Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto says his outfit’s recent uplift in form at the Turkish GP is an encouraging sign that it can make further progress in 2021. The Italian squad faced a difficult start to this season, with its SF1000 down on power compared to last year and its chassis lacking aero
Month: November 2020
Indianapolis 500 winner and 2004 IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan will return to Chip Ganassi Racing after signing a multi-year deal to race the four ovals on the calendar in 2021. Kanaan raced for CGR in the American open-wheel series from 2014 through to 2017, scoring a win at the 2014 Fontana finale and 10 other
Toyota’s Elfyn Evans says the importance of this week’s pre-Rally Monza test cannot be underestimated ahead of next month’s final round of the World Rally Championship season. Evans holds a 14-point lead over Toyota team-mate and six-time champion Sebastien Ogier heading into Rally Monza, which is set to go ahead despite Italy’s ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
Aprilia has named three riders for its 2021 MotoGP line-up, but will only decide which of Lorenzo Savadori and Bradley Smith will partner Aleix Espargaro once winter testing is concluded. Aprilia has named three riders for its 2021 MotoGP line-up, but only Aleix Espargaro remains confirmed while one of Lorenzo Savadori and Bradley Smith will
5:05 AM ET Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton is set to receive a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his achievements in 2020. 1 Related Hamilton, 35, has moved level with Michael Schumacher’s record tally of world titles — he had already surpassed the German driver for all-time race wins. He will
Mercedes has managed to cure the major weakness its long-wheelbase Formula 1 car concept has had in terms of difficulty with corner rotation, says Lewis Hamilton. The seven-times constructors world championship-winning outfit has differed from other teams in electing to run a longer car during the latest rules phase. While the length of the car
Cal Crutchlow says it was “important to see the flag” in his “emotional” farewell MotoGP race, though he is “disappointed” with the end result in the Portuguese Grand Prix. The LCR rider made his final appearance as a full-time MotoGP racer on Sunday at the Algarve Circuit before taking on a new role as Yamaha’s
Lewis Hamilton says Ross Brawn made the breakthrough in convincing him to join Mercedes’ Formula 1 team for 2013 after remaining uncertain following initial conversations with Niki Lauda. Hamilton wrapped up his seventh F1 world title last weekend in Turkey to equal Michael Schumacher’s all-time record, having won six of the championships with Mercedes. Hamilton
Andrea Dovizioso admits he is “happier than some people in Ducati” with what he has achieved with the marque in MotoGP since 2013 following his Portuguese Grand Prix farewell. The 15-time premier class grand prix winner has been with Ducati for the last eight seasons and has won 14 times with the Italian manufacturer, finishing
10:48 AM ET Associated Press PORTIMAO, Portugal — Miguel Oliveira won at home in MotoGP’s season-ending Portuguese Grand Prix on Sunday. Oliveira won from pole position for his second victory of the season, finishing ahead of Jack Miller and Franco Morbidelli. “It’s unreal. You dream about these kinds of races, and to finally be able
George Russell says he really appreciates receiving praise from Formula 1’s top drivers, but treats the comments as “background noise” as he wants to prove himself on-track. Since making his F1 debut with Williams at the start of 2019, Russell has never been outqualified by a team-mate, with his head-to-head record reading 35-0 after the
Ye Hongli put in a commanding performance on the Guia circuit to claim a crash-shortened 2020 Macau GT Cup. The TORO Racing Mercedes driver was in a class of his own over the 12-lap journey, his cause helped by weekend-long pacesetter Darryl O’Young starting back in 11th due a qualifying race penalty. That left Ye
25 years ago today, Colin McRae became Britain’s first World Rally champion. In an interview published by Autosport magazine on 30 November 1995, he reflects on that famous triumph on the RAC and explains why F1 won’t tempt him away from the WRC The look says it all. Two hours into his reign as Britain’s
Aspar’s Albert Arenas won the 2020 Moto3 world championship in a dramatic Portuguese Grand Prix finale as Raul Fernandez dominated for the race victory on his Ajo KTM. Arenas, Ai Ogura and Tony Arbolino came into the final round covered by 11 points, with Arenas prevailing by just four after crossing the line in 12th
The FIA has concluded there was no safety issue with Daniil Kvyat’s loose Formula 1 seatbelts at the Portuguese Grand Prix after AlphaTauri changed its internal processes. Following last month’s race at Portimao, a clip of onboard footage emerged from Kvyat’s car in which he complained to his AlphaTauri team via the radio that his
