Sebastien Loeb has switched focus to development running and supporting Bahrain Raid Xtreme team-mate Nani Roma after his Dakar Rally was wrecked by an eight-hour stop with broken suspension. The nine-time World Rally champion dropped out of Dakar victory contention during Friday’s Stage 6 when his Prodrive-run Bahrain Raid Xtreme BRX1 stopped 97km into the
Month: January 2021
7:33 PM ET Associated Press PARIS — Hubert Auriol, the first competitor to win the Dakar Rally on a motorbike and in a car, has died. He was 68. The Dakar Rally announced that Auriol died on Sunday. It did not specify a cause but the Frenchman had battled heart disease for many years. The
Much-maligned given his record for the most races without a point and his disastrous two-race foray with Ferrari in 2009, Luca Badoer is perhaps the embodiment of the old adage that your most important race is your last one. JAMES NEWBOLD argues that his reputation is undeserved It will have been small consolation to George
Stephane Peterhansel says he considers himself “really lucky” to have finished second on Stage 7 of the Dakar Rally after being hamstrung by two different issues. Peterhansel was fighting for the stage victory with the Overdrive Toyota of Yazeed Al-Rajhi when a wheel rim on his X-raid Mini broke 40km from the finish. After fixing
Esteban Ocon says pre-race chats filled with encouragement from Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul helped him battle through the tough times on his Formula 1 return last year. Ocon made his F1 comeback with Renault in 2020 after a year on the sidelines as a Mercedes test and reserve driver. Having taken some time to get
Dakar Rally director David Castera has responded to criticism from competitors about this year’s roadbook and insists the alterations haven’t been used to “make things difficult on purpose”. A number of Dakar competitors have struggled with navigation frustrations during the opening week, with defending champion Carlos Sainz Sr particularly vocal after his problems on Stage
5:00 AM ET British-Korean driver Jack Aitken, overwhelmed by the response he received from fans in South Korea after his Formula One debut last year, hopes to use his newfound support to catch the eye of teams looking to tap into the East Asian market. Aitken made his F1 debut for Williams at the Sakhir
Carlos Sainz Jr found suggestions he might regret joining Ferrari “a bit annoying” following its difficult 2020 Formula 1 campaign. Ferrari swooped for Sainz to replace outgoing four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel prior to the start of last season, announcing the signing of the Spaniard for 2021 in May. But as Sainz helped lead McLaren
Toyota driver Giniel de Villiers bounced back from a tough start to the 2021 Dakar Rally to win Thursday’s fifth stage, as Stephane Peterhansel extended his lead over Nasser Al-Attiyah. De Villiers had been lying 22nd overall and third among the factory Toyotas after the opening four stages in Saudi Arabia, but led the 456km
Andrea Dovizioso has laid the blame for his exit from the factory Ducati MotoGP team in 2021 after eight years on his strained relationship with Ducati general manager Gigi Dall’Igna. Dovizioso – who will take a sabbatical in 2021 – announced during last August’s Austrian Grand Prix weekend that he would not be renewing his
Franz Tost believes AlphaTauri’s 2020 season surpassed its achievements with Sebastian Vettel in 2008, marking the best year in the team’s Formula 1 history. Following the rebranding of the Toro Rosso team, AlphaTauri scored just its second win in its 15-year history when Pierre Gasly claimed a shock victory at the Italian Grand Prix. It
Sebastien Loeb believes the navigational challenges posed to the crews in the 2021 Dakar Rally has taken the emphasis away from the drivers and made it a “race of co-drivers”. The opening week of this year’s Dakar has proved to be challenging from a navigational point of view, with even some of the most experienced
MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini’s condition remains serious as he continues to battle COVID-19, but is now conscious and stable in hospital. The veteran team boss and double 125cc world champion was taken ill just before the Christmas break when he tested positive for the virus. Gresini was hospitalised on 27 December in Imola as
The Chinese Grand Prix is set to become the second Formula 1 race to be postponed in 2021 as the promoter seeks a date change to later in the year. Last year’s race in Shanghai was the first to be scrapped following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a further 12 races eventually being
Carlos Sainz clawed back some of the deficit to 2021 Dakar Rally leader Stephane Peterhansel after being unchallenged for victory in Friday’s sixth stage. X-raid Mini driver Sainz led the entirety of the shortened 348km test between Al Qaisumah and Ha’il in Saudi Arabia, extending his advantage at every waypoint to take victory by just
