Williams is in his 51st year as team principal of the team he founded, although the day-to-day running of the team was passed to his daughter in 2013. Claire
Bentley will defend its Intercontinental GT Challenge points lead over the remainder of the series, despite axing its factory assault with M-Sport back in June. The British manufacturer has announced a new customer programme that will reunite the winning Bentley Team M-Sport crew of Jules Gounon, Maxim Soulet and Jordan Pepper from the Bathurst 12
Charles Leclerc says he is ready to be patient through the “years” Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has warned it may take the squad to win again in Formula 1. Ferrari has struggled so far in 2020 after its controversial engine “settlement” with the FIA, with the SF1000 down on power and struggling with the
12:06 PM ET Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has urged people to continue talking about mental health, saying he has had “a lot of difficult days” during the coronavirus pandemic. Hamilton has opened up about his time away from the racetrack, saying the extraordinary circumstances of the year have been both a blessing
KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer admits not being able to come to an agreement to sign Andrea Dovizioso for the 2021 MotoGP season “hurt”. Dovizioso faces an uncertain future after announcing his Ducati exit at the end of the year during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. The three-time MotoGP championship runner-up had been linked to
The news that Frank and Claire Williams will step down from their roles at the Williams Formula 1 team is a clear sign of the team’s future direction, explains JONATHAN NOBLE Few could deny that the imminent departure of Frank and Claire Williams from the team that bears their name is a sad moment for
7:57 AM ET The Williams family is set to leave Formula One after standing down from the leadership of the team that carries its name. Frank Williams is in his 51st year as team principal of the team he founded, although the day-to-day running of the team was passed to his daughter in 2013. Claire
Ten times the F1 title went down to the wire. Disagree with our choices? 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
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that teams should open up internal radio communications in order to entertain the public. An outwardly uneventful race in Belgium, along with Lewis Hamilton’s continued dominance of the 2020 season have led to some disappointment among fans, with Mercedes looking odds-on to win both championships Wolff believes that
Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s previous Indianapolis 500 experience provided a “two-way exchange” within the Arrow McLaren SP team to help improve set-up, according to Robert Wickens. With Alonso returning to the Brickyard this year for this third attempt at the Indy 500, aiming to secure the triple crown of motorsport, he teamed
The Ferrari Formula 1 team has revealed 250 doctors and nurses who played a role on the frontline in the fight against COVID-19 will attend this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix. Since the delayed start to the 2020 season in Austria at the start of July, all F1 races have been run behind closed doors without
Miguel Oliveira believes the absence of reigning champion Marc Marquez has made more riders think they can win races in the 2020 MotoGP season. Honda rider Marquez will be out for at least another two months after breaking his right arm in a crash during the Spanish Grand Prix, while stress damage to the titanium
McLaren cannot afford to underestimate Ferrari’s ability to “strike back” despite its current Formula 1 struggles, according to team principal Andreas Seidl. McLaren moved up to third place in the constructors’ championship at last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix after Lando Norris finished the race in seventh place. The result lifted McLaren above Racing Point and
8:01 AM ET Ferrari is in the midst of its worst Formula One season in recent memory. A couple of seasons removed from an F1 championship it let slip through its fingers in 2018, Ferrari now looks like an ordinary midfield team. The tweaked post-coronavirus F1 rules for the next few years also limit the
Go onboard with Adam Cianciarulo during 450 Moto 2 at round 3 of the 2020 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Shot 100% on the HERO8BLACK® camera from http://GoPro.com For full results visit: https://mxsportsproracing.com/ #GoPro #Hero8Black #Moto
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
Barwell Motorsport’s Rob Collard and Sandy Mitchell scored their maiden Intelligent Money British GT3 Championship victories at Brands Hatch earlier today after a mid-race Safety Car period wiped out Jenson Team Rocket RJN’s early advantage. The Black Bull-backed Lamborghini took the chequered flag just 0.649s clear of Michael O’Brien and James Baldwin’s McLaren, while Angus
Tony Kanaan is aiming to race on all of IndyCar’s oval rounds in 2021, despite the veteran driver having previously expected to wind down his time in the series. Kanaan had announced pre-season that the 2020 campaign would be the last time he competed at any IndyCar race except the Indy 500, but restrictions on