Ferrari’s hopes of giving Carlos Sainz Jr an early Formula 1 run at the Abu Dhabi young driver test have been dashed, after the FIA turned down its request. The one-day run that takes place on the Tuesday after the Abu Dhabi season finale had originally been intended for young drivers only. The rules surrounding
Month: December 2020
NASCAR’s 2021 Cup Series schedule has already undergone minor changes due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, which will include the return to the Daytona road course. The 27-28 February race weekend planned for Auto Club Speedway in Fontana has been cancelled, and instead NASCAR will host Truck, Xfinity and Cup series races the weekend after
11:57 AM ET Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix wasn’t supposed to be a showdown between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell … at least that’s what Mercedes’ team principal Toto Wolff kept saying before the race. 2 Related But regardless of the intentions, a showdown quickly became the reality. After qualifying 0.026s off Bottas, Russell took the
Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin says George Russell’s ability to handle pressure during the Sakhir Grand Prix was a standout feature of his weekend. Williams driver Russell was drafted in by Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton for the second Bahrain round after the reigning world champion tested positive for COVID-19. Russell topped Friday’s
Andretti Autosport has announced that Colton Herta will switch to the IndyCar team’s #26 car, taking over the car piloted by James Hinchcliffe towards the end of 2020. Herta raced under the Harding Steinbrenner Racing banner in his rookie season of 2019, with the team nominally only an Andretti satellite operation, but this became Andretti
Relive the best bits from the first practice session of our return to Bahrain, which saw George Russell drive for Mercedes and Jack Aitken and Pietro Fittipaldi make their Formula 1 debuts. 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
Everyone remembers the classic board game Battleship… but have you ever played Battlebeers? Carlos and Lando go head-to-head in an intense race to sink each other’s beers. Strategies at the ready? Let the battle commence! Learn more about McLaren and Estrella Galicia 0,0’s partnership here: https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/estrella-galicia-00/ Join McLaren Plus, our fan engagement programme which brings
Sebastian Ogier feels the World Rally Championship promoters should explore the possibility of more showcase-type events for future calendars following the success of Rally Monza. Rally Monza became a late replacement event on the COVID-19-hit 2020 WRC calendar, after 10 events in total were cancelled this season either due to the global health pandemic, while
Marc Marquez says Joan Mir has “deserved” his 2020 MotoGP title win as he was “the most regular” rider on the grid. Mir only won once in 2020, but tallied up a total of seven podiums – more than any other rider – and wrapped up the title with a race in hand, ending a
9:54 AM ET Associated Press Colton Herta will race for the IndyCar championship in 2021 in a rebranded look from Andretti Autosport. Herta, 20, will drive the No. 26 Honda with sponsorship from Gainbridge. He will no longer be part of the Harding Steinbrenner Racing extension of the Andretti team. Although Herta was under the
McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says the late safety car period in the Sakhir Grand Prix robbed Carlos Sainz Jr of a shot at a Formula 1 podium finish. Seidl says Sainz was “on the hunt” on fresh tyres and was not able to use the potential of the car over the last part of the
10:19 PM ET Jonathan SelvarajESPN He might only be 22, but it’s likely that the evening of Sunday, December 6, will remain one of the highlights of Jehan Daruvala’s racing career. By taking the chequered flag in Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit, he became the first Indian to win a race in Formula 2. And while Daruvala
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks Lewis Hamilton is “on the right track” to return to Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi, but confesses he is in a “pretty ugly” situation. Ever since his positive coronavirus test on the Monday after the Bahrain Grand Prix, Hamilton has hidden from the public spotlight and little has been revealed
6:51 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS – Donald Davidson, the longtime Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian, said Monday he will retire at the end of December. The Englishman said he’d pondered retirement for several years but made the decision while working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Davidson arrived at the Brickyard as a fan in
Formula 1 has entered an unprecedented ‘biosphere’ lockdown in Abu Dhabi for the strictest COVID-19 rules it has encountered this season, which could pose a challenge to Lewis Hamilton’s return. After Mercedes confirmed Lewis Hamilton tested positive for coronavirus last Tuesday, the F1 world champion has been in quarantine for the past week for his
