Carlos Sainz Jr says his first test as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver was “a day I will never forget” in a 2018-spec car at the Fiorano test track. The 26-year-old will become only the Scuderia’s third-ever Spanish F1 race driver, following Marquis Alfonso de Portago and Fernando Alonso, when the 2021 season kicks off
Month: January 2021
9:02 AM ET Ed Jones will return to IndyCar after a one-year absence for a second stint driving for Dale Coyne Racing. Jones was named Wednesday as driver of the No. 18 Honda entered by Coyne with Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan. The car will be sponsored for a fourth consecutive season by SealMaster Pavement
James Hinchcliffe believes Andretti Autosport can avoid the struggles that plagued the start of last season, and run as competitively as it did in the final IndyCar rounds of 2020. The team floundered in the first half of last season, its issues exacerbated by the street races, one of Andretti Autosport’s recent fortes being canned
Mercedes technical director James Allison believes that Formula 1 aerodynamic rule changes mandated for this season will initially trim performance to 2019 levels. The changes were introduced to reduce loadings on Pirelli’s tyres by negating the natural increase in downforce that teams would have made with their 2021 cars, given that aero development is not
The satellite LCR squad has announced it will remain in MotoGP through to 2026 having signed a new deal with Dorna Sports and the International Race Teams Association. Lucio Cecchinello’s outfit was founded by the Italian in 1996 when he raced in the 125cc world championship, with the squad expanding into the 250cc class in
Formula 1’s 2021 technical regulations have largely mandated the carryover of last year’s cars, but with a few key changes to address the rising speeds. The FIA and F1 have aimed to cut downforce by 10% by bringing in a collection of changes to the floor and diffuser, and have limited structural changes with a
2:15 PM ET Associated Press James Hinchcliffe will return to Andretti Autosport for a full IndyCar season, a huge recovery after the popular Canadian cobbled only six races together last year. Hinchcliffe was blindsided in late 2019 when he was replaced at Arrow McLaren SP with a year remaining on his contract. With limited time
Go onboard with Adam Cianciarulo during the 450 Heat 2 from round 3 of the 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Series in Houston, Texas. Shot 100% on the HERO9BLACK® camera from http://GoPro.com For full event results visit: http://www.supercrosslive.com #gopro #moto #supercross
This F1 TV original is one of hundreds of videos available on F1 TV, including exclusive content, archive footage and much more! Subscribe now at http://f1.com/Subscribe-F1TV In our latest episode of Inside Stories – an F1 TV original series – rewind to that incredible day at Monza when Pierre Gasly secured an astonishing race with
IndyCar race-winner James Hinchcliffe will become a full-time Andretti Autosport-Honda driver in 2021, making a full-time return to the team he raced for in 2013 after six appearances in 2020. The Canadian, who scored three of his six career victories with Michael Andretti’s squad, was dumped by Arrow McLaren SP at the end of the
In 2022, Formula 1 is due to receive an extensive overhaul to its technical regulations – having been delayed from their initial launch in 2021. F1’s hopes are that the new formula will bring more exciting racing both in the immediate and in the distant future, and the cars will look very different to those
Ex-Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio has revealed the Japanese marque reached out to him through Facebook to enquire if Valentino Rossi would be interested in joining for its MotoGP comeback. Brivio helmed Suzuki’s MotoGP squad from 2013 to 2020, guiding it back to world championship status again last season with Joan Mir, before announcing his
Bristol Motor Speedway is well on its way to bringing dirt track racing back to NASCAR’s Cup Series for the first time in more than 50 years. It’s not the first time the owners of the half-mile, highly-banked concrete oval have covered their track in dirt, but it will likely be the most anticipated. In
Elfyn Evans believes Motorsport UK has a real fight on its hands if it is to bring the World Rally Championship back to Britain.
Earlier this month if was announced that the UK had lost its place on the calendar to Belgium’s Ypres Rally.