Renault says its most difficult weekend last year was key to delivering the answers that helped it make rapid progress over the second half of the 2020 Formula 1 season. The French manufacturer took three podiums last year en route to a fifth place finish in the constructors’ championship. But the highlights over the second
The head of the World Rally Championship is “sad” the series will not get the chance to visit Northern Ireland in 2021, with Rally Ypres confirmed as taking its place. Jona Siebel made the comment after confirming the UK had lost its place on this year’s WRC calendar to the Ypres Rally, marking Belgium’s first
A significant figure in future McLaren supremo Ron Dennis’s formative years as a team owner, and himself briefly the head of a Formula 1 squad, Tony Vlassopulos died recently. He was 89. A barrister by profession, Vlassopulos was a circuit commentator at Goodwood, and some years later was put in touch with Dennis by John
Motorsport UK has confirmed that work is already underway to try and bring about the UK’s swift return to the World Rally Championship after it was dropped for 2021. Months of uncertainty around the 2021 instalment of Rally GB were finally ended on Friday afternoon when the WRC Promoter managing director confirmed it would not
Lance Stroll feels his performances in 2020 helped answer “a lot of questions to myself” over his ability, building his confidence in a good Racing Point Formula 1 car. Stroll enjoyed his best season to date in F1 last year, picking up two podium finishes and his maiden pole position en route to scoring more
Dakar Rally organisers have elected to shorten the sixth stage of the 2021 event by 100 kilometres (62.13 miles) and delayed its start by 90 minutes. According to a statement from officials, the decision has been made due to a “significant number” of competitors that encountered difficulties on yesterday’s fifth stage. Carlos Sainz was among
Outgoing Renault Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has recalled the “panic” he felt after an inconclusive COVID-19 test result last season, before eventually being cleared as negative. All F1 drivers and paddock personnel were required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing as part of the FIA’s protocols to stage races throughout 2020 following the start of
Carlos Sainz Sr says he’s “fed up” with this year’s Dakar Rally roadbook after getting lost for the second time in three days. Having already lost 31 minutes in Tuesday’s third stage with navigational difficulties, three-time winner Sainz slipped further away from the top runners after losing his way in the early sections of Stage
Suzuki’s MotoGP squad has confirmed the departure of team boss Davide Brivio, ahead of his imminent switch to the Alpine Formula 1 team. As exclusively revealed by Autosport on Wednesday, Brivio is to make a surprise move to Alpine to become its CEO as part of a management restructure. While Alpine’s parent company Renault has
9:28 AM ET The recently-rebranded Aston Martin Formula One team has secured U.S.-based IT brand, Cognizant, as its title sponsor. The team will be officially known as the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team after rebranding from Racing Point over the winter. Last year, Austrian water company BWT was the team’s title sponsor, which took
McLaren has revealed the ways Lando Norris has grown as a Formula 1 driver, despite having already demonstrated some strong traits before making his race debut. Norris is heading into this third season with McLaren in 2021, and delivered his first podium for the team at last year’s opener in Austria. But while having made
Ueal Eugene ‘Pat’ Patrick, who ran cars at the Indianapolis 500 for quarter of a century and won three times, has died at the age of 91. Patrick, who first entered Indy in 1970, took his first of three trips to Victory Lane in 1973 with his next star driver Gordon Johncock. Three years later,
Dakar Rally stewards have explained why Sebastien Loeb was handed a five-minute penalty for speeding in a controlled speed zone on Wednesday’s Stage 4 of the 2021 event. Nine-time World Rally Champion Loeb took to social media on Wednesday evening to slam what he called an “incompetent” penalty after his Bahrain Raid Xtreme machine was
Gresini MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini is no longer in a medically induced coma due to COVID-19, but remains sedated and on mechanical ventilation. The veteran MotoGP team boss and 125cc world champion tested positive for the virus just before the Christmas break, before being admitted to hospital in Imola on 27 December. As his
9:36 AM ET The Australian Grand Prix will be postponed to the back end of the Formula One season with Bahrain replacing it as the opening race in March, Aston Martin team owner Lawrence Stroll told Reuters. The move, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine restrictions, has been widely flagged in the media but
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