Month: September 2020

Mercedes-AMG driver Maro Engel took pole position for the Nurburgring 24 Hours in dominant fashion under difficult mixed conditions on Friday evening. The 35-year-old German, who is teamed with Adam Christodoulou, Manuel Metzger and Luca Stolz, first had to qualify for the second session due to the event’s all-new MotoGP-inspired two-part Top Qualifying session. This
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9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Kevin Harvick picked up his ninth victory of the season last week at Bristol, Tennessee, and now the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs begins with the South Point 400 in Las Vegas on Sunday (7 p.m. ET). Who will take the checkered flag? Senior writer Ryan McGee and editor
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After both of Friday’s free practice sessions for the Russian Grand Prix it was Mercedes who once again came out on top – but not without a few problems. Valtteri Bottas set the pace in both sessions, but he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton made errors during their running as they struggled for grip on the
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A member of Honda working for the LCR MotoGP team has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been immediately isolated, as are those who were in direct contact. LCR confirmed on its social media channels that someone from Honda has tested positive for the virus, while the three with Category 1 contact have been isolated
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1:24 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — James Hinchcliffe will return to Andretti Autosport for the final three races of the season to fill the seat left vacant this week by Zach Veach. Andretti Autosport on Friday said Hinchcliffe will drive the No. 26 at next week’s doubleheader at Indianapolis and the October season finale
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6:07 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar rookie Oliver Askew will not compete in next week’s doubleheader at Indianapolis because of concussion-like symptoms that date to his crash in the Indianapolis 500 last month. Arrow McLaren SP will use Helio Castroneves in the No. 7 Chevrolet at Indianapolis. Askew told The Associated Press on Thursday he
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Formula 1’s Russian Grand Prix at Sochi will take place this weekend, with 2020’s season now heading into its 10th round. Six-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton is on the precipice of matching Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of wins, and could score his 91st victory to equal the seven-time title winner. Meanwhile, departing Racing Point driver
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2:01 PM ET Associated Press MILAN — Italian racing driver turned Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi has started responding to treatment with signs of interaction, more than three months after he was seriously injured in a handbike crash. Zanardi has spent most of that time in intensive care after crashing into an oncoming truck during
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The Bathurst 12 Hour is unlikely to happen as an international GT race next year, according to Supercars boss Sean Seamer. The Supercars-run event has staged the opening round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge in recent years, with teams representing manufacturers participating in the SRO-organised series flocking to Mount Panorama from around the world. This
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5:44 AM ET Lewis Hamilton’s former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is among the 14 experts who will make up the Hamilton Commission, a research project set up by the six-time Formula One champion to identify the barriers for Black people participating in motor sport. Hamilton and the Royal Academy of Engineering launched the Hamilton
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MotoGP completes its current triple-header at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with the Catalunya Grand Prix. With a sixth different winner from the opening seven races, as Maverick Vinales claimed victory at last weekend’s Emilia Romagna GP, the most unpredictable season in MotoGP history has continued as the paddock heads to Barcelona for the rescheduled Catalunya GP.
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6:44 PM ET Associated Press A pilot’s inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew’s decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely caused the crash of a small plane carrying race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his family in 2019, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report released Wednesday. The
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