Formula 1 teams are set to sample Pirelli’s definitive 2021 tyres in an FP2 session during one of the final grands prix of the 2020 season. The move follows a successful test of different prototype new constructions in Portugal, and Pirelli is planning further sessions in either Bahrain or Abu Dhabi, or possibly both. That
Month: November 2020
While the most unpredictable MotoGP title fight in modern times dominates the headlines, the premier class rookies are producing their own personal tussle having picked up from where they left off in the junior classes, says LEWIS DUNCAN The 2020 MotoGP season truly has been a banner one for the world championship in its 71st
6:16 AM ET Mercedes celebrated their record seventh successive Formula One constructors’ title on Monday with champagne glasses raised remotely and special home deliveries of facemasks. 1 Related The sport’s dominant team are used to toasting success but amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with many staff working from home, this year’s triumph was always going to
Lewis Hamilton added further fuel to Formula 1’s crazy 2020 driver market when he suggested at Imola last weekend that it was not certain he would race on next year. At a time where there are question marks about what role Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff will take as he looks for a long-term succession
Honda has confirmed Marc Marquez will not stage a MotoGP comeback this weekend in the European Grand Prix, but has not ruled him out of the final two rounds. Marquez has been absent since his aborted comeback effort at the Andalusian Grand Prix a week after breaking his right arm in the season-opening Jerez race.
Reigning World Rally Champion Ott Tanak believes the series faces the threat of being mothballed in 2021 unless organisers can establish how to run events safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Only five of the rallies that made up the original World Rally Championship calendar for this year went ahead as planned, with these far outweighed
6:31 AM ET Lance Stroll needs “a bit of a hug” to recover lost form and confidence after recent crashes and contracting COVID-19, according to his Racing Point team’s technical director Andrew Green. The 22-year-old Canadian Formula One driver, son of team owner Lawrence, has not scored in five races since he finished third in
Take a lap around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca with Cooper MacNeil in the No. 63 Scuderia Corsa Ferrari 488 GT3.
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Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa said he was impressed by his first test of an IndyCar at Barber Motorsports Park and was “curious” to contest a race. The Portuguese appeared as the sole representative for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and completed 75 laps, logging the 12th fastest time in the 21-car test ahead
Red Bull junior Yuki Tsunoda will take a step closer to a 2021 AlphaTauri Formula 1 race drive when he tests for the Italian team at Imola today. The Japanese F2 driver will run a 2018 Toro Rosso STR13, the same car that was used by Pierre Gasly and Dany Kvyat for a pre-season outing
NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson says he’s still carving huge chunks from his lap times at Barber Motorsports Park as he gets up to speed in IndyCar. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Johnson will take part in the 13 road and street races in the 2021 IndyCar campaign for Chip Ganassi Racing. While Johnson’s initial test
Pierre Gasly has called his retirement from the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix “quite hard” after a weld failure led to a loss of water pressure with his AlphaTauri. The Frenchman looked well set for a strong result from fourth on the grid, and he even edged alongside eventual winner Lewis Hamilton on the
Speaking on Sunday evening after winning the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said there was “no guarantee” he’d stay in Formula One next year. Naturally, his comments generated a huge amount of interest and speculation, raising questions that had previously seemed fairly well answered. Prior to Sunday night, there had been an assumption within
The latest unexpected stop on the 2020 Formula 1 calendar again proved a hit with drivers and fans alike, as the series trialled a new race weekend format on its return to Imola. LUKE SMITH selects the key talking points from the Emilia Romagna GP Lewis Hamilton may have warned on Saturday that Formula 1
Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso doesn’t think championship leader Joan Mir needs to claim his maiden win to take the 2020 MotoGP championship. Suzuki rider Mir leads the standings by 14 points from Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo after securing his sixth podium of the 2020 campaign with third place last weekend at Aragon, with the spread across
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5:23 AM ET Daniel Ricciardo was surprised to be joined by race winner Lewis Hamilton in a celebratory podium champagne ‘shoey’ on Sunday after the Australian finished third in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. After winning at Imola, Lewis Hamilton suggest its no certainty he will be on the grid next year. Is the soon-to-be
The Mercedes Formula 1 team did not initially believe the sensors that indicated Valtteri Bottas had lost 50 downforce points after hitting Ferrari debris in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Bottas was leading at Imola on lap two when he collected a piece of Sebastian Vettel’s endplate, which had broken off after the German collided
Chase Elliott booked his place in the NASCAR Cup playoffs final with victory at Phoenix, as regular season champion Kevin Harvick was eliminated in a thrilling conclusion to the race. Elliott will be joined in the Phoenix finale by 2018 champion Joey Logano, 2012 title-winner Brad Keselowski and 2010 runner-up and triple Daytona 500 champion
8:50 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Steve Torrence, Matt Hagan, Erica Enders and Matt Smith held onto their points leads to win season titles Sunday at the Dodge NHRA Finals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Torrence raced to his third straight Top Fuel championship, Hagan claimed his third Funny Car
Lewis Hamilton says there is “no guarantee” that he will be racing in Formula 1 next year ahead of talks with Mercedes over a new contract beyond 2020. Hamilton scored his 72nd F1 victory for Mercedes in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and 93rd win of his F1 career, helping the team to clinch its
12:00 PM ET Williams driver George Russell said he will learn from the “stupid mistake” which cost him the chance to score his first Formula One point at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. F1 sophomore Russell has continually impressed for the series’ backmarking team but has yet to break into the top 10 on a
Daniel Ricciardo admits he was “smiling” when Sergio Perez pitted and handed him third place in the Formula 1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Renault driver had been running in fifth place behind the Mexican when Max Verstappen’s tyre failure and spin triggered a safety car with 13 laps of the Imola race left to
MotoGP legend Wayne Rainey says MotoAmerica champion Cameron Beaubier’s motivation for moving to Moto2 in 2021 was confirmation to him his “heart was in the right spot”. Beaubier is five times a Superbike champion in the MotoAmerica series and has arguably been the United States’ top two-wheeled talent for a number of years, but was
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British GT championship organiser SRO is “hopeful” of being able to stage its final round at Silverstone next weekend, despite the UK government announcing a four-week national lockdown from Thursday. Amid rising coronavirus cases, it was confirmed on Saturday that a second lockdown will commence on 5 November, two days before British GT’s season finale,
9:50 AM ET Mercedes has revealed the huge chunk of Sebastian Vettel’s car which got stuck under Valtteri Bottas’ car during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, ruining his race. After leading away from pole position, Bottas suddenly struggled for pace after the second lap, when he had driven over the endplate of Vettel’s car. Vettel
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Formula 1 will fail to push through Red Bull’s desired engine freeze so long as both Ferrari and Renault oppose the proposal. Red Bull is currently seeking a freeze on power unit development in F1 from 2022 so it can take over from current engine partner Honda upon its