Tech3 KTM’s Miguel Oliveira admits he cannot be too optimistic about converting his Portuguese Grand Prix pole into a famous home MotoGP win. Oliveira stormed to a maiden MotoGP pole on Saturday at the Algarve International Circuit, beating Franco Morbidelli by 0.044 seconds. The Tech3 rider admits he will have “very strong opponents” to contend
Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff has cautioned against the human cost of F1’s expanding calendar, as triple-headers return on the provisional 23-round 2021 schedule. Triple-headers with three consecutive race weekends were first used in the 2018 season but drew a lot of criticism from the teams due to the strain they put on travelling
Andrea Dovizioso admits he is “very angry” with his final qualifying session as a Ducati MotoGP rider after only managing 12th for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Dovizioso will depart Ducati at the end of this weekend and take a sabbatical from MotoGP in 2021 with a view to returning in 2022. He will start what
8:06 AM ET Associated Press MILAN — Italian auto racing champion-turned-Paralympic gold medalist Alex Zanardi was transferred to a hospital in Padua on Saturday to continue his recovery, more than five months after he was seriously injured in a handbike crash. Zanardi underwent several surgeries at hospitals in Siena and later in Milan to stabilize
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McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says chaotic races like Turkey are entertaining – but also suggests that Formula 1 should be about the best car setting the pace. While Lewis Hamilton won the Turkish GP to claim his seventh world championship, the slippery surface and wet conditions in qualifying and the race provided an upset to
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will return to the Gulf 12 Hours in Bahrain in January with his Avintia-bound half-brother Luca Marini joining him in a Ferrari 488 GT3. Rossi contested the 12-hour event at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi last year in a Kessel Racing-run 488 Ferrari partnered by Marini and his long-time
Three-time MotoGP race winner Franco Morbidelli will take part in next month’s World Rally Championship finale at Rally Monza with Hyundai Rally Team Italia. WRC organisers announced earlier this year its coronavirus-affected 2020 season would be brought to a close on 3-6 December with the ACI Rally Monza event. Rally Monza has typically featured MotoGP
Marco Bezzecchi was courted by Aprilia to join its MotoGP team for 2021 as replacement for Andrea Iannone, but the VR46 team didn’t give him the nod to step up. Aprilia has been left with limited options to replace Iannone for the 2021 season, after the Italian was handed a four-year doping ban earlier this
McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andreas Seidl says it is no surprise that Ferrari has closed in on the constructors’ championship battle for third following its strong result in Turkey. Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc finished third and fourth in the rain-affected Istanbul race, logging 27 points between them – by far the biggest single
Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo admits the Algarve circuit hosting the Portuguese Grand Prix is the “most difficult track” he has ridden a MotoGP bike on. The return of the Portuguese GP for the first time since 2012 takes MotoGP to the Algarve Circuit for the first time, with Quartararo ending Friday’s practice fourth overall. The
Lewis Hamilton says he has only understood the key influence that Formula 1 champions like Michael Schumacher have in pushing their teams forward since arriving at Mercedes. Hamilton has just matched Schumacher’s tally of seven world titles, and now also holds the records for the most victories and the most pole positions in F1 history.
Sebastien Ogier will stay with Toyota in the World Rally Championship in 2021, deferring his plans to retire from the top echelon of rallying for at least another year. Autosport revealed back in July that Ogier had expressed his intention to contest the 2021 WRC season to Toyota, and the Japanese marque was also not
Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi says his difficult MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix Friday was a result of a radical set-up change not working and his FP2 crash ruining his run plan. The nine-time grand prix world champion is in his final weekend as a factory team Yamaha rider ahead of his switch to Petronas SRT in 2021,
10:04 AM ET Mexico’s Sergio Perez says he is more prepared for a top Formula One drive now than he was ahead of his unsuccessful stint at McLaren in 2013. Perez, who finished second at the Turkish Grand Prix, is currently without a race seat for next season but has been linked with Alex Albon’s
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