Check out highlights from second practice in Sakhir, where George Russell continued to impress for Mercedes, and the ultra-quick Outer Track caught out plenty of drivers. 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 #SakhirGP
Sebastien Ogier has revealed he will hold off fully celebrating being crowned World Rally Champion for the seventh time in eight seasons because of the ongoing COVID-19 health pandemic. The Frenchman won Rally Monza by 13.9 seconds from outgoing WRC title holder Ott Tanak to become only the second person in history to win the
Fabio Quartararo says he wants to “have less emotion” within himself when things aren’t going his way, following a tough end to the 2020 MotoGP season. The incoming factory Yamaha rider won three times for Petronas SRT in 2020, but his title challenge crumbled after a tough run of races from the French Grand Prix
12:34 PM ET Niamh Lewis The Professional Triathlon Organisation Championship served up a thrilling end to a challenging year for professional triathletes as over 100 of some of the world’s best were invited to battle it out over a 100 kilometre course at the Daytona International Speedway. Since COVID-19 demolished the entire race calendar including
In another incredible Formula 1 race, Sergio Perez claimed his maiden grand prix victory in the Sakhir Grand Prix after George Russell was denied by a pitstop blunder and puncture. With the 2020 F1 season continuing to throw up unpredictable races, Perez profited from Mercedes’ mishap and Russell’s misfortune to win for Racing Point ahead
3:25 PM ET Sergio Perez said he felt like he was dreaming after claiming an astonishing first Formula One victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Having dropped to last position on the first lap after contact with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Perez found himself leading the race ahead of a Safety Car restart in the closing
George Russell has kept his maiden Formula 1 points after avoiding disqualification for Mercedes’ tyre mix-up during the Sakhir Grand Prix. Mercedes accidentally fitted tyres belonging to Valtteri Bottas to Russell’s car during Sunday’s race at the Bahrain International Circuit, forcing the British driver to come back into the pits. The front two tyres from
Even seven-time world champions make mistakes — and the problem with being the best team on the grid is that when mistakes happen, they tend to be huge. As was the case on Sunday evening, when a simple mix up of identical-looking tyres cost George Russell his first win in Formula One and Mercedes an
Toto Wolff has revealed a radio failure led to the tyre mix-up that cost George Russell a likely maiden Formula 1 victory in Sunday’s Sakhir Grand Prix. In his first appearance for Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in, Williams regular Russell dominated the majority of the race at the Bahrain International Circuit, taking the lead at
Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier secured his seventh World Rally Championship title with victory on Rally Monza as Hyundai successfully defended its manufacturers crown. Pre-event points leader Elfyn Evans crashed out in snowy conditions on Saturday’s SS11, opening the door for team-mate and rally leader Ogier to overturn his 14-point pre-weekend deficit. The Frenchman’s winning margin was
11:42 AM ET Sebastien Ogier clinched the world rally championship for the seventh time in eight years after the Frenchman won the season-ending Rally Monza on Sunday. Toyota teammate Elfyn Evans, who had a 14-point lead before the final round in northern Italy, crashed out on Saturday but returned for the final three stages at
Williams has praised the job that Jack Aitken has done in stepping up to Formula 1 in a “seamless” manner at the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain. The 25-year-old Williams reserve driver was drafted in by the team as replacement for George Russell, who has been loaned out to Mercedes to stand in for the
Sebastien Ogier has taken the lead of Rally Monza after Saturday morning’s opening stages, as Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans remains on course for the World Rally Championship title. Having spent Friday on routes around the Monza circuit, the field completed its first loop of mountain road stages on Saturday. Ogier immediately threw down the gauntlet
4:21 PM ET Daniel Ricciardo said he had constructive discussions with Formula One over the decision to broadcast extensive replays of Romain Grosjean’s fiery crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Ricciardo was angered by the footage of the accident, which Grosjean miraculously managed to escape with relatively minor injuries. Grosjean’s wife Marion thanked Ricciardo for
Daniel Ricciardo has met with the Formula 1 organisation to discuss the TV coverage of Romain Grosjean’s Bahrain Grand Prix accident and found it a “productive” process. After the race, Ricciardo called the extensive replays of Grosjean’s accident and escape “disgusting”, saying F1 had been “playing with all of our emotions” as the drivers prepared
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