The Championship has enjoyed UK representation every year since 1973, with
4:44 AM ET Hollywood legend Robert de Niro and Star Wars’ John Boyega will feature in a fictional crime movie set in the world of Formula One. The Netflix production, called The Formula, will be about an American F1 driver who becomes involved in the mafia and has to be a getaway driver in order
The high-profile IndyCar to Formula 1 move of the early 1990s came when Michael Andretti joined McLaren for 1993. But two years earlier, his main rival had enjoyed a successful test with Williams at Estoril and harboured ambitions of a switch himself, as he told Autosport in the 28 November 1991 issue Al Unser Jr
A fictional crime film set in the world of Formula 1 that features Hollywood legend Robert De Niro and Star Wars actor John Boyega will be shown on Netflix. To be called The Formula, the film is about an American F1 driver who becomes involved with the mafia and is forced to serve as a
Sebastien Ogier is “proud” to be a record-breaker like his boyhood idol, Ayrton Senna after becoming the most successful driver in Monte Carlo Rally history.
Ogier conquered last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally for an eighth time surpassing the seven event victories he shared with his former-Citroen team-mate and countryman, Sebastien Loeb. The 37-year-old Ogier has
4:59 AM ET Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button will race for his own team when the new Extreme E off-road all-electric series begins later this year, the Briton said on Monday. 1 Related Every team in the series, which aims to raise awareness about climate change by racing in some of the world’s
McLaren is targeting improved low speed performance and a car less sensitive to gusty conditions with its 2021 Formula 1 challenger. The Woking-based outfit made good gains last year with its MCL35, and has high hopes that a switch to Mercedes power for this season will deliver a step forward in pace. But beyond the
MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini remains in a “fragile” condition as he battles COVID-19 in hospital in Italy, but doctors says his recent progress has offered a “more optimistic” prognosis. The double 125cc world champion and veteran MotoGP team boss was taken ill with COVID-19 just before Christmas and was taken to hospital in Imola.
Elfyn Evans believes the gap to Toyota counterpart Sebastien Ogier on last weekend’s Monte Carlo Rally would have been smaller had he been able to “connect” with the new Pirelli tyres.
The Welshman finished the season opener just over 32 seconds behind the reigning world champion Ogier after struggling to maximise the potential of Pirelli
6:54 AM ET Mercedes Formula One team boss and co-owner Toto Wolff has revealed he tested positive for COVID-19 and had to isolate in Austria this month but is now out of quarantine. The 49-year-old told Austria’s ORF television in an interview at Sunday’s Kitzbuehel Alpine skiing World Cup downhill that he had no symptoms.
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says ‘curveballs’ thrown at lawyers have delayed his team finalising a contract with Lewis Hamilton, but he has no doubts it will get sorted. The German car manufacturer has been at the centre of intrigue over the future of Hamilton, with the world champion’s current deal having run out
Alpine Formula 1 driver Esteban Ocon says that rally drivers have “balls of steel” after gaining his first experience of the discipline on Thursday at the Monte Carlo Rally. The Frenchman drove an Alpine A110S on the first two stages of the World Rally Championship season opener as the official VIP course car, carrying his
Carlos Sainz Jr is set to get his first taste of Ferrari Formula 1 machinery in a private test ahead of the official 2021 pre-season testing. But with the preparations for the new season significantly reduced for 2021 to save costs with the largely carried over designs from last year, he and the other F1
Francois Delecour truly introduced himself to the top flight of the World Rally Championship at the 1991 Monte Carlo Rally with a stunning but ultimately agonising victory fight. TOM HOWARD revisits how the Frenchman came so near yet so far Lockdown isn’t much fun, but it does give motorsport fans the opportunity to dip into
5:47 PM ET Associated Press Action Express Racing put one of its two Cadillacs — the one featuring NASCAR champion Chase Elliott — on the pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a first-of-its-kind qualifying race for the crown jewel endurance event. The No. 31 Cadillac DPi will be driven next week in the
Jenson Button’s return to Williams is a welcome feel-good story, but its signing of the 2009 world champion it handed an Formula 1 debut to as a 20-year-old could also be a shrewd move in its mission to move up the grid, says LUKE SMITH Almost 21 years to the day since he was named
Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier has begun his final World Rally Championship campaign by sealing a record eighth Monte Carlo victory and the 50th WRC win of his career. The defending drivers’ champion broke the record of seven Monte Carlo wins set by his former nemesis, Sebastien Loeb, and also equalled Walter Rohrl’s 37-year-old record of winning
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